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2023 Game 122: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
Reese Olson
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Kenta Maeda
Rematch from a week ago. Maeda had a quality start, only giving up a single run over his six innings. Floro didn't do so well but it didn't matter with the Twins batters scoring nothing. This is the final game against Detroit this season. They've already lost the season series but they can at least get close to .500 with a win to make it 6-7.
2023 Game 120: Minnesota Twin vs Philadelphia Phillies
Sonny Gray
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Ranger Suárez
Donovan Solano is back in the lineup and someone named Luplow hit a home run for the Twins.
2023 Game 117 in progress: Twins at Tigers
Game in progress. Good news is the Tigers haven't scored. Bad news is the Twins also haven't scored. Each team has a single hit through the 3.5 innings.
2023 Game 116: Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
Bailey Ober
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Alex Faedo
Ober's quality start run came to a crashing end in July, lasting only four innings and giving up six runs. His start last week against Arizona didn't qualify due to pitching five innings but his game score of 50 is exactly average. Ober's only start against Detroit fit the quality start metric exactly with six innings and three runs allowed. That would have worked on Monday but only Haddix perfection had a chance to earn a win yesterday.
Alex Faedo might be the guy to fix the offense. A former first round pick, he finally made it to the majors last year. He has a career 5.70 ERA, and 4.70 FIP, in 89 ⅓ innings for a negative WAR but good for him to make the majors at 26. He faced the Twins once last year, earning a no decision with two runs given up in five innings that the Tigers eventually won 3-2.
2023 Game 109: Minnesota Twins at St. Louis Cardinals
Joe Ryan
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Dakota Hudson
Yesterday's game marked two-thirds of the season. Pro-rating to the full 162 games puts the Twins at 82.5 wins, a mere tenth of a win below their preseason forecast. FanGraphs is more optimistic now, projecting them at 83.5 wins.
Cardinals tore it down while the Twins did nothing (on deadline day). I can't really blame them after making big trades last year that did poorly. Sure would be nice to have Steer's .320/.377/.602 versus lefties with the Twins this year.
2023 Game 104: Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins
Day game alert!
Bryce Miller
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Joe Ryan
Another solid start wasted by the bullpen. The batters however did their part with seven runs.
This is Bryce Miller's rookie season. BA and MLB prospect rankings had him at the end of their top 100 lists at #100 and #98 respectively. 13 starts in and he's done well. 3.50 ERA (3.48 FIP) over 69 ⅓ innings. Almost a strikeout per inning and only 1.9 walks per nine for a 0.966 WHIP. In terms of results, it's very similar to Joe Ryan except Miller throws harder. He's a fastball/slider guy and he throws the fastball around 68% of the time. That should bode well for the Twins hitters if he misses with any of those fastball.
2023 Game 97: Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners
Maeda
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Castillo
The Twins scored five, ten, and again five runs versus the lowly A's. Nice signs for the batters but it's the A's. The Mariners' staff is actually better than average (4.2 runs/game versus average of 4.6 runs/game). So the Twins scoring six and then ten runs is nice to see. Tonight will be the real test of this series with Castillo and his 2.96 ERA / 3.92 FIP. He's really good.
2023 Game 88: Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
Alec Marsh
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Pablo López
March is making his second career MLB start. His first was against the Dodgers and it did not go so well, giving up five runs in four innings. Checking his minor league numbers and while he had decent strikeout (11.4 K/9) and walk (3.9 BB/9) numbers, the ERA was not decent at 5.72 over 245 ⅓ innings, mostly in AA. He's 25 but was drafted in 2019 so lost his first year of MiLB development in 2020. Expect all three true outcomes today as the Twins get a tiny buffer in the "above .500" category.
2023 Game 82: Minnesota Twins at Atlanta Braves
Day game! All the better to make this a forgettable game.
Kenta Maeda
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Kolby Allard
Allard makes his season, and (second) Braves, debut. The Braves reaquired him in exchange for Odorizzi this past offseason. Allard was a first round draft pick, has a career 6.07 ERA (139 ERA- and 124 FIP-), and throws from the *checks notes* left side. He checks off every Jeremy attribute.