I'm including the full highlights of Saturday's game in order to confirm a couple of rumors that weren't in fact, true.
1) The Twins will actually win another game this season. This game ended a 5 game losing streak in which the team looked like they were in a lot of trouble. Of course, their last three wins were against the Tigers, so the dream is that they can even win a game against someone other than Detroit soon. We can keep our fingers crossed.
2) The front office HAS developed a pitcher. Bailey Ober came up through the Falvey/Levine system, after being a 12th round pick, and now is one of the three fully reliable pitchers in the rotation. Louie Varland still could get there, if he shakes his recent rough start, and failing that, could still go back to the bullpen, where he was dominant. That's 40% of the rotation! Joe Ryan made his first start as a Twin, and Pablo Lopez is going to be here a while as well, and say what you will, but I think it takes talent to add to a rotation no matter how you do it.
Now, as yet to be proven, is whether or not Minnesota can win two games in a row, let alone two games started by home grown talent. Varland takes the mound Sunday afternoon to find out.
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