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Ober gave up 10 hits, walked one and struck out five. He came out of the bullpen to get a save last week, but still lost his last three starts of the season. Ober finished 7-7 with a 4.47 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 96 strikeouts in 130 innings.

Ober was expected to start Monday against the Giants, but the Twins instead used him to give a weary bullpen a break today. Zebby Matthews presumably will now start on four days’ rest tomorrow. Ober still could get another start next weekend or maybe even Wednesday against the Giants, but we’ll see.

Ober gave up nine hits, walked two and struck out three. He fell to 7-6 with the loss. Ober hasn’t won a start since July 17 against the Cubs, a span of nine starts. He has a 4.32 ERA. Ober is lined up to face the Giants on the road next week.

Ober fanned six in four scoreless innings before giving up a double and an RBI single in the fifth. He departed with one out, and the Twins pen proceeded to give up nine runs the rest of the way. Ober dropped to 7-5 with a 4.28 ERA. He hasn’t won since July 17, having gone 0-2 in his last eight starts despite maintaining his first-half performance. He’ll face the Guardians next weekend.

Ober needed just seven pitches in the fifth, but the Twins didn’t bring him back out for the sixth at 80 pitches on the day. Since his surprising two-hit shutout of the Marlins back on May 12, Ober has made 12 starts without ever getting fewer than 12 outs or more than 18. The quick hooks are a big part of which he’s just 1-1 in 10 starts since beginning of July. He’ll face the White Sox again next weekend.

Ober did his job. The Twins’ bullpen did not, giving up seven runs after he exited the game. His only blemish in run prevention was a solo homer from Fernando Tatis Jr. — one of two that Tatis hit in the game — and he gave up just three singles outside of that roundtripper. Ober will take a 4.49 ERA on the year into a scheduled start next weekend against the White Sox.

Ober gave up six hits, walked one and struck out four. The 31-year-old right-hander hasn’t won a start or recorded more than four strikeouts in a start since July 17 against the Cubs, a span of five starts. Ober has a 4.62 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Padres on the road on Sunday.

Ober allowed three homers in the game, and two of them came in the first two innings, both two-run shots. It’s pretty hard to overcome that, and while he gave up just one more run — another homer — the damage was done. Ober just hasn’t shown any consistency in 2026, and now has a 4.64 ERA on the season. He’s set to face Atlanta on Monday.

Interestingly, Ober did not walk a batter or record a strikeout in the ballgame. He allowed a pair of runs in the third inning on a two-run single off the bat of Jac Caglianone, then gave up an RBI single to Salvador Perez in the sixth. Ober got six swings and misses on 74 pitches on the night, compiling a CSW of 24 percent. He’ll try to get back in the win column as he brings a 4.45 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and a 63/24 K/BB ratio (93 innings) into Tuesday’s battle against the Orioles.

Ober was able to generate nine whiffs on 28 swings against his non-fastballs and hold the Royals to six hard-hit balls. The bad news is that one of those hard-hit balls, from Jac Caglianone, still hasn’t landed yet. This is about the best you could have hoped for from Ober, who lines up for a rematch against the Royals next Wednesday assuming nothing that happens at the trade deadline scuttles that.

By the end of the second inning, Ober had already faced 12 batters, thrown 53 pitches and allowed three runs. He let up one more in the fourth to close out this ineffective start. For a pitcher who doesn’t have much velocity to begin with, it was down even further in this one. His fastball averaged 87 mph – yes, averaged – and he didn’t crack 89 mph one time. It’s practically impossible to be effective in this day and age with that low of velocity and Ober showed why here. He left this start with an ugly 4.56 ERA, 60 strikeouts, and 22 walks through 80 innings on the season and is scheduled for a two-start week against the Royals and home and Mariners on the road next week.

Two walks allowed by Ober in the first inning proved costly after Michael Busch singled to drive home Pete Crow-Armstrong to put the Cubs up 1-0. Ober allowed a leadoff double to Seiya Suzuki in the sixth inning but would get Michael Busch to ground out before being pulled in favor of Tommy Nance. Nance would throw a wild pitch to allow Suzuki to score, with that run being credited to Ober. It was a solid night for Ober overall, who settled in nicely after allowing three baserunners to reach base in the first inning. He has allowed two earned runs or fewer in back-to-back games and will take the mound next on Wednesday against the Guardians.

He’ll be followed by Taj Bradley on Saturday afternoon and Zebby Matthews on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field. The expectation is that Joe Ryan would then start on Monday against the Guardians in Cleveland. Ober is coming off of a decent first half where he registered a 4.40 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and a 51/19 K/BB ratio over 71 2/3 innings in his first 13 starts.

It was Ober’s first start since May 30th as he’s been on the IL with elbow inflammation. The 30-year-old struck out five and walked one on Thursday while throwing 65 percent of his pitches for strikes. His four-seam velocity was 88.2 mph, which is not great but actually not too far off from what we’ve seen from him this year. The calling card on Thursday was a sweeper that posted a 45 percent swinging strike rate. He struggled to miss bats with anything else, and his velocity still scares us, so we would not be adding him with the Cubs up next.

This had been reported earlier, and we thought that Mike Paredes would shift back into long relief, but now that Connor Preilipp (blister) is headed to the injured list, the Twins will have to keep a bullpen game going for a bit. Ober, who had been out since the end of May with a flexor strain, has a 4.59 ERA in 66 2/3 innings this season and should be avoided in fantasy leagues.

There are plenty of moving parts here. Simply put, Mike Paredes will shift to a long relief role in place of rookie Marco Raya, who is headed to the injured list with a shoulder impingement, with Ober returning to Minnesota’s rotation. The 30-year-old has been out with a mild flexor strain that put him on the shelf back in late May. His immediate fantasy appeal is limited to deeper mixed leagues as a matchup-dependent back-end rotation option.

Ober kicked off a rehab assignment by allowing three runs over 3 1/3 innings for High-A Cedar Rapids last Sunday. The 30-year-old starter is working his way back from a mild flexor strain that put him on the shelf back in late May. He figures to be ready to rejoin Minnesota’s pitching mix at some point in early-to-mid July. His fantasy appeal is limited to deeper mixed leagues as a matchup-dependent back-end rotation arm.

Ober will receive a second opinion to confirm that his UCL remains intact, but it’s an extremely encouraging initial diagnosis after hitting the injured list with elbow inflammation over the weekend. There should be a definitive return table once he’s cleared to resume throwing later this month.

Ober was pounded for eight runs (seven earned) over 4 2/3 innings in a loss to the Pirates on Sunday and it sounds like the elbow issue may have played a role in his struggles. No word from the team yet on how long they expect him to be sidelined for. Travis Adams was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul in a corresponding move on Sunday.

Ober gave up a leadoff homer to Spencer Horwitz in the first inning and stranded two more runners with a pair of strikeouts to end the inning. Things really got away from him in the second, starting with a solo homer by Jake Mangum. The Pirates brought two more runs in on three hits and a walk, leaving two runners on for Oneil Cruz, who took Ober deep for a three-run blast. The Twins left Ober in to give them a little more length. He’d pitch into the fifth, giving up one more run and leaving with two outs in the inning. The 30-year-old right-hander has now given up 14 runs over his last three starts, giving him a 4.59 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, and a 46/18 K/BB ratio across 66 2/3 innings. He’ll take on the Royals in Minnesota on Thursday.