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Twins relievers have given up just two leads all month, and one of them involved the free runner in extra innings. Five Twins relievers have pitched at least five innings in May with FIPs below 2.00. Lefty Danny Coulombe had struck out 45% of the batters he faced before going on the IL with the dreaded left forearm strain. Jhoan Duran throws a 100-mph fastball and a 98-mph splinker. Good luck. The Twins have a number of reclamation projects in this pen, like Brock Stewart and Louis Varland, who have attracted the attention of pitching nerds and who are, for the moment, healthy and pitching well. This looked like the second-best pen in baseball in the preseason, and it ranks first, by fWAR, today.
