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Midwest Swing: Odorizzi vs. Verlander, Minors, Bullpen Fixes

Brandon and Tom discuss the Minnesota Twins season so far, some potential roster shakeups that could be coming in the near future, a few potential trade targets, if the Twins could be moving on from Jonathan Schoop, as well as answering some Twitter questions!

 

In This Episode:

  • Twins starting rotation/bullpen performance so far [4:00]
  • Potential trade targets? [14:30]
  • Twins VS. Astros [22:00]
  • Moving on from Jonathan Schoop? [29:00]
  • Who is the #1 catcher on the roster? [36:00]
  • Mailbag! [45:00]

 

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.

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.

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