<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kenta-maeda-drops-truth-bomb-on-first-win-in-nearly-two-years');   ga('set', 'title', '‘I really wanted that guy’: Kenta Maeda drops truth bomb on first win in nearly two years');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/I-really-wanted-that-guy_-Kenta-Maeda-drops-truth-bomb-on-first-win-in-nearly-two-years.jpg"></figure><h1>‘I really wanted that guy’: Kenta Maeda drops truth bomb on first win in nearly two years</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-24T07:23:30-07:00">June 24th, 7:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-24T07:23:30-07:00">June 24th, 7:23am</time><address><a>Anthony Riccobono</a>Anthony Riccobono has been a sports reporter for over a decade. He primarily covers the NFL, MLB and NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kenta Maeda <a href="https://theathletic.com/4637352/2023/06/23/twins-kenta-maeda-first-win-since-2021/">picked up</a> his first win in nearly two years in the Minnesota Twins’ 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers Friday. It was a significant moment for Kenta Maeda, who is completing an arduous road back from Tommy John surgery.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-kenta-maeda-avoid-serious-injury-line-drive-ankle" rel="noopener">Maeda missed the entire</a> 2022 season recovering from his elbow injury. The Twins’ pitcher only made four starts in his return before a right triceps straight in late April forced him to miss two more months. Maeda wasted no time in getting his first win of the 2023 season, doing so in his first start off the IL Friday.</p><p>Maeda tossed five scoreless innings against the Tigers. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-kenta-maeda-leaves-start-drilled-comebacker" rel="noopener">The Twins’ starter</a> struck out eight batters and allowed only five men to reach base.</p><p>“I’m just genuinely happy to get that first W,” Maeda said through an interpreter, via The Athletic. “It really has a significant meaning. If anything, like mentally, I think I’m back as the Kenta Maeda that everyone knows. I think I can excel from here.”</p><p>But it wasn’t as simple as cruising through five innings before handing over a lead to the bullpen for Maeda. With two runners on base and two outs in the fifth inning, Twins reliever Jovani Morani was warmed up and ready to come in from the bullpen. Maeda convinced Twins bench coach Jayce Tingler, who had visited the mound, that he could get out of the inning.</p><p>Maeda struck out Zach McKinstry on four pitches, ultimately locking down the win.</p><p>“I usually don’t talk back on the mound,” Maeda said. “Just in rare situations like today. So I made sure — I spoke English out there, so I made sure I was speaking in a respectful manner. Just in case I said anything wrong, I made myself clear that I was very respectful out there and I really wanted that guy.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

‘I really wanted that guy’: Kenta Maeda drops truth bomb on first win in nearly two years

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-kenta-maeda-avoid-serious-injury-line-drive-ankle');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Kenta Maeda appears to avoid injury disaster after taking line drive to ankle');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Twins_news_Kenta_Maeda_appears_to_avoid_injury_disaster_after_taking_line_drive_to_ankle.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins’ Kenta Maeda appears to avoid injury disaster after taking line drive to ankle</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-21T17:25:23-07:00">April 21st, 5:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-21T17:25:23-07:00">April 21st, 5:25pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Minnesota Twins pitcher Kenta <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-kenta-maeda-leaves-start-drilled-comebacker" rel="noopener">Maeda was forced</a> to leave his Thursday start against the Boston Red Sox after taking a line drive to his ankle. While it was a scary sight at the time, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-pablo-lopez-finalizing-4-year-73-5-million-contract-extension" rel="noopener">Maeda seems to have avoided</a> a serious injury.</p><p>Maeda is <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronGleeman/status/1649525402807816192" rel="noopener">feeling better</a> than expected on Friday after being hit, via Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic. While Minnesota still needs to see how Maeda’s ankle reacts, manager Rocco Baldelli thinks Maeda could missed the injured list altogether.</p><p>The right-hander lasted two innings against the Red Sox, allowing one run via a solo shot. He didn’t allow a hit outside of the blast. Minnesota went on to lose that game 5-11. While they came away with a loss, the Twins can be happy knowing Maeda didn’t get severely hurt on the comebacker.</p><p>Kenta Maeda came to the Twins via a 2020 trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He finished runner up in the AL Cy Young race with a 6-1 record, 2.70 ERA and 80/10 K/BB ratio. His ERA bloated to 4.66 in 2021 however. Maeda was then forced to miss the entire 2022 season due to Tommy John surgery.</p><p>He has battled back though and is back on the mound for Minnesota in 2023. Through three starts, Maeda is 0-3 with a 4.15 ERA and a 12/1 K/BB ratio.</p><p>While his numbers haven’t been great this year, Maeda is still a valued member of the Twins’ rotation. His shot off the ankle didn’t look good live. However, Maeda has seemed to escape. He’ll need to not suffer a setback over the coming days, but Maeda is poised to miss an IL stint all together.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Kenta Maeda appears to avoid injury disaster after taking line drive to ankle

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He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-twins-vs-red-sox-prediction-pick-how-to-watch-4-20-2022" rel="noopener">Minnesota Twins</a> and Boston Red Sox played the series finale on Thursday at Fenway Park. In the second inning, Twins starter <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-3-players-who-need-bounce-back-seasons-2023" rel="noopener">Kenta Maeda</a> took a comebacker <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsNOR/status/1649112780492898307" rel="noopener">off his leg</a> and proceeded to leave the game right after.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We salute you, Kenta Maeda 🫡<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MNTwins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MNTwins</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedSox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RedSox</a> <a href="https://t.co/15DrPxisYD">pic.twitter.com/15DrPxisYD</a></p><p>— Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsNOR/status/1649112780492898307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Maeda got a hit in the leg and still was able to throw to first base to record the out. However, right after that, the trainers came and took him out of the game.</p><p>Maeda finished the day with one run and one hit in two innings. In relief of Maeda, Emilio Pagan came in and allowed six runs on seven hits in one inning, so things spiraled out of control after Maeda’s departure.</p><p>The Twins entered Thursday’s game with an 11-7 record and a stunning start to the season from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-pablo-lopez-finalizing-4-year-73-5-million-contract-extension" rel="noopener">Pablo Lopez</a>, who has jumped passed a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-sonny-gray-shohei-ohtani-gerrit-cole-mlb-era" rel="noopener">number of star pitchers</a> thus far.</p><p>This injury to Maeda will be worth monitoring as he has begun the year with an 0-2 record and a 4.09 ERA, although it was really just the one start against the Chicago White Sox that ballooned his ERA, where he gave up four runs. Other than that, Maeda has been solid, including a stellar start to Thursday’s game.</p><p>The Twins rotation also features Sonny Gray, Tyler Mahle, and Joe Ryan, and the staff is a massive reason why they have won 11 games. The good news is that Kenta Maeda was unable to walk off the field under his own power, but this will definitely be something to watch over the next few days for the Twins.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
337	6.09	96	1.38	3

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
337	6.09	96	1.38	3

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