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In case you missed it
- Let’s take a look at how consistent and/or inconsistent the Twins starters have been.
- An entire caravan of dedicated Sano bashers has disappeared from the Anoka area, moving on to harass a different disappointing team.
- Matt gives you his take on which Twins should be selected as starters in the All-Star game. Remember to vote for your favorites on Wednesday afternoon.
Elsewhere in Twins Territory
- Charley Walters noted that the Twins are seeing an uptick in season ticket sales, likely in order to get first dibs on playoff tickets. Also in this article: You can get pitching lessons from Cole DeVries, if you want to learn how to be a Quadruple-A pitcher.
- Bring me the news, which has an annoyingly long name to type, looks at the Cody Allen signing, and also suggests another has-been reliever the Twins could consider acquiring. Maybe they can do the “six-million dollar man” routine on a few more guys?
- At Fangraphs, a look at a Minnesota starter’s Cy Young case. It’s not Jake Odorizzi this time, but Jose Berrios.
- Martin Perez continues to just be the nicest freaking guy on Twitter
Happy Monday everybody!! I wish you with a lot of swag a positive start of the week ✌
— Martin Perez (@MartinPerez33D) June 24, 2019
Feliz Lunes a todos!! Les deseo con mucho estilo un positivo comienzo de semana ✌ @ Minneapolis, Minnesota https://t.co/x6bbtbzzW9
- Cooper and Matt have another podcast up, talking about the Twins “slump,” so give them a listen if you have some time.
Around Baseball
- Apparently Eduardo Escobar is incredibly terrified of cats (huh, who knew,) His teammates took advantage of this fact
A few Diamondbacks players brought a cat carrier with a stuffed animal inside it to prank Eduardo Escobar, who is afraid of cats. Escobar saw it from a distance and raced out of the room.
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) June 24, 2019
- The venerable Tom Verducci thinks that the MLB has a relief pitching issue on its hands, and the system is broken.
- An old friend is going to get a chance with the Nationals. I suppose he is almost everyone’s old friend by this point. Anyway, I suspect arrows will be fired.
Discussion:
Who is a famous person you have interacted with? How did it go?