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Also, neither Garcia trade even made honorable mention...

FTFY.

According to the radio, this is the first game in which Rocco has had a pitcher get an out in the ninth.

Nice timing. at 1:44 CDT, MLBTR posted an article declaring Ryan the "best deadline rental return in recent history." https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/06/mlb-trade-deadline-twins-joe-ryan-rays-nelson-cruz-rental-return.html EDIT to add: They have Escobar for a package including Duran as No. 4.

Why would we want to take a chance on someone like Keuchel, when a TJS guy is starting tomorrow and our starters in St. Paul are now Lawyerson (4.60), Varland (just sent down), Enlow (now with one AAA start), Sanchez (5.12), Woods-Richardson (7.47) and Dobnak (5.02)? Seriously, there's no real risk here. As others have noted, minor league contract, lefty, potential to go a couple innings at a time in the bullpen, MVP/CYA votes only three years ago, Boras client. As lottery picks go, it's worth a shot. Also, the Twins have generally pursued character guys, and even if that's all he's got, that's still a good guy to have hanging out with Enlow and friends as a bonus pitching coach. I'm sure there's some learning to be had.

Betteridge (and thus, probably @ashbury) and I say no.

People have been comparing Arraez to Lopez in arguing that that was a bad trade. As I see it, the trade is really about, "Have the Twins gained more by having 15 starts of Lopez compared to 15 starts of someone else (which would have been someone like three starts of Ober before he was called up, but then 12 starts of Dobnak/Rodriguez/Sanchez, etc.) or would they have gained more by having 300 plate appearances from Arraez at the expense of 300 at bats from others (some combination of Kirilloff, Solano, Gallo, Larnach, Buxton)? With how Arraez has been hitting, it's probably accurate that the offense would have been better with 300 plate appearances of him compared to those guys. But I think the gain from Dobnak, et al., to Lopez is much more significant than the loss from Arraez to others. All of which to say is that it's never as simple as comparing the players who were traded. Every player has a context. I'd love to have Arraez, but in the context of what the Twins also had, I think he was among the most tradeable chips to fill in a need. (And also, of course, that we're talking about a bit less than a half season. I'm not a betting person, but I will bet anyone on TD a buck that Arraez doesn't finish the year with a .400 batting average or a .940 OPS.)

Anyone up for a gofundme to buy Applebee's cards for Parf?

I'd rather have pizza than have chicken. I mean, "then."

I can't see on the radio, but I've never heard Provus go off on the umps as much as he just did.

Think Wong can boink MAT on the head?

Got a Duran-Duran matchup here. Hope Jhoan doesn't come undone.

Speaking of wallets and money and stuff, I was in a pet store the other day. There was a bird cage there that had a bunch of quarters, dimes and pennies in it for the birds to peck around on. When I asked why there weren't any five-cent pieces, the owner told me it was a nickleless cage.

Think Snydes knows you're supposed to take the picture out of the frame before you put it in your wallet?

If I would start a gofundme, do you think we could come up with enough to send him to play-by-play school? Or at least get him lessons on how to say someone's name?

At least we know Rocco won’t pull Gray at less than 100 pitches…

Saints already made their trip to Rochester in April. They’d probably save expenses and do the shuttle from St. Paul… 😃

Working on my shopping list for tomorrow. Does anyone know if Whole Foods sells half-and-half?

What? Who?

I don't follow the minors that closely -- just remembered that Salas was somewhere on the TD rankings (12, as it turns out). Byron Chourio is the other. Mainly just noting that it wasn't a one-for-one. (Also, have you been hanging out with my dad? He was often offering to bet a nickel as well. Haven't heard that phrase for a while. Timely, coming two days after Father's Day.)

@Ted Schwerzler, how did you decide which trades to include? What about... Sisk and Cruz for MAT a half-season of Escobar for a package including Duran a half-season of Nelly and a body for six (we hope) seasons of Ryan and a body, etc. Also, Salas as a part of the Lopez/Arraez trade... This seems like a bit of picking and choosing.

Correa has a full no-trade clause.

Ober is at 57.2 innings in the majors, but also has 17.2 in the minors, so his total is already at 75.1. The team has 89 games remaining. If they were to follow a straight five-man rotation, that would set him up for 18 more starts. If he averages the 5.72 innings per start that he's had in the majors, he would have another 103 innings, which tracks to 178 for the year. That would be more than 75 percent more than his highest season and close to 2.5 times what he threw last year. And hopefully a few more in the playoffs. I don't see that happening/being allowed to happen. At the very least, I see them using a sixth man in some variation a few times. Even if they did that three times, they would save 15-18 innings from Ober's arm. We'll get a first glance of their plans in the coming weeks. Assuming Ober-Gray-Ryan through the Boston series, there are 15 games left before the All-Star Game. Rocco said last night that Maeda will pitch "in the majors" this week. Assuming no injuries, they've got three (or four) logical options with those 15 games. Use Maeda from the pen. Yesterday, Rocco didn't say Maeda would get a "start," but that's how they've been using him. I don't see that changing, at least immediately. Go to a six-man rotation for a couple weeks. No matter where Maeda slots in against Detroit, that gives them three starts each for Maeda, Varland and Lopez and two each for Ober, Gray and Ryan in the 15 games from Friday to the break. With a couple of off days, everyone would be making their last two starts on six days rest. Given that Varland has struggled the last several times out, they could have Maeda take his spot, drop him back to St. Paul (or the bullpen) and have three starts each from Maeda, Lopez, Ober, Gray and Ryan. Again, with the off days, most of the remaining starts would come on five days rest. A variation on those would be give Maeda Friday, Varland Saturday and then send him down. With the exception of one game, each starter would be going on five days rest until the break. It would cost Ryan one start before the break. Option 2 saves a start for Ober, but I think it weakens the rotation in that it also trades three starts of Varland for a start each of Ober, Gray and Ryan, who have arguably been their three best starters the last while. For that reason, I would go with Option 3 (or perhaps 4). Though it costs Ober a start now, they will have opportunities to skip a start for him after the break. No matter which option they choose, they will get an extended break for Ober (and everyone) in three weeks, but what they do with Friday and Saturday of this week will give a clue on how they plan to handle Ober.

Speaking of siblings, have I ever mentioned that my brother was a professional skydiver? Sponsored by Folger’s. He was good to the last drop.

The end of the article says it was in the minors that he became quadlingual. It also says he graduated first in his class and “aced” the standardized test. Sister is a lawyer and brother an engineer. That would be so cool to have siblings that smart. I’d love to have a brother that can drive a train.