2 hours ago, Trov said:

First, the Twins only go to a long relief roll if game is way out of hand early on.  Then they will generally burn the end of pen guy for 2 to 3 innings, but rarely will they look to have a guy pitch more than that out of the pen.  Could Smeltzer be a long relief guy sure, but Twins do not like to have "long" relief guys unless you are losing big.  Smeltzer walks too many guys and gives up way too many HR to be a high leverage pen arm, so you really only want him to come in when losing big.  I would not want to waste a pen spot on a guy you only want to through out there when losing big.  

How about today’s game? Was Sands’ 3 innings of shut out relief without value?

On 8/6/2022 at 4:21 PM, Azviking101 said:

There’s absolutely no reason Archer is starting over Smeltzer. I don’t see any value in what archer has given the team this year. 

For some reason his contract requires him to start. Why not try being a relief pitcher? Why not?!?