big dog

Would be happy to trade Justin Lawrence for him. Oh wait, we did the opposite thing.

This bullpen becomes better the moment they replace Adams. I'm tempted to say with almost anyone, but I'll settle for anyone better than Lawrence or Garcia or Topa.

Wait- if they are still in the playoff discussion and you say Tom adds a reliever, why would he trade Ryan? How does trading Ryan make the playoffs even a remotely interesting possibility?

I think the problem is that there's depth, but not much top-end talent, especially in the outfield. We have maybe six guys that might be able to play in the majors, but we haven't sorted out who are the best ones (though Jenkins obviously has a head start). Probably low-ceiling guys but the team could easily end up dropping people who end up better than someone they keep.

But does he know the high school mascots of each player the way Atteberry does? I don’t think he can be worse until he works those mascot names in at least twice an inning.

OK, we all knew the Twins would miss Duran and Varland. But Perez??? Lovelady and Okert??? And remember that time we had Brent Headrick and put him on waivers? And he got all the way to the Yankees before he was selected. Ex-Twins Pitchers 6/16/26 Name IP ERA Record WAR Louis Varland 39.0 0.92 3-2 2.2 13 saves Jhoan Duran 23.2 1.90 1-3 1.5 18 saves Martin Perez 62.0 2.90 5-3 1.5 Brent Headrick 33.2 1.87 4-1 1.3 Sonny Gray 62.1 3.03 8-1 1.2 Richard Lovelady 28.2 2.83 2-3 0.9 4 saves Steven Okert 33.1 2.70 0-0 0.7 Yennier Cano 24.2 2.19 1-2 0.6 Jovani Moran 33.0 3.00 1-2 0.4 Tyler Wells 33.0 3.55 1-1 0.4 Tyler Kinley 28.1 3.18 4-2 0.4 Trevor Richards 23.0 3.91 0-0 0.3 Cade Povich 19.1 5.12 1-1 0.2 on IL Dietrich Enns 16.0 3.94 3-0 0.2 on IL S. Woods-Richardson 4.0 0.00 0-0 0.2 with Toronto Griffin Jax 44.0 3.68 1-5 0.1 now starting Trevor Megill 26.0 4.15 1-2 0.1 9 saves Brooks Kriske 2.2 0.00 0-0 0.1 Brock Stewart 2.0 0.00 0-0 0.1 on IL Luis Gil 19.1 6.05 1-2 -0.1 on IL Caleb Thielbar 19.0 4.26 2-2 -0.1 2 saves Charlie Barnes 5.0 5.40 0-0 -0.1 Shaun Anderson 16.2 5.94 1-0 -0.2 free agent Danny Coulombe 14.1 5.65 0-2 -0.3 Emilio Pagan 14.0 6.43 2-1 -0.4 6 saves; on IL Zack Littell 66.0 5.23 6-5 -0.5 Tyler Mahle 56.2 6.04 1-7 -0.6 on IL Chris Paddack 48.2 7.21 0-7 -0.8 Jose Berrios out for season Brusdar Graterol out since beginning of 2025 season

Ex-Twins Hitters 6/16/26 Name AB OBP OPS WAR Luis Arraez 306 .352 .787 2.1 Carlos Correa 122 .369 .787 1.2 out for season Ty France 138 .304 .753 1.1 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 114 .331 .664 1.1 Willi Castro 243 .358 .765 0.9 Christian Vazquez 147 .277 .617 0.6 Gary Sanchez 110 .370 .843 0.6 Luke Raley 191 .303 .806 0.5 Mitch Garver 107 .327 .648 0.5 Spencer Steer 275 .335 .770 0.3 Harrison Bader 106 .198 .557 0.2 on IL Mickey Gasper 85 .323 .664 0.1 James Outman 9 .200 .644 0.0 with Detroit Kyle Farmer 14 .267 .624 -0.1 on IL Jorge Polanco 56 .246 .532 -0.3 out since April Brent Rooker 180 .281 .670 -0.4 Carlos Santana 24 .154 .279 -0.5 out since April Rob Refsnyder 103 .216 .460 -0.7 OPS+ 32 Edouard Julien 196 .327 .631 -0.7

I've been a strong believer in Wallner but he's running out of runway to get that plane off the ground. Odd that SW-R had a very nice first outing for the Jays and has been sitting for a week. Maybe they weren't that impressed.

The pitchers are making some bad mistakes, but it's hard to improve fielding when the pitchers on the team keep rotating out. Lots of turnover.

To be fair, they didn't trade it away- they gave away the player and part of the contract.

Lewis can play second- he would help the team more there if he can do it. Fedko can have Larnach's spot. Why are you making this so hard? What has the team got to lose?

Ok, bring up Culpepper and Mendez. Bring up Sabato and Fedko. If they can’t play, why are they in the organization? Why not find out? Is another year at St Paul going to make Fedko better? Let’s make some decisions here, not just tread water. None of the guys I named as gone should be on the team next year. This team is going nowhere but down. Why do we need to learn more about Josh Bell, who is on a one-year contract? Guys we got for free? We learned it. Try something different.

This team has to quit trying to kinda sorta be not terrible this year. Sorry, Tommy P, that's the best you can claim to be doing. Look to the future. Release the utility infielders. Release Bell. See what you can get for Larnach. Bring up the kids and let them play. What is taking so long to figure this out?

Nolan Ryan.

I vote for d) other. Time to try someone else, none of them have a future with a team trying for the playoffs someday.

Batting cleanup...Orlando Arcia! Are we even trying anymore? This is freaking ridiculous. I'm sorry, I try not be just reflexively hacked off about everything, but come on.

Sim W-R pitched for the Jays against the Phillies. 4 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 3 Ks.

I'm glad to see him making progress and I hope he can keep improving. I'm sorry- was I supposed to post something bitter and negative? Maybe I missed the memo.

Maybe Brian Duensing’s been working out. Zoll- make the call!!

Dear Tom Pohlad, Glad your plan is in place. Keep up the great work. big dog

I thought about that, but is someone who is hitting well with 90 at-bats really as valuable as someone hitting slightly less well but getting 150 at-bats? I decided to go with amount of activity, at-bats or innings pitched, as a measure of the role they play on the team. Everyone is free to disagree about the best way to do this. Lots of correct answers to this essay question.

Ex-Twins Pitchers 5/26/26 Name IP ERA Record Zack Littell 53.1 5.23 4-4 Tyler Mahle 51.2 6.10 1-6 Martin Perez 46.2 2.70 2-3 Sonny Gray 44.0 3.27 5-1 Chris Paddack 40.2 6.86 0-6 Griffin Jax 28.0 3.54 1-2. now starting Louis Varland 27.2 0.65 2-1, 7 saves Jovani Moran 27.2 3.25 0-2 Brent Headrick 26.2 2.03 3-1 Tyler Wells 25.1 3.70 0-1 Steven Okert 23.1 3.86 no record Richard Lovelady 23.0 2.35 2-2, 4 saves Tyler Kinley 22.2 3.57 4-2 Luis Gil 19.1 6.05 1-2 Cade Povich 19.1 5.12 1-1 Yennier Cano 19.1 1.40 1-1 Trevor Megill 17.0 5.29 0-2, 5 saves Shaun Anderson 16.2 5.94 1-0 Dietrich Enns 16.0 3.94 3-0 Jhoan Duran 15.2 1.72 1-2, 10 saves Emilio Pagan 14.0 6.43 2-1, 6 saves Trevor Richards 12.0 7.50 no record Caleb Thielbar 10.2 3.38 2-2, 2 saves Danny Coulombe 9.0 5.00 0-1 Charlie Barnes 5.0 5.40 no record Brooks Kriske 2.2 0.00 no record Jose Berrios out for season Brusdar Graterol out since beginning of 2025 season

Ex-Twins Hitters 5/26/26 Name AB OBP OPS Luis Arraez 201 .361 .789 Spencer Steer 181 .338 .780 Willi Castro 145 .319 .670 Brent Rooker 140 .277 .634 Luke Raley 137 .329 .891 Edouard Julien 131 .302 .592 Carlos Correa 122 .369 .787 out for season Christian Vazquez 101 .318 .734 Harrison Bader 97 .206 .587 Ty France 90 .319 .852 Gary Sanchez 89 .366 .793 Rob Refsnyder 69 .167 .355 Mitch Garver 65 .364 .638 Jorge Polanco 56 .246 .532 out since April Isiah Kiner-Falefa 51 .321 .616 Mickey Gasper 37 .342 .720 Carlos Santana 24 .154 .279 out since April Kyle Farmer 14 .267 .624

Royce sounds like he needs a hug. I hope he can work through this.

OK, let's bring Gonzalez up to play first base. I saw one play, I'm sold. Time to start playing for next year.