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Deadspin | Reds’ bullpen geared up for another look at Twins <div id=""><section id="0" class=" w-full"><div class="xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0"><img src="https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/28755411.jpg" srcset="https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/28755411.jpg" alt="MLB: Cincinnati Reds at Minnesota Twins" class="w-full" fetchpriority="high" loading="eager"/><span class="text-0.8 leading-tight">Apr 17, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagan (15) delivers a pitch against the Minnesota Twins during the ninth inning inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Nick Wosika-Imagn Images<!-- --> <!-- --> </span></div></section><section id="section-1"> <p>The stout Cincinnati bullpen appears to be at full strength as the Reds prepare for the middle contest of a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.</p> </section><section id="section-2"> <p>Connor Phillips (2.25 ERA), Graham Ashcraft (1.64 ERA), Tony Santillan (0.00 ERA) and Emilio Pagan (six saves, 4.35 ERA) held the Twins to two hits and no runs over the final 3 2/3 innings of a 2-1 win on Friday.</p> </section><section id="section-3"> <p>After sustaining an apparent hamstring injury on the last pitch of a 2-1 home victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, Pagan appears to be healthy. He needed just 13 pitches, eight of which were strikes, to get through a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Friday.</p> </section><section id="section-4"> <p>Pagan has blown just one save opportunity, in the Reds’ second game of the season. He has struck out 10 hitters in 10 1/3 innings, and in his past seven outings, he has allowed no runs and one hit in seven innings.</p> </section><section id="section-5"> <p>“I’m getting through it,” Pagan said of pitching through the hamstring ailment. “As long as I can do my delivery on the mound and not have to change any of that, I’ll be fine.”</p> </section><section id="section-6"> <p>The last out of the game came on a grounder to second base.</p> </section><section id="section-7"> <p>Pagan said of running to cover first base, “Just trying to get off quick, a natural reaction on a ball hit that way, I could just tell that it was tight, but as long as I can do my delivery … I like my chances.”</p> </section><section id="section-8"> <p>The Reds will turn to Andrew Abbott (0-2, 5.85 ERA) for the Saturday start. The left-hander struggled his last time out in a 9-6 loss at the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. He yielded a career-high-tying seven runs on eight hits in just three-plus innings.</p> </section><br/><section id="section-9"> <p>In his lone start against the Twins, Abbott didn’t earn a decision while throwing 5 2/3 innings on June 17, 2025. He permitted five runs (one earned) on eight hits and no walks with five strikeouts.</p> </section> <section id="section-10"> <p>Minnesota is slated to give the ball to Taj Bradley (3-0, 1.25). His last time out, the right-hander earned the win as he pitched five innings in the Twins’ 8-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Bradley surrendered one run on five hits and four walks, and he struck out seven.</p> </section><section id="section-11"> <p>Bradley was a winner in his lone start against the Reds, which came as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays on April 18, 2023. He tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowed three hits and one walk and fanned nine.</p> </section><section id="section-12"> <p>He will be in search of more run support than Minnesota mustered in the series opener.</p> </section><section id="section-13"> <p>The Twins lost their second straight game and only managed five hits on Friday, but they had their chances. Luke Keaschall ended two potential rallies. He struck out looking with the bases loaded to end the third inning, and grounded he into a double play with runners on the corners to end the fifth.</p> </section><section id="section-14"> <p>Hitting out of the No. 3 hole in the Twins’ lineup, Keaschall has a .211 average with one home run and nine RBIs on the season. He is 0-for-7 in the past two games, and he wants to focus on the next game.</p> </section><section id="section-15"> <p>“I hit into my first double play of the season with men on first and third. That’s obviously not what I wanted to do,” Keaschall said. “Every day we have to treat it as its own. Be present. Every day is a new day and we have to try and get the most out of each day. Try to be present and we’ll get them back.</p> </section><section id="section-16"> <p>“We are ticked off, it’s going to change soon.”</p> </section><section id="section-17"> <p>–Field Level Media</p> </section></div> #Deadspin #Reds #bullpen #geared #Twins
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