MINNEAPOLIS — Though they received fairly encouraging health news Monday, the next few weeks on the pitching front promise to be challenging for the Minnesota Twins to navigate.Same as Kendry Rojas before him, the Twins learned Bailey Ober’s ulnar collateral ligament is intact after he underwent an MRI on Monday. While Ober’s recovery plan calls for a shutdown from throwing for 10-14 days as he deals with a mild flexor muscle strain, the Twins are once again breathing a sigh of relief as another one of their pitchers appears to have avoided the surgical knife.As positive as that development was, it still provides no immediate relief as Minnesota — down to four healthy starting pitchers, including one it’s closely monitoring — needs a starter for Thursday’s series opener against the Kansas City Royals when Ober’s turn in the rotation next comes up.The solution for replacing him won’t be easy, as the Twins, who snapped a five-game losing streak Monday with a 9-6 win over the Chicago White Sox, already have limited viable options.“Everything needs to be on the table,” Twins general manager Jeremy Zoll said. “When you go through true bullpen games, that can be challenging. But we probably need to see how we get through the next day or two and the state of the bullpen before we finalize any plans.”The bullpen did add a fresh arm following Monday’s victory, highlighted by Tristan Gray’s five-RBI showing. The Twins acquired veteran reliever Justin Lawrence from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash considerations and will add him to the roster on Tuesday.Lawrence should be ready after last pitching on Wednesday, which suits the Twins, who have six games remaining on this homestand before their next day off. Even after playing games on 11 straight days, Minnesota’s bullpen is in immeasurably better shape after Sunday and Monday’s contests.Though he surrendered a pair of home runs, Joe Ryan delivered six innings to help the Twins win for the first time since his previous start against the White Sox last Tuesday.Ryan’s effort comes a day after Twins rookie Mike Paredes bailed out the entire pitching staff with a herculean effort in his major-league debut. After throwing nine consecutive balls to start his outing, Paredes recovered nicely and pitched 3 2/3 innings, providing the rest of the bullpen with a day off.Kody Funderburk, Yoendrys Gómez and Travis Adams each followed Ryan on Monday with an inning of work, leaving the rest of the group in good shape — at least for now.“It’s probably the first time in a long time our bullpen has been that rested,” Twins manager Derek Shelton said. “A lot of that is a credit to Michael Paredes, doing what he did. And then Joe going back out to give us six. And then us being able to go one, one, one, and get some guys some work, but also not being able to tax them was really important.”Strangely enough, Ryan wasn’t satisfied with how deep he pitched into Monday’s game.The veteran wanted to provide more aid to a bullpen that delivered 39 2/3 innings on the Twins’ recently completed 10-game road trip (42 1/3 if you add in Simeon Woods Richardson’s “start” in Thursday’s bullpen game).Ryan impressively pitched out of several jams early on Monday, stranding two runners in scoring position in the first inning and another in the fourth. But he surrendered homers to Miguel Vargas and Andrew Benintendi in the fifth inning, which cut the Twins’ lead from four runs to 5-4.Minnesota rebuilt the lead to 9-4 with a four-run rally in the bottom of the fifth inning, and Ryan struck out two batters in a scoreless sixth. He finished with nine strikeouts and no walks.