The Great Hambino

Nananana nananana nananana nananana Out Man!

His favorite movie is Rocky IV, which figures. 50% montage, 50% cold war propaganda, 100% awesome

Can't disagree. But to also be fair, Jerry Jones should be slandered at every opportunity

A fun reminder that Jerry Jones said trading Micah Parsons made their run defense better

On the bright side, he's getting lots of reps

Bingo, that was retained from the original script

"Producer Robert Lorenz said that while the script was originally set in Minnesota, he chose Michigan as the final setting because Kowalski is a retired car plant worker"

Fun fact: Gran Torino was originally written to take place in Minneapolis. Which I guess makes it another thing Detroit took from us

Maybe they're counting all the raccoons currently taking up residence in the upper deck

There are now three teams with worse records than the Twins The Twins are now 0-4 in second half series against those teams

His stuff should be playing for the Nippon Ham Fighters Instead he'll be the 8th inning setup man next year

I think they're all low leverage relievers

It's not even the best Longest Yard

Pants on TC Bear? Blasphemy

I wonder how they compare to the other MLB TV teams for ad sales

I've noticed that too For a bit I thought Progressive bought some exclusivity, but they clearly have some ads (Go Blaze!) so, yeah, probably can't sell em. That's not good

Yeah, it's been a whole five days since Rocco let Zebby into the 7th

It's too bad the Twins got rid of Jose De Leon. He could've asked his uncle Juan Ponce

I thought they did recently Either way, that comment did not age well

@USAFChief you better sit down for this: They didn't run the contact play - not even with Buck at third

Great oppo triple Buck! That rightfielder's effort was less great

Every time I flip on a game, it seems like Austin Martin is doing something. Usually it's bad, but this time it was good!

For poos and giggles, here's the list based on RField from Baseball Reference, along with the number of games with the Twins 10. Trevor Plouffe -27; 723 games 9. Eduardo Escobar -33; 671 (an example of what I mentioned before of versatility getting penalized) 8. Oswaldo Arcia -33; 251 7. Brendan Harris -34; 296 6. Delmon Young -36; 497 5. Jason Kubel -40; 798 4. Miguel Sano -42; 694 3. Jorge Polanco -42; 832 2. Luis Rivas -51; 565 1. Michael Cuddyer -71; 1,139 I suppose I should've taken out the games they didn't play in the field, but I didn't feel like doing that

You think so? Guys ultimately get measured against their era. Standards change, thresholds change as the game changes. It's not like they've stopped electing pitchers to the Hall. Sabathia just got in first ballot, and I'd consider him to be an average HOFer (not that there's anything wrong with that) Every once in a while someone falls through the cracks because the standards hadn't adjusted yet (like what happened to Johan, or what will happen to deGrom), but that's what the old timers committees are for

If I'm totally honest, I'm trading both of them because I don't think that there is a path to being competitive in 2026. However, I tried to craft something that would be as close to competitive as I could reasonably get within what I think are realistic constraints - things the front office might actually do. In this scenario, I would be trading Ryan (better return than Pablo) for a lineup-worthy bat that can contribute immediately (plus prospects). I would want someone with more control than Ryan because whatever you think their chances are of contending in 2026, their chances are certainly better further down the road given where their roster currently sits. Because I believe the lineup needs more help than the rotation (any chance for competitiveness relies on a LOT of coin flips working in their favor on the position player side), I see this as a better allocation of resources that could help now as well as in the future. Maybe the right partner isn't out there for this, but this trade of Ryan would have to be done in the offseason since that's when they could potentially find a partner willing to trade a major-league quality bat if they had a glut at a certain position and needed pitching - sort of how Arraez and Lopez were traded for each other. Strength for a strength. I don't think that trade works during the season because the contender that would be trading for Ryan isn't going be as willing to subtract from their lineup in the middle of a pennant race. I was trying to keep it within the realm of what I think might actually happen. I'd love to see them pour $100MM worth of free agents into the roster, but that isn't realistic. Just as I don't think it's realistic for them to trade prospects for a reliever, or to retain their most valuable trade chips so their value withers away to nothing in the name of an unrealistic chance at contention. By trading Ryan for some immediate lineup help, they could perhaps walk that fine line. I admit it's a reach, but realistic contention next year, in my opinion, is a reach. They have no margin for error if they try to pull this off on the budget they'll likely have to work with