Doom and gloom on the horizon
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!
- A few transactions from the Twins this week, including sending Matt Wallner to the IL, trading for Jonah Bride from the Marlins, and calling up top-100 prospect Luke Keaschall to the majors!
- Zach Koenig takes us back to 2015, where a certain Twins squad was also dealing with its own early-season struggles.
- John Foley checks out the data on Twins hitters and who’s approaching the plate a little differently this year.
Elsewhere in Twins Territory:
- John and Ben have a cathartic 20-ish minute rant about the state of the Twins before recapping the games from last week.
- Aaron Gleeman at The Athletic gives his no-holds-barred take on the Twins’ drop in game attendance this year.
- Phil Miller at the Star Tribune introduces Jonah Bride to Twins Territory.
- Theo Tollefson at Zone Coverage evaluates the growth in DaShawn Keirsey Jr.’s game.
In the World of Baseball:
- Old friend Luis Arraez was involved in a scary collision Sunday night, but according to Padres manager Mike Shildt, he is in stable condition.
- As bad as the Twins are right now, at least we didn’t give up 24 runs, like the Orioles allowed to the Reds yesterday.