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Zebby Matthews

MIN Starting Pitcher #52

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Although he struck out nine, Zebby Matthews lost to the Giants after allowing five runs in five innings on Monday.

The Giants had a nice little .538 BABIP against Matthews tonight, which doesn’t count Drew Gilbert’s homer in the fifth. Matthews has been pretty much all or nothing these last two months; he’s allowed one or no runs four times and four or more runs in the remainder of his nine starts. This leaves him 9-11 with a 4.90 ERA with likely one start remaining Sunday against Texas.
Ryan Jeffers

MIN Catcher #27

Ryan Jeffers went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts against the Giants on Monday.

Jeffers has suddenly hit the skids, going 2-for-28 with no extra-base hits and 10 strikeouts in his last eight games. It’s dropped his OPS from .872 to .822, and it’s probably going to end up costing him a little money as a free agent this winter.
Walker Jenkins

MIN Center Fielder

Walker Jenkins is in the leadoff spot once again for Monday’s series opener against the Giants.

Jenkins draws his second consecutive opportunity atop Minnesota’s lineup after hitting .529 (9-for-17) with two homers over his last five games. The 21-year-old phenom has managed to turn things around after a rocky start to his big-league career and is finally starting to look like the hitter that fantasy managers saw at the Triple-A level for the last few months. He should be rostered in deeper fantasy leagues, especially with a six-game week to close out the season.
Aaron Sabato

MIN 1st Baseman #96

Twins selected the contract of 1B Aaron Sabato from Triple-A St. Paul.

Sabato, the Twins’ first-round pick in 2020, will make his major league debut after hitting .273/.349/.528 with 25 homers in 470 plate appearances for St. Paul. He could see time at first base and DH this week.
Alex Jackson

MIN Catcher #70

Twins designated C Alex Jackson for assignment.

Since being readded to the Twins roster five weeks ago, Jackson had gone 1-for-3 with a walk and caught a total of five innings in three games the Twins won a combined 34-3. He’s actually hit .304/.342/.406 in 73 plate appearances in the majors this season, but given that he cleared waivers last month, no one seems to be taking that seriously.
Aaron Sabato

MIN 1st Baseman #96

The Twins are promoting 2020 first-round pick Aaron Sabato to the majors for the final week of the season.

No word yet on who is being replaced, but the Twins can likely do without Alex Jackson. It’s a nice reward for the 27-year-old Sabato, who was long viewed as a bust but has turned himself into at least a nice Triple-A player the last two seasons. He hit .273/.349/.528 with 25 homers in Triple-A this year. One imagines he’ll get a couple of starts between first base and DH this week.
Dean Kremer

MIN Starting Pitcher #13

Dean Kramer struck out eight over six innings and combined with Bailey Ober on an 8-0 shutout of the Angels on Sunday.

It’s the first time in 16 starts this year that Kremer has pitched shutout ball. He’s a fine 3-1 with a 3.80 ERA in nine starts for the Twins after going 1-4 with a 6.50 ERA for the Orioles. He’ll wrap things up with a start against the Rangers next weekend.
Bailey Ober

MIN Starting Pitcher #17

Bailey Ober pitched three scoreless innings for a save in his first ever relief appearance Sunday against the Angels.

Ober was expected to start Monday against the Giants, but the Twins instead used him to give a weary bullpen a break today. Zebby Matthews presumably will now start on four days’ rest tomorrow. Ober still could get another start next weekend or maybe even Wednesday against the Giants, but we’ll see.
Alan Roden

MIN Right Fielder #18

Alan Roden went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and four RBI versus the Angels on Sunday.

The homer was Roden’s first in the majors this season and third in 237 career plate appearances since he debuted with the Blue Jays last year. He’s batting a decent .278/.349/.375 in 84 plate appearances this season. The Twins shouldn’t pencil him in as a starting outfielder against righties next season, but he’ll be a nice and probably necessary fallback option.
Josh Bell

MIN Designated Hitter #56

Josh Bell went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a walk against the Angels on Sunday.

Bell is up to 91 RBI, the second-highest total of his career. He knocked in 116 runs during his one All-Star campaign with the Pirates in 2019, but he’s next highest total was 90 in his first full season in 2017.