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Too bad for Bradley that Funderburk doesn't like inheritances. Tough squib hit to field though. Not much you could do about it.

I hope Shelton told him to try to find the strike zone. That seems to be Fundy's biggest issue.

I like the confidence letting Bradley face Julien. I honestly thought that Tovar would be Bradley's only batter this inning.

Unless they changed the laws, the ones that don't serve alcohol are open until 4 am. Don't ask me how I know. 😉

Would love to see Bradley get through this inning. Then maybe Funderburk and Raya to close it out.

Technically it is Keaschall's ball. He was in line to catch it, and he needs the practice out there.

I'm glad your second sentence clarified it. I was almost thinking you were talking about Pearl Jam's song Bugs.

I will be curious to see if the stadium fills up more as the game goes along and gets closer to the concert. Not a bad crowd compared to what we have seen already this year.

They lost their sponsorship with Waste Management. It was inevitable.

He would have stood a better chance not trying to play tag with Target Center before running to second.

Gray: Great job on the bunt base hit. Also Gray: What were you thinking when you were halfway out to right field deciding you're going to turn and make second!

If you show up with an e-meter to measure thetan levels, I'm out!

Because our RF has a cannon and you can't run on that!

I'm not so sure. Ask Pete Crow-Armstrong. The play which involved him was kind of sketchy.

Can you get that character on Mario Kart?

Watching Skenes getting roughed up has surprised me tonight.

Thank you @Patzky. I was going to post this anyway, but you set me up for a beer-league softball home run here. Here is what is going to happen:

I'm not sure he currently fits on the Twins right now. Seems crazy considering we are down nearly an entire rotation's worth of pitchers (Lopez, Ober, Abel, Festa). If you look at SWR's appearances in Toronto, his days between appearances were 8 and 7 days respectively. You just can't have a bullpen guy sit there that long between appearances waiting for the right opportunity to have him pitch. During that time, the Toronto bullpen was run ragged and with Cease and Bieber coming back, they just didn't need him anymore. I also watched his appearance against Boston. The line was 0 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, and 1 K. It would have been worse, but the Jays made two great defensive plays behind him saving him from having a worse line. The Twins are not even in the same country (pun intended) as the Blue Jays when it comes to the defense necessary to make SWR a viable option. Paredes has been able to get deeper into games with each start. I don't think he will be a future starter, but he is currently better than SWR. Preilipp has been improving and getting more comfortable going more than 4 innings and is closer to being the future than SWR. Having pitchers with the ability to go more than one inning is a must in today's game. Having a pitcher that you need to pitch 3-4 innings to get any use out of him and then down for 4-5 days is unsustainable for a bullpen. If you want a spot to fix someone in the bullpen, I'd rather have Rojas. SWR would also have to be added to the 26-man roster even though I think SWR's issues would be better fixed in St. Paul. I have no problems getting rid of Taylor Rogers. I think that may be the next move made when they feel Rojas has built back up in St. Paul. I was very against getting rid of him in the first place when, at the time, they had no plan. I believe they now have a plan going forward and SWR just doesn't fit anymore. SWR will find a home somewhere that desperately needs a starter (Mets) and, with a lost season, will be willing to see what they can get from him.

I wish there was a teeth chattering emoji for this. I know they have been working with Keaschall in the OF. Maybe a game off on Wed and a day off on Thursday is enough practice before a game. I wish Target Field had a cleaner wall for him. That overhang can be tricky to judge fly balls, but he will probably create fewer errors in RF than at 2B. As for SWR, it doesn't surprise me that he was DFA'd by the Blue Jays. Bieber is back with the Jays and SWR presents a conundrum right now because he can't really be used as a relief pitcher, and he can't be trusted to be a starter without another swing man in place. I know he didn't give up any runs as a Jay. If you look under the hood, his effectiveness wasn't any better than he was in Minnesota. He just happened to have a competent defense behind him to bail out his mistakes. He will land somewhere just because many teams are desperate to have innings-eating pitchers. Per ESPN's scoreboard, the Mets haven't even announced their starting pitcher for tonight's game with less than 3 hours to first pitch.

I was able to break into the meeting and procure one of the Pohlad's slides. It looked like this:

Mr. Rogers owned a pew pew and likely had better aim.

I think I have overused the dumpster fire meme. I'll find something different.

I was wondering if someone was going to find that from earlier in the thread! I do believe Taylor is the older twin so he is closer to the end.

I'm surprised Cory hasn't been given the instruction to talk more to try to drown out the crowd. I can hear "Sell the Team" from my TV.

This may have been more effective: