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What's scary is that that was almost routine. Edit: for Byron I mean.

Was he out of the box on that? That's illegal.

Lot's of warning track power this series. Move in the fences!!!!

Just was looking at the screen and noticed Holland's name over Dozier's and chuckled a bit. Those who are fans of sixties and seventies Motown music will remember the names Holland and Dozier as songwriters and producers for groups such as the Supremes, the Jacksons and others. The things that enter my brain at times...

See Kennys, good things happen when you swing.

What I have noticed about Garver catching tonight: nothing. That is, he's hasn't done anything to get noticed. That's a good day IMO.

Kennys, you awake buddy? Need to swing.

One month of acceptable performance does not eliminate or forgive Gibson's body of work. He is one of the worst (if not THE worst) starting pitchers in Twins history.

What have heard about Grossman? All it said on mlb.com injury report is the day he went on the DL. A bone break is going to take time to heal. Especially on his throwing hand. Are you sure he's going to be back inside of a month? That seems pretty quick for a hand break.

Can we unlock the "why doesn't Mauer pull the ball" thread?

Given the level of competition, no I don't think it is terribly impressive. Better than Gibson has been? Sure. The pattern for Gibson the last two years has been get in trouble and then it unravels. In the last two starts, it didn't. Is that a change in his approach or luck? By their nature, sinker ballers are dependent on luck. Luck is a ground ball finding an infielders glove instead of the outfield. Even luckier would be turning such a groundball into a double play. Yes, Gibson recorded an unusually high number of Ks last couple times. Again, facing last place, playing out the string teams. I was among those who felt Gibson should have been non-tendered last November. So, perhaps in that way I am biased. I don't consider one month of acceptable performance to be enough to forget two full years of poor performance. Way too little, way too late IMO. Given all the injuries and subpar performances, would not having Gibson around all year have been difficult? Perhaps. Although, perhaps in his abscence the FO makes a move in the previous offseason to upgrade. Perhaps, Jose Berrios doesn't needlessly spend April and almost half of May in Rochester. Perhaps an earlier opportunity is given to Aaron Slegers. Perhaps, Stephen Gonsalves is promoted to AAA a little sooner and perhaps he is in the MLB rotation now. Would all those "perhaps" have been a net gain over Gibson? We'll never know. But I am finished with Gibson. IMO, he's played this game of putting together a couple good starts in a row to show that he is worthy of a spot on the team for far too long. The body of work is what it is. He's terrible. One of the worst starting pitchers in Twins history. That isn't going to change even if he does post 5 more decent starts this season.

What does he need to swing a bat for? As long as he can crouch and stick out a sequence of fingers.

Mejia is pitching tonight. Santiago pitched yesterday. Obviously, at this point they are EXPECTED back. That could still change. Santiago is almost at 60 days now and likely will reach 60 before he is ready for MLB anyway. Point being he could go on 60 day and postpone a decision for a week or two. No idea about Enns or Castro really. No one has said Castro's season is in jeopardy, but we as Twins fans know the implications of concussions to a catcher. Sano is not making progress either. I don't think it is likely he lands on the 60 day, but you never know. Perkins would be a DFA candidate.

IMO, there is a very big difference between calling up a prospect to a team on it's way to 100 losses and calling guys up in a playoff chase. In the latter, you call up guys you think can fill a need. IMO, Vielma does that. It's irrelevant whether or not he has earned it.

I think Anthony Recker might get a call too. Given Castro's status (still dealing with headaches as of yesterday) and Garver's green-ness, bringing up another catcher seems like a wise precaution, at the very least. It's a borderline necessity. Is Grossman expected back? He would be an obvious 60 day DL candidate to make room for Recker.

An update dated yesterday on mlb.com says Castro is still having headaches and has not resumed baseball activities. Unrelated, but not entirely, is Grossman expected back with his broken thumb? It seems likely that calling up another catcher in September would be a wise precaution given the concussion circumstances and that Garver is extremely green. Grossman, if not expected back, is an obvious 60 day DL candidate to make room for Recker.

I think Vielma will come up. Especially with Sano's injury appearing to linger. If another infielder gets dinged up - even a little - Vielma could be in a game. Having that glove on the bench also allows the Twins to use Adrianza as a pinch runner.

Buddy Boshers is holding LHB to a .583 OPS in 2017. For his career, that mark is .594, so it is no fluke. By way of comparison, Taylor Rogers is holding LHB to a .639 OPS with a .585 career mark. Don't blame Boshers because the manager keeps using him against RHB in key spots.

No question about it. Twins will play in October, barring rain.

I personally have a hard time declaring the last two plus seasons to be in the "rear view mirror" based on two starts against bad teams. Especially considering a couple of different bounces on a couple of balls in play could have resulted in vastly different outcomes. Gibson allowed 16 baserunners in less than 14 IP Iin those starts. That's more lucky than good IMO.

That's the full name of Seven of Nine's borg character from Star Trek Voyager. Polanco has hit 7 of his 9 HR against the Sox...

Definitely growing concerned about the overuse of Hildenberger. Busenitz seems to be doing well. Not sure why he wasn't used in Sunday's game or even last night. Since Sugust 1, Alan has 10 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K. Sounds like a guy who is prepared for a larger role. The Twins aren't going to get into postseason by relying on 3 relievers in games they are leading.

I don't know what Slegers has to do to get another shot. His first start was very good. He's been great in AAA all year and his most recent start was borderline dominant. Sure, he had the one clunker a week ago. Probably had jet lag.

Apparently, Polanco is the tertiary adjunct of unimatrix 01 in the White Sox side.

My birds eye view says it was caught on the track.