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I'm all for improvements in the service and cutting down on ads, but I don't think the current service is a "scam". Quite the opposite, actually. Living outside the US, it is the only way we can listen to radio broadcasts of the games and I listen to every game in it. I think each user might be experiencing it differently. For instance, I've never experienced any of the problems you listed. Luckily for me, listening to the games on the MLB site or the At-Bat app has always been great.

The Twins had the chance to sweep the Yankees for the first time in over 31 years. For a third consecutive game, the offense produced six runs, but Kenta Maeda’s worst start in his career and a few defensive mistakes cost Minnesota the game. Image courtesy of Nick Wosika-USA TODAY Sports Box Score Starting Pitcher: Kenta Maeda, 3.0 IP, 11 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (72 pitches, 46 strikes, 63.9%) Home Runs: José Miranda 2 (2), Joey Gallo (7) Bottom 3 WPA: Kenta Maeda (-.423), Max Kepler (-.061), Carlos Correa (-.054) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Yankees break the game open early Making his first start since being hit by a comebacker against Boston last week, Kenta Maeda had a rough time to begin this game – and the Yankees weren’t the only ones responsible for it. After he pitched an uneventful, clean first inning, a couple of defensive miscues by Minnesota allowed New York to score five runs in the second inning. Playing at center field, Nick Gordon made a fine play on a D.J. LeMahieu line drive that ended the first inning. But then, to start the second, he made an odd throw to second to catch Gleyber Torres trying to stretch a single into a double. Carlos Correa was unable to field it, allowing Torres to reach third. In the very next at-bat, Joey Gallo was able to stop a ground ball from Willie Calhoun, but he was far from the bag and failed to make a throw to Maeda on the bag for the out. Maeda himself couldn’t field an Isiah Kiner-Falefa bunt attempt, and three consecutive Yankee hitters reached to open the second inning. In that play, Maeda fell awkwardly on his stomach, but he continued in the game. The Yankees continued to push, and soon the bases were loaded for New York with only one out. Anthony Volpe (single) and Aaron Judge (double) got back-to-back hits off Maeda to score four more runs. Miranda’s first home run of the year goes to waste If the Twins would have any chance to come back from this was if they responded quickly. On the first pitch of the bottom of the second, José Miranda snapped an 0-for-7 with a home run to left, his first of the season. Sadly, that was all Minnesota’s offense could salvage from that inning, and the Yankees would very soon erase that. Both pitchers tossed a scoreless third, but New York added on in the following inning. With three consecutive hits to open the fourth, two more runs scored on a long double to center by Volpe. Judge drew a walk next, and Anthony Rizzo brought both runners home with a double, making it five consecutive batters reaching before Maeda could record an out. With an apparent injury, Maeda himself seemed to ask to leave the game. Brent Headrick replaced the Twins’ starter, and after retiring the first batter of the inning, he gave up a two-run home run to Torres, making it 11-1 Yankees. Ten runs were credited to Maeda, making it the worst start of his MLB career. Should the Twins consider shifting him to a bullpen role? Or is it still too soon to think about that? Twins offense cut New York’s lead in half Several times this season, we’ve witnessed the Twins pitchers pitch some brilliant games only to find no support from a cold offense. This game was the complete opposite. After New York’s six-run fourth, Minnesota would go on to score five runs on a couple of home runs and a single. In the bottom of the fourth, Miranda became the third Twin to have a multi-HR game this season: after Trevor Larnach drew a leadoff walk, Miranda blasted high line drive to center to put two more runs on the board. With Headrick eating up as many innings as he could – and doing a great job at it –the offense was able to score two more runs off Yankee starter Domingo Germán. In the sixth inning, already with two outs, Miranda was hit by a pitch to reach for the third time in the afternoon. Gallo stepped up to the plate next and hit his seventh dinger of the year to deep right. Minnesota even added another run in the seventh after Gordon tripled and was brought home by a Max Kepler force out, but it was just too late. The Yankees got that run back in the eighth on a LeMahieu deep sac-fly to score Volpe from third. It was an impressive defensive play by Larnach, who stole LeMahieu of an extra-base hit that would’ve scored at least two runs. Postgame interview What’s Next? The homestand continues for the Twins. Starting on Thursday (4/27), they host the Kansas City Royals for a four-game series until Sunday. Coming off his best start of the season last Friday, Tyler Mahle (1-2, 3.32 ERA) starts the game for Minnesota, with Zack Greinke (0-3, 4.61 ERA) taking the mound for Kansas City. Tomorrow’s first pitch is scheduled for 6:40 pm CDT. Bullpen Usage Spreadsheet SAT SUN MON TUE WED TOT Headrick 3 0 0 0 83 86 Durán 0 11 0 15 0 26 Morán 0 0 24 0 0 24 Jax 0 0 23 0 0 23 Thielbar 0 18 0 0 0 18 López 0 7 0 10 0 17 Pagán 0 0 0 0 10 10 Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

The slow-running Twins' offense has been the topic of many discussions over the past few weeks. Tonight, though, the bats were simply unstoppable against the Red Sox, and Minnesota has evened the series at Fenway Park. Image courtesy of Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports Box Score Starting Pitcher: Joe Ryan, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (100 pitches, 70 strikes, 70.0%) Home Runs: Édouard Julien (2), Joey Gallo (4), Trevor Larnach (2) Top 3 WPA: Édouard Julien (.176), Joe Ryan (.112), Joey Gallo (.111) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) An offensive blitz puts the game out of reach early Three struggling Twins hitters – which isn’t a very exclusive club at the moment – helped Minnesota to a large, early lead. Despite hitting an important home run on Tuesday night, Max Kepler came into this game slashing a very poor .120/.185/.360. He did, however, reach safely in his first two trips to the plate, including a leadoff walk in the top of the first. Then, Byron Buxton snapped an 0-for-15 funk with a one-out double to the gap in center field, sending Kepler to third. Trevor Larnach drove in the game’s first run with a groundout that brought Kepler home. Before Boston’s Corey Kluber could get out of the jam, Édouard Julien snapped an 0-for-14 skid of his own by blasting a two-out, two-run bomb to right for his second big-league dinger, making it 3-0 Minnesota. Are we sure this kid will be going back to Saint Paul soon? Are we sure he’s even a rookie? The offense went quietly in the second, but after Joe Ryan delivered two perfect innings, the bats ambushed Kluber once more in the third. The former Cy Young Award winner struggled with his command, giving up a walk to Larnach and hitting Julien. After a mound visit, José Miranda slapped a ground ball up the middle to bring Larnach home from second, scoring the Twins’ fourth run. They weren’t done. After being activated from the 10-day injured list earlier on the day, Joey Gallo returned to the lineup with a leadoff single during the scoreless second. Then with Julien and Miranda on base in the third, he clobbered a three-run shot to break the game open, making it 7-0 Twins. With that homer, Gallo momentarily jumped to the team lead in home runs (4) and batting average (.350), seemingly picking up exactly where he left off before being placed on the injured list. Ryan escapes a couple of jams, gets more run support, and a quality start After breezing through the first two innings with ease, Ryan found himself in a jam in the third. Also having some issues with his command, he gave up a leadoff walk before eventually loading the bases with only one out. The Red Sox got on the board with a Raimel Tapia groundout to score Triston Casas. With two men in scoring position, Ryan got a huge help from the defense behind him: Carlos Correa ended the inning with a great play at short. After a solid, scoreless fourth, Boston threatened Ryan once again in the fifth, with the first two batters reaching on a single and a double. But the defense was brilliant again, turning in a double play on an Alex Verdugo groundout. The runner on third scored Boston’s second run of the night, but Ryan finished off the inning by retiring Tapia. As if seven runs weren’t enough, the offense gave Ryan even more run support in the top of the sixth. Reliever Ryan Brasier replaced Kluber, but the offense jumped all over him as well. Kepler reached for the third time in the evening with a one-out double, then Buxton drew a two-out walk. Larnach then obliterated a Brasier four-seamer for a monster 423-feet, three-run bomb to make it 10-2 Minnesota. That ball left his bat at nearly 110 mph. Ryan completed his quality start despite allowing another run in the bottom of the sixth. After getting two quick outs on six pitches, he gave up a solo shot to Kiké Hernández that cut the lead down to seven. Next, the Red Sox got a double from Reese McGuire, prompting a mound visit, but Ryan was able to get the final out. Lefty Brent Headrick, who was recalled from St. Paul on Sunday, made his big-league debut, and his stuff looked impeccable at first. He pitched two perfect frames on 25 pitches, with 76% strikes and topping out at 94.2 mph. He struck out three of the six batters he faced while inducing 50% whiffs (six in twelve swings). However, he came back for the ninth looking considerably less sharp: he lost each of his first three batters to load the bases with nobody out. Boston got one run back on a Jarren Duran sac fly, but Headrick managed to retire the next two batters to pick up a save. What’s Next? Both teams close out the series on Thursday afternoon (4/20) for the rubber game, with the first pitch scheduled for 12:35 pm CDT. After ten days, Kenta Maeda (0-2, 4.09 ERA) takes the mound for Minnesota to make his third start of the year, while righty Tanner Houck (2-0, 4.50 ERA) toes the rubber for Boston. Bullpen Usage Spreadsheet SAT SUN MON TUE WED TOT Morán 26 0 0 26 0 52 Headrick 0 0 0 0 47 47 Alcalá 44 0 0 0 0 44 Jax 0 13 0 26 0 39 Durán 0 0 0 19 0 19 Thielbar 0 0 0 17 0 17 Pagán 0 15 0 0 0 15 López 0 0 0 10 0 10 View full article

A once again depleted Twins lineup struggled to provide a lot of runs, with the score being 1-0 until the eighth inning. But a solid start by Sonny Gray and a fantastic four-inning outing by the bullpen put the Twins on top against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon. Image courtesy of Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports Box Score Starting Pitcher: Sonny Gray, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (78 pitches, 45 strikes, 57.7%) Home Runs: none Top 3 WPA: Sonny Gray (.275), Griffin Jax (.116), Ryan Jeffers (.095) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Julien makes his big-league debut The biggest story before this game was second baseman Édouard Julien being called up to the majors earlier today. With Joey Gallo being placed on the 10-day injury list, the Canadian infielder was hurried back to the Twin Cities from Indianapolis to join the Twins roster and make his big-league debut. His first at-bat came only in the third inning, as Lucas Giolito cruised through the first two innings. The at-bat was rather quick, with Julien grounding out after only two pitches. But it wasn’t his first trip to the bat that caused some concern. In the top of the third, Andrew Benintendi hit a ground ball to right, towards Julien. The rookie infielder managed to get to the ball in time, but the ball just skidded under his glove to reach right field. It wasn’t ruled an error for him, but it was certainly a playable hit. Then, in the fifth inning, he made an awful throw to first base trying to pick off the runner, but fortunately, there were no repercussions. First-day jitters? We sure hope so. Twins take the lead after a scary moment for Farmer It was exactly after Julien’s first at-bat that things started to slip away from Giolito’s control. He gave up back-to-back singles, then loaded the bases by giving up a two-out walk to José Miranda. Nick Gordon flied out to center, and the Twins couldn’t capitalize on their first big threat, but some command problems by Giolito, combined with a few defensive mishaps by the White Sox defense, were about to give Minnesota its first lead shortly. In the fourth inning’s first at-bat, Ryan Jeffers hit a bullet to deep right field, which possibly was playable for Gavin Sheets. However, the White Sox outfielder fell down and couldn’t make the play, allowing Jeffers to reach third. Then, with Kyle Farmer batting, Giolito badly misplaced a fastball and ended up hitting the Twins infielder right in the face. He left the game with what the Twins initially called a jaw injury. Following that play, Julien made his second trip to the plate and took advantage of Giolito apparently still feeling shaken for hitting Farmer. The Chicago starter was all over the place during the at-bat, and Julien drew a five-pitch walk to load the bases again. Michael A. Taylor grounded out to first base, and the White Sox defense once again failed to field cleanly and, instead of turning a double play, allowed Jeffers to score from third. Gray tosses five scoreless but doesn’t look sharp in the end Making his third start of the season, Sonny Gray delivered another scoreless outing. However, he didn’t look as sharp as he did in his last time around when he pitched seven brilliant innings of one-run ball against the Astros on Friday. The White Sox put some pressure on him right out of the gate, with Luis Robert Jr. (double) and Andrew Vaughn (walk) both reaching in the first inning. He responded by retiring the next six batters he faced. After giving up two more singles in the third, then throwing a 1-2-3 fourth, he seemed to have command issues during the fifth. He simply couldn't find the strike zone against Seby Zavala, giving up a leadoff walk. He did manage to retire the next three batters, but he struggled to throw strikes. At the end of the day, what matters the most is the fact that he kept Chicago scoreless, but it’s worth wondering why he was a bit off target during that inning. He was pulled after the fifth with only 78 pitches thrown, but also throwing less than 58% strikes. Offense adds on, and the bullpen holds on tight Coming into this game, the White Sox bullpen had the third-worst ERA in the majors, at 6.91. When Giolito departed the game after the sixth inning, the Twins' offense managed their first multi-hit inning since the third but failed to capitalize in the seventh. Byron Buxton was involved in a collision with infielder Lenyn Sosa and landed awkwardly in the inning’s final out. But things were different in the bottom of the eighth. Jeffers hit a leadoff single and, a couple of at-bats later, was brought home by a Willi Castro double to right. Castro himself moved up to third on a Matt Wallner sac-fly, then scored on a Taylor bloop single to shallow center, making it 3-0 Twins. Upon the departure of Gray, the Twins’ bullpen absolutely dominated Chicago’s lineup. Jorge Alcalá, Jorge López, and Griffin Jax tossed three scoreless innings on 39 pitches, allowing only one hit and one walk. With the run support provided in the eighth, Jhoan Durán came in to get the save. He did give up a leadoff single, taken care of by a double play, and then a two-out solo home run to Sosa, but eventually finished off the game with a groundout to earn his third save of the season. Postgame interview What’s Next? Minnesota gets back on the road starting tomorrow for a four-game set against the New York Yankees in the Bronx. The first game of the series is scheduled for this Thursday (4/13) at 6:05 pm CDT, with Joe Ryan (2-0, 3.75 ERA) set to start the game for the Twins and Jhony Brito (2-0, 0.90 ERA) taking the mound for New York. 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Pablo López delivered seven brilliant innings of one-run ball, but the offense never really showed up, and the bullpen blew up in the eighth. The Twins dropped the game and the series against the Marlins before heading north for the home opener. Image courtesy of © Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Box Score Starting Pitcher: Pablo López, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K (88 pitches, 60 strikes, 68.2%) Home Runs: none Bottom 3 WPA: Caleb Thielbar (-.320), José Miranda (-.181), Willi Castro (-.107) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) López and Luzardo dominate Similar to what happened in Tuesday night’s game, Minnesota struggled early at the plate. The Marlins' number two starter, Jesús Luzardo, kept the Twins hitless through three innings on 34 pitches, with the only Twins baserunner (Willi Castro) reaching on a throwing error. Also similar to the evening before, the Marlins got on the board early with a first-inning solo home run, this time by Jorge Soler. Facing a lefty starter for the first time in the year, the Twins’ strategy was to fill the lineup with eight righties, including Donovan Solano, who batted .301 against southpaws in 2022. But Minnesota only broke Luzardo’s no-hit bid in the fourth inning when Byron Buxton hit a leadoff single to right field. Fortunately for the Twins, Pablo López was also having a brilliant start against his former team. After the Soler home run in the first, Marlins batters went 0-for-12 with a walk against him, with the only other hit coming in the bottom of the fifth. He completed five innings of work on only 60 pitches. Larnach ties the game, but the Marlins break it open against the bullpen The first big threat posed by Minnesota’s offense came in the top of the sixth, when Michael A. Taylor, Carlos Correa, and Solano reached to load the bases with two outs. But Luzardo got José Miranda to fly out after four pitches to end the threat. While López continued to dazzle and delivered another scoreless inning to remain below the 75-pitch mark, the offense finally came through in the top of the seventh to tie the game. Ryan Jeffers hit a rocket (106.2 MPH exit velocity) to right for a one-out double, and a couple of at-bats later, Trevor Larnach scored him from second with a liner to left-center. López completed seven innings with a tie game when the ball was handed to the bullpen. Griffin Jax took over to pitch the bottom and the eighth, but he was removed from the game after giving up back-to-back one-out singles, with Luis Arráez coming up as a pinch hitter. Caleb Thielbar stepped up to the mound, retired his old teammate (strikeout) for the second out, but followed up by giving up a long single to Jean Segura and then a three-run home run to Soler, making it 5-1 Miami. With only the top of the ninth to try and rally back, the Twins were able to threaten again. Kyle Farmer hit a one-out groundball and was followed by a Jeffers walk. After moving to third on a Taylor fly out, Farmer scored on a wild pitch with Larnach batting, but the Twins left-fielder struck out to end the game. To be fair, the pitch that got called a third strike to end the game was really... a strike (see the video on the tweet below). But would that have changed the outcome of the game? Postgame interview What’s Next? The Twins were supposed to head back to Minnesota and have their home opener against the Houston Astros on Thursday, then have a day off on Friday. However, the Thursday game was officially postponed by the club yesterday, and it will take place on Friday instead. Sonny Gray (1-0, 0.00 ERA) will start the game for Minnesota, while righty José Urquidy (0-0, 6.75 ERA) toes the rubber for Houston. The first pitch of the game is scheduled for 3:10 pm CDT, but Twins Daily is having a pregame party at Tom’s Watch Bar starting at 11 am CDT, and we would be thrilled if you could join us. Bullpen Usage Spreadsheet SAT SUN MON TUE WED TOT Pagán 0 16 0 26 0 42 Alcalá 12 0 25 0 0 37 Morán 0 20 0 15 0 35 Thielbar 18 0 0 0 13 31 Sands 0 0 28 0 0 28 Jax 11 0 0 0 9 20 López 8 11 0 0 0 19 Durán 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

The 2023 World Baseball Classic concluded on Tuesday night with Samurai Japan downing Team USA 3-2 in the championship game. The Classic closed with a final at-bat for the ages between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. While most people agree such a spectacular final game is the cherry on top of a tremendous tournament, some still oppose the competition. Image courtesy of Rhona Wise-USA TODAY Sports For three weeks, most of the baseball world celebrated the multicultural festivities of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) that took place in four different cities across three countries and two continents. The tournament had some of the world’s best players and broke, with ease, all of its attendance and viewership records. Still, in the middle of all that baseball fun, some people still managed to find a negative way to look at the competition. When Puerto Rico closer Edwin Díaz got hurt celebrating his country’s crucial win over the powerhouse from the Dominican Republic on March 15th, several media outlets and personalities bashed the WBC and its “lack of relevance.” Most notably, Barstool’s Kevin Clancy went on a rant about how “nobody gives a [expletive] about the WBC except for [expletive] losers.” Then, podcaster Keith Olbermann piled on by claiming the WBC is “a meaningless exhibition series designed to (...) split up teammates based on where their grandmothers got laid.” Despite being made in a grotesque way, there’s a very valid point in those statements, and they are definitely worth being politely discussed: is the World Baseball Classic fun worth the risk of superstars getting injured? Here are some reasons why I think it is. For many people, the WBC matters much more than the MLB This year’s WBC broke all of its attendance and viewership records. The tournament drew 1,010,999 fans to the stands during pool play, shattering the previous record of 510,056 set in 2017 with a 98% increase. Pool D, which was played in the US, drew 295,850 fans to the stands, making it the most-attended WBC round ever played in the United States – an 81% increase compared to the previous record. The TV viewership of this year’s WBC was also outstanding. Numbers on Tuesday night's championship game are not officially out yet, but one of the Samurai Japan games in this edition already broke an interesting record. Until this year, the most-watched baseball game in history was considered to be Game 6 of the 1980 MLB World Series, when 54,86 million people tuned on NBC to watch the Phillies defeat the Royals. But when Japan played against South Korea in their third pool play game, around 62 million people were watching the game in Japan – nearly half of the country. Tuesday’s championship game has the potential to be the most-watched game in baseball’s history. To put things in perspective, according to MLB, the 2022 World Series averaged 12.02 million total viewers per game across FOX, FOX Deportes, and FOX Sports streaming platforms. The final game of the series reached a peak audience of 14.73 million viewers during the game. Another fun number: when Puerto Rico played against the Dominican Republic in the final game of Pool D, about 62% of the island was watching the game, including 24% of viewers under the age of 35, and 55% were female viewers. Can you imagine over 60% of a country watching the same game? You can find some more fun stats about the WBC here and here. Finally: the players love it. Former Twin Nelson Cruz said, "the WBC is the real World Series.” It is easy to notice how important representing their country is for players, especially from countries like the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela, where baseball is the number one sport. But it’s not only them. Here’s what Mike Trout and Mookie Betts had to say right after the Edwin Díaz injury. Injuries will happen anywhere, at any time Wanting the end of the WBC over injuries makes no sense. First and foremost because Major League Baseball has insurance in place to protect its teams in circumstances like this. The Mets, for instance, will get reimbursed for Edwin Díaz’s salary during the star closer’s time on the injured list. That should be the end of this. But in case that’s not enough, people should remember that injuries like that could happen anywhere, at any time. Gavin Lux suffered a non-contact knee injury in this year's spring training and will miss the entire season. Brandon Nimmo got injured sliding into second. Last Sunday, both Juan Soto and Austin Nola left their respective spring training games due to injuries, and the Padres might miss them for a while. Nola, specifically, was hit in the nose with a pitch. Yet, no one is calling for spring training to be canceled. And no one should, as it doesn’t make any sense. Injuries are unpredictable. Remember when Francisco Liriano missed out on roughly $11M when he broke his arm slamming into a door to scare his kids on Christmas? The odds of that happening might be the same as Díaz suffering a torn patellar tendon while celebrating a WBC win with his teammates. The WBC puts baseball on the map Finally and most importantly, the WBC makes baseball stronger. The United States is the birthplace of baseball, and it might even sound weird for a US native to hear that baseball needs to be strengthened. But the truth is that baseball is not among the most globally-spread sports in the world. Outside the US, it is only considerably popular in Central America and east Asia. I’m not from the USA. I’m a born and raised Brazilian who’s been living in Brazil my entire life. I had never watched a baseball game until I was 16, and I didn’t know the first thing about the sport. Unfortunately, that’s the case for most people in most countries outside the US and those two other areas. A global event such as the WBC is vital for baseball’s future, especially since it has been dropped from the Olympic Games. Baseball is the greatest game on the planet, and the whole world needs to know that. The WBC isn’t nearly as representative as other sports’ world cups, like FIFA’s, FIBA, the cricket world cup, the rugby world cup, etc. But it can be. It has to be. It will be, as long as we don’t give up on it over a superstar injury. What do you think? Is the World Baseball Classic important enough for superstar players to risk getting injured? Share your thoughts in the comments! 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Oh geez, my bad, I mixed up those two numbers. But the point I was making is even more true now. With the tournament ending ten days before the regular season, there are absolutely no worries about preparation. The players will get a great one at the WBC and will have some time in between to rest if they need it.

The Twins play only one game that overlaps with the WBC, which is the season opener on March 30. Assuming Puerto Rico reaches the final game on the 31st, the worst-case scenario is that those players will simply stay in Miami to be joined by the Twins on the following Monday when the Twins start a three-game series against the Marlins. They won't need time off after the tournament, as the WBC can just be a replacement for Spring Training. And to be honest, it can be a much better preparation than Spring Training.

On Thursday evening, all twenty World Baseball Classic rosters were unveiled live on MLB Network. The amount of talent is scary good, with this having the potential to be the best WBC yet. The rosters are filled with current and former Twins that will represent their countries this year. Image courtesy of Thiéres Rabelo (graphics) Second to Team USA, Minnesotans might look at Puerto Rico fondly during this edition of the WBC, as seven of the ten current Twins, plus four former ones will be playing the event for the Borícua team. Relievers Emilio Pagán, Jorge López, José de León, Dereck Rodríguez and Jovani Morán, catcher Christian Vázquez, and infielder José Miranda are the current Twins on Team Puerto Rico. Former Twins José Berríos and Hector Santiago and outfielder Eddie Rosario are also on the squad. In addition, the team's pitching coach, Ricky Bones, who spent about five months in early 1998 in the Twins organization. Back-to-back runners-up, the Puerto Ricans could even have another Twin in Carlos Correa, but the superstar shortstop opted not to take part in this year’s edition as his wife is expected to give birth to the couple’s second child during the competition. But despite also having names like Francisco Lindor, Javier Báez, and Martín Maldonado, Puerto Rico won’t have an easy life in Pool D, as another team full of former Twins will fight them for one of the two spots in the quarterfinals. Venezuela is another strong team in the group, and despite having only one current Twin, he’s perhaps the team’s ace, Pablo López. Four former Twins will join him. Fan favorites Luis Arráez and Eduardo Escobar in the infield and Jhoulys Chacín (pitched in spring training 2020 before the pandemic and was cut in July, just before the season started) and Martín Pérez in the pitching staff. Also, the Venezuelan coaching staff includes Twins assistant pitching coach Luis Ramírez and long-time Twins minor-league manager, currently with the Wichita Wind Surge, Ramón Borrego. Former Twins minor-league pitching coach Ivan Arteaga is the team's pitching coach. With names like José Altuve, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Salvador Pérez, among others, Venezuela the main competition to Puerto Rico for the second spot in the group. I said “second” because one other team is considered by many to be the pool’s favorite. The Dominican Republic doesn’t have a single current Twin. However, former Minnesota sluggers Gary Sánchez and Nelson Cruz, who's also the team manager. Still, they’ll be one of the most exciting teams in the tournament, with players like Sandy Alcántara, Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Rafael Devers, Manny Machado, and more. Only a tragedy would keep the Dominicans out of the quarterfinals. There are several other current Minnesota Twins (or Twins minor leaguers) in the competition. Newcomer Carlos Luna will be playing for Panama, and prized-prospect Édouard Julien, for Team Canada. Joining the latter is former Twins pitcher Andrew Albers. Seven other former Twins will also be fighting for the world title: pitchers Lance Lynn and Ryan Pressly will play for Team USA. In addition, reliever Brooks Raley spent much of the 2014 season on the Twins 40-man roster, and Jason Adam was the player acquired from the Royals for Josh Willingham in 2014. Two infielders who had short stints with Minnesota, Andrelton Simmons and Jonathan Schoop will represent The Kingdom of the Netherlands. So will former pitcher Shairon Martis. Former Twins first base/outfield prospect Zander Wiel will also be on the team. Their pitching coach will again be Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven. Last year’s fan favorite Gio Urshela will represent Colombia, alongside reliever Jhon Romero, who pitched in four games in a Twins uniform early last season. The Twins long had a pipeline in Australia. There are five former Twins minor leaguers on Team Australia including Aaron Whitefield who spent some time with the Twins in 2020. The others include infielder Logan Wade and pitchers Todd Van Steensel, Tim Atherton and Josh Guyer. Great Britain is in the tournament this year. On their roster include former Twins pitchers Ian Gibaut and Vance Worley. Tyler Viza pitched for Wichita and St. Paul early in the 2022 season before being released. In addition, Antoan Richardson stole 39 bases between New Britain and Rochester in 2013. He is the team's bench coach. Slugger ByungHo Park, who played for the Twins in 62 games during the 2016 season, will represent his home country of South Korea. Several former Twins minor leaguers will also be participating in Pool A or Pool B in the first round. For Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) pitchers Chi-Wei Hu and Kai-Wei Teng, as well as Saints infielder Tzu-Wei Lin will participate. The team representing China will include former minor leaguer Ray Chang. Team Israel will include former Twins third baseman Danny Valencia, along with pitcher Zack Weiss who spent a little time in Double-A and Triple-A in the Twins system in 2019. In maybe a fun story, 35-year-old Jakub Hajtmar is competing with the team from the Czech Republic. He played in 33 games for the GCL Twins in 2008. The WBC will take place from March 8 until March 21, with the four pools having a different host city: Taichung, Taiwan, for Pool A; Tokyo, Japan, for Pool B; Phoenix, USA, for Pool C; and Miami, USA, for Pool D. Below is a picture of the competition structure, with the four pools and the bracket all the way to the final. Who do you think is going to win it all? 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If you're looking at his entire career, you should know that he has a career .744 OPS, combined with outstanding defense. His OPS dropped below .719 in a season for the first time in his career in 2022 and that's only because of his injuries.

So base your projection in this fact: Kepler was an above-average hitter for his first 85 games in 2022 (115 wRC+, .734 OPS, 12.2% BB%, 14.5% K%). Then, he had two IL stints, one for a fractured toe and one for a sprained wrist, resulting in him playing only 30 games after July 24.

Max Kepler's name has been in trade rumors throughout the offseason, but what if he isn't traded? Is there any reason to believe that he could make some adjustments and become valuable at the plate again? Image courtesy of Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports No position player in the Minnesota Twins organization has been less appreciated in the last few weeks/months than Max Kepler. After a hot start to the 2022 season, the German outfielder saw his offensive productivity dramatically decrease in the second half of the season, mainly after suffering a fracture in his right pinky toe in mid-July. He’s now the guy most Twins fans want the team to get rid of, but since his trade value isn’t very high right now, Minnesota might have no other option but to stick with him for now. Which brings me to the question: can Kepler get back on track and help the Twins' offense in 2023? I think there are reasons to believe so. Kepler’s regression isn’t an individual outcome Kepler had arguably the worst offensive performance of his career in 2022. With a career-worst .666 OPS. It was the first time in his big-league career that it went below .719 for a season. But he was hardly the only Twin to see his offensive productivity plummet in the last three years. In three seasons under former hitting coach James Rowson (2017-2019), Minnesota had an elite offense, ranking among the top five or six best offenses in baseball in a number of offensive metrics: fifth in baseball in wRC+ (105), sixth in OPS (.775), fifth in SLG (.445), sixth in wOBA (.330), and fifth in ISO (.185). In the following three seasons after the New York native departed the organization, the Twins failed to rank at the league’s top ten in most of those same metrics. Kepler experienced his offensive peak with Rowson as the Twins' hitting coach with back-to-back above-average seasons (wRC+ above 100). Since his departure, he regressed into a slightly below-average hitter, similar to the one he was when Rowson joined the club. The past couple of seasons have been rough for the entirety of Minnesota’s offense, which possibly had more downs than ups. David Popkins took over as the team’s hitting coach after the 2021 season, making 2022 a season of getting used to a whole new regime. Kepler struggled overall, but that doesn’t mean he did everything wrong. Here’s why. Kepler might be a few tweaks away from getting back on track When browsing through Kepler’s Baseball Savant page, you get smacked in the face with his surprisingly good 2022 Percentile Rankings. What conclusions can we draw from this? He failed to get good quality, hard contact last season. While his average exit velocity (89.1 MPH), Barrel% (7.1), and HardHit% (39.9) are still slightly above league average, last year’s percentile rankings in those metrics are some of the worst in his career. Curiously, though, all three of them were worse in 2020, the last season in which Kepler finished with an above-average wRC+. He might never have been more disciplined at the plate than last season. Despite his struggles with hitting for power, Kepler posted a career-best 14.8% K%, making him better than 88% of all hitters in baseball. Also, he had an 11% BB%, well above league average (8.4%), making it the third consecutive season with an 11% or better walk rate. He draws more walks than 84% of all major-league hitters. His Whiff% (19.9) and Chase% (23.5) are also among the league’s best. His expected stats might indicate some improvement is coming. Expected statistics are fun to look at. They aren’t necessarily predictive, but they can tell you how well a player is doing things compared to the league-wide execution. For instance, Kepler’s expected stats trended upward in the first two seasons of Rowson with the Twins, resulting in a great 2019 season for him. Then, they started trending downward for the following two seasons, resulting in a poor overall performance in 2022. But as you can see in the image above, his xwOBA, xBA, and xSLG had some of the best percentile rankings of his career. So what does Kepler need to do to improve in 2023? And will he? When you hit rock bottom, there’s nowhere to go but up. Assuming 2022 was Kepler’s rock bottom offensively, it is logical to believe that he’s bound for some improvement, especially after finding out he’s in an upward trend in his expected stats. This is not just a logical conclusion from myself: several projections also believe Kepler will be a better hitter in 2023. On his FanGraphs page, you can see how every pre-season projection (the green rows) expects him to reach at least 103 wRC+ this year, with the most optimistic one saying he could reach 113 wRC+. But how can that happen? Well, the good news is that we know what he needs to work on this offseason and preseason: putting the ball in the air. Kepler’s decreased productivity on offense goes hand in hand with his reduced launch angle and increased ground ball rate. In 2020, his last season with a wRC+ above 100, his launch angle average was 22.2, a career-best. In 2022, however, that came down to 11.2, the smallest one since his rookie season. His ground ball rate also increased significantly in that span, going from 32.4% in 2020 to 45.7% last year. If Kepler gets back on track, what does that mean for the Twins? Kepler is one of MLB’s best defensive outfielders, ranking sixth in the majors in OAA (11) and ninth in DRS (9). Most of his 2.0 fWAR in 2022 was thanks to his defensive contributions. If he can improve the aspects mentioned in the previous paragraph and regain some confidence offensively, he can become an important cog in the Twins' offense. But does that mean he’ll stick around long? Not necessarily. The Luis Arraez trade proved Minnesota’s front office is willing even to part ways with a fan-favorite in order to improve their roster. In the eyes of Twins fans, Kepler’s appreciation was never close to that of Arráez’s, so if Kepler actually manages to get back on track offensively, he might become a valuable trade piece. With outfielders such as Trevor Larnach, Matt Wallner, and Mark Contreras having already made their big-league debut, it’s hard to imagine Kepler, who’s in the final year of his contract, not getting dealt soon, provided he regains some of his trade value. View full article

In the final game of their disappointing 2022 season, the Twins crushed the White Sox in Chicago, taking the season series against the Southsiders. The main highlight from this game was Luis Arráez officially winning the American League batting title – but it wasn’t the only one! Image courtesy of Thiéres Rabelo (graphics) Box Score Starting Pitcher: Louie Varland, 5 IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 5K (78 pitches, 55 strikes, 70.5%) Home Runs: Gary Sanchez (16), Jermaine Palacios (2) Top 3 WPA: Gary Sánchez (.249), Jermaine Palacios (.088), Matt Wallner (.058) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Arráez is the American League batting champion! This is not breaking news, but… Luis Arraez has done it! Despite watching New York Yankee Aaron Judge briefly surpass him for the highest batting average in the American League, the Venezuelan hitting machine kept on hitting and regained first place, never letting it go again. He walked twice today before doubling to deep center in the third inning, raising his batting average to .316, and leaving the game after that. Even if he hadn’t doubled, his case for winning the crown was just too good. Coming into today, Arráez's batting average sat at .315, while Judge’s sat at .311. The Yankees outfielder would need to go 4-for-4 today just to match Arráez’s average while also hoping “La Regadera” would have some bad at-bats in Chicago. However, the Yankees decided not to play Judge for the day, making Arráez the batting champion right away. Even if Arráez had gone 0-for-4 for the day, his batting average would still be higher than that of Judge. Arráez becomes the fifth Twin to ever win the AL batting title, the first one since 2009, joining Tony Oliva (1964, 1965), Rod Carew (1969, 1971-75, 1977, 1978), Kirby Puckett (1989), and Joe Mauer (2006, 2008, 2009). He also becomes the sixth Venezuelan to win the distinction, the first one since 2017, joining Andres Galarraga, Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Gonzalez, Miguel Cabrera, and Jose Altuve. The offense gets the job done early The game was basically decided after just two innings. The Twins' offense knocked around Chicago starter Davis Martin right out of the gate, building a six-run lead in the first inning. After Arráez drew a leadoff walk and was followed by a Gio Urshela single, Gary Sánchez obliterated a slider on the heart of the plate for a three-run rocket (106.2 MPH off his bat). On the very next at-bat, Jake Cave doubled to left, and he scored on a Matt Wallner single to center a couple of at-bats later. Then, Jermaine Palacios, who had hit his first major league home run on Tuesday night, made it back-to-back days with a dinger, taking Martin deep to left for a two-run jack, making it 6-0 Twins in the first. Three more runs scored in the second inning. Sánchez got another RBI with a double, bringing home Arráez from second after he got another leadoff walk and moved to second on a Nick Gordon single. That prompted a pitching change by Chicago, but it didn’t help. Both Sánchez and Gordon were pushed across by a Gilberto Celestino two-out single against reliever Vince Velasquez, making it 9-0 Minnesota. Things could’ve gotten even worse for Chicago in the third, as the offense loaded the bases with only one out against Velasquez. One of those runners was Arráez and his double, shortly before being lifted for pinch runner Jose Miranda. But this time, one run was all Minnesota could get after a Gordon sacrifice fly to score Caleb Hamilton. Varland takes advantage, secures first big league win Making his fifth start in the majors, rookie Louie Varland was still chasing his first big league win. Before today’s game, he had lost two and gotten a couple of no-decisions. Also, in his previous four starts, Varland had failed to prevent runs from scoring. He would reach both of those personal milestones by the end of the fifth inning today. Against an uninspired White Sox offense, Varland looked more comfortable than in any of his big league starts so far. He allowed a couple of hits early, one in each of the two first innings, including a leadoff double in the second. He pitched around that with three consecutive strikeouts. Despite not missing a lot of bats, Varland didn’t allow quality contact. Chicago hitters had an average 79.3 MPH exit velocity against him. Varland completed five on 78 pitches, throwing over 70% strikes. Also, this was the first start in his short big league career in which he didn’t allow a walk. Cole Sands pitched the rest of the way, and Chicago’s offense didn't pose a threat against him until the final inning, when they put two men on and scored a run, but Sands secured the four-inning save. With the win today, the Twins finish the season with a frustrating 78-84 record, but they do salvage one thing: they take the series season against the Sox with 10 wins in 19 games. Postgame interview Bullpen Usage Spreadsheet SAT SUN MON TUE WED TOT Sands 0 0 0 0 59 59 Jax 0 12 21 0 0 33 Sanchez 0 0 0 33 0 33 López 0 18 0 9 0 27 Fulmer 0 26 0 0 0 26 Moran 0 0 0 21 0 21 Pagán 0 0 5 15 0 20 Thielbar 0 0 15 0 0 15 Duran 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

Another brilliant start by Joe Ryan and a dominant performance by the offense propelled the Twins to their third win in their last four games. Minnesota crushes the Tigers in the series opener and keeps their chances of finishing the season at .500 or better alive. Image courtesy of Aaron Josefczyk-USA TODAY Sports Box Score Starting Pitcher: Joe Ryan, 6 IP, 5H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 8K (91 pitches, 65 strikes, 71.4%) Home Runs: Carlos Correa (22) Top 3 WPA: Joe Ryan (.302), Mark Contreras (.162), Ryan Jeffers (.081) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Already out of playoff contention, the Twins headed for Detroit for their final road trip of the year, with a couple of three-game sets. Tonight, they kicked off the Tigers series, and, without the postseason prospect, the focus turned to a final, unlikely goal: finishing the season at .500 or better. Already with 80 losses, they entered tonight’s game needing to win at least five of their remaining six games to finish at .500. They got off on the right foot, and with some early offense, they were able to jump to a quick three-run lead. Jermaine Palacios snapped a personal 0-for-33 funk dating back to the beginning of the month with a single in the third inning. On the very next at-bat, he scored on a Mark Contreras double, his first in the majors. That was all the offense could garner on that inning, but they would at it again on the next one. After giving up a leadoff single in the first, Joe Ryan went on to retire nine in a row, preserving the lead for the offensive turn in the fourth. Gio Urshela drew a leadoff walk, and a couple of at-bats later, Ryan Jeffers smacked a long ground ball to corner left, which was called a double for fan interference at first. Rocco Baldelli challenged the call, and it got overturned, as the two fans who tried to catch the ball whiffed on it. The call overturn turned Jeffers’ double into a triple, and it scored Urshela. A few moments later, Jake Cave, who’s been having a solid month, particularly as of late (he came into tonight’s game posting a .897 OPS in his previous seven games), hit a grounder to center, allowing Jeffers to score easily from third, making it 3-0 Twins. Ryan allowed a couple of singles in the bottom of the fourth but eventually got out of the jam to keep the shutout going into the fifth. Despite not scoring, the offense continued hot in the fifth, creating a bases-loaded situation against Tigers’ starter Tyler Alexander: walks by José Miranda and Gary Sánchez and a single by Carlos Correa. Ryan finishes off strong; offense puts the game out of reach Making the final start of his first full season in the majors, Ryan was looking for a solid start to wrap up a season full of ups and downs. Struggling against good times more times than not but dominating lesser teams, he came into tonight’s game with the chance to secure a season ERA in the mid-3s. For that, he needed to finish strong, but he looked a bit shaky in the sixth. Riley Greene drew a leadoff walk, and after a strikeout, Ryan lost Harold Castro to a single right before Miguel Cabrera stepped up to the plate representing the tying run. The Tiger legend got ahead on the count 2-0, with Ryan failing to get him to chase down and away, but eventually, Ryan got him to ground into a force out. Greene moved up to third, and Spencer Torkelson had one last chance to ruin Ryan’s start, also representing the tying run, but Ryan fanned him for his eighth punchout of the night, ending the threat. With tonight’s shutout, Ryan brings his September ERA down to 2.19, and he finishes his first full season in the majors with a solid 3.55 ERA over 147 innings of work, which is probably the most exciting start to a big league career from any Twins starter since maybe the 2017 season by José Berríos. Further proof of that is that with his eight strikeouts tonight, Ryan reached 151 punchouts, breaking the record for most strikeouts in a season by a Twins rookie pitcher, surpassing Francisco Liriano’s 144 back in 2006. To thank Ryan for his brilliant start, the offense put together another good inning in the top of the seventh to basically put the game out of reach. Detroit reliever Miguel Díaz did a fine job tossing a 1-2-3 sixth, but he couldn’t keep that same energy. Contreras drew a leadoff walk, his first one in the majors, then added some pressure on Diaz by stealing second, also his first stolen base in the big leagues. So much so that Diaz threw a wild pitch next, allowing him to reach third. Detroit made a pitching change, but it didn’t matter anyway, as Correa took reliever Will Vest deep on his very first pitch, a bomb to left, making it 5-0 Minnesota. The offense didn’t settle for just the two runs, and after Urshela and Jeffers hit a couple of singles, Gilberto Celestino hit a double to bring Urshela home and make this a six-run game. The offense added on in the eighth, with Palacios and Miranda hitting a couple of singles and Urshela pushing Palacios across with a single of his own, scoring the game’s final run. After Emilio Pagán had a hard time getting through the seventh (30 pitches), Jovani Moran slammed the door with a couple of hitless, scoreless innings. Postgame interview What’s Next? To open their version of October baseball, the Twins turn to Dylan Bundy (4.93 ERA) to start game two on Saturday, while the Tigers will try to even the series with Drew Hutchison (4.54 ERA) on the mound. First pitch is scheduled for 5:10 pm CDT. Bullpen Usage Spreadsheet MON TUE WED THU FRI TOT Moran 0 0 12 0 23 35 Thielbar 0 0 15 18 0 33 López 0 0 16 14 0 30 Pagán 0 0 0 0 30 30 Fulmer 0 0 22 5 0 27 Jax 0 10 0 14 0 24 Megill 0 0 0 17 0 17 Duran 0 15 0 0 0 15 Henriquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

The Twins won’t be in the playoffs, but in their final series at home, they made sure to show their appreciation to fans attending the game at Target Field by securing a series win against the White Sox. Image courtesy of Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports Box Score Starting Pitcher: Josh Winder, 4 2/3 IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 6K (91 pitches, 60 strikes, 65.9%) Home Runs: none Top 3 WPA: Jake Cave (.236), Matt Wallner (.185), Gio Urshela (.158) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Facing mathematical elimination from playoff contention in case of a loss (or a Seattle Mariners win), the Twins got off on the wrong foot, but they put on some fight. After a quick, scoreless first inning, the White Sox jumped to a quick two-run lead on three consecutive singles and a sacrifice fly in the top of the second. It was the first time in the series Chicago was ahead – or even scored a run, for that matter. But that wouldn’t last long. Right in the bottom of that same inning, Minnesota rallied back to snatch the lead, manufacturing three runs. The Twins' response was quick, with the three runs coming on four consecutive hits off Johnny Cueto. Jose Miranda led off the inning with a single, and he scored after a Gio Urshela double and a Jake Cave single. Cueto got a mound visit, but it didn't stop Matt Wallner from hitting a long double that pushed both Urshela and Cave across, making it 3-2 Minnesota. Josh Winder settled in after a rough second inning and delivered two scoreless after that. Then, the offense came through for him once agai, and scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth. Cueto got ambushed again by the heart of the Twins’ order: Urshela, Cave, and Wallner hit three consecutive off him, enough to score Urshela and leave two men on with no outs. Ryan Jeffers grounded into a double play, and Cave scored Minnesota’s fifth run. Winder pitched himself into a jam in the fifth, and he was pulled before he could complete the inning. Josh Harrison led off the inning with a single, and Winder hit Romy Gonzalez on the next at-bat. The Twins' rookie managed to retire the following two batters, but before he could close out the inning, Jose Abreu hit an RBI single to score Chicago's third run, prompting a pitching change by Rocco Baldelli. Caleb Thielbar came in to close out the fifth, and he also delivered a scoreless sixth. It was time the offense showed up again, and the middle of the lineup got to Cueto again. Urshela (single) and Cava (double) got back-to-back one-out hits, and Cueto decided to intentionally walk Wallner next, loading the bases. He got the second out, but Chicago made a pitching change, and with reliever Jake Diekman pitching, Gilberto Celestino drew a walk to bring home another run, making it once again a three-run game. Michael Fulmer nearly allowed the Sox to rally in the seventh, but he barely escaped, limiting the damage to just one run. Harrison and Gonzalez opened up the inning with back-to-back singles, and Andrew Vaughn hit a one-out single to score Harrison. Fulmer then hit Abreu next to load the bases, but after a mound visit, he managed to get an inning-ending double-play. But once again, the Chicago run was useless, as Miranda doubled in the bottom of the inning to score Carlos Correa, who drew a leadoff walk moments earlier. Arráez drives in a run, ties Judge for the AL batting title lead We’re following Luis Arraez’s chase of Aaron Judge for the Rod Carew American League Batting Title on our social media with the Luis Arráez Watch”. Coming into tonight, Arráez had a .313 batting average, with Judge leading the league with .314. The Twins’ infielder saw his average drop to .312 after starting the game going 0-for-2, but he got a single in the fifth. Then, after Ryan Jeffers drew a leadoff walk in the eighth and pinch-runner Billy Hamilton stole second, Arráez got his second hit of the night and drove in Minnesota’s eighth and final run. With that hit, Arráez drove his batting average back up to .313, and with Judge going 1-for-4 in the Yankees game against the Blue Jays, the two players are now tied for the AL batting average lead, both sitting at .313. Make sure to check Twins Daily’s Twitter and Instagram daily to get all the updates on the AL Batting Title race, as Arráez can become the first Twin to win the title since Joe Mauer did in 2009. Postgame interview What’s Next? The two division foes close out the series on Thursday afternoon, with the first pitch scheduled for 12:10 pm CDT. Minnesota will try to complete the sweep of the South Siders with Louie Varland (5.06 ERA) on the mound, while Chicago will try to avoid it with Lucas Giolito ( 5.05 ERA) starting. After the game, the Twins get on the road for a six-game road trip, three against the Tigers in Detroit and three more against these same White Sox in Chicago. Bullpen Usage Spreadsheet SAT SUN MON TUE WED TOT Henriquez 0 68 0 0 0 68 Duran 24 0 0 15 0 39 Jax 27 0 0 10 0 37 Megill 0 32 0 0 0 32 Fulmer 9 0 0 0 22 31 Thielbar 13 0 0 0 15 28 López 11 0 0 0 16 27 Moran 0 6 0 0 12 18 Pagán 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article