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Not raining here.

4-6 weeks doesn’t sound like a season ender and is about as good of news as we could have expected.

To be fair, this is now the third dude who couldn't get hurt, to get hurt. But yes, just terrible if this is a loan term thing.

Do you watch Collins catch? Do you see the number of times each game he catches a pitch that is easily in the K zone but due to the way Collins catches it, it is called a ball? This is not same fan vendetta against Collins. It is quite obvious when watching the games. If the pitcher misses their spot, he jabs at the ball rendering a strike call very unlikely as he pushes the ball away from the zone with his glove.

Forecast is improving FWIW.

I mean, Collins can't really catch the guys with nasty stuff. He loses a ton of strike calls. I think the heat is mostly warranted. He has improved a ton as a catcher, but still is a pretty poor framer/receiver.

Didn't Jake Burger snap his achilles walking in his backyard? Point remains for sure, but I wouldn't rule anything serious out. Grandal is a tough dude and as you said he was in an incredible amount of pain.

For sure. I get the logic. Robert just adds so much to this team in every aspect. L And obviously Engel hasn’t been healthy either. But yeah, they’re both extremely difficult players to replace.

Yoan has done a pretty decent job staying on the field. That said, he rarely goes a week without pulling up lame or looking like he seriously injured himself. I think that is just who he is, and that connotation is going to follow him because of it.

Yeah, I'd say that Robert. But Grandal would be #2 for me. Regardless, he's incredibility important.

My weather app still says 80-90% chance of rain from the 7-9pm window. Looks slightly better for the next 5 or so hours than it did last night, but I still think its going to be tough to get this one in. That said, I am no meteorologist!

Hoping for good news. I was at the game and it and didn't look good. Watched the highlight last night and looked even worse. At the game looked like his thigh or upper leg - the replay looked much more like an achilles injury. This team can probably get by without Grandal for 6 weeks or so. BUt if this is a season-ender, WOOF. Despite being hated by a good chunk of (clueless) Sox fans, Grandal is a HUGE part of this team and would be the 4th devastating blow we've encountered. At some point, it just becomes too much to weather. Thankfully, Eloy and Luis should (god willing) help fill some of the offensive gap. But we're at least 6 weeks away from that. Collins has definitely improved as a catcher, but he is not an everyday guy. Zavala certainly isn't the answer. Going to need to find something in the trade market if Grandal's season is over. Welp.

Highly unlikely this game is played today. 80%+ chance of rain tonight in Minneapolis. Hope it holds off so I can grab some cheap seats last minute, but doubtful.

Yeah, we know. It does suck. Good thing only one of them are season ending injuries. Hoping for decent news on Grandal today. If he avoided an Achilles injury, he should be back in 6-8 weeks at the most. Eloy and Luis will be back by then too. A 2B will be acquired. We have a 6 game lead. The world is not ending.

Then do us all a favor and stop trying to take us all down into your pity party on a daily basis.

Don’t even engage.

NOT GOOD

Ahhh yes. One start decides all. He’s not getting traded. Sorry buddy.

Not sure about everyone. I expressed caution on considering Yermin the real deal here many times in April and May and got roasted a lot for it. I certainly didn’t want it to come to this, but it was obvious he was never going to be able to sustain anything near that productivity with his approach.

Let Yermin go get his swing back in AAA. 100% the right move.

LFG so stoked for Burger

It was back of hand. I was much more concerned with a broken hand. Sounds like he avoided that. I’m sure it’ll be sore a few days, but he’ll be fine. Per usual, he acted like he took a gun shot which always makes it look pretty bad in the moment.

No I know they do that, but when you do the game by game analysis that shows the steep drop-off for Giolito the last 2 starts, I want to do the same for Berrios. But its still showing June 24th as his latest start. Maybe there is another way to comp today's spin rates with Berrios season to-date, but I haven't figured it out yet.

How quickly does Savant usually update the game by game charts post game? Some of my Twins buddies were talking shit to me about Giolito the other day and I CANNOT WAIT to provide them Berrios chart.

No Burger on the menu tonight down in AAA, so chances are you'll get your wish tomorrow night.