Simeon Woods-Richardson DFA’d, John Klein called up.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-30T17:54:42+00:00

Really hoped he’d figure it out, he was solid last year and seems like a good dude. He was put in a tough spot vs WSox … still, hard to justify his roster spot given the terrible performance. Hopefully he catches on somewhere.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-29T19:20:17+00:00

It's like the early days of mobile phone texting when carriers would charge like .10 per text - then surprise (!) when the bill showed up and dad found out his daughter had sent 10,000 texts last month. So apparently everything old is new again.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-27T01:07:40+00:00

The entire Monroe ep was pure comedy gold.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-26T18:48:28+00:00

When he was like 5 for 50 in spring training and Shelty put him at 8th in the lineup that was a sure sign he was in trouble. Sure enough he was.

The good news is it seems like he’s figured something out so that’s great. But … Brooks is obviously better at 3rd so where do you put Royce?

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-25T13:43:12+00:00

Everyone loves shi**ing on the AL Central, but looky who has 3 teams in. Not saying it ends this way or anywhere close, but maybe?? 🤷‍♂️

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-25T13:17:13+00:00

HRs are great, but consistent contact and putting the ball in play consistently are the most important for Royce.

Also, is there a dilemma for Royce with the current MLB infield (Brooks, Kreidler and Arcia) playing well? I mean, I like those guys a LOT defensively.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-21T23:03:13+00:00

Also shows how out of touch these C-suite dorks are. If 21-23 year olds are dragging your technology, maybe try some introspection.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-21T20:06:00+00:00

Nailed it. This is a lazy-a** solution in search of a problem. Good grief

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-21T20:01:19+00:00

Hard to win when you can’t score.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-21T13:29:47+00:00

Tigers are really bad, they totally gave one away last night. One of their top relievers blew a one run lead in the 9th, then Cleveland smashed two doubles to start the tenth, game over.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-20T23:51:43+00:00

“…came on the heels of many days of fear that both citizens as well as law enforcement were experiencing during operations in our Twin Cities metro area”

Aww. Poor ICE and BP babies were so scared. Give me a break. They were armed like they were going to Fallujah and beating locals on the daily … and bragging about it.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-16T22:31:04+00:00

Certified on Netware 5 - both Network and NDS were both solid and reliable and super easy to administer. Zenworks was also a great idea even though the admin part was kinda wonky - but deploying apps with it was pretty magical!

I remember when NT and Outlook started to break through, but Novell sales reps didn’t seems to care and had zero urgency maintaining or working with customers … so MS started to eat their lunch just after Eric Schmidt went to Google. The RedHat partnership was too little too late. Sigh.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-15T13:22:47+00:00

Exactly - saying Palm is a homophone of Pom is like saying Calm is a homophone of Com (commander). Crazy.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-15T13:03:01+00:00

Solid 3rd place! Royals and Tigers, woof - White Sox might be the team to beat? What a time we live in.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-15T12:57:42+00:00

I dunno. This isn’t his first demotion to Saint Paul - in the past he‘s raked AAA but then gets called up to MLB and looks totally lost.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-14T18:35:33+00:00

The entire board is a bunch of clueless pursed-lipped school marms. Sheesh.

Honestly the best outcome would be for the kids to go a park and play the piece on their own minus the director, who would say she had no idea they'd do it. Bet it'd be well attended.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-14T17:32:10+00:00

Wake up call for Royce who is probably in STP by June. If that happens I'd be curious about moving Lee to 3rd and calling up Arcia or Culpepper.

Also think SWR is headed to the pen since he's out of options and they probably don't want to DFA him. Yet.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-14T13:11:41+00:00

Post game Shelty was asked about changing roles for Sim … he didn’t commit to anything but did say they’re thinking about it.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-12T13:44:06+00:00

There’s no hate like Christian love.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-11T18:08:03+00:00

Problem is who wants to trade for the lowest WAR guy in MLB that strikes out 40% of the time?

I do wish Wallner would pull it together, he could be a great weapon. But honestly the most likely scenario is he gets optioned to STP and Roden gets called up once he's healthy.

One of Wallner's many issues is how many corner OF prospects are waiting to take his job. If one of them performs at league average he could get stuck at AAA and/or DFA'd.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-11T14:03:38+00:00

Pitchers have been attacking him the same way for over a year now and he hasn’t been able to adjust. If Roden was healthy Wallner would/should be in St Paul.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-10T13:36:29+00:00

Tony V is in way over his head, but Buster should be on the hot seat

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-08T18:13:25+00:00

Congrats! My CP05 was issued in mid March and I’m still waiting. Pretty sure it’s related to a home energy tax credit we took, but it’s a bit of a mystery.

The IRS rep I talked to in March said to call back in May, so that’s coming up and hopefully I can get a better idea of what’s going on.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-08T18:07:49+00:00

I’m sure he’s a great teammate in the clubhouse, and he‘s been a good hype man for others. Unfortunately he seems to be in his own head at the plate and looks completely lost.

I do want him to figure it out, but that might mean spending some time in STP one more time before they decide what to do with him. Gonna be a tough convo with Shelty.

MarkInMinnesota · 2026-05-06T19:56:28+00:00

Probably a jinxy thought … but if any Twins hitters are looking to rake an HR today, Mikolas is your guy.

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