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Twins simply can't do anything wrong right now. And Lance Lynn not being back until the end of May instead of mid-may not exactly the greatest of news.

Anthony Castrovince, reporter/columnist: "Buxton might be the most valuable player RIGHT NOW. Beyond what you just shared, I saw this note from MLB Network: Buxton had a 296 wRC+ in his first 41 plate appearances. The rest of the Twins had an 85 wRC+ in 543 plate appearances. But Mark's right. Let's not do this to ourselves." Is Buxton the best player in baseball right now? https://www.mlb.com/news/byron-buxton-best-player-in-mlb-right-now Trout, Soto, Vladdy Jr. Acuna's finally back today. Ohtani. Those are basically the other options. Hosmer, lol.

Friendly call there. Then missed strike three lol. Jesus 29 pitches and cruising for a four inning outing right now.

Finally got the slider over. Limit the damage. Royals outscored 28-12 in first three innings. Not exactly a recipe for success.

95 best fastball so far...

Jimenez would have missed it and ended up caught in the netting for an inside the parker due to Pollock's arm or lack thereof.

Engel or Robert throw out Whitfield there quite easily...Pollock looking like Pods or Juan Pierre there lol. At least he caught it.

Kopech velo down first inning in the cold...slider not finding the plate either.

Yeah, it was an emergency situation...obviously. Pretty sure he didn't have to make a play.

That would be more shocking than Romy...but why not throw stuff at the wall and see if anything sticks?

Vending or vendoring? Physics I believe has vectoring...

Jerry Dybzynski just called Tony, wants to atone for 1983! And I realize Julio Cruz died recently, but is Tony Bernazard still available?

Why not Jermaine Dye to SS...? Avi Garcia in CF was a lot easier sell back in the day than Vaughn and Burger at second. Also reminds me of Mark Teahen to second...

Even that makes more sense than Vaughn at second...albeit not sure if insurance on his contract would cover it.

Twins will go to a six man rotation when Sonny Gray returns soon. Ryan, Gray, Ober, Bundy, Paddack, Archer. Five of those guys weren't on the team last year. Also, Michael Wacha has been incredible so far this year...and his price tag was right in the Sox range.

Trayce Thompson back in the big leagues, congrats!

How well did that 2000 offense work in the postseason? I know, completely different teams, similar approaches to beating teams though…at any rate, so many small things in terms of fundamentals and execution killed and continue to hurt the Sox, stuff that doesn’t usually make it into the box score. At any rate, let’s see how Burger and Sheets look for another week. Still lean towards Burger back in Charlotte everyday, but that calculus is moving in the direction of needing to retain Burger to eventually replace Moncada (sooner rather than later if no postseason). Things will very likely change again, and quickly.

Weather forecast for the weekend?

If you’re playing Vaughn in LF everyday and don’t use those at-bats for Grandal to rest or to balance the lineup out with Sheets. Pollock hitting and Moncada returning can help to mitigate some of the issues against RHP.

Other than Max Muncy and Moustakas, there's not been a 2B that size in the majors playing on a regular basis in recent years. Without looking, I would guess their DRS and fielding ratings aren't all that stellar, either.

We can go back to hating Tatis, Jr., on June 7th... That is if he doesn't do something else that's patently asinine. Tough tough year for rookies to break in with offense down across the board. I guess Torkelson's hanging in there as well as anyone for now. At some point in late May or early June, Kelenic will lose even more playing time to Kyle Lewis (probably send to AAA again). Not sure how Taylor Trammell's doing (his other competition), but my guess is the offense is more Lewis Brinson than Luis Robert.

1980 Willie Wilson and Omar Moreno ruled the basepaths haha. McEwing will never "betray" Tony, Jirschele won't be given the reigns in the idle of the window...that leaves Cairo and Jerry Narron. Maybe Carlos Beltran would be one of the most popular choices...but has a shadow around him? Scioscia, no way. Bochy, he turned down SD where he already used to manage

Does that include Spring Training and Game 4? I think those were aggregated to come up with that number.

What was the sophisticated analysis that would help us all understand that Eloy actually wasn't injury prone and was just a victim of "poor luck" or unusual/mitigating circumstances?

Like giving up our own competitive balance pick to the rest of the division...except better...just for the heck of it.