Gabriel Moya Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Gabriel Moya will start and serve as an opener for the Twins on Tuesday; Kohl Stewart will follow
The Minnesota Twins have opted to continue occasionally utilizing an opening bullpen arm and will now force Kohl Stewart to come on in relief Tuesday evening to work a majority of the team’s innings, opposed to making his originally scheduled start. He’ll be replaced on the mound at the outset by Gabriel Moya, who, unlike Stewart, is a left-handed pitcher, so his brief presence on the bump shouldn’t alter the projections of the Detroit Tigers hitters in any significant fashion, especially since Christin Stewart is the only batter in the top half of the order that would sacrifice the platoon advantage. That said, still be sure to double check out the Starting Lineups page and projections in LinuepHQ for any notable changes prior to submitting lineups for tonight’s main slate.
Two bats should be able to handle whatever poor bullpen throws at them
The Twins will be throwing a porous bullpen (5.51 FIP, 10 K-BB% last 30 days) at the Tigers in Detroit tonight. Gabriel Moya will open for the third time, but has not exceeded nine batters in an outing this year. Jeimer Candelario (130 wRC+, .210 ISO vs RHP this year) and Nick Castellanos (182 wRC+, .206 ISO) will likely give him the most trouble at the top of the lineup and both hit RHP well enough where a pitching change shouldn't hurt them too much. Despite the uncertainty in Minnesota's pitching plans tonight, the state of their bullpen has factored into Detroit's 4.59 implied run line tonight, a number exceeded by only a handful of teams tonight.