Twins Limping to the Finish Line

Aaron and John talk about the Twins limping to the finish line just like last season, trying to find glimpses of a brighter future with Walker Jenkins and Emmanuel Rodriguez, the outlook for Byron Buxton after hip surgery, and players who stepped up vs. dropped out of the team's long-term plans.

0:00 Intro

0:45 Why the game recaps have stopped: the Twins are playing out the string

2:21 Worst team in the American League down the stretch for a third straight year

3:50 15-27 since August 1: as bad as after the 2025 fire sale, and this time they were trying

6:38 John's counterpoint: at least there are rookies worth watching

9:02 "Something is fundamentally wrong": player development, injuries and defense

11:47 Derek Shelton, Jeremy Zoll, Tom Pohlad: new names, same organization

14:13 Are there basic philosophies that lead to the Twins fading every August and September?

16:48 The 72.5-win over/under, and the fear that a youth movement becomes an excuse not to spend

18:20 Ryan Jeffers as team MVP, and the veterans who won't be back in 2027

27:08 Byron Buxton hip surgery: what we know about the timeline for spring training