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Step 2 of the 15-game winning streak: ✅

Step one of the Twins’ 15 game winning streak.

With Kreidler starting, I expect this to be resurrected on this good Sunday.

That was a tough one to watch the replay of…which I had to do after reading the box score “single line into double play”…wha?!?

Went to the game last night. First time at Wrigley. It was packed. Reminded me a bit of Fenway. It is wild that there are bleacher seats on the roofs of buildings on Sheffield and Waveland across the street. From behind home plate it looks like they are a part of the stadium. Did not think the game was going to go the Twins’ way after Bailey put the first two runners on first and third in both of the first two innings. To get out of those jams with one total run was improbably impressive and/or lucky. The double play turned by Lewis was an interesting choice (stepping on first first), and if the runner holds up at second, the run scores before he is tagged. Keep the momentum going, would be great to get a series road win against a tough NL opponent.

Do we have any sense of whether the extreme smoke is going to cause them to postpone the game? Edit to add: Considering Bailey is kind of a smoke and mirrors guy, maybe this will play to his strengths.

I don’t know, but I bet he was a steal.

Do It Again, by Steely Dan

What the hell?

Love this pick.

Excellent pick. Glad they didn’t mess around.

Royce’s 8th inning AB vs Bachman: five pitches nowhere near the strike zone. The next at bat was 7 pitches out of the zone as well; Brooks swung at three of them. It wasn’t until the 14th pitch of the AB that Bachman actually threw a pitch in the strike zone, but the Twins had already swung and missed five times. (And then later in the inning, Caratini swung at the first two pitches of the AB, both balls).

💯 on all of this: Didn’t mind the banter and even some insights, they just need to call the plays. Brooks Lee made a nice play on a liner early in the game that they didn’t even mention. Wallner has Cement Bones, Cleveland packed Cement Gloves for this game. Taj with at least 23 swings and misses. (!) He was filthy. Tonight we get to see what Roden can do.

Keith Law posted another Mock Draft, based on “what he’s hearing” and will do one on Friday. He now has Emerson #1 to the White Sox, Lackey #2 to the Rays and Cholowsky #3 to the Twins, saying they are “in the catbird seat.”

The Twins trade for Detroit pitcher Woo-Suk Go for cash considerations. He has a 29% K rate, and a 2.60 ERA in 27 AAA innings this year, but hasn’t gotten into an MLB game yet. Career stats in Korea and the minors: 3.51 ERA, 9.7K/9, 4.0 BB/IP. He’s 27. Hopefully he doesn’t suck. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ko----001woo&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&utm_campaign=2026-07-05_br