Minnesota Twins Aim for Win in Upcoming Field of Dreams Game

Is it White Sox? Is it Guardians? Do the twins still have a shot or are they like Seattle? Are we sticking a fork in them too? You know, Minnesota's still hanging in there and you know, they're hoping for the best. I'm not a huge fan of them and like I said, I thought that you'd see them fall apart. It hasn't quite happened yet. They're kind of hanging around. Cleveland had a brutal weekend so naturally they've taken a step back and for the first time we have a team in the Central with minus money to win the division. So the White Sox were never minus money and now they are there. So yeah, you know, I think what's interesting too is that for those people who, you know, like some of the ceremony of baseball, you're going to get to see the twins play arguably their biggest national TV moment coming up here on the 13th when they play the Field of Dreams game on Netflix. They play against the Phillies and usually, I mean, that was a very well done event a couple of years ago when they had that and I would expect it to be well done again. So that is coming up. Is that Wednesday night? I think if whatever the 13th is, that's when the Field of Dreams game is coming up. Yeah, that is Thursday night. I believe you're correct. So they are continuing. I was wondering when that was coming, but yeah, hey, that should be, that should be an awful lot of fun to watch, but yeah, that's, I think that's going to be fun. The problem is which version of the Phillies shows up? Do you have any, any idea? I'd love to, I'd love to figure out, is it the version where Wheeler all of a sudden gets lit up and can't be trusted to win games? I mean, they were fortunate not to get swept by Toronto over the weekend here and it just feels like if it ain't the bullpen, it's them leaving 14 guys on base without any of the big bats getting ahead here. Very confounding team. I don't know what the make of Philly, I know what the ceiling is. I just, I'm worried they've already played their best baseball and that it's pretty much over at this point. I know, I think the Phillies are still very much in it, but they're going to find themselves, I believe a game or two back of Arizona pretty soon here because the Rockies are now in Arizona and I would assume Arizona is going to win this series because they usually take care of these teams that are below them. So yeah, I mean, the Phillies in Joe could be in the end, the teams that are chasing the third spot, it could be Philadelphia, but I mean, on paper, it would be an unmitigated disaster for the Phillies not to make the playoffs as big as a disaster as the Mets, probably not. The Mets were absolutely horrendous and are going to push 90 losses, if not more. If Philly doesn't make it, it would be, you know, an 80 loss team, but I still do think that the Cubs and the Phillies will get into the National League. I'm not positive about Arizona, San Diego, Miami, St. Louis, etc. I still think I need to see more before I determine that. I feel like the Pirates now, Joe, after what I saw this weekend, I really, I mean, do I have a fork in them like Seattle? It's pretty close. Like I said, I think this week is the week for the Pirates. Pirates will play Miami, as I mentioned, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. The big question for the Marlins is, and when I get back to the park, I'll know tomorrow, but Kyle Stowers, who's arguably their best offensive power player had a hamstring strain. And I believe, I mean, in the end, you usually don't survive that. You usually go on the IL for a period of time. And if the Marlins lose him for a period of time, not to mention, they just traded Liam Hicks last week. They really are going to need a lot of guys to step up. Griffin Conine and some others too. A loss of Stowers is going to be a big one if indeed, and I don't have any information on that, but if he goes on the IL, which I would guess he would, the Marlins don't really have a replacement player for him. So it's just what happens. It's the nature of the game.