Another arm for Cleveland series?

[jorgenswest]

I think the Twins need another arm for the Cleveland series with the Ryan shortened start Saturday and extra innings yesterday. Cleveland as a team struggles more against left handed pitching including their right handed hitters so it should be a lefty.

Moran or Headrick or Funderburk? Moran pitched yesterday. Headrick can benefit from more time in AAA before returning. I don’t know if Funderburk is the better of the three and I don’t think a AAA stat line will be any help answering that question but this is the right time. They need to be as strong as possible going into this series.

I would option or IL Ober. They can put Alcala or Miranda the 60 day IL. Alcala is getting close but he will still need a long rehab. Miranda isn’t ready to play on the field yet and can only DH at best if given a rehab. I would add Funderburk to the 26 today for the Cleveland series. A left handed arm in the pen is going to help against Cleveland.

[GusGus11]

Of course it should be Funderburk

 

But likely if we call up an arm itll be Moran or Headrick for the 10th time. We love calling up what we already know doesnt work.

We need to get Funderburk on the 40 man though and for whatever reason we are afraid to do that as if we have some sort of gold mine of talent all across the 40 man already

[stringer bell]

12 hours ago, jorgenswest said:

I think the Twins need another arm for the Cleveland series with the Ryan shortened start Saturday and extra innings yesterday. Cleveland as a team struggles more against left handed pitching including their right handed hitters so it should be a lefty.

Moran or Headrick or Funderburk? Moran pitched yesterday. Headrick can benefit from more time in AAA before returning. I don’t know if Funderburk is the better of the three and I don’t think a AAA stat line will be any help answering that question but this is the right time. They need to be as strong as possible going into this series.

I would option or IL Ober. They can put Alcala or Miranda the 60 day IL. Alcala is getting close but he will still need a long rehab. Miranda isn’t ready to play on the field yet and can only DH at best if given a rehab. I would add Funderburk to the 26 today for the Cleveland series. A left handed arm in the pen is going to help against Cleveland.

You called it!

[jorgenswest]

29 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

You called it!

I was excited to see him called up. I am not sure how the low 90s fastball combo will work in the majors but it was big today.

[Doctor Wu]

That was a good decision. I think Ober either needs some rest or just keep him on the farm for the rest of the season. As it's been noted, he's already pitched more innings this year than he has in previous seasons. And it's cool to see them call up Funderburk, and doubly cool to see him perform so well in his debut.