Article: Sano Among Three Twins Optioned Monday

[Seth Stohs]

After announcing that thirteen players were removed from the Minnesota Twins spring training roster on Sunday, three more Twins players were optioned and will report to minor league camp. Miguel Sano was officially included in the group, along with LHP Jason Wheeler and RHP Lester OliverosIn all, the Twins have now sent 16 players to minor league camp in the last two days.There are no surprises among the players cut from big league camp to this point. With Opening Day less than three weeks away, manager Paul Molitor has some tough decisions to make and needs to give opportunities to those who are competing for the final roster spots.

 

As a quick reminder, those players who are on the 40-man roster need to be "optioned" when they are not on the active roster. These players are then assigned to the roster of one of the Twins minor league affiliates. Non-roster invitees are just "reassigned" to minor league camp. They do not need to be assigned to a specific roster. That will happen later in spring training.

 

Miguel Sano certainly impressed with his power this spring, hitting two long home runs in big league games. He needs some time in the minors to shake off rust, both offensively and defensively. However, in his time in big league camp, he certainly showed again that he may not be far off.

 

These moves reduce the current Twins spring training roster to 45. Eleven of those are non-roster players. They have 21 pitchers (two non-roster), six catchers (three non-roster), 10 infielders (three non-roster) and seven outfielders (two non-roster).

 

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[nater79a]

Does anyone know what happens with 40-man guys like Sano, Wheeler and Rosario if they get hurt and go on the DL before they get assigned? Do they accrue service time and/or collect a major league minimum salary while on, lets say, the 60-day DL? 

[gunnarthor]

 

Does anyone know what happens with 40-man guys like Sano, Wheeler and Rosario if they get hurt and go on the DL before they get assigned? Do they accrue service time and/or collect a major league minimum salary while on, lets say, the 60-day DL? 

Yeah, that was my understanding. 

[jay]

Anyone know of a roster that tracks who remains in the big league camp?

[SweetOne69]

 

Does anyone know what happens with 40-man guys like Sano, Wheeler and Rosario if they get hurt and go on the DL before they get assigned? Do they accrue service time and/or collect a major league minimum salary while on, lets say, the 60-day DL? 

 

Yes, if a player on the 40-man roster gets hurt while at the MLB camp (i.e. before being optioned) he can't be optioned until he is healthy. So if he is out for the year he would accrue ML service time as well as a rookie salary for a year.

 

For example, if Sano would've been on the 40-man roster last year, the Twins would've been forced to place him on the the 60 day DL and he would've accrued 1 year of service time and been paid the MLB minimum salary.

Edited March 17, 2015 by SweetOne69

[Halsey Hall]

Sano is playing right now in a game.  The new roster out today has Sano at AA, Buxton remains at AAA. 

[jay]

 

The new roster out today has Sano at AA, Buxton remains at AAA. 

 

Where can said new roster be found? Both Buxton and Sano show up on the Lookouts roster page. Polanco and Kepler at AA as well with Berrios at AAA.

 

AA http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=milb&cid=498

AAA http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=milb&cid=534

[Halsey Hall]

On the wall at the minor league office. 

[Seth Stohs]

 

Where can said new roster be found? Both Buxton and Sano show up on the Lookouts roster page. Polanco and Kepler at AA as well with Berrios at AAA.

 

AA http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=milb&cid=498

AAA http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=milb&cid=534

 

They're separated into Work Groups, but as players get moved down from big league camp, some players move down. So, Buxton is probably working with Work Group 1 (AAA), but when guys like Danny Ortiz and Eric Farris or Shane Robinson, or whoever get sent down, he'll move to Work Group 2... and again, that basically means Chattanooga. That said, even the final group of work group charts isn't the official rosters either. 

[Otto von Ballpark]

Yes, if a player on the 40-man roster gets hurt while at the MLB camp (i.e. before being optioned) he can't be optioned until he is healthy. So if he is out for the year he would accrue ML service time as well as a rookie salary for a year.

 

For example, if Sano would've been on the 40-man roster last year, the Twins would've been forced to place him on the the 60 day DL and he would've accrued 1 year of service time and been paid the MLB minimum salary.

Correct, although I doubt it is much of an issue in spring training outside of major injuries (i.e. surgery). The rule is there to prevent teams from denying service time to injured MLB players and using the minors as a de facto disabled list, not to force young players onto spring rosters prematurely. I can't recall a situation where a player with zero MLB experience had to be placed on the MLB disabled list.