Monday's Page 2 tipsheet

July 2, 2018 at 3:54AM
Milwaukee Brewers' Jesus Aguilar celebrates after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Jesus Aguilar (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TIPSHEET

Compiled by Ken Chia

KNOW THIS

For all their lack of hitting, the Twins went 13-14 in June. The frustrating thing for Twins fans is that they went a combined 7-2 against the Indians and Red Sox, but they also lost series to the Rangers, Tigers and White Sox.

WATCH THIS

It has been ugly for the Twins of late, and it could get a whole lot uglier in Milwaukee, where the Brewers have become one of the NL's best teams. Game 1 is Monday night (7 p.m., FSN).

RANDOM FANDOM

"Easy to argue against the 12 year contracts for these two, but the real issue with Fletch was lousy draft picks and trading away good draft picks for older players past their prime."

"don50" on Zach Parise and Ryan Suter at startribune.com.

TWEETED

"By being on an NBA roster, DRose's Adidas contract kicks in and will pay him more than $14.5 Million for the 2018-19 season."

— From ESPN's Nick DePaula. Derrick Rose's shoe deal is worth more than six times his Wolves deal.

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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Derrick Rose (25) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 5, 2018, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Derrick Rose (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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