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Likely a Buxton IL stint...at least that is my guess. I will be at the game tomorrow. Will be a good time!

Shelton said last night that Buxton was scheduled for a day off today anyway. With the day off tomorrow, it allows them to put off the decision a few days, but that doesn't mean they are unprepared. I am sure they have been preparing for this decision. It seems as if it was inevitable. Buxton looks like he has been grimacing on every swing he has taken. Granted he seemed to be running well in Monday's game, but has looked uncomfortable/in pain at the plate. Plus, it would be better for Jenkins or ERod to make their debut in front of the home crowd on Friday.

Baseball America released their August in season update today. Marek Houston is now on their top 100 list at #90. Culpepper started at #74 in January and now up to #26 in this most recent update. The 5 Twins prospects are: Walker Jenkins (#10) Vaugh Lackey (#23) Kaelen Culpepper (#26) Emmanuel Rodriguez (#45) Marek Houston (#90) Prielipp was on the list but graduated in their July update. Not Twins related anymore, but Dasan Hill was up to #86 in the May update, but dropped off the list by July.

Take this back...Jon Heyman just reported that the Padres are in on Larnach.

Doubt Larnach gets traded now. Astros are getting Varsho.

Fielding Bible had a different take on his defensive metrics. +13 DRS in 2025, +11 in 2024. Historically, he strikes out at a 23-26% rate, which is still below league average but not nearly the rate he has shown this year. His BB rate is also way up this year. My take on Neto is he is proven MLB shortstop with above average MLB production since his debut in 2023. He has put up 14.5 WAR in 3.5 seasons. Plus he is still only 25.

He is +13 last year and +11 in 2024 in DRS by fielding bible. Baseball Savant has a different story in -8 OAA this year, -8 OAA last year, and -5 in OAA in 2024. The two metrics are calculated differently and honestly, I don't know which is better. Pretty sure I have heard Gleeman say he prefers fielding bible over baseball savant, but I could be misremembering

Bob Nightengale said on Foul Territory that the Twins are trying to get Zach Neto...

It appears as if you are correct. Cooper Ingle has been declared as "selected but inactive due to MLB callup".

Cooper Ingle made his MLB debut on June 26th and is on the MLB Futures roster. He was the only one that I was aware of that has made his MLB debut and on the futures roster. Good for Culpepper though! I am excited to see him make his debut, hopefully sooner rather than later. He got hit pretty hard on the hand last night. Fingers crossed it doesn't result in an IL stint.

It's pretty ridiculous that Alejandro Kirk made the final two catchers hitting .183 with a .547 OPS and only 17g played. And it wasn't even close for 3rd place...Kirk had 350,000 votes over Dingler (who deserves to go).

No the Twins have kept him on the 15-day IL

Marek Houston has been promoted to AA.

Wrong Thread...

I am going on Wednesday as well. Hopefully I am not the curse...We are 0-5 in in games that I have attended this year.