Canterino Released

[bean5302]

Matt Canterino was granted his release by the team. He'll be able to explore options with other teams, but the Twins could choose to offer him a 2 year MiLB contract or something like that.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/04/twins-release-matt-canterino.html

[Doctor Wu]

Hope he can regain his health and still be able to pitch for some team, even if it's not us, in the near future. He certainly had a lot of potential. 

[bean5302]

I'd honestly be very surprised if he ever made an appearance in the majors. He'll miss all year with the shoulder surgery with a typical recovery time of 12 months, though Paparesta said it might be longer due to how many problems Canterino has faced with that shoulder. Mid next year is probably the earliest he could be ready to appear at the MLB level provided there are no setbacks, his rehab goes well, and he looks great in AAA. Canterino's never pitched above AA and he'll be 7 years removed from a healthy season at that point.

Say things go great and Canterino is ready to begin throwing off the mound in April, 2026. The build up will probably be through May because he's going to miss ST. His assignment to AAA starts in June, and he'll probably be at AAA at least through the All Star Break. That also assumes he's good. His stuff is working and he has control and command of his pitches. That's a whole lot of ifs. It'd be perfectly reasonable if Canterino wasn't ready to start throwing until July, putting him in a position to maybe get added to the 40 man and get a call up in mid September where he'd be ineligible for the playoffs.

https://www.mlb.com/news/matt-canterino-undergoes-surgery-twins-set-rotation

[Blyleven2011]

With all the promise this kid had , it's sad to end this way with injury after injury ...

Hope he sticks it out and gets a cup of coffee someday somewhere ...

[bean5302]

13 hours ago, Blyleven2011 said:

With all the promise this kid had , it's sad to end this way with injury after injury ...

Hope he sticks it out and gets a cup of coffee someday somewhere ...

I'll be rooting for him! So will a lot of other guys. It seems like he made a pretty big impression on guys in the clubhouse considering his limited time with them. If it's a J.T. Chargois type of career, it'll be cool, and even if he just gets one appearance, it'll be a victory he can look back on as a potential near millionaire in his 20s. Sounds like he's a very smart guy, and I'm sure he'll be successful outside of the baseball world when he takes that route in the future sometime as well.