Minnesota Twins pitcher Griffin Jax will start for the team on Thursday night against the St. Louis Cardinals. The 26-year-old previously made his Major League debut this season. He's made six appearances for the Twins, two of which have been starts. Overall, the right-hander has pitched to a 7.48 ERA and a 6.76 FIP in 21.2 innings while striking out 20 batters and walking nine. Even against a Cardinals lineup that can struggle to score runs, you're probably better off looking elsewhere for ...

Minnesota Twins pitcher Griffin Jax put together his best outing of the season in Monday's victory over the Chicago White Sox. Jax didn't factor into the decision, having lasted just four innings, but he kept a potent offense off the scoreboard in allowing just one run on one hit. The 26-year-old righty struck out six batters and issued just one walk. Impressively, Jax induced 16 whiffs, matching the third-highest total through the first four innings of a game by Twins pitchers since the ...

Minnesota Twins pitcher Griffin Jax picked up the first win of his career in Friday's victory over the Cleveland Indians. Jax entered the game in the second inning in relief of opener Danny Coulombe and proceeded to give the Twins 4 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on three hits. He walked and struck out a pair of batters. Jax utilized a four-pitch mix- fastball, changeup, slider, and curveball- though he generated only four whiffs and was hit pretty hard for an average exit velocity of 93 ...