Ben Shulman

Patrick Corbin was kind of an unknown quantity coming in.

So I think that one's hard to compare.

And then for Max, it's been interesting the last two starts.

Because there was the start where the stuff was down and he came out early.

And then there's last start where the stuff kind of ticked back up.

But he just didn't seem to be hitting his spots and they really made him pay for some mistakes.

So I do think it's an impact.

Kirk is one of the top defensive catchers in the game in a couple of different ways and you're going to lose something from that.

But I think it also happened to coincidentally line up with some tough luck or some different variables on the pitching side that ended up contributing to some of those huge innings we saw for the Twins.

No one has said anything specifically to me, but I do agree with you.

It's been something to notice.

There's been a couple routes where Dalton Varsha has taken a wrong first step, and it's hard to hold someone to a 100% standard, but first step is what he's so good at.

So that's been different to see.

Byron Buxton had a wrong first step on a Vladliner.

in the beginning for the Blue Jays when they beat the Twins in the opener of that series.

So I don't know exactly what it would be.

I know when the roof is open at times, the reflection of the sunlight off of those elevated lights to brighten up the field can be difficult during day games.

With the roof closed,

Typically, it's supposed to be far easier to track the ball there.

But for whatever reason, guys on both sides have seemed to have some trouble this year.