Twinkie Town Talk: The dongs, jacks, and taters edition

In case you missed it

• Our friends at Hockey Wilderness need a new site manager, if you happen to like the Wild and writing, you might take a gander.
• Kyle brought us the next tier of possible draft prospects
• Twins versus Angels happened again. These west coast games end after my bed time, so take my word for it

Elsewhere in Twins territory

• The gaping hole in Michael Pineda’s game is his proclivity to giving up the home run. Fangraphs prescribes a change of approach as the potential cure for his dong-er-itis.
• C.J. Cron has been a pretty good hitter for the Twins, but his brother Kevin is hitting jacks at an astronomical rate in triple-A for the Diamondbacks. The younger Cron has launched 21 big flies in 42 games, which is incredible for even the batter-friendly PCL.
• Twins great, Hall of Famer, and former Angel Rod Carew has joined the Twinkies on this road trip.

Around the MLB

• Carlton Stewart, a likely MLB draftee, has instead agreed to pitch in Japan. Scott Boras may have found the next loophole to avoid the MLB free agency ordeal.
• If you think the Twins have hit a lot of dingerooskies against the Orioles, just take a look at what Gleyber Torres has done... he’s mashed 80% of his taters this season against the hapless O’s.

Today’s discussion

What is your favorite name for a home run?