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Pagan up, experiment over.

Castro sucks! Fire the pitching coach!

Castro sucks! Fire the pitching coach!

Take this **** seriously and put a real pitcher out there.

Gets kind of tiring doesn't it?

Headrick pitched in TX. I am glad he pitched poorly in a blowout and great in a tie game

Yup unlikely.
Id use Varland for 1 at least. Let him get his MLB bullpen feet wet.

CLE has to win one or two of these, and wasting a single relief inning on a 12-1 loser is a mistake. It takes some courage to throw in the towel on a game this early so I don't care who is out there right now..

One job Headrick.  Finish game.

25? 30? Screw 'em: if you give up that early you should get to own a record.

25? 30? Screw 'em: if you give up that early you should get to own a record.

This is the kind of stuff that negates the importance of run differential. 

CLE has to win one or two of these, and wasting a single relief inning on a 12-1 loser is a mistake. It takes some courage to throw in the towel on a game this early so I don't care who is out there right now..

Whati miss?

Lewis might catch Correa in RBIs.  

What more can be said about Royce Lewis at this point.  Holy cow. 
Lopez may get through 7 here, which is massive.
Correa, despite his troubles this year, still has his head up and is active in the dugout (cheering guys on, talking with others, laughing, etc.).  The leadership is still there.  Even the biggest haters have to respect that.
Overall, this feels like somewhat of a statement game.

Or perhaps Varland, to get the feel of coming in in relief in an MLB game. 

You can say that again. 

For rookies, it's 4 by Alexi Ramirez for the White Sox in 2008.

Lewis is doing his damnedest to make up for everyone else's RISP issues. I love watching his at bats a la 2019 Buxton.

I think we should keep this Lewis kid!

I know it’s a game thread, but here’s some math. If the Twins win all three, they are up eight games and own the tiebreaker. To quote a former poster “season over” for Cleveland and the Twins can make post-season plans. Win two of three and it’s a six-game lead.  Guardians on life support—Twins thinking about post-season roster. Win one of three—four game lead and the Twins remain overwhelming favorites but they have to take care of business. Lose all three and things are serious. 
 
My prediction is the Twins win two of three and the Twins are in control with 22 games to go. 

Moore would have improved the pen , but the others don't seem like they would be any improvement.

The Twins could have buried Cleveland by simply taking two of the games and left them 7 out.   Instead it is 5 games and they have life.   If the Twins would have taken this past series I think Cleveland passes on the relievers and one gets to the Twins.    Here's hoping Buxton comes back to CF and Kiriloff to 1B.   Luplow will go, and so should Gallo

Yeah, when you're wearing the armor the real vulnerable points are the exposed bone areas like hands, feet and knees. Meat bruises and heals, but Buxton's ribs and Altuve's hand aren't as elastic.