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TV just showed Lopez in Twins kit in the bullpen. Did he pitch yesterday?

I get the why, but ... wow.

Contreras, Cave, and Gordon in the outfield?

Of all the news on the site today, surely this is the one that moves the needle for TD!

I agree, assuming that Lopez doesn't follow almost all other Twins pitchers to the IL for most of his time here.

In some cases, it might be injury-prone pitchers, but it seems very likely that it has a lot to do with how the Twins train/utilize them. Paddack we knew had issues. Archer has actually given us more innings (though not many at a time) than I thought he would, and with reasonable effectiveness. But most of the rest are just crashing out. What are we doing to these kids that destroys their arms before or shortly after they get to Minnesota?

Do you really think that one more starting pitcher changes the situation? To me it seems like either two starters (with current starters going to pen) or one starter and two good relievers would be the minimum to make this team "good." And that would probably cost all of our prospects. That's why I'm favoring slogging through the rest of the year with minor (cheap) alterations and see what we can do in the off-season. Maybe we'll have better luck with health next year, unless it's the Twins training routine that has sent half of its pitchers to the hospital. In the latter case, I can't see any hope without changing how we treat pitchers.

Yes, the Twins may quite possibly win this division, but so what? Much of the time, they are unwatchable and downright depressing to follow. It's even more frustrating when they are a first-place team threatening to extend their post-season humiliation. We can laugh at a bad team, but this team has a lot of talent and could actually be good if it had a pitching staff. But the system does not seem able to develop young pitchers without injuring them chronically. I'd be interested to know how the Twins' minor-league pitching development differs from more successful teams. (Chase Petty might have improved his career prospects markedly.)

I guess I missed all the "excitement." Left after the third inning to take a wounded opossum from our garden to the Audubon rescue. It was a much closer game when I left than when I returned...

Wow. What is the probability of this combination coming up on Gameday?

Add the Brewers to the list of teams that are clearly better than the Twins. Please don't mortgage any of the future to augment this team!

Why are they spending the pregame talking to a guy in a Red Sox jersey about the Yankees' trade deadline in the build-up to a Twins-Brewers game?? This is why I hate national broadcasts. It's rarely about the teams playing and always about the big audience (NY).

Good morning/afternoon, Twins fans! Today the Womb-mates of Minneapolis finish their annual home/away series against the Makers of Beer in Milwaukee. Nothing fancy from me today. Just a little stream of consciousness. (Warning: My consciousness sometimes goes to strange places.) My family has just “enjoyed” three weeks of passing around the omicron virus, and this week is my turn. (I'm still testing positive, so cautious Game Thread readers may want to mask-up.) Good side: We have gotten an extra 10 days with our delightful 2-year-old granddaughter, waiting for 10-day quarantines to expire allowing them to fly home to Massachusetts. Bad side: Feeling yucky for several days, though I fully realize that I'm fortunate that it is just yucky and not life-threatening. It seems that the munchkin was patient-zero in our house; five kids from her day-care class have tested positive. "Munchkin" is a funny word. It seems unlikely that there are a lot of cute, little people who literally like to chew on their relatives, so where does it come from? The all-knowing Google suggests that it comes from a Dutch word for “little cap.” I’ve never thought of our favorite Dutchman Mr. Blyleven as a munchkin. (It might fit the compact and lovable Mr. Arraez, though.) Omicron is also an interesting letter/word. It is probably the only Greek letter that I’ve never used in an economic model. (It looks too much like zero.) There are two Greek letters for “O,” omicron and omega. Why? Any linguists or Greek speakers in the group who can enlighten me? Apparently, omicron is o-micron, or “Little-O,” which means presumably that omega is “Mega-O.” Personally, Little-O was plenty for me; I may never leave the house if a Mega-O variant starts circulating. Today’s matchup features the Twins’ Chris Archer (2-4, 3.41) against Brewers’ ace Corbin Burnes (7-4, 2.20). We’ll hope that Chris will be on target and that the Twins’ bats can burn Corbin. Here are the posted lineups. Buxton returns to play a day game after a night game, but Sanó does not. And I'm OK with that! Twins: Arraez, 1b Correa, ss Buxton, dh Polanco, 2b Miranda, 3b Kirilloff, rf Garlick, lf Gordon, cf Sanchez, c Brewers: Yelich, lf Adames, ss Tellez, 1b McCutchen, dh Renfroe, rf Wong, 2b Urias, 3b Caratini, c Taylor, cf Go, Twins!

It would help if our BP understood the letters to mean bullpen rather than batting practice,,,

Is his wife a pediatrician, or does she just cure on the side?

I'm not buying for 2022 at the deadline. One or two patches will not make this team into a championship contender. We are better than, say, Pittsburgh, but our results against New York, Houston, and the Dodgers are telling a true story. The Twins are good enough to win some games and beat poor teams more often than that, but not good enough to win big games against top competition. Don't give up anything of value to try to salvage something from 2022. If you can make a trade using something with limited value going forward (Sano, perhaps Kepler, redundant youngsters), to get something useful in 2023 and 2024, then do it. Otherwise, not for me.

He's missed easier catches than that. That was a catch he should make, but it wasn't easy.

But hit it with the left hand, not the right.

I agree. He's not been an ace or a stopper, but few expected that he would be. We're better off with him than without him,

Five announcer words that strike terror into Twins' fans: "Rocco's heading to the mound."

#1 and #2 could easily apply. I've never understood the logic of #3.

Shifted them into a double there. (And the 4th hit also hit a Twin's glove.)

Chicago has three hits, all of which have been in the glove of a Twins fielder.

A double apparently?????

Kepler catches that. (Usually)