Tuesday's Page 2 tipsheet

August 2, 2016 at 5:04AM
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Hector Santiago throws in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals on Monday, July 25, 2016 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/TNS)
Santiago (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TIPSHEET

KNOW THIS

New Twins left­handed starter Hector Santiago was a perfect 6-0 with a 1.78 ERA in July for the woeful Angels — earning a victory in all six games in which he pitched. Of those six starts, however, he pitched only five innings in half of them.

WATCH THIS

You might not recognize the Twins after all of the wheeling and dealing Monday, but you can go ahead and try. They face Cleveland at 6 p.m. Tuesday on FSN.

RANDOM FANDOM

"As terrible as the Twins' decisionmaking has been for the last 10 years, we can at least say we aren't as stupid as the Angels. Nolasco will fit in great next to their other terrible contracts in C.J. Wilson and Albert Pujols."

"eej003" commenting on startribune.com.

TWEETED

"Scratch #BlueJays/ Ervin Santana, fake account, not real @Buster_ESPN … hope the trolls are enjoying their work today."

— Scott Miller, national baseball writer, falling victim to a fake trade report from someone who is not ESPN's Buster Olney.

@ScottMillerBbl

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Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Ervin Santana (54) celebrated a 2 hit performance in the 9th inning with pitching coach Eric Rasmussen at Target Field Wednesday July 6, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN.] The Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland A's 4-0 at Target Field. Jerry Holt /Jerry.Holt@Startribune.com
Santana (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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