Newly acquired Taj Bradley struggled in his Twins debut, allowing multiple early baserunners as Chicago scored three runs in the first inning and added a six-run second capped by Colson Montgomery's homer, making it 7-0. Bradley settled afterward, facing the minimum over his final three innings but recording only one strikeout and surrendering hard contact with ten balls hit at 95 mph and a 91 mph average exit velocity. The Twins' defense was shaky and the offense failed to support him, leaving the team with little urgency as the season winds down and opportunities to adjust remain.
There was a baseball game played today, unfortunately. Newly acquired Taj Bradley was on the mound for the Twins, where his Minnesota career got off to a rocky start. The five of the first six White Sox batters reached base, not helped by the Twins' newly shaky defense, and put the Southsiders up 3-0 before Bradley even got a chance to enjoy Chicago.
After another hard hit out to start the second, the White Sox again put together a rally, letting the next five Chicago batters reached base and capped it off with an absolute moonshot by rookie Colson Montgomery, putting the Sox up 7-0. With nothing to lose, Bradley got the chance to finish stronger, which he technically did. Bradley faced the minimum for his remaining three innings, but it was chock full of hard hit outs and didn't include a single strikeout.
He gave up 10 balls hit 95 MPH and his average exit velocity was 91 MPH. Obviously this was about as poorly as a start could go, but he'll get every opportunity to work out the kinks over the final weeks of this season since with the Twins having nothing to lose. Not to be outdone, the Twins' bats were a complete no-show against a pitching staff that is as bad as any in the league.
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