I'm hoping Festa can throw his breaking pitches for strikes and finds some movement on his fastball. Otherwise it's going to be a long night and the bullpen is going to be taxed for a while.
Ignoring his month on IR prior to the trade and not signing him to a rehab deal is the only mistakes the Twins made with Mahle. But at the price tag Texas gave him, I would not have signed him either.
If I recall correctly Twins Daily members were calling for Larnouch to get a chance to hit lefties last year. Rocco read that and whalla!!! Larnauch gets his chances.