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Midwest Swing: Rosario's Homer, Trade Speculation, Clubhouse Culture

Brandon and Tom have a quick recap of the less than enjoyable Twins vs. Mets series from earlier this week, talk about some news regarding a potential trade-target Noah Syndergaard and Madison Bumgarner, discuss some freezing-cold takes from Reddit & Twitter, and of course bring up the bullpen issues while trying to gauge where Twins fans “worry level” should be at!

 

In This Episode:

  • Twins vs. Mets Recap [4:00]
  • Noah Syndergaard [12:00]
  • The sky is falling! (according to Twitter) [18:00]
  • Bullpen, Bullpen, Bullpen… [25:00]
  • Where is you “worry level” at? [41:00]
  • Arraez & Schoop [50:00]
  • Marwin Gonzalez: Team MVP? [53:00]

 

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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