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The Twins have four left-handed relievers on their active roster right now -- Taylor Rogers, Buddy Boshers, Nik Turley and Glen Perkins -- but Rogers is probably the only one who can reliably get outs.

Enter, if a tweet from one of his former pitching coaches is accurate, Gabriel Moya:

Gabriel Moya called me crying to tell me he just got called up to the big leagues. 1 of best phone calls I've ever gotten. So happy for him! pic.twitter.com/Ei8ZTOf1rm

— Jeff Bajenaru (@jeffbajenaru) September 11, 2017

Moya is a 22-year-old Venezuelan the Twins got from the Arizona Diamondbacks for John Ryan Murphy back in July. His numbers in Double A (split between two teams) are astoundingly good: 0.77 ERA, 87 strikeouts in 58.1 innings.

The Twins have not announced his callup, much less the corresponding move to open a roster spot for him (the 40-man is full). But there is, or should be, an opportunity here for a second lefty, and Chattanooga's season is over (the Southern League being one of three minor leagues to cancel their championship series because of Hurricane Irma).

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The Twins had a pretty good day Monday in their "pillow fight" (Aaron Gleeman's term) for a wild card berth, as the Royals, Mariners, Orioles and Rays all lost.

But the Twins have basically treaded water the past three weeks in a period in which they played nobody above .500. They really had an opportunity to seize control of this wild card race and didn't.

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Cleveland's winning streak is now 19 games. The great Joe Posnanski supplied this breakdown of the Tribe's streak before Monday's 11-0 thrashing of the Detroit Tigers; the numbers now have to be even more astounding.