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CJ Baumgardner

Host of Locked On Twins and Minnesota Twins writer for Zone Coverage; sports director and play-by-play announcer for Hubbard Radio Wadena.

May 10, 2026

5:59
Mm-hmm.
5:59
Now, he pitched three and a third innings today.
6:01
He, of course, is the headliner in the, uh, what could be infamous Louis Varland trade.
6:06
He gave up five hits, had three walks, was all over the place, but also at the same time when he needed to lock in and get outs, he was able to do that.'Cause he only gave up one run.
6:16
I mean, he had five strikeouts on the day, got some weak contact when he needed to.
6:20
Overall, it wasn't, like, an impressive day for Kendry Rojas.
6:24
But when you look at him, he got four whiffs on 20 swings, uh, was able to get those five strikeouts.
9:49
Was there one move or decision from Sheltie that kind of you thought maybe stuck out, but also maybe swung this thing in the right direction?
7:02
Like, you can't just accept the fact that you, you have a lead, are you just already burned out by the month of April and the bullpen by the Twins?
7:09
I've been burned so many times.
7:10
If you look at win probability added for the Twins' bullpen, I think they're like 27th in baseball.
7:15
Like, it's been so bad.
7:17
They, I, I was talking about it on, uh, today's show, yesterday's show, uh, the fact that Derek Shelton literally has zero relievers who he trusts.
7:25
He let Taj Bradley pitch 115 innings.
7:28
He gave up the leadoff double one run game in the seventh inning, gave up the tying run, and still left him in to finish the inning because a gas starting pitcher is better than any clean reliever he could bring into the game.

25 MINS LATER

32:51
What, what do you, what do you feel good about with the Twins right now going into the month of May?

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