Twins Sign Reliever Josh Staumont

[Whitey333]

Yawn, yawn, yawn.  Good grief!!  Looks like the dumpster diving for relief pitching is in full swing.

[Trov]

Anytime I see a pitcher had thoracic outlet syndrome surgery, I just assume their career is over.  Yes, a few guys have been able to have some success after this, but most are never come close to what they were before, and this guys was nothing super special before either. 

[Shaitan]

12 hours ago, DJL44 said:

They signed him to a major league contract and gave him roster spot. They only get 40 of them in the offseason. 3 spots left before they need to put players on waivers. 3 spots left that they can use for players received in trades.

There are countless AAAA players they can drop off the roster at any point. People make too big a deal of this issue.

This team has depth, but not that much depth.

[ashbury]

The genius part of this signing is that when they DFA him and put him on waivers, no other team will claim him because he's making more than major league minimum* and they can stash him at AAA to make room for the next waiver-wire pickup! Genius, I tell you.

* By a few hundred thousand dollars.

[Doctor Wu]

On 12/28/2023 at 1:47 AM, sweetmusicviola16 said:

TOS. Recovery from it is pretty poor. 

I was thinking the same thing. Players having to have the thoracic outlet syndrome surgery seem to very seldom have success rates. But hey, it's a cheap signing. The main worry is having him on the 40-man roster.