All Things 2025 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Saw him celebrating in the dugout after his jack and damn his youthful exuberance made me feel my age

 

[TRF Guy]

Saw him celebrating in the dugout after his jack and damn his youthful exuberance made me feel my age

I hear ya

 

[Ope3]

“Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical”​

Yogi

My favorite Yogism:

Nobody goes that restaurant anymore. It's too crowded.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

It was pretty apparent Alcala had not found the magic potion in Boston in his return to Target Field last week with the Red Sox.

Tight game. Needed GPS to find the strike zone.

They could always bring him back again. What’s the downside with the bullpen that’s left after the trades made.

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[Roland Brooks]

Austin Martin hat trick of blunders tonight!

 

[FinnGopher]

Austin Martin hat trick of blunders tonight!

Yep, he has not had a good game. We'll see if the Twins can close this out.

 

[TNGophfan]

They are the future. Both could be outright great!

 

[TNGophfan]

Yep, he has not had a good game. We'll see if the Twins can close this out.

Don't really blame him on 2nd one, tough play. Guess he could have just tried to cut it off to save 1 run. 1st one shoukd have been an error.

 

[TRF Guy]

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

We got to face the bad Chris Paddack.

 

[Ope3]

They could always bring him back again. What’s the downside with the bullpen that’s left after the trades made.

If they still have spots on the 40 man, yeah I guess pretty low risk.

I would tend to say if a player has been cut loose twice in a month, probably not a great idea.

 

[Ope3]

Paddack trade already paying dividends.



Bonus on the Polanco trade with Topa getting the Save.

 

[TNGophfan]

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God, what a great night that was!

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Apparently the backup CF is Roden, who's also the leadoff hitter. Don't get it, but there's a lot about this season I don't understand.

 

[Unregistered User]

3 hitters in the lineup today with a BA less than .200 including our DH.

1 hitting lead-off and the DH hitting 9.

[smack my face emoji]

 

[FinnGopher]

Cody Clemens with the "almost, but not quite" robbery. So close to taking away a homerun.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Gasper is DH today. No one stopping us now.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Michael Rand has a column now opining "could a healthy Keaschall have changed the Twins' entire season". I initially dismissed it as a major overreaction. Maybe he's on to something.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Rosie Hartmann says the Twins will play .500 balll the rest of the season!!!

 

[From the Parkinglot]

It was all Correa’s faults we better not give him a tribute video when they return next year to target field.

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

3 hitters in the lineup today with a BA less than .200 including our DH.

1 hitting lead-off and the DH hitting 9.

[smack my face emoji]

And all it did is lead to 9 runs

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

It was all Correa’s faults we better not give him a tribute video when they return next year to target field.

His tribute is to get stuffed in a Uline rubber garbage can and rolled down Buck Hill.

 

[Ope3]

The Minnesota Twins. Get to know 'em.



I got into the car after golfing in the 5th inning and listened to conclusion. I can't recall a Twins game in which while listening there were 2 pitchers who not only was I completely unaware that they were on the Roster, had never heard of beforehand. Combined they threw 5+ scoreless innings.

Welcome aboard "Hatch" & "Kriske".

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

The Twins were only a good bullpen away from sweeping Cleveland and Detroit. I wonder where they could have found one of those?

 

[Ope3]

The Minnesota Twins. Get to know 'em.

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I got into the car after golfing in the 5th inning and listened to conclusion. I can't recall a Twins game in which while listening there were 2 pitchers who not only was I completely unaware that they were on the Roster, had never heard of beforehand. Combined they threw 5+ scoreless innings.

Welcome aboard "Hatch" & "Kriske".

I presumed Hatch & Kriske were either involved in the Trade Deadline purge or call-ups from the Saints to replenish the Active 26-man Roster.

Nope. After further review, Waiver Wire pickups from the Royals & Cubs respectively.

"Hatch & Kriske" is going to be the name of the 70's era Detective Series TV Drama script I am working on.

 

[coolhandgopher]

I presumed Hatch & Kriske were either involved in the Trade Deadline purge or call-ups from the Saints to replenish the Active 26-man Roster.

Nope. After further, review Waiver Wire pickups from the Royals & Cubs respectively.

"Hatch & Kriske" is going to be the name of the 70's era Detective Series TV Drama script I am working on.

Same as you, I was befuddled by seeing those names in the box scores, which was followed shortly by my addiction--who else had they played for in the majors? If they stick around long enough for me to remember their names, I've got two more players to roll with in Immaculate Grid.

 

[howeda7]

I know we won, but I'm having trouble understanding why we are stashing Abel and Taj Bradley in St. Paul when they both have MLB experience in order to start Travis Adams, Ohl and Urena in the last 4 games. Call up the pitchers who will actually be here next year.

 

[coolhandgopher]

Alright, call me a cock-eyed optimist (or Billy Mumphrey, for Seinfeld fans), but maybe the near future won't be awful?

-new owners (who won't be skinflints)
-a lineup built around Buxton, Keaschall, Lewis, Lee, Jeffers, Larnach/Wallner (perhaps)
-the emergence of homegrown prospects Walker Jenkins and Kaelen Culpepper
-a rotation that doesn't get traded off, led by Lopez and Ryan, with Ober, Matthews, Festa in the mix
-the emergence of Mick Abel, Taj Bradley, and Kendry Rojas either into the rotation or as bullpen pieces (and if they displace one of the aforementioned borderline starters, they get shifted to the bullpen)
-emergence of others such as Emmanuel Rodriguez, Connor Prielipp, Marco Raya, CJ Culpepper, Gabriel Gonzalez into capable MLB's sooner rather than later
-good health
-money put into the bullpen and a catcher (not resigning Vazquez) and a veteran bat or two

Damn, so much rests on those new owners. . .tempering hopes until the sale happens; again, hopefully sooner rather than later

Btw, I'm not anticipating contender status for '26, even in the best case scenario of all the young talent emerging and the roster staying relatively healthy, I'm thinking more '27. . .but if I recall, Ope's saying we could be looking at a lock-out that year. It wouldn't get more MN sports than that, would it? A young nucleus emerging, new owners ready to spend the money to push them in that direction, and. . .the season's truncated while Buxton, Lopez, and Ryan age deeper into their 30's.

 

[Ope3]

Alright, call me a cock-eyed optimist (or Billy Mumphrey, for Seinfeld fans), but maybe the near future won't be awful?

-a rotation that doesn't get traded off, led by Lopez and Ryan, with Ober, Matthews, Festa in the mix

The key above all else is keeping Lopez and Ryan. If a new owner comes in and extends Ryan, then there's hope.

Trade off either/both of those pieces, key up Free Fallin'.