Tigers Open Three-Game Road Series at Twins on Monday
Detroit sends Jackson Jobe against Taj Bradley at Target Field, with both American League Central clubs stumbling badly of late.
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The Matchup at Target Field
The Detroit Tigers open a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Monday night at Target Field in Minneapolis. Bless You Boys lists first pitch at 7:40 p.m. Eastern, with coverage on Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV and the Tigers Radio Network. Yahoo Sports gives the same start time in Central terms, 6:40 p.m., and lists Twins.TV plus radio on TIBN, 830 WCCO and 102.9 The Wolf.
Both clubs are in the American League Central, one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. Minnesota enters at 65-72, third in the division, while Detroit is 63-73 and fourth, according to theScore. PrizePicks reports the Twins sit 7.5 games behind the Chicago White Sox in the division and four games out of the final AL Wild Card place, with the Cleveland Guardians holding that spot, and the Tigers nine back in the division and 5.5 out of the Wild Card.
The sources differ on how to number the game. Bless You Boys calls it Game 137 for Detroit; Yahoo Sports headlines it as Game 138. PrizePicks dates the contest Monday, August 31.
Starting Pitchers
Detroit starts right-hander Jackson Jobe, 1-1 with a 3.93 earned run average and 15 strikeouts. Bless You Boys writes that the 24-year-old is still regaining his feel after returning from Tommy John elbow surgery earlier this month, and has posted a 1.86 ERA over 9 2/3 innings in his last two starts.
Minnesota counters with right-hander Taj Bradley, 9-6 with a 3.97 ERA and 169 strikeouts. Bless You Boys reports a 5.40 ERA across his last five starts, with 14 walks in 26 2/3 innings. PrizePicks says he has allowed 10 earned runs over his last three outings.
Bradley has already faced Detroit twice this year. Bless You Boys says he struck out 10 over 6 1/3 one-run innings in Minneapolis on April 7, then gave up five runs and three home runs in Detroit on June 9.
Form and Injuries
Neither side arrives in good shape. theScore has Minnesota 3-7 in its last 10 games and Detroit 2-8, with the Tigers batting .173 in that stretch. PrizePicks notes Detroit has lost nine of 11 and dropped five straight series, most recently two of three to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Yahoo Sports describes an 8-17 August for the Twins and argues the club should shift to evaluating young players for 2027, naming Walker Jenkins, Kaelen Culpepper and Emmanuel Rodriguez.
Outfielder Byron Buxton went on the 10-day injured list before Sunday's game with a right hip impingement, his third such stint this season, per PrizePicks, which adds that general manager Jeremy Zoll said surgery could be an option. theScore lists lengthy injury rosters for both teams, including Riley Greene and Justin Verlander for Detroit.
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