The Twins are a pretty bad, short-handed team after all the trades and injuries, etc. And they emptied the bullpen in yesterday's 5-4 win in Cleveland to snap a four-game skid. Yes, the Tigers are part of the Sunday night curse here, so I can't go crazy. But I can't ignore the clear overall roster mismatch and on the mound between the Twins' bullpen day and Tigers' Casey Mize. Yes, Mize is struggling of late, but I still like him and the Minny 'pen is a mess. So that's why I can't justify F5 as the Tigers may have to win this after five innings with Mize's recent issues. This type of scenario screams for -1 (DET -136 there) or Tigers no bat B9.
Riley Greene didn't record a hit in the Tigers' series against the Phillies, but he made several highlight-reel defensive plays that should keep his confidence high. He's hit 24 of his 26 home runs against right-handed pitchers and will be glad not to be facing Phillies' lefties Ranger Suárez and Cristopher Sánchez. We set Greene's line at +260 to homer.
Morris earned the save in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Giants, allowing a hit and a walk while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning.
Prielipp didn't factor into the decision Wednesday against the Giants, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks over 5.1 innings. He struck out three.
Valdez (10-12) gave up two runs on four hits across 5.1 innings to take the loss Wednesday against the Nationals. He walked three and struck out six.
Malgeri went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two total RBI in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Nationals.
Clemens is not in the lineup for Wednesday's contest in San Francisco.
Jenkins is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game in San Francisco.
Torres is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Nationals.
Hoffman allowed a run on two walks and struck out one in a hitless inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Giants.
Jenkins went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Giants.
Bradley (12-6) allowed one run on three hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings to earn the win over the Giants on Tuesday.
