Twins Place Bailey Ober on Injured List with Hip Impingement, Promote Kody Funderburk

[Mike Sixel]

1 hour ago, twinstalker said:

Or they could take Raya off the 40, put literally any other pitcher on it, and start that pitcher.

So, just lose him? That's insane. 

[MinnInPa]

14 hours ago, Bigfork Twins Guy said:

I say let's give Raya a chance.

Maya would get bombed..major overhyped prospect IMO

[Jeff K]

I wonder if the Twins should look at the AA roster for their temporary starter.  John Klein?

[Patzky]

11 hours ago, jkcarew said:

Funderburk takes on the Jonah Bride roll on the mound for a week.

Although, he may be a slightly better hitter than Bride.

I'm actually worried that he's not a better pitcher than Bride 

[Linus]

11 hours ago, jkcarew said:

Funderburk takes on the Jonah Bride roll on the mound for a week.

Although, he may be a slightly better hitter than Bride.

To be fair, Bride has better control 😀

[TopGunn#22]

I agree Jeff K.  Why does the SP have to come from St. Paul??  John Klein intrigues me.  Good Size, smooth delivery hitting 97 on the radar gun.  You need a guy for ONE spot start?  AA is as good as AAA in many situations.  Give the ball to John Klein.  The Twins have never had a "Klein" on their team.  Maybe it's time.  

[Patzky]

10 hours ago, DJL44 said:

This is the most likely scenario, though it does nothing for this year or the future.

I guess trotting Louie out for two consecutive games eliminated him as a spot starter.

[Patzky]

Just now, TopGunn#22 said:

I agree Jeff K.  Why does the SP have to come from St. Paul??  John Klein intrigues me.  Good Size, smooth delivery hitting 97 on the radar gun.  You need a guy for ONE spot start?  AA is as good as AAA in many situations.  Give the ball to John Klein.  The Twins have never had a "Klein" on their team.  Maybe it's time.  

KLEIN TYME. Rolls off the tongue like Pablo Day.

[DJL44]

1 hour ago, Jeff K said:

I wonder if the Twins should look at the AA roster for their temporary starter.  John Klein?

If they look to Double-A, it will be Prielipp they are looking for.

[LambchoP]

Wentz needs to be DFA'D. Give his long relief role in the pen to Adams. Sign Kyle Gibson to cover a few starts until Ober or Mathews are back. 

[D.C Twins]

17 hours ago, Linus said:

I’m glad they pulled the plug. Biomechanics are tricky things - if he compensated for the hip with a bad movement it could injure his arm which would be really bad. 

This... this... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand..... THIS!

[D.C Twins]

2 hours ago, MinnInPa said:

Maya would get bombed..major overhyped prospect IMO

Still a good BULLPEN prospect....

[D.C Twins]

Least shocking news in a long time. We literally ALL have seen this and posted about it for WEEKS

[AKTwinsFan]

If we didnt lose Lopez and Matthews at the same time we probably would have put him on IL a while ago. That would have meant 3 of our top pitchers out. Call up a prospect to take his place or IF we tried to get Civale maybe we'd have another Veteran option. 

Oh and why on Earth we call up Funderburk? Idk what baldelli sees in him. 

[DocBauer]

Going to offer up a crazy idea that might not be so crazy after all.

What about Funderburk back down...I think he's just an extra arm for a couple of days...and bring up BOTH Adams and Ohl and use them as a piggyback duo? 

I know Ohl just got to AAA, but he's been really good at AA, has been somewhat on the radar for some time now despite a disappointing 2024, and is off to a solid start at AAA so far. There's at least a reasonable chance the duo might get you 5 innings. 6 is probably a stretch, but not impossible.

I'm certainly intrigued by bringing Kline to from AA, but IMO this idea might make more sense. You could consider the recently added veteran Gillispie as part of a duo option as well, but I'd drop Wentz and add Ohl, and make the move I've suggested.

Wentz offers very little unless the Twins think he's young enough to "tweak" as a pen option. If that's the case, find another way to add Ohl, or hope Wentz passes through waivers unclaimed.

But I'd rather give a tryout to arms in the system, one already on the 40 man, instead of recycling another waiver wire option.

[darin617]

On 7/2/2025 at 5:27 PM, Bigfork Twins Guy said:

I say let's give Raya a chance.

If he was ready. He hasn't proved anything in St Paul to deserve a call up. I would give Dobnak a call up before Raya.

[DJL44]

20 hours ago, AKTwinsFan said:

Oh and why on Earth we call up Funderburk? Idk what baldelli sees in him. 

Glen Perkins had some interesting thoughts on Funderburk. He has good stuff, but was having trouble throwing strikes. They moved him more toward the 3B side of the rubber and he's been able to pitch in the zone instead of pitching across his body and missing.

[Mike Sixel]

On 7/3/2025 at 8:35 AM, AKTwinsFan said:

If we didnt lose Lopez and Matthews at the same time we probably would have put him on IL a while ago. That would have meant 3 of our top pitchers out. Call up a prospect to take his place or IF we tried to get Civale maybe we'd have another Veteran option. 

Oh and why on Earth we call up Funderburk? Idk what baldelli sees in him. 

Baldelli doesn't call guys up. The FO does. They called up a RP on the forty man until they need a starter.