Minnesota Twins Starting Rotation Woes Will Crash Team's Playoff Hopes
Locked On Twins - Daily Podcast On The Minnesota Twins
- Published
- August 17, 2026
- Duration
- 32:27
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 13, 2026
Discusses baseball.
Summary
Minnesota Twins’ playoff hopes hang by a thread as the starting rotation unravels—will injury-plagued arms doom their postseason dreams? C.J. Baumgartner spotlights the stark decline of Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober, and Byron Buxton, dissecting grim ERA trends and the impact of lost aces like Pablo Lopez and David Festa. The Twins’ once-promising pitching depth …
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Minnesota Twins’ playoff hopes hang by a thread as the starting rotation unravels—will injury-plagued arms doom their postseason dreams? C.J. Baumgartner spotlights the stark decline of Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober, and Byron Buxton, dissecting grim ERA trends and the impact of lost aces like Pablo Lopez and David Festa. The Twins’ once-promising pitching depth faces a crisis, and even new arrivals like Germán Márquez offer no guaranteed rescue. Can an ailing staff recover before it’s too late? The epi
Themes
- baseball