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Which Twins relievers do you trust?

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The Twins’ pen is a unit that has struggled thus far in 2022. However, there have been some bright spots, such as Jhoan Duran and Griffin Jax.

Which Twins relievers do you trust?

16 minutes ago, alexthegreat said:

My answer would be Duran, Jax, and Joe Smith.

Me too, those 3 I pretty much trust implicitly, but looking at the rest of the pen I gotta ask:

Trust with what?

like Pagan for instance, he’s “fine”, I trust him ok for a hold, wouldn’t trust him in a “late and close” situation

Tier 1: Duran

Tier 2: Jax, Smith, Thielbar

Tier 3: Pagan

Tier 4: Cotton, Coulombe, Megill, Moran

Tier 5: Duffey.

3 minutes ago, dex8425 said:

Tier 1: Duran

Tier 2: Jax, Smith, Thielbar

Tier 3: Pagan

Tier 4: Cotton, Coulombe, Megill, Moran

Tier 5: Duffey.

Sounds about right.  I would add that those tier 4 guys could and hopefully will jump up a tier or two.   Let's hope Alcala gets healthy soon.  It will look a lot better if Alcala gets back soon and one or two of those tier 4 guys steps up.

Just now, Major League Ready said:

Sounds about right.  I would add that those tier 4 guys could and hopefully will jump up a tier or two.   Let's hope Alcala gets healthy soon.  It will look a lot better if Alcala gets back soon and one or two of those tier 4 guys steps up.

Right. I have hope for Megill. His stuff seems good, but I trust Thielbar and Jax to not walk guys and get themselves into trouble more at this point. 

Taylor Rodgers :)

Other than Duran, I pretty much sit on the edge of seat the entire time that a reliever is pitching.  I don't really have much trust in any of them generally speaking.  Jax is growing on me, Thielbar is okay.

For me, it's almost better to ask me which relievers I distrust the least.

No question...I think all of us would put Duran out there above any of the others. Jax has been pretty good, T-Bar has been decent. I think other than that, it's a total crap-shoot. I wouldn't trust any of the rest...especially Pagan and Duffey.

At this point, Jax and Duran.

Of the interchangeable minor league FAs and waiver wire pickups, I'm most intrigued by Megill. But trust is nowhere in my vocabulary for any of them.

Megill is definitely in my trust zone. He's saved the rest of the arms a few times and could be used more as a liong man than he has.

 

Duran, Jax, Thoelbar, and Smith I'm confident in, even in that order. Then Megill and that's probably it right now. 

 

The well researched Kintzer-Wisler Principal indicates that one or more of Megill, Cotton and Moran will likely end up with a stat line that will require us to consider them a trustworthy reliever.

 
3 hours ago, notoriousgod71 said:

Duran and nobody else close

I thought long and hard about even responding to the original question because I KNEW tonight would happen.

1 hour ago, nicksaviking said:

 

 

The well researched Kintzer-Wisler Principal indicates that one or more of Megill, Cotton and Moran will likely end up with a stat line that will require us to consider them a trustworthy reliever.

 

"There must be a pony in this pile!"

The opportunity cost of digging for that pony is an underappreciated aspect of the strategy.

14 hours ago, ashbury said:

"There must be a pony in this pile!"

The opportunity cost of digging for that pony is an underappreciated aspect of the strategy.

They’ll be digging for ponies whether they planed to or not.

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