That 90s Baseball Pod

Brandon and Tom break down what we learned from the Minnesota vs. Cleveland series this weekend, who the potential buyers & sellers could be in the AL Central, potential packages for Syndergaard or Bumgarner, as well as a possible trade involved Eddie Rosario this offseason.

In This Episode:

• What we learned from the Minnesota/Cleveland series [4:00]
• Buyers & Sellers in the AL Central [15:00]
• Syndergaard or Bumgarner? [23:00]
• Twins trading Eddie Rosario this offseason? [30:00]
• Trade Deadline S

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Brandon, Tom, and Chris from Cleveland discuss the 2019 MLB All-Star Game which just took place this week, as well as the upcoming series against the Cleveland Indians and the importance of the three game set for both teams regarding their potential trade-deadline moves and eventual playoff positioning.

In This Episode:

• 2019 MLB All-Star Game [3:00]
• Chris from Cleveland calls in! [7:00]
• Twins vs. Indian Preview [20:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Brandon & Tom are in studio and ready to talk about everything Minnesota Twins, including their All-Star Game selections and who got snubbed, whether or not they should have someone in the Home Run Derby, as well as their current depth issues, Sano's struggles, Lewis Thorpe, Michael Pineda, and capitalizing on next weeks All-Star break!

In This Episode:

• Twins All-Star Snubs [8:00]
• No Twins in the Home Run Derby? [15:00]
• Andrew Vasquez/Depth Issues [20:00]
• Twins avoid losing 3-in-a-row again [25:00]
• Miguel Sano's Struggles Continue [31:00]
• Lewis Thorpe [35:00]
• Michael Pineda [38:00]
• Gaining momentum into the All-Star break [42:00]
• Bullpen Talk/Twitter Q's [47:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Brandon & Tom discuss the Minnesota Twins bullpen issues and how management might choose to address it at the trade deadline, as well as how comfortable Twins fans should be with the division lead, Jorge Polanco being selected as an All-Star Game starter, and answer some Twitter questions!

In This Episode:

• What is going on with the bullpen? [5:00]
• Division lead sits at 8 games [15:00]
• Twins injury bug [21:00]
• Jorge Polanco named All-Star Game Starter [28:00]
• Twins/White Sox preview [39:00]
• Jordan Balazovic & Royce Lewis make MLB Futures Game [45:00]
• Trade Targets [50:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Brandon & Tom discuss Joe Mauer's jersey retirement ceremony last Saturday, the 17 inning game from earlier this week, Jeff Passan's report of Tampa Bay exploring splitting time between Florida & Montreal, Minnesota's recent offensive struggles, Max Kepler, and some potential roster shakeups the Twins could experiment with!

In This Episode:

• Terry Ryan & Cow Pie High [3:00]
• Joe Mauer's Jersey Retirement [10:00]
• The Tampa Bay Rays of Montreal [20:00]
• Brandon covers the 17 inning game [23:00]
• Twins Recent Offensive Struggles [29:30]
• Max Kepler is red-hot [32:00]
• Potential roster shakeups [36:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Brandon & Tom discuss the Twins comeback win against the Seattle Mariners and a controversial strike three call, Marin Perez & Jake Odorizzi's performances so far, as well as identifying some potential targets the Twins could trade for at the Trade Deadline!

In This Episode:

• Comeback win against Seattle [2:00]
• Perez & Odorizzi [8:00]
• Who's "team" is this? [23:00]
• Potential trade-deadline moves [32:00]
• Twins All-Stars [45:00]
• David Ortiz [52:00]
• Twitter Questions [56:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Brandon & Tom break down the Twins series against Tampa Bay & Cleveland, whether or not Smeltzer will get another start for the Twins, Craig Kimbrel signing with the Cubs, a Twins Draft roundup, and some Twitter questions!

In This Episode:

• Rays & Indians series [7:00]
• Does Smeltzer get another start? [18:00]
• Kimbrel signs with Cubs [22:00]
• Twins Draft Picks [31:00]
• Mailbag! [38:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Brandon, Tom, and Justin The Producer discuss the series against the Milwaukee Brewers, Devin Smeltzer's debut, how much of the Twins production is coming from home grown talent, some preliminary MLB Draft coverage, and the Justin brings in some sizzling hot takes from Reddit!

In This Episode:

• Devin Smeltzer Debut [3:00]
• How much of the Twins production is coming from home grown talent? [12:00]
• MLB Draft [25:00]
• Freezing Cold Twins Takes [35:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Mike Gelfand & Ryan Turnquist (@2__CANEZ) join Brandon & Tom to discuss the 32-16 Minnesota Twins team, including Jake Odorizzi, the Twins bullpen performance so far, as well as answering some Twitter questions in a brand new #AskBW!

In This Episode:

• Jake Odorizzi [2:00]
• Confidence in the bullpen [9:00]
• #AskBW Mail Bag! [19:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Jim Morris (@jimmorris6363), former MLB pitcher and subject of the movie The Rookie, calls in to discuss his journey from playing high school baseball in Texas all the way to his time in the Major Leagues playing with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays! Brandon & Tom discuss the Mitch Garver injury, as well as Twins Fever taking over Minneapolis!

In This Episode:

• Mitch Garver to IL [2:30]
• Twins Fever! [9:00]
• Twins trade for Madison Bumgarner? [14:00]
• Jim Morris calls in! [21:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Brandon Warne interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.