The left-hander struck out three and walked two on the day, posting a 21 percent whiff rate and 28 percent CSW on the day. Fried has made some minor movement tweaks to his fastballs this season, taking off movement on this sinker but adding movement to his cutter. The adjustments have dropped his swing-and-miss on those pitches a bit this season, but they’ve been more effective at inducing weak contact. Overall, the strikeouts haven’t been there for Fried so far this season, but that’s about the only complaint you can make. He’s a must-start in any matchup, including against Tampa Bay next week.

A doubleheader sweep. Clemens also had an RBI single before giving the Twins the lead by taking Yennier Cano deep in the eighth. It was Clemens’ second homer in 22 at-bats and 11 appearances since being picked up by Minnesota. The OBP skills aren’t there to make him a quality platoon option, but he has managed 16 homers in 398 career at-bats as a major leaguer.

All of the runs came in the third inning, when he gave up a grand slam and a solo homer. The Twins don’t ask Woods Richardson to pitch deep into games at all, so he needs to do considerably better than his current 5.02 ERA. Still, the team has gone 5-3 in his outings anyway, even as he’s won just twice. He’ll probably stay in the rotation and face the Guardians next week.

Jhoan Duran and Griffin Jax worked in the first game, so Sands got the call in the second and picked up his first save of 2025 and the sixth of his career. Sands has just a 12/6 K/BB in 16 2/3 innings this season, but he’s been successful anyway in posting a 2.70 ERA. He had a far more impressive 85/12 K/BB in 71 1/3 innings last year.

McDermott gave up runs in each inning he pitched during his season debut. He’ll head back to Triple-A now after serving as the 27th man today.

He also singled. After a poor stint hitting leadoff, Mullins is back in the middle of the Baltimore order now, having hit sixth today. It probably doesn’t mean much, but he’s just 12-for-70 with three extra-base hits and seven runs scored in 18 games as a leadoff man this year. He’s 20-for-69 with 11 extra-base hits and 14 runs scored in 21 games elsewhere.

Workman passed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for assignment earlier this week by the White Sox, which meant he was offered back to the Tigers. The 25-year-old infielder was a Rule 5 pick by the Cubs in the offseason before heading to the South Side on a waiver claim. He’ll head to Triple-A Toledo to bolster Detroit’s organizational depth.