Brock Stewart is Finally Back in MN Twins Bullpen

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The Minnesota Twins lost a heartbreaker on Friday night, in the latest Griffin Jax implosion. Up 4-1 heading into the bottom of the 8th inning in Atlanta, Jax entered the game with a one-inning job. Get three outs against the Braves’ 2-3-4 hitters so Jhoan Duran could do his job in the 9th.

Unfortunately, as has been the case for the 30-year-old out of Air Force for most of this season, Griffin Jax as not up for the task. After striking out Austin Riley to start the inning, he walked Ozuna, allowed a single to Matt Olson, then an infield single to Sean Murphy, before he was pulled.

Cole Sands then entered the game, and unloaded the bases, plus more. When it was all said and done, the Braves put up 5 runs, before turning the bats back over to the Twins, who went three-and-out in the 9th. Game over.

Now 6-13, most of the good vibes Minnesota had built up during their streak of three wins in four games, including a series victory over the loaded New York Mets, have been erased. But, there is some good news.

Brock Stewart is back

On Saturday, the Twins made yet another roster move in the bullpen. This time, however, it was to activate right-handed reliever, Brock Stewart. The corresponding move was to option lefty Kody Funderburk back down to Triple A, bringing the LHP bullpen count down to one, Danny Coulombe.

We haven’t seen a lot of Brock Stewart over the last two seasons, since he signed with the Minnesota Twins back in the summer of 2022. After recovering from injury all of 2021 and pitching in the minors for all of 2022, Stewart emerged in the Twins bullpen in late-April.

What does Stewart bring to Minnesota Twins bullpen?

From April 27 to June 25, the now 33-year-old was the best pitcher in a pretty loaded reliever group, posting a 0.70 ERA, 2.44 FIP and .172 BA against, in 25.2 innings of work. Then, he hit the injured list for three months, finally returning just before the Twins’ playoff run, tossing another scoreless two innings of work from September 26 to October 1.

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In 2024, Brock Stewart started the season in the Minnesota Twins bullpen, where he was completely dominant yet again… until he hit the injured list at the start of May and missed the rest of the season, outside of a few starts at the end of July, where he was not the same pitcher.

He has not played a regular season game since. But at least for now, he is back in the Twins bullpen, and hopefully he is right. In 43.1 total innings with the MN Twins, Stewart has accumulated a 2.28 ERA, 2.78 FIP and 12.3 K/9 ratio. If he is indeed as healthy as he claims, this is a huge addition to the bullpen.

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