Twinkie Town Talk: TJ is back edition

I’m back guys!

In case you missed it

• The Twins have a rather interesting day-night split. They certainly aren’t vampires.
• Wes Johnson has been a major component of the turnaround for the Twins pitching this season.
• The Twins lost again. It sucks.

Elsewhere in Twins territory

• Cole wasn’t the only one who looked into the Twins pitching transformation. Here is SI’s take on the subject.
• Even as the pitching is dominating, the Twins hitters aren’t striking out, and that’s nearly equally odd.
• The Ringer just wants to know if the Twins are for real or not. I’d like the answer to be yes.
• If I suggested a league-wide list of under-the-radar impact acquisitions this offseason, would you expect a Twin on there? Like maybe Martin Perez?

Around baseball

• Fangraphs looks at the art and science of pitch framing.
• The poor Oakland As moved one step closer to a new stadium. Its a small step.

• The MLB has hired a lobbying firm to help with the issue of Cuban baseball players attempting to play in the US

Discussion Topic

Where do you think the next MLB team should be located, if the league ever expands, and why?