Remembering Random Twins - Randy Flores

[William Malone]

Randy Flores was a late August waiver claim by the Twins in 2010, and that began the final chapter of his Major League career. 

He was a ninth round pick by the Yankees in 1997, and debuted with the Rangers on April 23, 2002. Flores spent most of his big league career with the Cardinals, and also had two stints with the Rockies. As a lefty specialist, he threw under ten pitches in 162 of his 350 appearances (46.2%). This includes 12 occasions where Flores threw just one pitch.

Despite posting a 5.62 ERA during 65 regular season appearances for the Cardinals in 2006, he came up big during their World Series run. Flores didn’t allow a run over 5.2 innings that fall, appearing in seven games. His biggest moment came in game seven of the 2006 NLCS against the Mets. He retired Carlos Delgado, David Wright, and Shawn Green in order with the score tied at one in the eighth inning. Flores had entered with a runner on first base, after Jeff Suppan walked Carlos Beltran to open the inning.

Flores covered just 3.2 innings over his 11 appearances with the Twins, not even recording an out on three occasions. He had three holds, and allowed a walk-off single against the Tigers on September 25th after inheriting a bases loaded jam that Pat Neshek left for him.

The Twins left Flores off their playoff roster, and signed a minor league contract with San Diego during the off-season. He pitched 58 games in Triple-A for three different organizations during the 2011 season, then retired from professional baseball.

Flores began a broadcasting career after retiring, doing radio broadcasts at USC while pursuing a master’s degree. ESPN also used him on-air during NCAA tournament broadcasts. He launched a startup company called OnDeckDigital in 2015, which helps scouts evaluate players through video capture technology. The Cardinals hired him to be their Director of Scouting in August 2015. He is currently the team’s assistant general manager

[Brock Beauchamp]

Love this, have you considered writing more of these as blog entries?

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[William Malone]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Love this, have you considered writing more of these as blog entries?

https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/

Oh damn that's where I meant to post it. Just got a little lost. My bad. Want me to move it over?

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, WilliamMalone said:

Oh damn that's where I meant to post it. Just got a little lost. My bad. Want me to move it over?

That'd be great, thanks!

[Doctor Wu]

16 hours ago, WilliamMalone said:

Randy Flores was a late August waiver claim by the Twins in 2010, and that began the final chapter of his Major League career. 

He was a ninth round pick by the Yankees in 1997, and debuted with the Rangers on April 23, 2002. Flores spent most of his big league career with the Cardinals, and also had two stints with the Rockies. As a lefty specialist, he threw under ten pitches in 162 of his 350 appearances (46.2%). This includes 12 occasions where Flores threw just one pitch.

Despite posting a 5.62 ERA during 65 regular season appearances for the Cardinals in 2006, he came up big during their World Series run. Flores didn’t allow a run over 5.2 innings that fall, appearing in seven games. His biggest moment came in game seven of the 2006 NLCS against the Mets. He retired Carlos Delgado, David Wright, and Shawn Green in order with the score tied at one in the eighth inning. Flores had entered with a runner on first base, after Jeff Suppan walked Carlos Beltran to open the inning.

Flores covered just 3.2 innings over his 11 appearances with the Twins, not even recording an out on three occasions. He had three holds, and allowed a walk-off single against the Tigers on September 25th after inheriting a bases loaded jam that Pat Neshek left for him.

The Twins left Flores off their playoff roster, and signed a minor league contract with San Diego during the off-season. He pitched 58 games in Triple-A for three different organizations during the 2011 season, then retired from professional baseball.

Flores began a broadcasting career after retiring, doing radio broadcasts at USC while pursuing a master’s degree. ESPN also used him on-air during NCAA tournament broadcasts. He launched a startup company called OnDeckDigital in 2015, which helps scouts evaluate players through video capture technology. The Cardinals hired him to be their Director of Scouting in August 2015. He is currently the team’s assistant general manager

Interesting post. I have fond memories of Neshek pitching for the Twins, but I honestly can't remember Flores at all!