Former Twins. Where are They Now? 2026 Edition

[big dog]

1 hour ago, lecroy24fan said:

SWR cleared waivers and was outrighted to AAA by TOR.

Chris Paddack DFA'd by TEX.

Pitched four innings last night. 7 hits, including a homer, and one K. 

[lecroy24fan]

Randy Dobnak called up by KC.

[Danchat]

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A’s designated hitter Brent Rooker will undergo surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left knee, reports Martín Gallegos of MLB.com. He’ll miss the remainder of the season.

 

[Dave Borton]

Old friend Sonny Gray is 9-1 with the lowly RedSox. ERA 2.69. Not bad for a 36 yr old.

[Dave Borton]

Charlie Barnes ('21) had been tossing for Oklahoma City. Dodgers gave him a brief visit to the bigs before giving him a bus ticket back to OKC.

https://www.mlb.com/press-release/dodgers-recall-paul-gervase-x0201

[stringer bell]

23 hours ago, Dave Borton said:

Old friend Sonny Gray is 9-1 with the lowly RedSox. ERA 2.69. Not bad for a 36 yr old.

Amazingly, against the Twins, he's 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA, 15 hits in 8 innings, 3 BB 5 K.

[Dave Borton]

59 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Amazingly, against the Twins, he's 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA, 15 hits in 8 innings, 3 BB 5 K.

That's Webster's definition of "humility."

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2 hours ago, stringer bell said:

On 7/2/2026 at 12:17 PM, Dave Borton said:

Old friend Sonny Gray is 9-1 with the lowly RedSox. ERA 2.69. Not bad for a 36 yr old.

Amazingly, against the Twins, he's 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA, 15 hits in 8 innings, 3 BB 5 K.

So he's been that much better against everyone else? Good for him.

 

I'm still waiting for the Sox to make life interesting for the rest of the East, and draw comparisons to the miracle Braves...

Strange things like that can happen to them after sweeping the Yankees, to a team representing the locales of Stephen King and HP Lovecraft.

[Vanimal46]

 

[Church of Kreidler]

5 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

 

When are teams going to learn… If they weren’t worth our time, they’re worth nobody’s time… 🫣

[stringer bell]

12 hours ago, Church of Kreidler said:

When are teams going to learn… If they weren’t worth our time, they’re worth nobody’s time… 🫣

Ronny Henriquez, Brent Headrick, Steven Okert. I'm sure there are others. It's hit and miss with a lot of relievers. I do believe Topa is cooked, but I thought the same with Okert and he's done well two straight seasons for the 'Stros. 

[mnfireman]

After the Twins success against the Evil Empire this weekend, former Twin Griffin Jax gave up 3 runs over 5 IP and took the L in the Rays 5-1 loss to NYY tonight...

Schlittler, like Ryan, had a nice bounce back game: 8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 8/0 K/BB.

[Bangkok Twins Fan]

On 7/4/2026 at 1:37 AM, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Strange things like that can happen to them after sweeping the Yankees, to a team representing the locales of Stephen King and HP Lovecraft.

Sentence of the week!

[stringer bell]

Really not sure if this is the right thread for this but, Darrell Jackson died this month. He had a pretty short career all with the Twins in the 70s and early 80s. He had one year where he mostly started and worked over 170 innings for a poor Twins team, finishing 9-9 with a 3.87 ERA. Another former player who is younger than me deceased. 

[lecroy24fan]

Yeah this is the right thread for players who die. I remeember him vaguely, as I go back to Hrbek's debut in 1981 as far as what I recall seeing/hearing games.

 

Jorge Polanco activated by the Mets.

[big dog]

Just noticed that former Twin LaMonte Wade Jr. was called up by the Astros. Good luck to him, as long as he doesn't help them win a wild card spot.

[Bangkok Twins Fan]

On 7/7/2026 at 7:34 PM, stringer bell said:

He had one year where he mostly started and worked over 170 innings for a poor Twins team, finishing 9-9 with a 3.87 ERA.

That would make him one of our better pitchers nowadays. 

[Bangkok Twins Fan]

1 hour ago, big dog said:

Just noticed that former Twin LaMonte Wade Jr. was called up by the Astros. Good luck to him, as long as he doesn't help them win a wild card spot.

Another player I had totally forgotten about. Good to see him still playing. 

[Church of Kreidler]

Justin Lawrence was DFA’d by the Nationals today