mrguy

actually they updated it recently, should be Lorenzen vs Paredes and Feltner vs Prielipp. I think they sometimes do openers for those guys too, so last minute we could see that, but those two will show up in some form this weekend

Even with the twins' defensive woes, you still have to keep in mind that the Rockies' pitching is very shaky and questionable and very easy to take advantage of.

Unfortunate, but I do think this means it's basically impossible the Twins trade Ryan at the deadline. They can't test the depth further than it is right now if they're feeling remotely in the AL race. Also means they're probably going to stretch Paredes further as a starter if he's the current option. and they're going to have to at least until Ober is back(if that even happens)

Wrobleski has been getting lucky this year, all his underlying numbers suggest he's supposed to be doing much worse than he actually is, eventually a team has to expose him and hopefully these guys do.

I definitely think he has room to adjust, seems like they're tweaking some mechanics and it's led to some varied results while they try to hone in on a happy medium between some of improved mechanics and what worked in the past for him. Interestingly enough, despite not having many strikeouts, his whiff rate on his non-sweeper pitches have actually improved across the board compared to his AAA results, however his overall average has dropped because his sweeper, which was his put away pitch, hasn't generated nearly the same amount he got in St. Paul. Have to figure out what adjustments they're going to have to make to try and bring it back up.

Come on Fedko, now is the time!

The command wasn't that sharp today, but was still able to get through 5 with only 2ER while surrendering the most walks he's given up in a game. If the offense was sharper today, this would probably look better.

Struggled to find the zone early in the game and that came back to haunt, but that was a quicker inning. Might be the typical bulk count today, but I'd just let him go as long as he can just to save guys for the Dodgers tomorrow

He's struggling to find the zone today, 3 walks is more than he's ever done in an outing

I would also prefer this since it makes it more likely Paredes could get his first major league win, but Rojas probably is at most going to get like 2 innings today if he even pitches since he hadn't really ramped up that quickly in rehab

This team will look so unserious if the corresponding move when Abel is reactivated isn't Lawrence being gone

classic lawrence outing!

I don't think it will be much of a difficult decision, more whether or not it will create another Griffin Jax situation where one of these guys doesn't want to be a reliever even if they're good in that spot and welcomes being traded if it means they will be able to to be tried out as a starter. Assuming Ryan and Ober are shopped around, I imagine the pitching lineup will likely be: Lopez, Prielipp, Taj, Abel, Zebby/Rojas getting the last spot. Festa and Paredes are guys that could probably be starters with some work, but are more better fit to be relievers under this current situation. I think from there, then you have to imagine what the question will be next year when some of the current St. Paul guys might be ready like Gallagher and CJ and hopefully finally Raya, but with their current use in St. Paul, at least 2 of those will likely end up as relievers.

fortunately(?) he didn't...

I wonder if Paredes will be able to extend longer than 3 this time. Part of the reason his outing was cut short last time was the 1 hour+ rain delay that came right after he had already been warmed up, neither him or Framber had as sharp of stuff because of that but Shelton at least knew to pull him sooner than the Tigers pulled Framber. With no chance of a delay like that happening, wonder if he'll actually be able to handle hopefully 5 innings of work and maybe get his first big league win