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I wonder how late it is at night when Bowden plugs in his Random Names To Trade generator and starts writing down what spews out. Really late, probably.

I expect regression, sure. But I really hope they don’t regress to last year.

One slight adjustment should be made- one of the times he was thrown out was when he ran toward second in an attempt to get a throw so Buck could score from third. They threw down, he was out, the Twins scored the run. Not his fault- that has to have been called from the dugout.

Ex-Twins Pitchers 4/19/26 Name IP ERA Record Sonny Gray 16.1 2.76 2-0 Zack Littell 15 4.20 0-1 Chris Paddack 14.2 6.14 0-2 Tyler Mahle 14.2 4.30 0-2 Martin Perez 14.1 3.14 0-1 Cade Povich 12.1 2.19 1-0 Tyler Wells 9.2 3.72 Louis Varland 9 0.00 0-1 Emilio Pagan 8.1 5.40 1-0, 4 saves Brent Headrick 8.1 2.16 1-0 Jovani Moran 8 2.25 Shaun Anderson 8 4.50 Richard Lovelady 7.1 3.68 1-1 Steven Okert 7.1 4.91 Jhoan Duran 6.2 1.35 1-1, 5 saves Tyler Kinley 6 1.50 2-0 Griffin Jax 5.1 8.44 0-2 Caleb Thielbar 5.1 3.38 1-2 Dietrich Enns 4.1 4.15 Yennier Cano 4.1 2.08 1-1 Trevor Megill 4 11.25 0-2, 3 saves Danny Coulombe 4 2.25 Luis Gil 4 6.75 0-1

Ex-Twins Hitters, 4/19/26 Name AB OBP OPS Luis Arraez 56 .339 .732 Harrison Bader 52 .145 .338 Spencer Steer 51 .218 .571 Carlos Correa 51 .368 .780 Jorge Polanco 49 .259 .565 Luke Raley 47 .314 .846 Brent Rooker 41 .245 .538 Edouard Julien 35 .385 .813 Carlos Santana 24 .154 .279 Christian Vazquez 23 .375 .984 Gary Sanchez 22 .429 1.247 Rob Refsnyder 16 .158 .158 OPS+ is -49 Ty France 14 .375 .946 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 11 .167 .258 Mitch Garver 8 .364 .489 Kyle Farmer 5 .333 .933

I would like to see a two-week moratorium on Wallner tapping his helmet.

CES got waived, Steven Hajjar retired after spending 3 years in A+ leagues, and Steer's WAR has gone from 2.9 to 1.5 to 0.7 and so far this year is at -0.4. His OPS plus has gone from 117 to 96 to 94 to this year's tiny-sample-size 40. Tyler Mahle in the meantime currently is 0-2 for the Giants in 3 starts, with an ERA of 4.35 and a WHIP of 1.6. Since the trade in 2022 he's pitched a total of 156 innings over 3 full seasons and parts of 2 others. I'm prepared to just forget this whole thing ever happened rather than dragging it back and forth over some pretty dead coals..

Maybe Houston's bat isn't the black hole that was predicted. That would be a very nice outcome.

Congrats!! Great job Taj!!!

The thumbs down aren't because it is wrong. It's because the point of the thread was looking for bright spots. You can read this comment or 1,000 others just like it in virtually every other thread. Try to follow along.

Ex-Twin Pitchers Name IP ERA Record Zack Littell 5.0 5.40 0-1 Martin Perez 4.1 0.00 Sonny Gray 4.0 6.75 Richard Lovelady 4.0 4.50 1-1 Tyler Mahle 4.0 4.50 0-1 Jovani Moran 4.0 2.25 Chris Paddack 4.0 18.00 0-1 Dietrich Enns 3.1 2.70 Brent Headrick 3.1 0 Louis Varland 3.1 0 0-1 Shaun Anderson 3.0 3.00 Jhoan Duran 2.2 3.38 0-1, 2/2 in save opps Steven Okert 2.2 0 Tyler Wells 2.2 10.13 Emilio Pagan 2.1 3.86 1 save in 2 opps Griffin Jax 2.0 9.00 0-1, 0/2 in saves Trevor Megill 2.0 4.50 0-1, 1/1 in saves Yennier Cano 1.2 5.40 0-1 Tyler Kinley 1.0 0 Caleb Thielbar 1.0 0 Danny Coulombe 0.2 0

Here's a quick update as to who is playing and how well, in this tiny sample. I still cheer for (most of) these guys. I may well have missed 10 or 15 relievers from the last couple of years. Ex-Twins Hitters (qualified) Name AB AVG OBP OPS Luke Raley 14 .286 .333 1.262 Carlos Correa 23 .304 .385 .733 Jorge Polanco 15 .200 .400 .667 Harrison Bader 19 .158 .158 .526 Luis Arraez 19 .211 .238 .449 Brent Rooker 21 .190 .190 .380 Carlos Santana 16 .063 .167 .292 Spencer Steer 13 .077 .188 .265 Others Edouard Julien 8 .125 .125 .375 Rob Refsnyder 8 0 0 0 Gary Sanchez 6 .500 .625 2.125 Christian Vasquez 3 .333 .500 .833 Kyle Farmer, Ty France, Mitch Garver, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa are all hitless but with very little playing time.

Well, it’s a three-game sample. It might be possible to improve on it. I guess it depends on how old you are.

Ober with 3 scoreless. Let's go Bailey clap-clap-clapclapclap!

We also got a comp pick when Gray left.