Brandon, Tom, and Ryan (@2__CANEZ) play the “Marlins Player or US Senator” game, discuss the controversy surrounding Tim Anderson’s bat flip and resulting suspension, as well as catching up on the Minnesota Twins who are 13-8 to begin the season!

In This Episode:

• Marlins Player or US Senator? [2:30]
• The “Bat Flip” Controversy & Tim Anderson’s Suspension [10:00]
• The Minnesota Twins are 13-8: What have we seen so far? [22:00]
• Is burning a draft pick worth five more weeks of Craig Kimbrel? [30:00]
• Tyler Duffy & Jake Cave Sent to AAA [34:00]
• Mailbag! [44:00]

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 Warne

Brandon Warne covers the Minnesota Twins for Zone Coverage and is also the site's senior editor. He hosts the Midwest Swing podcast for the site as well. He and his wife Amanda live in the outer Twin Cities suburbs with their daughter, Harper.

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