2017 Twins Minor League Transactions

[Seth Stohs]

In recent days the Twins have released several minor league players. There are a couple of semi-surprises in this group. 

 

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IF Jorge Andrade - GCL

OF Tyree Davis - GCL

LHP Onas Farfan - GCL 

IF Manuel Guzman - CR/GCL/ET

OF Brad Hartong - CR/FM

RHP CK Irby - CR

OF Joe Maloney - CHAT/FM

OF Luis Martinez - ET

RHP Miles Nordgren - CR/FM

LHP Luke Westphal - CHAT/FM

[Seth Stohs]

Nine of the ten were profiled in the Twins Prospect Handbook.

[beckmt]

Our new evaluators have been busy.  Probably feel most of them would end up released at some point this year anyway.

Would be interested in finding out which ones were the real surprises Seth(in your mind)

[Seth Stohs]

 

Our new evaluators have been busy.  Probably feel most of them would end up released at some point this year anyway.

Would be interested in finding out which ones were the real surprises Seth(in your mind)

 

While Nordgren pitched pretty well in CR and FM in 2016, scouting reports weren't real high on his stuff. Still, he found some success with the Miracle, so the timing is surprising. 

 

I'm surprised about Onas Farfan. The left-hander was solid in the GCL in his return from Tommy John surgery. Figured he would at least get a chance to go somewhere this year. 

 

Manuel Guzman was a favorite of mine after seeing him last spring. He was hurt a ton last year and frankly didn't play well when healthy.

 

Luis Martinez is fast, but he just couldn't hit much at all.

 

And, I was a big Tyree Davis fan. The Compton native is one of the best athletes in the organization. He was like 6-3, 205, could run like the wind. And while his numbers didn't show (in three seasons in the GCL), there were a lot that thought he was making some strides. 

[Thrylos]

I cannot see any of those as surprises.  CK Irby maybe, but he was a 24 year old reliever in Cedar Rapids.    All older players mostly in lower levels of the organization.  Non-prospects.

 

 

I expect another dozen or so cuts before the camp breaks as well.

[Seth Stohs]

 

I cannot see any of those as surprises.  CK Irby maybe, but he was a 24 year old reliever in Cedar Rapids.    All older players mostly in lower levels of the organization.  Non-prospects.

 

 

I expect another dozen or so cuts before the camp breaks as well.

 

I have 17 guys that I think could be released after spring training, particularly if they don't start at a certain level. I have another dozen that could be after EST if they don't get to CR before then.  That's the unfortunate business side of the game. 

 

Irby was pretty solid in Cedar Rapids in April and May but then got hurt again and finally recovered. 

[jokin]

 

I cannot see any of those as surprises.  CK Irby maybe, but he was a 24 year old reliever in Cedar Rapids.    All older players mostly in lower levels of the organization.  Non-prospects.

 

 

I expect another dozen or so cuts before the camp breaks as well.

 

 

 

I have 17 guys that I think could be released after spring training, particularly if they don't start at a certain level. I have another dozen that could be after EST if they don't get to CR before then.  That's the unfortunate business side of the game. 

 

Irby was pretty solid in Cedar Rapids in April and May but then got hurt again and finally recovered. 

 

 

 

Either of you care to speculate on some names that might be on the short list? Seems to me there's still a lot of previous-management's team-favorite "dead weight" populating various rosters system-wide...

[Seth Stohs]

 

Either of you care to speculate on some names that might be on the short list? 

 

Not even a little bit... 

[Seth Stohs]

This one surprised me a little this morning. The Twins released RHP Sam Gibbons. He had a difficult 2016, but he was very good in 2017. 

 

 

From his Facebook page: "Nothing can prepare you for the phone call that you never want to receive. Sadly I received it over the weekend, letting me know that I had been released by the Minnesota Twins."

[Seth Stohs]

Per Baseball America, Daniel Martinez was also released. 

[Thrylos]

 

Per Baseball America, Daniel Martinez was also released. 

 

Struggling at the GCL as a 22 year old, that one was to be expected... 

[Seth Stohs]

Yup, not a surprise. He was one of 4-5 pitchers that the Twins signed AFTER the draft. Martinez struggled in the GCL.

 

The Others:

Garrett Kelly (Wake Forest) had ups and downs in the GCL, but he just started pitching a couple years ago and hits 96. Zach Strecker (Kentucky) is a good innings-eater. Bo Hellquist (Minnesota-Duluth) pitched well in the GCL. Tyler Fox (Nebraska-Omaha) did pretty well too. Brady Anderson (FGCU) pitched well in the GCL and then did alright in Cedar Rapids too. 

[TRex]

 

Yup, not a surprise. He was one of 4-5 pitchers that the Twins signed AFTER the draft. Martinez struggled in the GCL.

 

The Others:

Garrett Kelly (Wake Forest) had ups and downs in the GCL, but he just started pitching a couple years ago and hits 96. Zach Strecker (Kentucky) is a good innings-eater. Bo Hellquist (Minnesota-Duluth) pitched well in the GCL. Tyler Fox (Nebraska-Omaha) did pretty well too. Brady Anderson (FGCU) pitched well in the GCL and then did alright in Cedar Rapids too. 

Were those other guys also released, or were they just also signed AFTER the draft?

[Seth Stohs]

 

Were those other guys also released, or were they just also signed AFTER the draft?

 

They were also signed after the draft, as non-drafted free agents. 

[Thrylos]

The Twins brought back RHP Yohan Pino, after spending the last 2 seasons in the KC Organization and the KBO (not with much success as a matter of fact.) 

[goulik]

 

The Twins brought back RHP Yohan Pino, after spending the last 2 seasons in the KC Organization and the KBO (not with much success as a matter of fact.) 

Yawn

[AZTwin]

Yawn

He was in our system when johan Santana was still a twin. He's got to be well over 30 years old

[ScottyB]

 

He was in our system when johan Santana was still a twin. He's got to be well over 30 years old

 

33 to be exact