
If you’re going to the fair this week, go check out the Twins booth, where there are a few severely discounted items, such as a $5 Kirilloff City Connect t-shirt, in case you want to support your favorite Fort Myers-based realtor.
In real baseball news, the Twins are awful and probably not worth talking about, so we appreciate your patronage. After getting swept by the A’s at home and then traveling to the South Side of Chicago to lose two out of three games, the Twins are 59-71 and are only 10.5
games back of the last wild card spot. To add to the pain, key trade deadline acquisitions Mick Abel and Taj Bradley failed to impress in their Twins debuts, although it’s still way too early to pass judgment on these moves.
The Past Week on Twinkie Town:
- Need to vent about the Twins? Or provide some reasons to calm down? Check out our Game Threads and join the conversation!
- In case you forgot what happened this past weekend, our Game Recaps are back as well!
- With the new site change, we also now have The Feed, where you can add your discussions about the Twins!
Elsewhere in Twins Territory:
- From Matthew Leach at MLB.com: While Pablo López has been unable to play for the last two months, he’s still been making an impact off the field.
- Dan Hayes and Matt Gelb at The Athletic are reporting that the Twins and the Phillies will face off in the “Field of Dreams” game next year. I, for one, can’t wait to see Jhoan Duran pitch to Byron Buxton in the ninth inning. ($)
- The lone bright spot from this past week was Friday’s game, where Royce Lewis hit a grand slam against Chicago. Afterwards, he had some interesting comments to Hayes at the Athletic on his struggles this season and his outlook moving forward. ($)
- Theo Tollefson at Zone Coverage checks in on prospect Andrew Morris as he returns from a forearm injury.
- Top prospect Walker Jenkins is getting promoted to AAA-St. Paul, after a 52-game stint in AA, where he slashed .309/.426/.487 with seven homers and 11 stolen bases. Bobby Nightengale at the Star Tribune has more on the big move. ($)
In the World of Baseball:
- The Tigers have reclaimed first place in the American League and sit 1.5 games ahead of the Blue Jays. The Astros are somewhat still in contention at 5.5 games back. The Red Sox, Yankees, and Mariners round out the wild card spots.
- The Brewers continue to have a commanding lead atop the National League and are 4.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cubs have also rediscovered their winning ways and are 5.0 games back of their division rivals. The Dodgers lead the NL West, with the Padres and Mets in the last two wild-card spots.
- From Daniel Kramer at MLB.com: Cal “Big Dumper” Raleigh put his name in the record books with his 49th homer on Sunday, passing Salvador Perez for the most homers in a single season by a catcher.
- Chinese Taipei shut out Nevada to win the Little League World Series for the first time since 1996. This is Chinese Taipei’s 18th title.