Derek
@BornToRake
Director of Morale for the Minnesota Twins. I’ll go to war for Joe Mauer and Byron Buxton.
I speak for everyone when I say please Heavenly Father give us this jersey combo more
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Twin Cities jerseys with the classic M cap is incredible. Wow #MNTwins
Oh the horror of being one of the best players in the world at your sport and having to be in Atlanta, Georgia for 2 days when your ‘job’ is 162-200 days of the year. load managing a 4 day break in the season……My god
It’s an open secret in the game that most of the guys dip as soon as they’re lifted. Allows them a small semblance of a vacation before getting back to reality on Friday
Imagine the Dave Roberts chose the AL players & Aaron Boone picked the NL players for this Home Run Derby!? This would be Dave Roberts picking Jazz Chisholm for it
Aaron Judge wanted no part of the swing off is why he’s such a fraud
the perfect human being to be at the center of our franchise and don’t ever let casual fan LOSERS tell you otherwise. Keep fighting the good fight 🌊✌🏼
Twins OF Byron Buxton on trade rumors: "I can't be traded. I got a no-trade clause. I'm a Minnesota Twin for the rest of my life.”
Guy literally looks like a Praying Mantis
This is my favorite picture of any #MNTwins draftee. I don’t have the data but there’s gotta be some interesting release traits here.
Kaelen Culpepper's Double-A introduction has been something to behold. The @Twins' No. 4 prospect (MLB No. 96) slugs his 3rd homer to cap a 3-hit night, raising his slash line to .368/.442/.515 in 16 games for @WindSurgeICT.
Atlanta is about to Experience it! 🍑 Congratulations to Joe Ryan on being named to his first All-Star Game!
The broadcast tonight was incredible. I’ll take as much @trevorplouffe as I can get. Dudes a rockstar
Thoughts on the Twins player's only broadcast for those that watched?
Great point, man! So actually Justin Morneau in the 2 years immediately after winning the home run derby when “he was never the same” : 2009 - 30 HR, 100 RBI, .878 OPS 2010 (81 games) - 18 HR, 56 RBI, 1.055 OPS Google is free for future reference.
I’ve been worried most of the day after hearing the news that Byron Buxton will be participating in the home run derby competition. It’s a great gimmick to get people interested in baseball, but it has ruined so many careers. Justin Morneau was never the same after doing it.
Get ready to see a lot of Buck Trucking in Atlanta! Byron Buxton is set to compete in the 2025 Home Run Derby!
Get ready to see a lot of Buck Trucking in Atlanta! Byron Buxton is set to compete in the 2025 Home Run Derby!
Byron Buxton is IN! The Georgia native announced on IG he’ll compete in the @TMobile #HRDerby in Atlanta!
“One of the most disappointing underperforming twins players in the last 2 decades” since his debut in 2015… HR - 3rd Runs - 2nd RBI - 4th SB - 1st OPS (min. 1200PA) - 3rd WAR - 1st peak example of the disconnect between what he’s been vs how he’s perceived.
Legitimately one of the most disappointing under-performing Twins' players in the last two decades and he needs to be traded while he's actually healthy and might actually have some trade value albeit limited given his injury history.
Since 1976 (the last 50 years), Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbek, Joe Mauer, and Chuck Knoblauch are the only hitters with a higher WAR than him in a Twins uniform. Byron Keiron Buxton has been elite the past six years and it is a crying shame this fanbase treats him this way.
Legitimately one of the best players to wear a uniform in the last 2 decades and our casual fan base wants him traded
This is…..something
Struck me that Twins hitters don't seem to benefit much from seeing pitchers multiple times, so I looked it up. They are batting .226 when seeing a starter for the 3rd time, worse than when seeing him for 1st time (.232). They are batting .191 when seeing RPs a 2nd time.