Previously loaded with talented infielders and utility men, Gordon is the second such player to be traded by the Twins in two weeks. The Twins also dealt Jorge Polanco to the Seattle Mariners on Jan. 29 in a deal that netted four players and $8 million in cash to help pay down the salary of pitcher Anthony DeSclafani.>

I will be sad to see Gordon go, but it didn't look like a good fit with the others available on the roster. He was odd man out.

The Minnesota Twins will play a best-of-5 series against the Houston Astros starting on Saturday, October 7th. The schedule is as follows:

• Game 1 (@ HOU): Saturday, October 7th
• Game 2 (@ HOU): Sunday, October 8th
• Game 3 (@ MIN): Tuesday, October 10th
• Game 4 (@ MIN): Wednesday, October 11th**
• Game 5 (@ HOU): Friday, October 13th**

**if necessary

Upcoming Games

• Tuesday, August 15th (6:40PM CDT): Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins, Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Wednesday, August 16th (12:10PM CDT): Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins, Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Friday, August 18th (7:10PM CDT): Pittsburgh Pirates @ Minnesota Twins, Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Saturday, August 19th (6:10PM CDT): Pittsburgh Pirates @ Minnesota Twins, Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Sunday, August 20th (1:10PM CDT): Pittsburgh Pirates @ Minnesota Twins, Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Upcoming Games

• Monday, August 7th (5:40PM CDT): Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
• Tuesday, August 8th (5:40PM CDT): Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
• Wednesday, August 9th (5:40PM CDT): Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
• Thursday, August 10th (12:10PM CDT): Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
• Friday, August 11th (6:05PM CDT): Minnesota Twins @ Philadelphia Phillies, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Saturday, August 12th (5:05PM CDT): Minnesota Twins @ Philadelphia Phillies, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Sunday, August 13th (12:35PM CDT): Minnesota Twins @ Philadelphia Phillies, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Note: Starting on Sunday, July 30th, I will transition to weekly discussion threads instead of daily game threads.

Hello Twins fans and subscribers of [email protected]!

Now that the dust has settled a bit after the mass Reddit exodus, I'd like to take a moment to check in with you and see what your thoughts are on the way this community is being moderated, and if there is anything different I can do to improve this community.

To start off, I have a couple points that I would like to mention and get your feedback on:

• Move to weekly discussion threads - Until engagement starts to pick up here, I don't think I can justify continuing daily game threads (particularly since I don't have these automated quite yet), especially not with the detailed pre-game statistics that I was adding to previous game threads. Instead, I'm intending to start posting weekly discussion threads instead, which will be posted and pinned to the top of the community sometime on Sunday evening each week.
• Bot-generated game threads (eventually) - In anticipation of engagement picking up enough to justify daily game threads again, I will start to develop a bot (similar to those that have been used at Reddit) to generate, post, and update daily game threads, in addition to the standings and schedule found in the sidebar (which I have been manually updating so far).

In addition, feel more than free to provide any other suggestions or comments that you feel could improve the community! I can't guarantee I can implement every possible change since I only have so much time I can dedicate to moderating this community, but I am always open to suggestions.

Looking forward to your feedback!