mnfireman

Jax should have went after Ruiz instead of trying to make him chase something, he obviously wasn't swinging, especially after ball 2. It would have been a highlight reel catch had Bader made it, looked like the ball, the glove, and the ground all met at the same time.

He didn't need it, his ego got the better of him...and he never failed a test...

Bonds did.....

But 714 HR, 2214 RBI, and 162.2 bWAR is unreliable....

Look what happens when you don't try to pull everything for a HR, 3-4 with hard contact all night...103 MPH or higher exit velo every PA tonight for Royce....

Being used too much, again.... .226 average over his last 30 games, but getting on base and has a little pop .333 OBP and .396 SLG (.729 OPS) over same period.

411 feet and out of all 30 parks according to Baseball Savant...

That would get them to 91 wins and possibly the #1 WC...

Against former Twins farmhand Chase Petty

Paddack gets the first start after the ASG break.

Don't care for sponsorships on team jersey's, this isn't NASCAR, but it least it isn't Draft Kings...

Was going to say this myself!!

Hopefully his work ethic and weight management are better than his two uncles and doesn't derail his career like theirs.

But he knows when a young pitcher is 3rd time through the line-up? I'm not buying that...

Provus and Perkins making excuses for Baldelli not knowing Buxton was a HR short of the cycle yesterday...

I believe the SP chooses the uniform of the day...

I think the roster is fine, as is, but returns from injury will force some moves, in a good way. Keirsey has options and will be sent to to AAA when Keaschall returns. I would allow Ober and Matthews to rehab as long as needed, though Adams is a big hole in the rotation right now, but Festa and SWR are generally giving competitive starts. When Pablo returns I would like to see the team try and piggyback Festa and Matthews, one starts for 4 or 5 and the other comes in to hopefully finish it Pablo, Ryan and Ober are enough to build around, unfortunately, 2 of 3 are injured. Matthews as well, but I believe we figured Matthews, Festa and SWR would be on innings limits and would have to be rotated through the rotation. Paddack is a spot holder and while he has run hot/cold, his overall numbers are about what was expected. The BP has fine, even with Jax's glitches. The lower leverage guys have been giving numbers about expected, but due to the injuries in the rotation have had to pitch in higher leverage situations sometimes. The problem has been that the core group being counted on for this 6 year stretch has been under-performing to various degrees - Miranda, Julien, Lewis, Martin, Wallner, Larnach, and maybe even Jeffers, or traded Rooker, Steer, etc... so the team has had to add low $$$ FA, to varying degrees of success. Also, the big $$$ veterans Correa and Vazquez have been under-performing as well, though Correa seems to be coming around as of late. Buxton and Castro have been about the only consistent performers, but nobody seems to be able to pick them up if they have a bad game or miss a game, never seen full team slumps as bad as this.

He probably would have done it a third time if not for injuries, he had 14/23 in 98 GMS in '05. He also came close in '07, with 28/18.

And he hit 19 HRs that year, so close... Tony O had 16/19 that same season ('65).

20/20 has been done 7 times in Twins history, didn't look back through Senators: Hisle '77 28/21 Puckett '86 31/20 Cordova '95 24/20 Koskie '01 26/27 Hunter '02 29/23 Hunter '04 23/21 Dozier '14 23/21

Bader's ball...

That's who he is, we can't change that. I'm not a big metrics guy, but the ball had an exit velo of 101.5 and an xBA of.540

Was kind of worried about today, the Cubbies were 10-62 (.161) with Turner's HR as the only XBH in the first two games...

Not many SS make that play, give Swanson some credit...

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