IndianaTwin

Good as he's been, I wonder if there's any other team that he's blown a save or given up a walk off for each of the teams he's played for.

Yes, I added that after they mentioned it in the radio postgame.

I'm guessing we could set up a GoFundMe account to buy him one every day.

Not a walk off last year, but a blown save in the 10th that the Twins won in the 11th. In 2022, Miranda hit a 3-run shot off him in a ninth-inning tie.

Yep. That's baseball.

"Martin's hurt. Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap.

I thought Dick Stuart. EDIT: (As noted by Ace.)

Why couldn't Altuve be playing 1B on that one?

If this pitcher ever throws multiple shutouts, would they be ArrighettiOs?

Or alternatively, keep Castro at 2B, Lee at SS and Miranda 3B. Which may lend credence to @Squirrel's earlier response regarding Miranda not being in the lineup.

Also on Yogi's head, according to an attributed quote.

As does R-O-L-A-I-D-E-S.

But speaking of things Chief (might have) said, I had a police officer stop at my house last evening and ask where I was between 5 and 6. I said, "Kindergarten."

PA But nice AB for Vazquez! EDIT: Like Chief said.

SIze of a trash can on the day they played the Astros. I see what you did there.

You're catching all my mistakes. 😀 Yes, the Paddack move happens Monday, not Tuesday as I've been speculating. Which means that Paddack gets the Sunday game heading into the break, though with the off day Thursday, they could also bring back Ober from Tuesday to pitch on Sunday. But that's a later conversation. So basically the question right now is whether you'd rather have Martin or Winder on the roster tomorrow. I guess my thought is that since we know that Winder won't pitch tomorrow, we might as well have Martin available for pinch-running.

That would be a particularly good series to win. And hopefully by then, they are no longer playing a team with a better record.

My prediction is Winder. If you look above, you see that they've played the last couple days with a nine-man bullpen. Since they currently have only four starters on the roster, this would give them a couple days to play with a five-man bench before needing to make a decision with Paddack likely coming back Tuesday. But as Mama IT used to say, "We'll cross that bridge when we get to it."

A hunch is that it would be Winder. He's not going to be used in the next two days and would be sent down by Tuesday when Paddack is activated. With a generally rested pen, they can probably get two days with a seven-man pen before needing to make a decision on Tuesday, when they could send down Martin as Craig suggests. EDIT: I forgot that Winder came up for Festa, so they actually played with a nine-man bullpen the past couple days. So sending down Winder for Wallner makes perfect sense, since they are just going back to a four-starter, eight-reliever staff for a couple days.

My first reaction is, "Gimme Yates or Yimi, if the latter shows himself healthy." Jansen will be too expensive, both in dollars and prospects. The Reds saw themselves as competitive before the season and aren't that far out of it. They don't give up someone like Cruz, with control through 2028, without asking a high price. When I'm In contention, if I'm going to give up something, I want someone with a track record, so not Nardi and Mears. Yates and Yimi both have track records. They are in the last year of (manageable) contracts, which lessens the price. Without going too far into the weeds, I wonder if the Romo deal is comparable to what it would take for Yimi. Yates probably costs a bit more, All in all, it seems like the Twins have improved their bullpen most years by regular churning guys, giving guys a decent amount of rope to prove or disprove, moving on to the next one when someone has disproved. In building an octet, it seems like we've got... In: Duran, Jax. Assumed in when healthy: Stewart. Close to cementing their in-ness: Alcala, Staumont, and I'll include Okert. Assuming health for Stewart and consistency for the next three, we're at six. Undecided, pitching okay, but not yet in: Sands. Still on their long leash, but trending downward: Funderburk, Thielbar. Next guys to get a shot, on the 40-man (including 60-day IL): Winder, Henriquez, Boushley, Topa, Weiss. Next guys to get a shot (or second shot), after the 40-man guys have been sorted out: Wittgren, Brigham, Castillo, Jensen, Jackson, Bowman. I may have missed someone, but those are the general categories. I didn't include any of the guys being used as starters. As I walk through this exercise, I start to think that there are enough options already in the mix. Assuming Stewart's back by soon after the All-Star Break and pitches well, unless there are injuries within the "in" group, I'm not sure how much is needed. Stewart makes six. With today, Sands will have moved his ERA+ to just above 100. If he would pitch himself up the latter to the in list, you're down to needing to only fill one spot from the 13 guys in the last four bullets, many who have shown extended stints of success at some point. With all that, I'm not sure that I give up much of any assets to get Yates or Yimi. I don't know that the marginal gain from one of them is worth it.

And the whole thing about retaining the lead. 😄

And at “just” 28 pitches, I’d send him back out.

Atteberry: “Santana sticks the landing and gets a 6.0 from the German judge.” Was Max scoring it?

I’ll try to keep it simpler. 9 > 3

Mercy sakes alive. Looks like we got us a convoy.