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  1. Just got DFA'd this a.m.. Rojas sent down, Kody and Raya called up. And around and around we go...
  2. And if Joe was too ill to pitch, I dunno, he shouldn’t have been at the ballpark last night?
  3. Is my math right here? Since our 10-run (!) explosion in the 5th inning last Saturday, we’ve scored a combined 8 runs across 31 innings, with 3 solo homers. 🤦🏼‍♂️
  4. MLB isn't for the sentimental, but I'll still feel bad for the kid if he gets sent down before getting his first hit. He's gotten so close a couple times!
  5. Good game. Dang, what's it gonna take to get a walk-off win again though? I think our last one was Keaschall's opposite field shot off the Royals last August. I know technically we didn't have the winning run up to plate last night, but it seems like we've had at least a dozen opportunities so far this season. ....Also, wasn't Larnach's bomb off Lauer earlier this season in Toronto enough to keep him in the lineup all game long?
  6. This lineup actually did this once already - in that blowout win against the Red Sox back in April, when they scored 4 in the first and 7 in the second. Wonder if any Twins lineup across 65 years has batted around twice in two games in one season - both times in consecutive innings. Crazy! Fun fact: King Ryan Kreidler started both games;)
  7. Did Buck get his first hit this season with a RISP with two outs on that infield single (that didn't score a run)? 🤣 The broadcasters didn't mention that Brooks broke his consecutive at-bats without a strikeout streak..And struck out again the next time. Funny game.
  8. I’m glad you mentioned Jackson’s contributions. By and large, he and Vic have filled in admirably - to say the least - in Jeffers’ absence on both sides. Another great team win. Oh, and Kreidler is crushing it! Starting to come together, Pepper. Happy flight home, fellas✌
  9. I'm kinda over the 'what if?' game at this point (though reserve the right to go back on that haha) with this team. Shelty's Grinders have played competitive baseball for all but a handful of games. Some close games worked out in our favor, a lot haven't. Wasn't always the bullpen's fault - many games could've been won with just one more play by the defense and/or a timely hit. Such is baseball. But, hey, we're almost to the halfway mark and still in this. People wrote this team off in January, March, by the first week of the season, and every few days after that - and continue to dismiss them. I get it: This team ain't a modern masterpiece by any stretch, and surely there's some heartache to come, but a lineup that's capable of 20 hits + a 10-run inning? I'm on board with that. In Kreidler we trust.
  10. Team Kreidler for the win! Liked him ever since I saw him play in Mankato for the MoonDogs. I just like the way he goes about his business…Cory Provus mentioned earlier in the season that Kreidler was none too pleased at starting the season in Triple A, and told Shelty as such. Now, he’s earned a place as the everyday SS. Love to see it.
  11. The bottom line: No one knows anything right now. Raise your hand if you thought last Friday morning, coming off a pretty bad week and heading into a series against a good Cardinals team and 3 games on the road against a decent Rangers club, that a week later this 31-39 team would now be 36-40 and riding a four-game winning streak (the longest active win streak in MLB, for what that's worth). I mean, not even Peter would've predicted that...
  12. I wonder if media members like Patrick Reusse still think this is the "most uninteresting" Twins team they've ever covered. I know we're a ways away from seriously contending, and the picture could look different this time next week (just like it did this time last week), but it's time to put some respect on their names! These guys are playing some really good baseball right now, period. I, for one, am entertained. PS what a blast from my man Ryan Kreidler! I think he's pretty close to getting the starting slot at SS over Gray (who's struggling at the plate right now), even against righties.
  13. I don't recall any DFA discussions around him in April, but I'll take your word for it. He has 30 home runs in just over a year now with the Twins. And that's not even getting to how important he's been in the field.
  14. Kody Clutch Clemens is meriting some serious All-Star consideration. Just five nights ago, this team was on the brink of falling to 31-40 after another bullpen implosion. Great turnaround!
  15. Does Gray have any options left? I thought he did but could be wrong.
  16. Jen's had her struggles for sure. She's missed several check swing calls too on us. There was one recently when I saw Austin Martin get as angry as I've ever seen him...I'll say this: her correct strike 3 call on Duran to end the game a couple weeks back with the bases loaded saved the game for us. We were out of challenges.
  17. The pride of the Mankato MoonDogs: My guy Ryan Kreidler! Also, what a scoop by Royce. Most intriguing 33-40 team in Twins history! As Shelty would say, these guys grind.
  18. Hard to remember- and horseshoes and hand grenades - but Lawrence was a strike away from a 1-2-3 inning. …You can’t hit a ball much harder than Jordan Walker did. Dang it, if we get out of that inning just down 2, I think we come back to win that game.
  19. Gutsy win. Great to see the guys picking each other up. This would’ve been another demoralizing loss. So happy for Royce! Bullpen is a total mess though 🤦🏼‍♂️Morris was shockingly efficient indeed.
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