[Greggory] Trevor Larnach has the best batting average, 2nd best OBP, and 3rd best SLG on the Twins against righties, but his overall performance is pedestrian. He's seeing far too many lefties, and it's not helping the Twins win games.
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[Gleeman] And the biggest Derby draw for Buxton? His kids will love watching it in person. “Brix is probably the most excited,” Buxton said of his oldest son. “He plays ‘MLB The Show’ and plays the Derby all the time. And he always is like, ‘Dad, if you do this, I want to bring you a towel!’
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[Gleeman] And the biggest Derby draw for Buxton? His kids will love watching it in person. “Brix is probably the most excited,” Buxton said of his oldest son. “He plays ‘MLB The Show’ and plays the Derby all the time. And he always is like, ‘Dad, if you do this, I want to bring you a towel!’
[Hayes] With 24 days left until the deadline, the buzzards already are circling in hopes of picking off a healthy limb or two from a team that entered the season with postseason aspirations.
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[Gleeman] Twins are 74-88 in their last 162 games. During that time, spanning one full season, they rank 21st out of 30 teams in both runs scored and runs allowed while being outscored by 56 runs.
[Gleeman] Twins lost two out of three to the Marlins, falling to 41-46. They are 1-9-1 in their last 11 series. Twins' lineup scored a total of three runs in the last four games, going 17-for-120 (.142) with 42 strikeouts and 4 walks.
[Gleeman] Are the Twins headed for another inactive trade deadline as ownership uncertainty looms?
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[Gleeman] Twins still waiting for Carlos Correa’s ‘clutch’ reputation to make its way to Minnesota
[Disco Danny Hayes] Kaelen Culpepper will represent the #MNTwins at the All-Star Futures Game in Atlanta. Culpepper is hitting a combined .290/.382/.476 with 11 home runs this season. He currently is carrying an .823 OPS at Double-A Wichita (38 plate appearances).
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[Gleeman] Twins' pitching staff has allowed 138 runs in 147 innings over their last 17 games. It's the second-most runs allowed over any 17-game span in Twins history, one behind the 1994 team giving up 139.
[Nelson] Byron Buxton has homered 7 times in his past 10 games and is slugging .575 on the season, 4th-best in the majors behind Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh and Shohei Ohtani.
[Disco Danny Hayes] Enterting today, the #MNTwins --- who are down 9-3 --- allowed 119 runs in the 16 games since Pablo López suffered his injury. This is the seventh time in 17 games they've allowed at least nine runs. Barring a huge comeback, they will be 4-13 without López.
[Gleeman] Twins' pitching staff has allowed 118 runs in 130 innings over their last 15 games. During that time, the Twins' overall team ERA jumped from 3.28 to 4.11, going from #6 in MLB to #20 in MLB.
[Gleeman] Kaelen Culpepper is having an excellent first half at High-A Cedar Rapids, batting .297/.388/.474 with eight homers and 15 steals in 52 games as a 22-year-old playing in a pitcher-friendly environment where the league-wide slugging percentage is just .365
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[Gleeman] Highest career slugging percentage in Twins history (minimum 750 games):
[Gleeman] Twins are now 78-84 is their last 162 games dating back to last season.
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[Gleeman] Chris Paddack has a 2.25 ERA in his last 11 starts, yet the Twins are 3-8 in those games. Twins' lineup has scored an average of just 2.3 runs in those last 11 games started by Paddack.