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Segments 1 and 2 – Review of the weekend games
Additional Notes:
1.Tanner Bibee with a great game on Saturday. They announced on the game that he was the least supported starter in baseball this season.

2.Imai with another good start on Saturday – 5 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 8K/3BB. That’s three in a row, including the no-hitter.
a.Is he turning the corner?

3.Sure it was the Angels, but Roki Sasaki looked great on Friday. 7 IP, 2 hits, 0 ER, 10K/2BB. He’s been particularly good over his past four starts.
a.Has he turned things around?
b.Who would you rather have the rest of the Season – Imai or Sasaki?

4.Royce Lewis is back in the Majors. I wrote last week that he was red hot and would likely see a return. Here’s what I wrote.
a.What are you thoughts on his return?
Royce Lewis is making a loud statement for a return to Minnesota. In 13 games, he’s hit 10 home runs and posted a .358 average. More importantly, his average exit velocity sits at 94.1 mph — a massive improvement over the woeful 87.9 mph he produced earlier with the Twins. He’s still expanding the strike zone a ton, so the approach hasn’t really changed. So why is he performing better?
Some of it is BABIP correction, but only to a point. His .250 mark in Triple-A is better than the .215 he ran in Minnesota, yet still well below league norms. The real driver is simple: he’s hitting the ball much harder. The caveat, of course, is that it’s a tiny sample, and when you hit 10 home runs in 13 games, your EV is going to look inflated.
Looking deeper, he’s become a dead-pull hitter, and his long injury history has likely contributed to a gradual decline in exit velocity over the years. Will the EV fully return? Maybe. But can he stay healthy long enough for that to matter? My best guess is that he normalizes around 89–90 mph. With his leveraged swing, that still makes him a 20-homer bat. Given the aggressive approach, a modest batting average — something around .250 — feels realistic.
I do think he’ll return as a viable MLB player, but the superstar trajectory he once flashed doesn’t look attainable anymore. At the same time, he wasn’t as bad as he looked in April and May with Minnesota. The encouraging news is that he’s hot, he’s motivated, and he’s forcing the issue. If the Twins wanted to see a spark before bringing him back, they’re getting it. They’ll surely say he “made an adjustment,” and maybe he did, but with samples this small, it’s nearly impossible to prove through the data.
5.Bryce Miller has been money since returning from the IL – 1.33 ERA, 29K/5BB in 29 innings.

6.Zebby wins again on Friday. Is he an every time starter now or are you holding your breath every time out?
a.Order these pitchers the rest of the season – Gage Jump, Zebby, David Sandlin, Christian Scott

7.We crushed Matt Chapman on Friday and that night he went 2 for 3 with 8 RBIs – a grand slam and a three-run home run.
a.Fantasy managers – You’re welcome!

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