<!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-pablo-lopez-doctor-baseball');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Pablo Lopez almost made stunning career decision before choosing baseball');   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/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-10-at-4.54.28-PM.png"></figure><h1>Twins’ Pablo Lopez almost made stunning career decision before choosing baseball</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-10T14:00:23-07:00">May 10th, 2:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-10T14:00:23-07:00">May 10th, 2:00pm</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Minnesota <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/id-boo-myself-twins-star-carlos-correas-brutally-honest-response-fans-frustrations-amid-2023-struggles" rel="noopener">Twins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez</a> has established himself as one of the most consistent pitchers in baseball over the last four seasons. Incredibly, he almost <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/pitcher-pablo-lopez-was-almost-a-doctor" rel="noopener">didn’t play baseball.</a></p><p>Lopez graduated high school at the age of 16 and was accepted to medical school shortly after. With both of his parents in the medical field, Lopez dreamed of following in their footsteps. He was also exceptionally good at baseball, which made for a tough decision when the Seattle Mariners offered him his first professional contract.</p><p>Lopez said his father helped him make a difficult decision, but one that has certainly to pay off.</p><p>“He said it’s 100 percent your decision. Whichever way you go, I know you’re going to do great things,” Lopez said. “But the best way I can tell you to look at it right now is, if you choose to play baseball and it doesn’t work out as well as you think it could, college is still going to be there. If you choose college and you don’t like it, I think the baseball opportunity might be a little harder to get.”</p><p>To the dismay of some of his family members, Lopez decided on baseball. After signing a four-year, $73 million <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-pablo-lopez-finalizing-4-year-73-5-million-contract-extension" rel="noopener">contract extension with the Twins</a> after they traded for him in January, it’s safe to say Lopez made the right choice.</p><p>The Twins see Pablo Lopez as a stalwart in their rotation for the present and future. Once he retires from baseball, he could trade the MLB in for an M.D.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Pablo Lopez almost made stunning career decision before choosing baseball

<!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-pablo-lopez-finalizing-4-year-73-5-million-contract-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins pitcher Pablo Lopez finalizing 4-year, $73.5 million contract extension');   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-pablo-lopez-finalizing-4-year-735-million-contract-extension.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins pitcher Pablo Lopez finalizing 4-year, $73.5 million contract extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-17T07:49:14-07:00">April 17th, 7:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-17T07:50:10-07:00">April 17th, 7:50am</time><address><a>Alex House</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-twins-manager-ejected-domingo-german-substance-check" rel="noopener">Minnesota Twins</a> (10-6) continue to make early noise, this time agreeing with pitcher <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correas-strong-take-on-2023-season-after-pablo-lopez-trade" rel="noopener">Pablo Lopez</a> on a huge 4-year, $73.5 million <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigMish/status/1647958869644017667" rel="noopener">contract extension</a>, via Craig Mish of MLB Network.</p><p>Lopez, a surprise offseason addition who indirectly was the recipient of some Twinkie Nation whimpering, has quickly become a valued member of the American League Central leaders. He has posted a dazzling 1.73 ERA in four starts this season, striking out more than eight batters per game. His sizzling April comes after his impressive outing for his native Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.</p><p>The Twins front office surprised many when they dealt reigning American league batting champion Luis Arraez to the Miami Marlins for Lopez and multiple prospects back in January. The immediate response was mixed, as there is certainly merit in maximizing the return value of a utility infielder whose power does not quite line up with modern standards. Nevertheless, Pablo Lopez was going to face plenty of unwarranted pressure due to the nature of the deal.</p><p>Although Arraez just hit for the cycle and is leading the National League with an absurd .471 batting average, the returns on Lopez have been only positive for a pitching staff that has found itself beleaguered in recent years. He can be the missing link for a postseason hopeful whose ceiling tends to be capped by their rotation depth.</p><p>Minnesota stole headlines over the offseason, especially after emerging the victor in the never-ending Carlos Correa sweepstakes. There is obviously a long way to go, but the Twins organization is looking much savvier than many fans probably anticipated after some risky and unconventional moves.</p><p>Locking up Lopez could ensure that the good optics continue.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins pitcher Pablo Lopez finalizing 4-year, $73.5 million contract extension

<!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-pablo-lopezs-blunt-reaction-to-near-perfect-game-that-never-was-in-minnesota-home-debut');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pablo Lopez’s blunt reaction to near perfect game that never was in Twins home debut');   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-Pablo-Lopez.jpg"></figure><h1>Pablo Lopez’s blunt reaction to near perfect game that never was in Twins home debut</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-11T20:29:28-07:00">April 11th, 8:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-11T20:30:22-07:00">April 11th, 8:30pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Other</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-pablo-lopez-traded-to-minnesota-in-exchange-for-luis-arraez-two-prospects" rel="noopener">Pablo Lopez started</a> for the Minnesota Twins <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-white-sox-vs-twins-prediction-pick-how-to-watch-4-11-2023" rel="noopener">Tuesday night</a> against the Chicago White Sox at home, and what looked like a rough night turned out to be a memorable one for the Venezuelan hurler. However, Lopez righted the ship after giving up his second earned run of the contest, as he went on to retire the next 23 White Sox batters he faced.</p><p>Apparently, Pablo Lopez was encouraged by the run support he got from his teammates, as the Twins scored three runs in the second inning, thanks to a two-run homer by Byron Buxton, which was followed by a solo blast from Michael Taylor.</p><p>“The offense picking me up after that first inning was really what made me want to go out there and do my job with a different mentality,” Pablo Lopez <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsNOR/status/1645975992798789632" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> after the game (h/t Bally Sports North).</p><p>The 27-year-old Lopez pitched for 7.2 innings and allowed just two earned runs on three hits while fanning 10 White Sox hitters along the way.</p><p>Lopez’s fantastic performance, fortunately, did not go to waste, with the Twins coming away with a 4-3 win in extra innings after a throwing error by Hanser Alberto led to an automatic runner to score the game-winning run for Minnesota.</p><p>Pablo Lopez was traded by the Miami Marlins to the Twins last January along with Jose Salas and Byron Chourio in exchange for Luis Arraez.</p><p>Needless to say, Lopez made a strong impression on Twins fans in his first-ever home start in Minnesota uniform.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pablo Lopez’s blunt reaction to near perfect game that never was in Twins home debut

<!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-carlos-correas-strong-take-on-2023-season-after-pablo-lopez-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Carlos Correa’s strong take on Twins’ 2023 season after Pablo Lopez trade');   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/2023/01/Carlos-Correa_s-parting-message-to-Giants-Mets-after-back-to-back-contract-fiascos.jpg"></figure><h1>Carlos Correa’s strong take on Twins’ 2023 season after Pablo Lopez trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-01-30T16:05:48-08:00">January 30th, 4:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-01-30T16:08:31-08:00">January 30th, 4:08pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Carlos Correa is excited for the 2023 season following the Minnesota <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-pablo-lopez-traded-to-minnesota-in-exchange-for-luis-arraez-two-prospects" rel="noopener">Twins’ acquisition of Pablo Lopez</a>. Correa recently <a href="https://theathletic.com/4139848/2023/01/30/twinsfest-carlos-correa-pablo-lopez/" rel="noopener">opened up on his expectations</a> for the 2023 campaign, per <i>The Athletic’s</i> Dan Hayes.</p><p>“I feel very confident about where we are right now, especially with our pitching staff,” Carlos Correa said. “We got better this year with the acquisition of Pablo. And we’ve got (Kenta) Maeda coming back, we’ve got (Tyler) Mahle, he’s going to be healthy. Joe Ryan looks great. They had a really good year last year. Our bullpen feels really solid. I’m expecting big things.”</p><p>Minnesota has a capable of offense. But pitching is their biggest question mark. They could still make another move or two <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-one-last-minute-move-to-round-out-mlb-roster" rel="noopener">to round out their 2023 roster</a>. The Twins have been rumored to potentially be shopping one of their outfielders given their offensive depth. Regardless of whether another trade happens or not, the Twins may be in line to contend this year.</p><p>As Carlos Correa alluded to, the pitching staff has talent. Pablo Lopez is a steady rotation option. Meanwhile, Joe Ryan and Sonny Gray both feature ace-caliber stuff. Tyler Mahle is another impressive starter, and Kenta Maeda is a proven veteran. With that being said, there are no guarantees with this rotation. There’s risk involved amid possible injuries and underperformance.</p><p>Nevertheless, Correa believes in the pitching staff. And if they hold up their end of the bargain, Minnesota’s offense will take care of the rest.</p><p>It will be interesting to see how Carlos Correa and the Twins fare during the 2023 season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Carlos Correa’s strong take on Twins’ 2023 season after Pablo Lopez trade

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Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Pablo Lopez is ready to play for a potential Minnesota Twins contending team in 2023 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-pablo-lopez-traded-to-minnesota-in-exchange-for-luis-arraez-two-prospects" rel="noopener">after being traded</a> from the Miami Marlins. But <a href="https://twitter.com/Twins/status/1617606345599102976" rel="noopener">he’s also excited</a> for a specific Johan Santana-based reason, per the Minnesota Twins Twitter account.</p><p>“Every Venezuelan kid grew up a Johan Santana fan, I have vivid memories of watching him as a youngster, in a Twins uniform,” Lopez said. “Now to be able to be a part of an organization like the Twins. Everyone knows what they’re made of.”</p><p>Santana had a dominant mid-2000’s stretch in Minnesota. He won the NL Cy Young award in 2004  and 2007. He was a 3-time Twins All-Star and 4-time career All-Star as well. Santana is remembered as one of the best left-handed pitchers in recent memory.</p><p>Pablo Lopez may not be a left-handed hurler, but he will look to use Santana’s Twins success as motivation moving forward.</p><p>The Twins ultimately acquired Lopez along with a pair of intriguing young prospects from the Marlins for infielder Luis Arraez. It is a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-marlins-pablo-lopez-luis-arraez-trade-grades" rel="noopener">deal that benefited both teams</a> given Minnesota’s pitching needs and Miami’s offensive needs.</p><p>Lopez profiles as a steady middle of the rotation option with upside. He’s fresh off of a 2022 campaign that saw him post a career high 180 innings pitched and 32 games started. Lopez ultimately finished the year with a respectable 3.75 ERA for the Marlins.</p><p>The Twins are hopeful that he can take another step forward in 2023. Perhaps Johan Santana will take some time to mentor the new Minnesota pitcher this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
556	4.08	198	1.19	15

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
556	4.08	198	1.19	15

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