Former Twins 2023 tracking

[Dave Borton]

Andrelton Simmons heads back to Curacao. 

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39200159/andrelton-simmons-4-gold-glove-ss-announces-retirement

 

 

[Doctor Wu]

9 hours ago, davidborton said:

Andrelton Simmons heads back to Curacao. 

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39200159/andrelton-simmons-4-gold-glove-ss-announces-retirement

 

 

We saw him near the end of his career, and Twins fans gave him a lot of grief, but back in his younger years with the Braves he was an amazing shortstop. 

[Dave Borton]

5 hours ago, Doctor Wu said:

We saw him near the end of his career, and Twins fans gave him a lot of grief, but back in his younger years with the Braves he was an amazing shortstop. 

Yes, when I saw he had a career BA .263, I was more than surprised. 

[RpR]

10 hours ago, Doctor Wu said:

We saw him near the end of his career, and Twins fans gave him a lot of grief, but back in his younger years with the Braves he was an amazing shortstop. 

He was one of the top three Short Stops the year he was with the Twin; for what ever reason his ability with the bat is what finally failed for him.

He was still an amazing Short Stop.

[Rosterman]

Blayne Enlow signs with Giants. Andrew Bechtold, a two-way player, signs with the Blue Jays. Both would've been great to have back in St. Paul, but six years in the Twins system was just enough for each of them.

[stringer bell]

Andrew Vazquez, who began his big league career with the Twins, signed a minor league deal with the Tigers. He split his 2023 season between the Phillies and the Tigers.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/tigers-andrew-vasquez-agree-to-minor-league-contract.html

[stringer bell]

Alan Busenitz re-upped with the Reds. He pitched for the Twins in 2017-18 and then went to Japan. Busenitz pitched a few innings for the Reds last year and now has been signed back by Cincinnati on a minor league deal.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/reds-re-sign-alan-busenitz.html

[Doctor Wu]

On 1/7/2024 at 11:28 AM, stringer bell said:

Alan Busenitz re-upped with the Reds. He pitched for the Twins in 2017-18 and then went to Japan. Busenitz pitched a few innings for the Reds last year and now has been signed back by Cincinnati on a minor league deal.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/reds-re-sign-alan-busenitz.html

The Reds have been one of the more active teams this off-season. Will be interesting to see how some of those oddball signings pan out for them. 

[stringer bell]

Travis Blankenhorn, another guy who got a "cup of coffee" with the Twins, has signed a minor league deal with the Nationals. He got into 10 games with Washington last year.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/nationals-re-sign-travis-blankenhorn.html

[stringer bell]

Like many other defense-first catchers, Sandy León always seems to find a job.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/royals-sign-sandy-leon-to-minor-league-deal.html

[stringer bell]

Two more former Twins inked minor league deals--Steven Gonsalves with the Dodgers and Jordan Luplow with the Braves.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/royals-sign-sandy-leon-to-minor-league-deal.html

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/dodgers-sign-jesse-hahn-stephen-gonsalves-to-minor-league-deals.html

[Doctor Wu]

15 hours ago, stringer bell said:

Like many other defense-first catchers, Sandy León always seems to find a job.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/royals-sign-sandy-leon-to-minor-league-deal.html

Leon was a handy backup catcher for us that one year. As you noted, he will always be able to find a team that needs his talents, even if he has to languish in AAA, waiting for that callup. 

[Rosterman]

Dakota Chalmers, who sat out 2023, but was on the Twins 40-man roster in 2021, has signed with D-Backs. The Twins got him for Fernando Rodney. Speaking of Rodney, he is attempting to make a comeback at age 47. Last pitching for a major league organization in 2019, he has bounced around the indy and foreign scenes the last 4 years throwing 150+ innings in relief.

 

Troy Wolters, a depth catcher the Twins signed last season for St. Paul, has retired, but will join the Rockies in a coaching capacity.

[Rosterman]

The Nationals sign Joey Gallo for much less than the Twins paid, but still a lot of money.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/nationals-joey-gallo-agree-to-one-year-deal.html

[Brandon]

Sano signed with Angels on minor league deal.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/angels-miguel-sano-in-agreement-on-minor-league-deal.html

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, Rosterman said:

The Nationals sign Joey Gallo for much less than the Twins paid, but still a lot of money.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/nationals-joey-gallo-agree-to-one-year-deal.html

And that money and contract is why Boras is his agent.  

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

57 minutes ago, Brandon said:

And that money and contract is why Boras is his agent.  

Damn I thought he was done after last year.  5 million guaranteed up to 6 million . . .   bizarre.  Good for him.  

[Danchat]

Funny to see Gallo and Sano sign on the same day, especially since we've been waiting for Sano to sign somewhere for over a year now.

Incredible how Gallo can command that kind of money despite being a proven black hole at the plate. Analytics have gotten him paid quite well - and yes, I know he's a decent defender. But most teams have a guy at AAA who can field that well and also not be able to hit whatsoever.

[RpR]

2 hours ago, Danchat said:

Funny to see Gallo and Sano sign on the same day, especially since we've been waiting for Sano to sign somewhere for over a year now.

Incredible how Gallo can command that kind of money despite being a proven black hole at the plate. Analytics have gotten him paid quite well - and yes, I know he's a decent defender. But most teams have a guy at AAA who can field that well and also not be able to hit whatsoever.

He was not a black hole till the last six to eight weeks.

[stringer bell]

13 minutes ago, RpR said:

He was not a black hole till the last six to eight weeks.

Gallo's OPS by month after April: May .654, June .674, July .567, August .718, and September .856, The September number is 2 hits in 9 AB, with both hits coming off a position player, his August numbers were greatly augmented by a 5-5 game in which he hit a homer off a position player. I would argue Gallo was a black hole commencing on or about May 1.

[Parfigliano]

6 hours ago, Brandon said:

Sano signed with Angels on minor league deal.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/202

8 hours ago, Rosterman said:

The Nationals sign Joey Gallo for much less than the Twins paid, but still a lot of money.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/nationals-joey-gallo-agree-to-one-year-deal.html

 

Maybe they figure he will get to face a lot of position player pitchers

[Brandon]

12 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

Maybe they figure he will get to face a lot of position player pitchers

It’s definitely a better move then signing their 3B to that 7 year 200+ million dollar deal 

[Rosterman]

John Curtiss signs with Rockies. A rocky career with two arm surgeries. One of those interesting bullpen arms that has been drifting around the majors for awhile.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/rockies-sign-john-curtiss-reliever.html

[Rosterman]

Drew Strotman signs with Astros. Part of the Nelson Cruz trade with the Rays, he as let go by the Twins after the 2022 season.

[Rosterman]

Aaron Hicks, who is owed a ton of money by the Yankees and could sign for major league minimum, signed with the Angels.

[Doctor Wu]

11 hours ago, Rosterman said:

Aaron Hicks, who is owed a ton of money by the Yankees and could sign for major league minimum, signed with the Angels.

Thanks for that notice, I hadn't seen that posted anywhere else. The Angels could be interesting this year with Ron Washington as manager. Of course they still need a few more quality pitchers or they will miss the playoffs once again.

[Parfigliano]

Former Twin 4th round pick Trey Cabbage now an Astro.