Andrew Vasquez to be Recalled

[Seth Stohs]

According to his agent, via twitter, LHP Andrew Vasquez will be recalled by the Twins today.

 

 

Presumably, it will be at the expense of RHP Chase De Jong who needed 46 pitches to complete the ninth inning last night. 

 

Vasquez has pitched just once so far for Rochester. He has given up two hits and a walk, but in 1 1/3 innings, he struck out four batters. 

 

UPDATED: It appears that De Jong has an option remaining so he can also just be optioned.

[Doctor Wu]

Another interesting and somewhat surprising move. If what Seth suggests is true, that was a really short leash on DeJong, One inning and gone! Then again, as someone wrote on another thread, he had about a half-game's number of pitches in that one inning.

[Drew]

I loved collecting cards when I was a kid. I invested heavily into 1988 Donruss and my favorite non-Twins card was probably Tom Newell. He only pitched one inning for the Phillies in 1987 and he had a 36.00 ERA which I found very funny when I was 12 years old. I thought of that when I noticed Chase DeJong had a matching ERA for the Twins this year. The good news for Chase is that last night wasn't his only big league inning, unlike our old friend Tom Newell who never pitched in the big leagues again.

 

 

 

[Monkeypaws]

No better time to DFA someone and try to slip them to the minors than after a performance like DeJong put on last night.

[twinssporto]

I think the front office saw enough last night with DeJong including numerous innings last year and in the minors.  Glad they moved him quickly. Nothing to see there.  Move along.

 

Glad they didn't bring up Duffy...

[Squirrel]

 

According to his agent, via twitter, LHP Andrew Vasquez will be recalled by the Twins today.

 

 

Presumably, it will be at the expense of RHP Chase De Jong who needed 46 pitches to complete the ninth inning last night. If that is the case, De Jong would have to be DFAd as he is out of options. 

 

Vasquez has pitched just once so far for Rochester. He has given up two hits and a walk, but in 1 1/3 innings, he struck out four batters. 

What are the possibilities he's outright released, that this was his last look for the Twins?

[GCTF]

The Vasquatch?

[USAFChief]

The thread title is correct...just now I recalled the name Andrew Vasquez.

[Mill1634]

Makes sense. Only reason De Jong was up was becuase he was called up on the 9th day of the season. He is an AAAA pitcher, and we have plenty of those. I don't think he gets claimed anyway. 

[Doomtints]

Hopefully he wasn't recalled for e.coli contamination. :/

[Danchat]

There is no need to DFA De Jong, as he has an option. Vazquez does not need his 40 man spot.

[Seth Stohs]

 

What are the possibilities he's outright released, that this was his last look for the Twins?

 

If he is DFAd and if he does clear waivers, he can still choose to become a free agent, and I would think he would explore that. I also think that the Twins would be happy if he did choose to stay. 

[Seth Stohs]

 

The Vasquatch?

 

Long-time nickname. 

[Seth Stohs]

Jeremy Nygaard tells me that De Jong has an option remaining. So they can just option him for now. 

[luckylager]

 

Hopefully he wasn't recalled for e.coli contamination. :/

 

Can we stop with the E coli slamming? It's nothing to take lightly.

 

Shiga toxin–producing E. coli (STEC) cause approximately 100,000 illnesses, 3,000 hospitalizations, and 90 deaths annually in the United States.

 

 

 

 

[caninatl04]

Could someone post a scouting report on Vasquez?

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

Could someone post a scouting report on Vasquez?

You can check out some of the past articles about him:

 

Twins 2018 Minor League Relief Pitcher of the Year

http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins-minor-leagues/twins-2018-minor-league-relief-pitcher-of-the-year-r7223

 

Get To Know: Twins LHP Prospect Andrew Vasquez

http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins-minor-leagues/get-to-know-twins-lhp-prospect-andrew-vasquez-r6153

[Jim Hahn]

This seems to have become the norm with the Twins and many other teams. An almost constant switching out of the back end of the bullpen to serve the perceived needs of the next day or so. I almost miss the days of Terry Mulholand, who served all those needs in one person.

[Mike Sixel]

Good move. Are there people that don't know the rules didn't allow many of the other relief pitchers to be brought up this early? That's why it was DeJong.

 

And, I hope they use AAA like the Dodgers do, and bring people up and down as needed.

[woolywoolhouse]

Makes sense. Dick and Justin were talking about the need for another left-hander in the pen last night, as Mejia was struggling to throw strikes and Rogers is just one man.

[Platoon]

Makes sense. Dick and Justin were talking about the need for another left-hander in the pen last night, as Mejia was struggling to throw strikes and Rogers is just one man.

The impish side of me would argue that Roger is just one man, but that Rogers could be almost any amount of men. But that's just the impish side of me. My normal personna would never stoop to such sophomoric humor!

[Jim Hahn]

Good move. Are there people that don't know the rules didn't allow many of the other relief pitchers to be brought up this early? That's why it was DeJong.

And, I hope they use AAA like the Dodgers do, and bring people up and down as needed.

Oh the the Twins have been doing this for quite awhile now. One could argue even during the last few years of the previous regime. It it partly a by product of short starts. Also somewhat a result of short appearances by relief pitchers. Even if a relief relief pitcher is only facing a batter or two, there are only so many appearances he can make in a short time frame. The 3rd factor of course is when a reliever makes an extended appearance like deJong did, he also becomes unavailable for at least a few days.

 

Most organizations are genuinely trying to protect their pitchers arms, so this has to happen. It just happens a little less if you have a strong group of starters.

[Mike Sixel]

 

Oh the the Twins have been doing the Twins have been doing this for quite awhile now. One could argue even during the last few years of the previous regime. It it partly a by product of short starts. Also somewhat a result of short appearances by relief pitchers. Even if a relief relief pitcher is only facing a batter or two, there are only so many appearances he can make in a short time frame. The 3rd factor of course is when a reliever makes an extended appearance like deJong did, he also becomes unavailable for at least a few days.

Most organizations are genuinely trying to protect their pitchers arms, so this has to happen. It just happens a little less if you have a strong group of starters.

 

Actually, no. The Twins were loaded with RP with no options last year, and couldn't send guys up and down. It was one of my biggest issues with last year's bullpen, frankly. 

[Jim Hahn]

Actually, no. The Twins were loaded with RP with no options last year, and couldn't send guys up and down. It was one of my biggest issues with last year's bullpen, frankly.

 

This is not entirely true. While some pitchers couldn't be sent down, there were was certainly a shuttle between AAA and the big leagues. There was also a constant picking up of dfa guys and then trying to shuttle them. One can argue there wasn't enough true major league depth, but there was shuttle. Duffy was was on it as well as others.

[stringer bell]

Also, Perez is going to the rotation, so there is one less LH pitcher in the ‘pen.

[h2oface]

 

I think the front office saw enough last night with DeJong including numerous innings last year and in the minors.  Glad they moved him quickly. Nothing to see there.  Move along.

 

Glad they didn't bring up Duffy...

 

I was amazed they called on him in the first place, being such identifiers of pitching (as their calling card goes) and all...... seems to me it was pretty clearly identified by his other outings last year. At least his 46 pitches came in a meaningless manner for the games result.

[yarnivek1972]

Why not Romero?

[John Bonnes]

 

Why not Romero?

 

This isn't just because Chase had a bad outing. It's mostly because this bullpen needs to add a left-handers. They're short on them, even though it looks like there are three of them in the bullpen. But that's misleading....

 

1. Taylor Rogers is their best reliever, so he's not being used as a "left-hander" per se. He's saved for the high leverage innings, and thus not really available when they need a left-hander.

2. When Martin Perez has been used, it has been in long relief, so he's not being used in traditional left-handed situations either. Plus, he's about to rejoin the rotation starting at this next homestand, so he won't be available.

3. That leaves Mejia, who has been used a lot (and has had real troubles with his control). 

 

Plus, Moya is (I think?) still injured. So this was mostly about giving them another left-hander then can turn to in the middle innings. Plus, he has put up some eye-popping numbers in the minors. He struck out 108 in 69 innings last year, including 7 in 5 IP w the Twins. He's legit.  

[MMMordabito]

This kills two birds with one stone. DeJong was horrible, and Mejia hasn't been steady at all.  Vasquez can be Lefty 2 and Meijia can move to the "We're-up-by-10-and-just-doo-dooed-on-deGrom" role.

[nicksaviking]

 

Also, Perez is going to the rotation, so there is one less LH pitcher in the ‘pen.

 

Yay

 

Time for one of the young starters to step up force their way into the MLB rotation.