Aaron and John talk about Royce Lewis joining Matt Wallner in St. Paul, the Twins losing Ryan Jeffers for 6-8 weeks, Gabriel Gonzalez's short-term arrival, choosing Orlando Arcia over Kaelen Culpepper, and Taj Bradley getting close.
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Spoiler alert: He's looked really, really good.
Jeffers was off to a great start offensively and defensively, and the impending free agent will be nearly impossible for the Twins to replace.
Less than a week after demoting the .167-hitting Matt Wallner to Triple-A St. Paul, the Twins made the same decision with the .163-hitting Lewis.
After dismantling the bullpen at last year's trade deadline, the Twins did nothing to rebuild it. And now Ron Davis has entered the chat.
Roch Cholowsky and Grady Emerson are likely to be off the board, but there are plenty of promising consolation prizes for the Twins.
It wasn't a pretty first 41 games for the Twins, but they've had plenty of standout individual performances worth appreciating.
Taj Bradley and Mick Abel have joined Pablo López and David Festa on the injured list, forcing the Twins to lean on young arms earlier than planned.
Aaron Gleeman has been covering the Minnesota Twins for over 25 years. He co-hosts the Gleeman and The Geek podcast and was previously senior writer at The Athletic, editor-in-chief at Baseball Prospectus, and senior writer at NBC Sports.
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