All Things 2024 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

[Ope3]

No worries, I’ve made my peace with Buck’s injuries.

Our winning % is so much higher when he plays -and he has the 4th highest WAR for CFs this year.

There's also a trickle down effect when Buxton is not available, using Martin, Margot or Castro in CF instead of other spots.

He's at 90 games played with 82 in CF. It seemed like he would zoom past the 2nd most GP for him (92) solidly into triple figures, but getting to the 100 mark has been an obstacle.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

There's also a trickle down effect when Buxton is not available, using Martin, Margot or Castro in CF instead of other spots.

He's at 90 games played with 82 in CF. It seemed like he would zoom past the 2nd most GP for him (92) solidly into triple figures, but getting to the 100 mark has been an obstacle.

I’m hoping it’s just his hip is a bit sore and he needs another day or two to rest it.

You can have a “clean MRI” and still not feel 100%, of course. Better to be safe than sorry

 

[Unregistered User]

I don't know how many of you bet baseball, I don't. I barely watch it anymore, but I stumbled on this Twitter/X follow this morning. I have seen her on the VSiN channel, the sports betting channel.

I don't know what she said but she looked FANTASTIC saying it!

She's a pain in the ass.

We interviewed her about 5 years ago on a show I used to do.

We were doing some pre-interview prep about what we wanted to talk to her about, how she got into gambling, biggest surprise wins, worst beat-down, that kind of stuff.

We never brought up that she was attractive, or curvy, but she felt the need to insist, several times, that we shouldn't talk about her boobs.

She's not ever a good capper, and the only reason she had rising success was her looks, and her social media is only filled with things accentuating her boobs, she REALLY didn't want to talk about that.

And she is a boring AF interview.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Noticing that the Royals advertising patches are not "uniform". Melendez had his on his right shoulder, DeJong has his on his left shoulder.

 

[TruthSeeker]

The Minnesota Twins retired this man's number on this date in 1995.
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He ate his way out of a potential HOF career.

 

[TRF Guy]

He ate his way out of a potential HOF career.

I doubt he really could give a shit. He’s got 2 rings

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Let’s
Go
Cubbies

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

I doubt he really could give a shit. He’s got 2 rings

On top of that, he was probably only going to play long enough to make enough money where he could retire at a young age and spend the rest of his life hunting and fishing.

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

On top of that, he was probably only going to play long enough to make enough money where he could retire at a young age and spend the rest of his life hunting and fishing.

Many mens dreams

 

[gophersfan]

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Varland’s optioned back to St. Paul; guessing Winder back up.

 

[howeda7]

Varland’s optioned back to St. Paul; guessing Winder back up.

Winder can't come back unless there's an injury without waiting 10 days. If they IL Buxton they can bring Winder back for him and swap Varland for Julien though.

 

[GophersInIowa]

My guess is it'll be Ronny Henriquez for Varland's spot.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Winder can't come back unless there's an injury without waiting 10 days. If they IL Buxton they can bring Winder back for him and swap Varland for Julien though.

Thanks for he clarification - I learned something new

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

My guess is it'll be Ronny Henriquez for Varland's spot.

Cheater

 

[GophersInIowa]

MLB.com ranks the Twins farm system as the 2nd best in baseball. AL Central has 3 of the top 6 and 4 of the top 11 farm systems.

2. Minnesota Twins
2024 preseason rank: 15
2023 midseason rank: 17
2023 preseason rank: 19
2022 midseason rank: 23
Top 100 prospects: Walker Jenkins, OF (No. 4); Brooks Lee, INF (No. 16); Emmanuel Rodriguez, OF (No. 22); Luke Keaschall, 2B/OF (No. 67); Zebby Matthews, RHP (No. 87); David Festa, RHP (No. 89)
Not only do the Twins have three players in the top 25, they are one of five teams with six players in the Top 100. They’re finding top-tier talent from their first-round picks and big international signees, but also in the later rounds. Matthews and Festa are the biggest examples, but the Twins continue to find big league pitching from just about every stage of the Draft, and in addition to the talent at the top, this is a deep and robust system.

Here's our ranking of every farm system, from 1-30

Evaluating the relative talents of more than 5,000 prospects in various stages of development across 30 organizations is difficult to do with precision. Yet since MLB Pipeline started its biannual farm system rankings before the 2015 season, the clubs that have earned the No. 1 spot have enjoyed...

www.mlb.com

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

MLB.com ranks the Twins farm system as the 2nd best in baseball. AL Central has 3 of the top 6 and 4 of the top 11 farm systems.

Here's our ranking of every farm system, from 1-30

Evaluating the relative talents of more than 5,000 prospects in various stages of development across 30 organizations is difficult to do with precision. Yet since MLB Pipeline started its biannual farm system rankings before the 2015 season, the clubs that have earned the No. 1 spot have enjoyed...

www.mlb.com

Hey Ronny,

Thanks for posting

I got this one right -see below

Per MLB at the draft this year, third best farm system. It wouldn’t be surprising to see it go higher.

Looks like Falvey & Levine actually know what they are doing and they have built a minor league starter pipeline.

But -

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[GophersInIowa]

By the end of the season, I’m hoping to see this lineup at least once. PLEASE

2B Castro
SS Correa
3B Lewis
LF Wallner
CF Buxton
RF Kepler
DH Miranda
1B Santana
C Jeffers/Vazquez

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Back soon Buck

How many called Ks does Eddie rack up in this stint?

I’m going with 4.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Free Willi and Farm Boy Answer

 

[GophersInIowa]

Kyle Farmer bitches

 

[short ornery norwegian]

The ball is jumping tonight in Texas. Maybe it's corked with Mexican Jumping Beans.

 

[Ope3]

Back soon Buck

How many called Ks does Eddie rack up in this stint?

I’m going with 4.

If he starts more than 2 games, I'm taking the over on that. Big.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

The ball is jumping tonight in Texas. Maybe it's corked with Mexican Jumping Beans.

The park looks weird to me - although I’d love to be in the picnic area behind home plate

 

[TRF Guy]

2 more Duran

 

[short ornery norwegian]

Watching the game on FS1. the announcers did not get the sheet on "pronunciation of Twins' relievers' names."

 

[TRF Guy]

1 more baby

 

[TRF Guy]