Minnesota Twins predictions: Zebby Matthews, MLB playoffs and more

these two guys have Minnesota sports flowing in their veins Mackie and Sh on score North and scor.com write this down write it down you like writing things down write that down today's edition of write that down the only show in America by the way that has the stones to put statistics next to our predictions potentially career altering shows every Wednesday here so people can find out just how wrong we are this is the OG edition of write that down here on Minnesota sports with Macky and Jud the scor Earth YouTube channel a quick shout out to nicolay law nicolay law knows that when you or a loved one gets injured ordinary life can come to a stop things can get complicated and during that time insurance companies could pressure you and uh you just need some space you need someone to help you get the compensation you deserve after an accident and that's where Russell nicolay and his incredible team come in uh nicolay law.com or give them a call at 1 855 nicolay get Minnesota's local award-winning injury lawyers get nicolay and a reminder that we are giving away a 75in Roku Pro Series 4K TV on the scorn or app this month nearly an $1,800 value a great beautiful TV for you to watch twins playoff stretch baseball maybe some Vikings preseason action zebie fever the Ze Ze the Ze the zeer I like Ze the Ze Meister I like him he looks like a picture can win that 75 in Roku Pro Series 4K TV on the scor North app listener rewards free to download free to register so hello gentlemen write that down how are we feeling here today feeling good real good feeling good okay let's uh let's get to the accountabilities here we'll explain how this works first three predictions from everybody each week they must be quantifiable we keep track of batting averages and home runs on the show and listeners if you want to participate like will is about to you can send Declan a message through the scorner that will'll get you scheduled for some time in the the coming weeks and months so Jud you're up first to be held accountable yep two things came off the board for you yeah I really missed on this one because you didn't tell the truth oh wow you said Carlos Korea will publicly Express disappointment about the twins trade deadline plans yeah he did not he said listen it's all about the guys in this room yeah we are enough well and then he said we tried so they they so they clearly were were like just say we tried say we tried really hard yeah what do you think he really thinks I think he's pissed I think he should be pissed and I think he is pissed I think he was pissed yes I think he needs to get back on the field though first I think that should be that's not a bad yeah that's you know what that's not a bad idea it's like a trade Carlos if we can get you back that's an that is an excellent point I've been wondering like and I'm not even criticizing him but like what is the trigger date trigger the trigger date for him to play like the trigger date of okay now you've just recovered enough like he's not he's not going to feel good for the rest of the year like it's never going to go back to where it was in April so what's the trigger what's the okay now the pain threshold is such that I can that I can work through it or does that day not come I think you give it at least until September 1st there's no like they just took two games against the Royals like there's it's not like a dire situation here if they can keep winning and he can keep recovering I don't think you do it I don't think you do it out of haste and it's not a situation cuz I asked F about this I was can you just like go in there and rip it out and he said nope can't do that yet cuz I that's what happened yeah yet I was like eventually they were able it can rip by itself and they can get it out though but you can't go in there prematurely and rip it out I don't know there's a surgical procedure though I think it just rips by itself I I've I have never heard of a a surgical procedure being done to rip it but it just rips and then it hurts like hell shortly and then it begins mhm to recover but Phil just gave me an idea for a Juds all substack decom do twins need kareah like Willie Castro you're right I mean they're winning all these games do twins need them twins need their best player do the twins need their best player do the twins need their best player clearly don't I'm workshopping right now uh you said the Timberwolves would be scheduled to play on Christmas day in 2024 finally Christmas Day opening night against the Lakers yeah not a bad not a bad showcase for the Timberwolves no all right I had one thing come off the board I said Team USA would win the gold medal and Anthony Edwards would be the leading scorer in said game well then Steph Curry decided to join the party and hit 28 threes in that game so I was wrong listener Shane said is it Sami reth will have a preseason touchdown against the Raiders he did not and then Dean had two things off the board you said the twins will take at least three out of four from the gardos oh sitting pretty damn yeah you were quiny Hall would win the 400 Quincy Hall looked like he was going to pass out trailing by a 100 yards it looked like around the last turn and then he found another level I love that that was really impressive it's my favorite race oh it's incredible God I mean that dude looked like he was unbelievable hooked going around the fourth turn and then he just like found something else what a games I can't wait for four years what a games the games were great I was legitimately sad for the games to end I was all gold Channel every day there was a local sports talk host who spent the majority of his show on Monday lamenting the end of the games shots fired no I don't I love the guy he's great he's fantastic oh yeah okay no he is he is fantastic this is not a shot of him I'm just saying L he he was lamenting the games being done and I was celebrating and that's the difference between the two of us I love him too I interned for him one time he won't make eye contact with me for 18 years I worked with him at the star tribute for years I I like him a lot we're friends I consider him to be a close personal friend he liked the Olympics I do not care about them so I'm batting 393 on the season Dean's batting 382 listeners 365 Jud 337 so nice season for everyone listeners have eight home runs the three of us have seven so it anyone's game the season runs from Super Bowl to Super Bowl by the way so got a long ways to go Dean 363 average leads everyone all time the career stats going back to 2018 by the way uh Jud leads the hits category with 336 career hits listeners lead the career home run category with 63 home runs let's get will in here well making his return as a guest listener predictor the headphon setup this is great man welcome in I do what I can you know uh what's your so you've been on before here um what's your Vikings fan right will oh yeah okay what's your how are you feeling after the JJ McCarthy injury I had a buddy in high school who had a similar kind of situation it was he showed up soreness went to the doctor then it was we're going to check and see in surgery um and then it was we thought maybe four weeks and then it turned out to be six months so I I have a little trepidation as to how that surgery's going to go but I'm uh you know it's if you're going to take the as a red shirt year then might as well you know like it's if there was a time for it to happen it was now yeah I think uh this gives everyone just a chance to take a deep breath and pause here it should not be a career altering injury but it is the Vikings in Minnesota sports so you never really know uh let's start with will make his first prediction over to Jud Dean and then back to me we'll make three trips around the room here we go write that down yeah uh my first prediction is going to be Tim rolls related um I think one of or both of either Leonard Miller or Josh Minot will not make it past the 2025 trade deadline I think shark Tim Connell is gonna smell the blood in the [Music] water and just go for it and one of those two guys or both will not be on the team in order to add and what I think would probably be more shooting in a move like that but who knows yeah Leonard Miller man he's he should be a really interesting rotation player for them at some point but if you can leverage him in a win now move be interesting to see what they WR that down do there all right Jud all right um as Declan has been noting on a daily basis the Cleveland Guardians closer Emanuel class is coming in and pitching every single day okay it's ridiculous like he's great but it's ridiculous so write this down Emmanuel CL right now has three blown saves on the season he will blow at least three more saves before the season is complete they're going to wear him to a nub I mean this this is this is very old school Steven V is very old school I'm just going to bring in the same guys over and over I think there's a fine line between too much rest like babying your players and abusing them yeah and this is Bullpen abuse which we've seen before so class three blown saves now he will blow three or more saves before the season is complete I just think he's going to wear down okay he's pitched in four straight games and he has thrown I mean 10 10 20 against the twins to end the series and then 13 in the first win of the of the series so and no off day in between any of those zero zero off yeah bringing him back after the Twins game on Sunday is incredible that was two consecutive days and then they brought them back again in that 98 game right yeah wow dude all right well people keep saying that at some point this can't continue for Cleveland right there's no way that their the the infrastructure is going to hold up the way that they lean on that Bullpen but I think they still have the the best record in the American League right now as this so they lost seven in a row at this point last week and now once again they have the best record in baseball they just they find ways by the way because of of the uh changing of positions between the jacking between the Orioles and Yankees as of this morning the twins would play Baltimore in Baltimore with the twins passed I think I'll take Baltimore yeah I I think there's no team that scares me in the American League right now I just there good teams but think like that don't think like don't think like that the last time I didn't think like that we were bring them on oh boy bring him on did did did did Rocky want to avoid Clubber Lang you want me to say in Rocky 3 because I'm afraid that's why because I'm afraid that's why but then he got over it and he beat clubber Lang's ass in like three rounds slay the dragon this was supposed to be an exhibition okay back to Dean here first I'm gonna make an Emanuel colos prediction I had one written down already wow um write this down and this this would be a a home run because these guys never receive the amount of votes for it but Emanuel class will finish top three in Sai Young voting yeah I like that I mean that's it's not like a foregone conclusion but top three he's having an insane year he has a 64 erra he has allowed four earned runs all season his whip is6 he doesn't even strike out a lot of guys he just induces incredibly weak contact and he is literally going to be clearly used every single damn day it looks like yes I agree with Jud there might be some wheels that come off a couple times but he's having one of the best seasons we've seen from a lever in a long time and I think he's going to get some love for it so he'll get top three say young voting how about that Guardians fans I'm I'm not just an engagement farmer and poking flun at wind tunnels but the Royals are cheating but the Royals cheating it's funny yeah it's funny the Royals uh you know they come to Minnesota and they have a hard time scoring runs I uh brought that up to Rocco yesterday CU he was like do we know what what Bobby wit hits at home and I said he hits 400 and he looked at me and he went 400 and I was like exactly dude 400 soger I don't want to put anything you're going down the path even people in the game are like really you sure about that yeah you sure about that it's weird man it's super weird okay write this down the Zeb Meister Ze the zeer zebie Matthews came in just shoved last night in his major league debut he climbed from high a at the start of the Season all the way up to the major leagues and looks like he belongs so I want to quantify that I think he's going to stick in the rotation I don't think this is just going to be a one-off thing so write this down zebie Matthews will make at least five more starts for the twins between now and the end of their postseason run so that's my way of quantifying that he will he will be a Mainstay in this rotation between now and the end of the season now maybe he makes five more and it's not working and they shut her down or something but he looks I think he's going to run out there at least five more times as a starter in the twins rotation he looks like a pitcher sh Festa too thin he's got the jawline he's got the big body too he just look like as you said in our text he looks like a horse he's a he's a horse like a pitching horse yeah yeah I love it thick boy thick boy yeah write this down all right back to will for his second prediction this one's going to be a little you know college football uh Big 10 football I think the Big 10 gets at most three teams into this 12 team uh college football playoff format at at the most I don't think the conference is as good as as people think it is I think at most it's you know Ohio State Oregon and like maybe Penn I don't think Michigan has the juice anymore so uh so three or fewer teams in the college football playoff from the Big 10 okay what's the are the Gophers still sitting at four and a half in sports books right over you're taking the over every time over okay gam that seems it seems really low and they had they should have a competent quarterback here to I'm not saying they make the college football playoff but I feel like the over is fairly safe Jud your second prediction okay I've actually I I've backlogged so many vikings predictions at this point that I'm going to spill one to this show as well Levi Drake Rodriguez will have another sack in Saturday's game against Cleveland okay Levi Drake Rodriguez the motor paid off once already he's going to have another sack on Saturday against the Browns he's going to make it hard for Juds 5.0 we did was it 4.0 or four no what did we just do 3.0 for the 4.0 to not include him yeah which you can find you can find that that 3.0 53 man projection on the purple daily podcast feed today yep dlin your third uh your second prediction all right write this down the twins will be at least a half game out at some point between now and next week's write that down when you say at least at least a half G so by the time the games are over in a day and the new games begin over the next day 0. five the twins will be at least 0 five games back of the first place team in the alsc so at most right so they're going to be within five games cuz cuz right now they're more than at they are at least they're uh they're three and a half yes so at some point they'll be within a half game will'll be within a half game got yep okay I got you I got you tracking just want to make sure cuz the one that reads off the prompter here in in the spreadsheet so I San Diego uh okay write this down so Jud already mentioned that the Timberwolves or maybe Dean did one of you guys mentioned that they're playing they're playing opening day they open the season first day of the NBA National schedule they're playing on Christmas write this down and I'm stealing a I'm stealing a line from Jake graphs on Twitter here the great Jake's graphs Jak graphs that the Timberwolves are going to be the first team in NBA history or the first Timberwolves team at least in NBA history to play opening night Christmas and an NBA Finals game so my prediction is the Timberwolves will play in NBA in the NBA finals this upcoming season write it down write it down you like writing things down I am drinking that Kool-Aid Man Anthony Edwards Olympic experience Carl Anthony towns your face you're spilling it all you're like drinking it from a with Glee all right will what's your third and final prediction y That's My we go sorry well what we doing it we doing it was me yeah de just blame him uh Simeon Woods Richardson he's getting a start at some point in the postseason and he's going at least six Innings oh like he has he has stuff yeah like I seen it too many times he has stuff I love that's sneaky man he looked he looked a little rickety there for you know once these guys get into August sometimes as Jose Brios showed you year after year after year he gets into August and then just stalls out but he's picked it back up if he can get over that August hump for the first time pitch into September and October so good stuff your will since you've got this lifechanging platform again is there anyone in your life you'd like to thank that helped you get here you know uh um I think last time I said my dad which the answer doesn't really change um but you know recently I've been like getting a lot more um into uh golf with him and that's been um another just like outlet for you know Sports and Sports in general um and so repeat shout out dad you're the greatest like coach Sports person to talk with all time so love it man awesome shout out to Will's dad good luck with your will we'll we'll see you in the postseason for that Simeon Woods Richardson gem it's happening don't on zebie don't on Ze the zeonor you could you could squeeze them both in we'll see you will throw those guys both in your rotation right now who would you trust more in a postseason game Pablo Lopez or the Zeb Meister well the Zeb Meister right got to be the Zeb Meister uh no Jud and I were actually workshopping this yesterday in the Press Box if it if assuming Joe Ryan doesn't pitch again um which I will have a prediction on on here shortly um if it's game three Simeon probably does start that game but how long does he go does he just get the first time through and then you turn it like all hands on deck CU I mean game three in a wild card obviously it's it's all hands- on Deck but how long does he go do you ride it do you just let him get the first time through the order do you like hey I have a handicapper on the back end for the second time through very interesting stuff and you have a prediction coming up here that's going to about Joe Ryan about Joe about Joe Ryan but but Jud and I were workshopping the idea of what happens in a game three for this pitching staff this was fairly early in last night's game though so I've been workshopping solo as well oh really wow after after you said you were worried about the pitching match up against the Royals and then you still worried about yesterday's game in the third inning when they were up like 5 to one I'll fully admit I said at the beginning of the series when I looked at the pitching matchups a little bit outside of Monday because you know if Pablo pitches well you're fine right I mean I thought last night's was a bad matchup I thought today's was bad but they scored 13 runs and I didn't yet have zeonor fever the text Phil I texted Phil I said zebur Rex I said I don't think I can work I said I'm calling in sick tomorrow I've come down with zebie fever and the only thing that can cure it is more zister more starts I'm going to be feeling it for another four days till he's back on the bump you know what the Z and zebie stands for it stands for Zip Zip Zip okay before we get to our final predictions here you know what I've been workshopping away to fix my electrical systems oh yeah who who should I contact well that is a very simple simple call it's the 612 35726 04 and there if you're watching this right now you see the trucks going out Finch home Solutions our friend Cody and his team do a fantastic job and um Minnesota sports fans Vikings fans in particular I want to talk to you right now because Finch Home Solutions is now an official um certified dealer and installer of gemstone lights which equals well for most people think oh great permanent holiday lighting which means you don't have to get up on the roof every year put them up take them down but I've got another thought so what if you were to get the wife the permanent you know holiday lights right she's like oh this is fantastic honey because they look great you don't have to hang them but then what if I told you that privately you know that those lights can be changed there so those lights can be changed to the color of let's say your favorite team so it's the Friday before a big Vikings game and all of a sudden you've got purple lights in other words guys it's a win-win you do something that she loves for the holidays the holiday season but privately you know that you are getting lights that can be changed to twins colors Vikings colors what more could you possibly want you're happy she's happy Finch Home Solutions Cody guess what they're happy too Finch home solutions.com is how this starts Finch home solutions.com I'm telling you right now football season is coming make sure you got those lights and then when it's Christmas time it's like hey it's Christmas time look at these lights H it's Christmas time at Target Field right now because you get to watch the Zeb Meister pitch the rest of the summer it's great twins are playing impact baseball games at the best ballpark in America at least top three that one in San Francisco is pretty badass too but Target Field great place to watch some baseball Sundays are kids days Saturdays are 612 Saturdays $6 beers $1 snacks $2 food learn more at twins.com tickets twins.com ticks for your summer fun at the Ballpark all right write this down Jud your final prediction all right I Workshop this one write this down zebbi Zoro Zoro Matthews so he get Z zebi Matthews will start at least one postseason game for the twins oh man I think they're going to bypass Sim I think you I don't I mean best PCH well the guy was anall three month AG he's going to start game seven of the World Series dock again dude some I don't think he's dude he's not dock he's not dock no and he's got the body DN dock didn't have an out pitch couldn't miss a bat well dock didn't look dobnik was a great story dobnik was like the like the story that they that the film was based on the Tampa Bay Pitcher oh yeah the r uh the the Dennis Quaid right yeah but I forget the pitcher's name yeah that guy but it was that like like he's a Feelgood zebie is here to stay starts a postseason game yep okay write this down okay deck all right I'll make a Joe Ryan prediction uh so Joe Ryan is he's going to stay back obviously from on the road trip here he's goingon to fly out to California he's going to get that second opinion on his tricep injury uh I forget the actual doctor it's the same doctor I believe that operated on towns too and has operated on a bunch of athletes I know duges and I were exchanging uh messages on with an a Al Al yeah Dr Neil Al yeah Dr Neil Al oh he's the he is the the guy the guy Andrew Jo yeah yeah yeah yeah y so he did yeah he did cats miniscus surgery um he's the team DOC for the Dodgers and the Rams too which is pretty crazy uh so write this down Joe Ryan will pitch again this season he will pitch again and I'm gonna quantify this either with the twins of course and the triaa season does run until September 22nd at least the regular season season does wow so either a minor league start or an appearance he will pitch again at some point and I'll include playoffs this season with the twins okay write this down okay write this down going to go off the grid a little bit here in 2019 we uh at the beginning of score North we had an afternoon Drive radio show we were still doing live radio and building a podcast Network and YouTube channel and for for a year our afternoon Drive show was Mackey and Jud with Ramy and I think Ramy might still have a prediction or two in the archives here Ramy moff still wildly talented he went out to Sacramento for a while um he's a Milwaukee Chicago guy he's been filling in on the score 670 so I don't know if you guys saw this but yesterday it was announced that Danny Parkins who's the afternoon the like eight-year afternoon Drive host on the score 670 radio station in Chicago that he is leaving the station this week to move to New York City to be a morning or whenever I don't know what the time slots are going to be he's going to join Fox Sports One and do one of those Talking Heads TV shows so there's a gigantic opening now on one of the biggest sports radio stations in the country our guy I floated a text to our guy this morning because Ramy was in the mix as a finalist for a job on that station it would be his dream job boy it would be his dream job to be a full-time host on the score 670 he's a gigantic we used to make fun of him CU he was like a Bears fan talking Vikings and a Cubs fan talking twins but the audience loved Ramy um so my prediction is and I texted Ramy I said hey are we going to we going to lock this thing down he goes I would love to I have no other information other than like like I don't think they've started the process yet for for finding who that host is okay I want to Manifest this for our guy Ramy write this down write this down Ramy moff will get a full-time job at the score 67 by the end of the 2024 calendar year let's make ramy's dream job let's Manifest this right now are you saying he's going to move into the Parkins rooll or just a job well I mean I I don't know I I don't want to get bit like where like he moves into the parkings role but then they move the shows around or something or they they hire him and they put someone else so I'm just going to say that when that type of stuff happens it's open grounds for radio companies to shuffle things so I'm going to say out of all of we've never exper you're talking about I've never I've always had stability clearly yes write this down so write it down Ramy will get a full-time job by the end of the calendar year at the score 670 in Chicago all right I like it so all right boys uh those are the write that down predictions the accountabilities can you see this zebie the Z is that his logo have you yes he's Zoro it's Zoro it works perfectly Ze baseball all right we'll see you guys uh for I think Do's been sick the last couple days but we think Reckless speculation Thursday with duges is coming back tomorrow and then purple daily there's like four episodes posted in the last 24 hours so please check those out too see you guys