Rehabbing Major Leaguers

[stringer bell]

Thielbar and Maeda are in Buffalo with the Saints. Maeda started tonight and pitched two scoreless innings, walking one and striking out four. Thielbar allowed an infield hit with a strikeout in his scoreless inning. 

[Mike Sixel]

I'd love for Maeda to be in teh bullpen......and just give him his #$^#@ money.

[stringer bell]

I put a similar post in the 26/40-man transactions thread. Gilberto Celestino started his rehab this evening in Fort Myers. He had a single in two at-bats.

[Doctor Wu]

13 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

I'd love for Maeda to be in teh bullpen......and just give him his #$^#@ money.

I still Maeda can be a valuable starting pitcher for us this year. If he's healthy, send him out there!

[Nine of twelve]

22 hours ago, Doctor Wu said:

I still Maeda can be a valuable starting pitcher for us this year. If he's healthy, send him out there!

If he can do better than any of the other 5 starters I agree. But I don't think he can. In the bullpen all he has to do is be better than one of our current relievers. I say bullpen.

[FlyingFinn]

With Jorge Lopez in complete meltdown mode, we need both Thielbar and Maeda in the pen. I'm even thinking I'd rather have Pagan pitch right now than Jorge.

[Doctor Wu]

5 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

If he can do better than any of the other 5 starters I agree. But I don't think he can. In the bullpen all he has to do is be better than one of our current relievers. I say bullpen.

Good point. Varland and Ober are both looking good since they were brought back up. If they can sustain that effectiveness Maeda might end up in the bullpen, which may not be a bad option. 

[wabene]

On 5/30/2023 at 6:17 PM, Mike Sixel said:

I'd love for Maeda to be in teh bullpen......and just give him his #$^#@ money.

I agree with this. Put Maeda in the pen but calculate how many innings he might pitch as a starter from that point and pay him to his contract at that level. Everybody wins. 

(Not my money, lol.}

[stringer bell]

We can add Trevor Larnach as a rehabbing major leaguer playing for the Saints and most likely subtract Thielbar, who flew back to Minneapolis and may be activated before the Twins leave town.

 

[mrtwinsfan]

On 6/1/2023 at 6:44 AM, wabene said:

I agree with this. Put Maeda in the pen but calculate how many innings he might pitch as a starter from that point and pay him to his contract at that level. Everybody wins. 

(Not my money, lol.}

Maeda  for a Major League starter is only making 3 million a year,  alot of  Bullpen guys make alot more than him

[stringer bell]

Celestino has played in two games for the Mighty Mussels, getting two hits in five at bats, with a double and two strikeouts. 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

On 6/2/2023 at 2:19 PM, mrtwinsfan said:

Maeda  for a Major League starter is only making 3 million a year,  alot of  Bullpen guys make alot more than him

Yup, even with his bonuses per start, he’s not making alot, 10 mil or something like that. I like the idea to pay him his start bonus anyways. He’ll come well short of that 10m 

[Squirrel]

This is as good a spot to post this, although Paddock isn't on a rehab assignment ... but will we see him this year?

 

 

[FlyingFinn]

Speaking of rehabs, Jacob DeGrom is going to need one for the Rangers as he is having Tommy John surgery. How do teams like the Twins ever afford contracts like that for a pitcher? Probably just wise not to do them if you can't afford to just eat that contract for a couple of years. Glad the Twins didn't go get DeGrom.

[IndianaTwin]

20 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

This is as good a spot to post this, although Paddock isn't on a rehab assignment ... but will we see him this year?

 

 

A la Maeda a year ago, I'm guessing the Twins presence (or lack thereof) in the pennant race will be a key determinant (along with his actual progress, of course).

[Schmoeman5]

11 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

A la Maeda a year ago, I'm guessing the Twins presence (or lack thereof) in the pennant race will be a key determinant (along with his actual progress, of course).

I concur.  You beat me to the punch

[Doctor Wu]

On 6/6/2023 at 9:08 AM, stringer bell said:

Celestino has played in two games for the Mighty Mussels, getting two hits in five at bats, with a double and two strikeouts. 

I was just going to ask about  his status. Thanks for that update!

[stringer bell]

Not a major leaguer, but prospect Austin Martin is on rehab assignment at For Myers. 

He had one at-bat Thursday and then injured while making a diving catch. No further word as to the seriousness of the injury, but he wasn't in the lineup last night.

[stringer bell]

Celestino’s rehab time will be over tomorrow. He’ll need to be activated from the 60-day IL and most likely optioned to St. Paul. A 40-man spot will need to be made. My guess is Alcalá to the 60-day IL. Maeda has until about the 29th before his rehab is exhausted. 

[stringer bell]

13 hours ago, stringer bell said:

Celestino’s rehab time will be over tomorrow. He’ll need to be activated from the 60-day IL and most likely optioned to St. Paul. A 40-man spot will need to be made. My guess is Alcalá to the 60-day IL. Maeda has until about the 29th before his rehab is exhausted. 

My guess was correct. Celestino activated and optioned to the Saints and Alcala transferred to the 60-day IL. 

[Doctor Wu]

I didn't know where to post this question, so this thread is the winner. What is the latest on Chris Paddack? I had assumed that he might start pitching again about now (August) at least some sort of rehab assignment. Has anyone heard any updates about his status? It's looking like he might not pitch at all this year.