The Twins have lost two of their most critical relief pitchers for the early portion of the season. If Griffin Jax can live up to his ever-climbing potential, he'll play an essential role in ensuring the bullpen can hold up in the absence of Jhoan Durán and Caleb Thielbar.
While he may not get the top billing in the Minnesota Twins’ bullpen picture, Griffin Jax has emerged as one of the premier setup options in the American League.
Despite undergoing extended shaky stretches during the regular season, reliever Griffin Jax effectively held an eighth-inning lead in back-to-back playoff games.
Chris Paddack throwing 99 mph fastballs and Brock Stewart unleashing 98 mph heat in their returns to the diamond Tuesday night are good signs for a Minnesota
The Twins’ bullpen got a big boost last night when flamethrowing righties Chris Paddack and Brock Stewart returned to the mound.
Second time ain’t the charm. This is the second straight game I’ve covered where Griffin Jax gave up a homer that ended up being the deciding run in the game.
The Texas Rangers snapped an eight game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins Saturday night in Minneapolis, though they didn't have to take many swings to score key runs. Tied 2-2 in the ninth inning, the Twins gave the ball to Griffin Jax and disaster unfolded.
Things started out smoothly for Minnesota, who were off to a four-run lead early. But an off day by Kenta Maeda and a Griffin Jax meltdown proved too costly for the Twins, who dropped their eighth against Detroit for the year.
The cruelest loss of the season. One, two, three, four: Done, through. Let me tell you the game we see: The Twins had four, the Tigers three For Griffin Jax, man, Who’s not a lax man.
The Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins are currently the leaders in their respective central divisions. Both the National and American League Central Divisions have a reputation of being weaker this year but a trade proposal between both teams can result in a win-win situation.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a Twins reliever slated for a late-inning role has underperformed, and some are saying that his underlying numbers mean he’s actually better than he appears.
Griffin Jax was looking to build off a tremendous 2022 season where he established himself as one of the team’s top relievers. There’s no question he has struggled in 2022, so what has accounted for his performance decline?
With Griffin Jax and Emilio Pagan having some struggles this past week, the Twins’ bullpen has been short on reliable options. Does that matter in fantasy?
Griffin Jax woke up on a beautiful Southern California morning. He peered outside but he was blinded by the sun. After stumbling around, he stepped on a Lego that was left behind by the hotel cleaning service and burned his tongue after taking a sip of his coffee.
An exciting rally was again erased by a Griffin Jax meltdown.
The high-leverage reliever’s top-line numbers are obscuring his subtle improvements It’s becoming a bit of an annual routine that I write this article.
The Twins got the Top Gun out of Air Force Academy when they selected Griffin Jax in the third round of the 2016 MLB draft. Since then, his career has taken some evasive action, including a move to full-time relief duties.
A weapon that tunnels with his wipe-out slider in the zone should help his fastball One of the most common refrains we hear about players coming into Spring Training is that they are “in the best shape of their life”.
Be it injury or ineffectiveness, sometimes it just doesn’t pan out for starting pitching prospects. The Twins were carried at times in 2023 by starters who switched to the bullpen.
Joey Gallo's three-run homer off Griffin Jax in the seventh inning was the kill shot the Dodgers used to win their 10th straight game and drop the Twins
Jhoan Duran has melted faces, Emilio Pagán has given everyone heart attacks, and Joe Smith has rumbled on, continuing his excellence with a fastball that wouldn’t get pulled over on most highways.
Perhaps lost in the highly-touted pitching prospect excitement, Captain Jax is sliding his way into Rocco’s circle of trust The Twins’ long-awaited pitching development pipeline has generated quite a bit of excitement during the team’s recent stretch of good play.
While the Twins are already looking ahead to 2022, losing Maeda for at least a while will only further deplete their pitching depth.
Twins rookie owns White Sox Aside from one two-home run inning today, Twins pitching absolutely shoved. Holding the dangerous White Sox offense to only 6 hits and 3 runs is nothing to sneeze at, especially considering how poorly the staff has been doing this year.
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