Louie Varland forced the Twins to make a change at the back end of the starting rotation, but there aren't great options available to replace him there.
The Minnesota Twins found themselves atop the AL Central in the standings at the end of the 2023 season. This was, in large part, due to a pitching staff that was fifth in baseball and a starting rotation that was ranked second.
The first shuffle of the week, with more likely to follow shortly. After his latest disastrous start, the Twins optioned Louie Varland to AAA to try to figure things out.
Maintaining karmic balance in the Minnesota Sports Universe The Past Week on Twinkie Town: The Twins are now 7-13 and currently sit 8.0 games back of the first-place Guardians, who lead the division.
As badly as everyone wanted it to work for the Minnesota Twins' homegrown, home-state righthander in the starting rotation for 2024, he seems destined for a tune-up at the other end of the Green Line.
Getting ahead hasn’t been an issue. Finishing off at-bats has been. “Not leaving the zone with two strikes is an issue right now. I need to be better at it.
The Detroit Tigers (11-10) meet the Minnesota Twins (7-12) in Minneapolis at 2:10 PM ET on Sunday. The probable starters are Casey Mize for the Tigers and Louie Varland (0-3) for the Twins.
A night after dropping a game that got out of hand against the Baltimore Orioles, the Minnesota Twins dropped a game that got out of hand against the Baltimore Orioles.
It's a brand new week for our Look of the Day series, so let's head to the diamond and target our favorite prop bet for Monday's MLB slate.
Did the 23-year-old prospect improve his chances of replacing the St. Paul native in the Minnesota Twins rotation following his impressive start against the Detroit Tigers this past Saturday?
The Twins fall to .500 as their offense couldn’t get much done today. Milwaukee got on the board first in this one, thanks to an RBI single by 20-year-old Jackson Chourio in the 2nd.
Louie Varland toed the rubber for his first start of the 2024 season Tuesday afternoon. Although it was something of an abbreviated outing, the Twins pitcher left his team in position to win.
On Saturday, the Minnesota Twins confirmed some unfortunate news: Anthony DeSclafani will miss the entire season after undergoing elbow surgery, thus removing the single layer of added rotation depth from the offseason.
Louie Varland was guaranteed nothing when he got to Fort Myers a few weeks ago. In fact, the Minnesota Twins coaching staff entered Spring Training enamored
Minnesota Twins' pitcher Louie Varland is preparing to be a starting pitcher again in 2024. The following update comes from the Rotowire fantasy baseball portal but includes a link to the original report in the St.
The Minnesota Twins were expected to lose some key pieces after they announced that they would trim payroll. Sonny Gray found a new home in St. Louis, Kenta Maeda joined the division-rival Detroit Tigers, and the Cincinnati Reds signed Emilio Pagán.
The Twins’ bullpen got a big boost last night when flamethrowing righties Chris Paddack and Brock Stewart returned to the mound.
The Minnesota Twins are accelerating the Louie Varland bullpen experiment as the right-hander has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul ahead of Monday's series opener with the Cleveland Guardians.
The visiting Minnesota Twins regained their hitting touch Saturday, and they hope it continues Sunday afternoon when they go for a three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays. So who do you like? Yardbarker's Griffin Carroll knows who he likes.
We've got a loaded MLB slate ready to roll on Tuesday night, with 15 games on the schedule featuring all 30 teams around the majors. There are more than a few pivotal matchups to dive into today, but let's first break down some valuable pitcher props.
Rookie right-hander Louie Varland recorded the second scoreless start of his career while veteran first baseman Donovan Solano produced a multi-RBI game as the Minnesota Twins won the rubber match of their three-game series with the host Houston Astros 8-2 on Wednesday.
Yesterday the Dodgers saved the day from being another zero. We have a slightly smaller card as there are some day games in MLB today.
The Minnesota Twins placed right-hander Tyler Mahle on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a posterior impingement and flexor pronator strain in his pitching elbow.
While the Minnesota Twins enjoyed an opening inning to remember on Thursday, the New York Yankees were quickly willing to forget it. The Twins go for their fourth straight win Friday night when they continue a four-game series with the host Yankees.
Louie Varland made his MLB debut with the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium last summer, and now his big brother Gus has made it to the big leagues, too.
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