Twins 2022 Minor League Transactions

[ashbury]

2 hours ago, Rosterman said:

Derek Fisher comes of the IL list and is released.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/06/twins-release-derek-fisher.html

Finally caught on that they had signed the wrong one?

/ LOL - IALTO

[Rosterman]

8 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Finally caught on that they had signed the wrong one?

/ LOL - IALTO

You mean like the Twins signing this ELIJAH GREENE as a minor league free agent and jettisoning him during spring training...

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=greene000eli

before realizing that the real ELIJAH GREEN has yet to enter the world of major league baseball drafts?

https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=535648

[FlyingFinn]

Sawyer Gipson-Long gets the call.... up to Wichita.

[Rosterman]

Twins sign BRANDON BISHOP for centerfield depth in the minors. Guess they need more.

 

They also traded DANIEL ROBERTSON, coming off the injured list, to the Phillies for CASH!

[Rosterman]

Twins signed MICHAEL BOYLE, a lefty relief arm out of the Dodgers system and assigned him to the FCL complez. Looks like he hasn't pitched in a couple of seasons.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=boyle-001mic

 

 

[sdtwins37]

Wallner is now with the Saints! Love it!  

Kernals website says:christian-encarnacion-strand to Wichita State Shockers??????‍♂️

[Musk21]

Twins have signed 2 relief pitchers to minor league contracts:

Brock Stewart (pitched in 36 games for LAD from '16-'19 and 10 games for TOR in '19)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stewabr01.shtml

 

Ben Heller (made 31 relief appearances for the Yankees from 2016 to 2020)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hellebe01.shtml

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, Musk21 said:

Twins have signed 2 relief pitchers to minor league contracts:

Brock Stewart (pitched in 36 games for LAD from '16-'19 and 10 games for TOR in '19)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stewabr01.shtml

 

Ben Heller (made 31 relief appearances for the Yankees from 2016 to 2020)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hellebe01.shtml

Have they been assigned to teams yet?

Looks like neither pitched in 2021 nor so far this year.  TJS or similar in both cases?

[Rosterman]

Michael Feliz has been signed out of Boston and assigned to the Saints. 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/felizmi01.shtml

 

 

[Russ]

Twins quietly release Drew Strotman.  Thank goodness Joe Ryan has produced.......

[Mike Sixel]

10 minutes ago, Russ said:

Twins quietly release Drew Strotman.  Thank goodness Joe Ryan has produced.......

Strotman was always the extra piece. A lottery ticket. 

[Rosterman]

Both Ryan and Strotman were depth pieces by the Rays and they ultimately needed the 40-man spots for other players. Strotman being one of those that you hope you can use or you will lose sooner rather than later.

 

Teams love to include players in trades who are out-of-options or verging on minor league free agency in their system.

 

[bean5302]

I feel bad for Strotman. He was always on the cusp of making it, but he was never able to take that final step.

He was claimed by the Rangers so he may get another shot.

[ashbury]

2 hours ago, Russ said:

Twins quietly release Drew Strotman. 

The process the Twins used indicated they would have liked to keep him around, but not at the continued expense of a 40-man spot.  I expect the Rangers will conduct a similar charade in the near future.  In any case nobody's just plain releasing him.

[Rosterman]

44 minutes ago, ashbury said:

The process the Twins used indicated they would have liked to keep him around, but not at the continued expense of a 40-man spot.  I expect the Rangers will conduct a similar charade in the near future.  In any case nobody's just plain releasing him.

If the Rangers remove him from the 40-man (and don't give him a generous off-season contract renewal) he will be a minor league free agent and just walk.

[ashbury]

4 minutes ago, Rosterman said:

If the Rangers remove him from the 40-man (and don't give him a generous off-season contract renewal) he will be a minor league free agent and just walk.

Would that have been the case for the Twins, had he passed through waivers?  I'm not up on the fine points of minor league veteran player rights.

[Rosterman]

On 9/20/2022 at 1:26 PM, ashbury said:

Would that have been the case for the Twins, had he passed through waivers?  I'm not up on the fine points of minor league veteran player rights.

Yes, he would've just become a minor league free agent in the off-season if the Twins had removed him from their 40-man then.

 

[Seth Stohs]

On 9/21/2022 at 6:36 PM, Rosterman said:

Yes, he would've just become a minor league free agent in the off-season if the Twins had removed him from their 40-man then.

 

He signed back with the Giants after they outrighted him. 

[stringer bell]

Willi Castro signed to a minor league deal by the Twins. 26 years old, with over three years service. He’s a switch hitter with good speed, excellent versatility and a little thump in his bat. He’s got an option remaining. 

[Seth Stohs]

Danny Coulombe signing a minor-league deal with the Twins for the fourth straight year. 

[mnfireman]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/twins-sign-ryan-lamarre-chance-sisco.html

[mnfireman]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/twins-outright-blayne-enlow.html

[stringer bell]

1 hour ago, mnfireman said:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/twins-sign-ryan-lamarre-chance-sisco.html

Two more AAA catchers. I think the Twins have addressed the catching depth issue sufficiently.

LaMarre provides a right handed hitting outfielder rated to have a good glove. I think it is okay to have him in AAA for depth, but the upside is limited obviously.

 

[stringer bell]

1 hour ago, mnfireman said:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/twins-outright-blayne-enlow.html

I'm glad Enlow made it through the DFA process. The clock is ticking for him and he may already have gone from prospect to suspect, but there is a pretty good arm there.

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

Enlow and Ortega both passed on waivers.  So effectively we now have 3 lottery arm type pitchers in Alexy, Enlow and Ortega.  Hopefully one of them can take the jump up.  

[sun]

Twins sign Tigers AAA free agent relief pitcher Nolan Blackwood to a minor league deal. Appears close to making a MLB debut.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/twins-sign-nolan-blackwood/ar-AA1776Mb

Minor league stats:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=blackw000nol

 

[stringer bell]

Locke St. John signed to a minor league contract. St. John is a 30-year old left handed relief pitcher who has had a cup of coffee in the majors. He provides more southpaw options along with Coulombe and Moran. The Twins also signed Aaron Sanchez to a minor league deal so they are adding pitching depth.

A lot of ex-Twins have signed minor league contracts. Waiting for Rosterman to update us.

[sun]

Twins sign RH relief pitcher Connor Sadzeck to a AAA contract. He has 36 innings of experience in the majors, mostly in 2019. He's listed as 6' 7" tall.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/twins-connor-sadzeck-signs-with-minnesota/

Stats:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sadzeco01.shtml

[Rosterman]

Lots of minor league free agents cut loose. Catchers Grayson Greiner and Chance Sicso have been released from St. Paul, along with pitchers Locke St. John, Nolan Blackwood, Parker Bugg and Tyler Webb.

2019 10th-round draftee right-hander Ben Gross, who played for Wichita last season, retired.

[Brandon]

Not sure where this goes but Steve Hajjar was traded from Reds to Guardians.