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We are supposed to be learning about players to prepare for next year. I already know way too much about some of these guys. What a joke.

There's being aggressive and there's making stupid plays. The Twins were stupid by not being aggressive. Now they are being aggressively stupid. Meanwhile, we keep finding pitchers who aren't going to help this team. Yay Falvey!

Well, I guess the fishing is usually pretty weak in August so there's that.

Adding to the above, he is also 6 for 6 in stolen bases. Good for him!

I was surprised to see that France's OPS+ with Toronto is 170. Quite a couple of weeks. I hope he stays hot, especially if they face the Yankees in the playoffs.

Traded Twins as of 8/13/25 Pitchers ERA / IP / WHIP Alcala: 3.31 / 16.1 / 1.65 w/ Boston; released, has thrown 1 scoreless inning for St Louis Coulombe: 1.59 / 5.2 / 1.48 Duran: 0.00 / 4.0 / 0.25 4 saves Jax: 7.20 / 5.0 / 1.40 0-1, no saves Paddack: 3.45 / 15.2 / 0.83 1-1 Stewart: 4.91 / 3.2 / 2.18 just put on the injured list (shoulder) Varland: 1.35 / 6.2 / 0.90 Dobnak: toiling away in Toledo, saving the Pohlads some money Batters AB / H / OPS+ Bader 26 / 4 / 57 Castro 27 / 5 / 28 Correa 44 / 12 / 169 France 32 / 12 / 170

This whole thing about the Twins selling reminds of the Dallas cliffhanger- who shot JR? It turned out to be…NOBODY! dream Sequence! Fans of the show felt cheated. deja vu all over again.

Let’s go, Brewers. Clap clap clap-clap-clap!

What have we learned about Adam’s? Enough. I’ve learned enough.

I hope there is no realistic scenario in which Travis Adams stays on the team, at least with his current pitch mix.

Adams actually gave up 2 runs in 2.1 innings- 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K. His Twins career so far: 19.2 IP, 18K. That's the good. 19.2 IP, 24 H, 4 BB, 1.42 WHIP, .316 BAA, 6.86 ERA. That's everything else. He threw a decent 5 innings against Detroit (4 H, 2 ER, 7 K). I hope he can start to dial in better

Marek Houston doesn't seem to be having too much trouble in his first week in the FSL. .391/.417/.851 2/2 in SB several fielding highlights Keep up the good work!

If teams were never allowed to trade hometown players it would be in their interest to never sign hometown players. Agree with the above poster- this isn't town ball. It also depends on performance, which means it isn't very much about the hometown aspect. People who didn't respect Mauer at first base used his hometown status against him- "he's only on the team because he's from St Paul". Being from the area helps you with the fans unless it hurts you with the fans.

To me, you raise a point that should re-frame the discussion for some. Was this a complete tear-down? No, in part because we had five players on expiring contracts and we were never going to re-sign them. Also because our shortstop was really a third basemen who had to play shortstop because we didn't actually have one. To me, this all points out that you are correct, it wasn't really a tear-down. It was the logical result of a longterm failure to build. We always have free agents on expiring contracts we aren't going to re-sign, because we never build. Look at first base- Solano, Santana, Francis. Who was the last real first baseman the team had? Besides Morneau, I mean? We kept hoping Kiriloff would fill the role, after we quit hoping he would play outfield. If the team and Correa both expected we would get a shortstop and move him to 3rd base, why did we have Lewis (and Miranda) playing at 3rd base? Probably because only Correa actually thought it would happen, because it would have required money. The first year Correa played, 2022, featured these players (non-pitchers) who appeared in at least 50 games (in order of most games): Luis Arraez, Gio Urshela, Nick Gordon, Carlos Correa, Gary Sanchez, Jose Miranda, Gelberto Celestino, Max Kepler, Jorge Polance, BYRON BUXTON. That's the first name to still be on the team, and Correa is the only other one to start the year. After that? RYAN JEFFERS, Kyle Garlick, Jake Cave, TREVOR LARNACH. That's it. Only three players here who had over 50 games in 2022, and if we go farther down we only find Wallner with 18 and Lewis with 12. Who do we have from trading some of those players? Pablo Lopez and a couple of minor leaguers. OK, that was so fun let's do it for 2023, just two seasons ago. Who played the most games, minimum 50? Correa (traded/dumped), Donovan Solano, Max Kepler, Michael A Taylor, Willi Castro (traded), Kyle Farmer, Joey Gallo, Edouard Julien (back on the team for who knows how long), Christian Vasquez (sigh), Jeffers, Kirilloff, Buxton, Polanco, Wallner, Larnach, Lewis. At this point, we have six players from just two years ago who are still on the team, and we only traded two this year. Of those six, the only ones who played more than 85 games were the two catchers. Neither one had over 300 at-bats. The two we traded were first and fifth in games played. You can't tear down something that was never built. You can only push it over and look for more cardboard and rusted sheet metal to build your next House of Scrap.

Dear Riverbrian, Good luck with that.

The Athletic had a much longer piece that went into more detail but the essence of the story is identical.

Let’s hope Adams has learned something from his last few outings.

To be fair- he came up when Jeffers went on paternity leave, and then there were ten holes to fill on the roster. Somebody has to wear a uniform. He's been up for 22 games all year, that's hardly "insistence on having Gasper on the roster as a third catcher". Jonah Bride was on the team from mid-April until early July, that's an even bigger problem.

Philly Twins update from last night: Kepler 0-2, dropping his average to .203 Bader pinch-hit for Kepler, getting a walk and scoring a run as the Phillies came from behind. Struck out in second at-bat. Duran threw 4 pitches, all strikes, and got the save. Credited with the greatest entry spectacle in Philly history, per The Athletic.

So excited to see Travis “Here, Hit This” Adams back in the big leagues. Great job, team.

I lost you at "dobabrankun", if you want to know.

Pressly would be cheap, that would fit right in.

It's too late. They should have been fired last night. Now the same people get to start over again.

C'mon, who doesn't want a James Outman bobblehead??

If someone buys the wrong car, fails to maintain it, and drives it into a tree, they have to get a new car. However, they also have to switch how the car is maintained and who drives it.