Twins (Prielipp) vs Guardians (Messick): 5/8/26, 6:15pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

All right, so Simeon Woods Richardson is a problem. That's rather clear. Would you move him to the bullpen? What would you do with him? And Prielipp has been a revelation this season. State your faith level that he's legitimately an above-average starting pitcher.

	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	TOT
Taylor Rogers	32	0	0	0	26	58
Luis García	0	0	13	14	0	27
Kody Funderburk	3	0	0	17	0	20
Justin Topa	17	0	0	32	0	49
Eric Orze	24	0	16	0	0	40
Anthony Banda	0	0	19	0	20	39
Andrew Morris	57	0	0	14	0	71

[Patzky]

I am always hopeful! These are the games that try Twins fans' souls...in order of preference.

1) Bullpen game.. Bowman Morris Sim

2) Zebby to start, Sim outright to pen

3) Ride with it but start warming someone up in the fourth no matter what. Adjust rotation so Sim falls between Ryan and Taj. The reason is obvious.

4) Four man rotation until Abel is Able.

[LakesPibble]

There's a reason folks caution against making decisions on a small sample size.  Solidly in wait and see mode here.

[nicksaviking]

Does SWR still have an option? I suspect not since he’s been a prospect for about a decade. I put him in the pen either way, but I send him to St Paul until June to start the transition if he does.

[LA Vikes Fan]

SWR needs to go to the bullpen, at least for now. He actually might be effective there - 4.38 ERA first time though, 6. 92 second time through. Seems to match the eye test and not unusual for guys who don't throw heard - once you see the junk once, it's easier to anticipate and hit. Moreover, he's killing us in the rotation going 4 -5 innings when followed by another guy going 5, maybe 6. . 

I would move Matthews up to take Sim's spot in the rotation, add Gomez ( the guy they just got from Tampa), drop Garcia, and either demote Klein or put Topa on the IL (Topa looks bad; wonder if he's pitching through something).