2021-22 Offseason Twins Transactions

[lecroy24fan]

6 players were outrighted off the Twins roster today after clearing waivers.

P Kyle Barraclough

P Nick Vincent

P Ian Gibault

P Luke Farrell

P Andrew Albers

IF Drew Maggi

 

[Vanimal46]

Cutting the fat on the 40. I like to see it 

[Mike Sixel]

All reasonable decisions. Good luck to all of them.

[Squirrel]

Not surprised about any of these

[lecroy24fan]

JT Riddle has elected to become a free agent.

[ashbury]

5 hours ago, lecroy24fan said:

JT Riddle has elected to become a free agent.

Welp.  That opens up another hole for the FO to fill: fourth-string SS who OPSes .590 at AAA.  Got their work cut out for them to replace that.

[Rigby]

Barraclough, Farrell, Albers and E. Garcia have also elected to become free agents. 

[Rosterman]

Derek Law is a free agent.

 

[USAFChief]

5 hours ago, ashbury said:

Welp.  That opens up another hole for the FO to fill: fourth-string SS who OPSes .590 at AAA.  Got their work cut out for them to replace that.

Personally, I'm hoping Royce Lewis can eventually grow into this role. Im confident he'll hit at this level. Just not sure he has the SS chops long term though. 

[Rigby]

Ian Gibaut - free agent.

[Brandon]

23 hours ago, USAFChief said:

Personally, I'm hoping Royce Lewis can eventually grow into this role. Im confident he'll hit at this level. Just not sure he has the SS chops long term though. 

Your hoping Lewis can grow into a 4th option SS who OPS .590?

[lecroy24fan]

Rob Refsnyder outrighted. Jarrel Cotton claimed off waivers from TEX. Alex Comolme's option declined, gets buyout.

 

Cotton might be a good claim. He was pretty good for the crappy Rangers last year.

[LA Vikes Fan]

How many on the 40 man now before adding guys to avoid the Rule 5 draft?

[lecroy24fan]

2 minutes ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

How many on the 40 man now before adding guys to avoid the Rule 5 draft?

39 including Cotton and the several still on the 60 day IL. 

[Otto von Ballpark]

2 hours ago, lecroy24fan said:

Cotton might be a good claim. He was pretty good for the crappy Rangers last year.

Cotton had a good ERA but it was in low-leverage duty (gmLI of .62, similar to the Twins usage of Derek Law, Nick Vincent, etc.). Cotton’s K% and BB% were both worse than those of a league average reliever. His best attribute in 2021 seems to a low HR/FB percentage.

[Danchat]

2 hours ago, Otto von Ballpark said:

Cotton had a good ERA but it was in low-leverage duty (gmLI of .62, similar to the Twins usage of Derek Law, Nick Vincent, etc.). Cotton’s K% and BB% were both worse than those of a league average reliever. His best attribute in 2021 seems to a low HR/FB percentage.

I noticed that too, I would put him around where Garza is on the 'depth chart'. He could definitely be a candidate to be DFA'd to try and get him outrighted to AAA like they did with Hamilton/Waddell/Gibaut. 

 

4 hours ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

How many on the 40 man now before adding guys to avoid the Rule 5 draft?

They're going to need at least 5 spots for the Rule 5 prospects, so we should see more moves (DFAs/non-tenders) eventually.

[stringer bell]

7 hours ago, lecroy24fan said:

39 including Cotton and the several still on the 60 day IL. 

I don't think they have that many. I believe they have 31 plus the 60-day IL guys, totaling 39.

The Twins official site lists 39 including all of the 60-day guys and including Cotton, but not Refsnyder or Colome.

[the_neds]

They better DFA Cave. Cannot fathom how he would still have a roster spot next season.

[Five minute major]

How is Cave still on this roster.   The blackmail photos of Falvey and Levine must be epic.

[Danchat]

Cave is a RFA, so there’s no need to DFA since he can be non-tendered.

[Rosterman]

The strange thing about Cotton is that he is arbitration eligible and will demand, probably, $1.2 million or so in salary. At 29, is he actually better than a hsot of names the Twins may jettison off their current 40-man (Jax, Stashak, Smeltzer, Thorpe, Garza, Coulombe). Anyone the Twins claim on waivers has been ignored by more than a half-dozen teams that played worse ball than them in 2021. 

[lecroy24fan]

16 hours ago, stringer bell said:

I don't think they have that many. I believe they have 31 plus the 60-day IL guys, totaling 39.

The Twins official site lists 39 including all of the 60-day guys and including Cotton, but not Refsnyder or Colome.

That's what I was saying. 39 including Cotton and the 60 day guys.

[lecroy24fan]

I think there's a decent chance Refsnyder comes back on a minor league deal,. Going to have a few veterans at AAA anyways.

[lecroy24fan]

5 hours ago, Rosterman said:

The strange thing about Cotton is that he is arbitration eligible and will demand, probably, $1.2 million or so in salary. At 29, is he actually better than a hsot of names the Twins may jettison off their current 40-man (Jax, Stashak, Smeltzer, Thorpe, Garza, Coulombe). Anyone the Twins claim on waivers has been ignored by more than a half-dozen teams that played worse ball than them in 2021. 

i wouldn't be surprised if they work out a deal before an arb hearing. Most of his work was in low leverage situations with TEX but he was a prospect with OAK a few years back. I like the claim. 

[Danchat]

Gant was surprisingly DFA’d, and he cleared waivers, with no team wanting to pay his arbitration salary. He’d be worth bringing back on a cheap deal as a middle reliever / spot starter. 

[Mike Sixel]

30 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Gant was surprisingly DFA’d, and he cleared waivers, with no team wanting to pay his arbitration salary. He’d be worth bringing back on a cheap deal as a middle reliever / spot starter. 

Perfect example of how the mid-tier veteran in all sports is hurt by artificially low pre-arb pay levels. He's likely better than thos players, but costs a lot more than they will. He'll 100% be signed by someone. 

[Seth Stohs]

On 11/6/2021 at 9:53 AM, Danchat said:

Cave is a RFA, so there’s no need to DFA since he can be non-tendered.

What is an RFA?

[nicksaviking]

16 minutes ago, Seth Stohs said:

What is an RFA?

Restricted Free Agent. You need to brush up on your NFL

The Vikings will get additional draft picks once Cave signs with another team.

[Mike Sixel]

33 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Restricted Free Agent. You need to brush up on your NFL

The Vikings will get additional draft picks once Cave signs with another team.

Spielman does love his 6th/7th round picks.....

[puckstopper1]

The Rangers picked up Colina, so it is like an unofficial trade of Colina for Cotton.

Anyone else notice how many ex-Twins are now free agents.  My current tally is 28 and I'm sure I'm missing a few.

(Barraclough, Vincent, Gibault, Farrell, Albers, Colome, Gant, Clippard, Adrianza, Rosario, Robles, Abad, D. Santana, Ramos, Gonzales, E. Santana, Suzuki, Escobar, Pineada, Simmons, Cruz, Hill, Romo, Happ, Santiago, Avila, Refsnyder, Burroughs)

Seems like more than usual.

Anyone on this list that you would be interested in the Twins reuniting with?