Valente Bellozo
vs
David Festa
Festa first two games: 10.80 ERA and 7.06 FIP.
Festa in 11 games since: 3.60 ERA and 3.28 FIP.
At least something has gone right over the past month.
Because this has not:
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2024 Game 152: Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians
Bailey Ober
vs
Tanner Bibee
Twins should be up 2-0 this series but at least they have not fully collapsed and are at 1-1.
In non-pitching news, Buxton played his 94th game yesterday, the highest total since 2017's 140 (!!?) games. In his 94 games, he's accumulated 3.4 fWAR. Getting to 120 games next year could put him at a 4+ fWAR season.
2024 Game 146: Angels of Anaheim at Minnesota Twins
Jack Kochanowicz
vs
Zebby Matthews
One game isn't enough to cleanse the ineptitude of the prior week but it's certainly nice to see.
This is Kochanowicz's rookie season and he has an interesting pitching line so far. He's pitched 38 ⅔ innings and struck out merely 12. To be fair to him, he spent the first four months of the season in AA. He hasn't been terrible, but duplicating Nick Blackburn's line in 2024 is a tough thing to do.
2024 Game 139: Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays
Ronny Henriquez
vs
Cole Sulser
Henriquez has zero MLB starts plus Varland is back with the Twins. Varland's previous appearance with the Saints was five innings in relief a week ago. I suspect Varland will show up in the second or third inning tonight too.
2024 Game 133: Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins
Chris Sale
vs
David Festa
On the plus side, the last week plus of games have all been winnable. The down side is not many of them have actually been won. 30 games left to decide whether the team actually makes the postseason.
WgOmORDLE et al. Results: 08/27 – 09/15
The school days of Wordle.
2024 Game 127: Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres
West Coast day game!
Simeon Woods Richardson
vs
Matt Waldron
Twins finally get a day off tomorrow but they need one more day of the the bats and arms performing to avoid the sweep. Royals also lost yesterday to keep the tie for second wild card but Guardians won to put the division lead a tiny bit farther away.
2024 Game 120: Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
Cole Ragans
vs
Louie Varland
Final home game against the Royals. They play one more series in three weeks in Kansas City. Last night's win was their seventh against the Royals and guaranteed an overall season win. I recommend the Twins not lose the remaining four games however.
Varland is back with the Twins officially. He was the 27th man on the roster for the doubleheader, was "sent" back to St. Paul where he made zero appearances, and now pitches again for the Twins.
2024 Games 116-117: Cleveland Guardians at Minnesota Twins
Saturday game, in progress
Gavin Williams
vs
Simeon Woods Richardson
Sunday
Tanner Bibee
vs
David Festa
2024 Games 114-115: AL Central Matchup
Split doubleheader day!
Day game:
Joey Cantillo
vs
Bailey Ober
Night game on Apple TV+:
Alex Cobb
vs
Louie Varland