Twins Trade For Yoendrys Gomez In Bid To Bolster Bullpen

[Steve Drumwright]

 

Looking for any solution in the bullpen, the Minnesota Twins have made another addition.

The Twins on Wednesday acquired right-handed reliever Yoendrys Gomez from the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations. Right-handed reliever Christian Roa, who was at Triple-A St. Paul, was designated for assignment to make room for Gomez on the 40-man roster. Another move will have to be made in the next day or two to add Gomez to the 26-man roster.

Gomez had been DFA'd by the Rays after making nine appearances and posting a 6.23 ERA in 17⅓ innings, walking 10 and striking out 13. He allowed runs in seven of his outings, ironically not in his last game a week ago Wednesday when he went two scoreless innings against the Cleveland Guardians.

Roa had been claimed off waivers April 23 by the Twins following being DFA'd by the Houston Astros. In three appearances at St. Paul, he allowed two runs on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 2⅓ innings. That came after seven games with the Astros in which he allowed five runs in 8⅔ innings with seven walks and six strikeouts.

 

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[tarheeltwinsfan]

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.

[Fire Dan Gladden]

What is the over/under on pitchers used by the Twins this year (not including position players)? 40?

[USAFChief]

9 minutes ago, Fire Dan Gladden said:

What is the over/under on pitchers used by the Twins this year (not including position players)? 40?

Define "pitcher."

[karcherd]

Where do order our World Series champion shirts?

[CRF]

Another bum to add to the bums we already have. Bummer!

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Sounds like a lot of the other relievers they've added...

[twinstalker]

My opinion is that the next wave of relievers will include Morris, Gallagher, and CJ Culpepper, and maybe Prielipp if he struggles to stay healthy on a starter's workload.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Yawn!

[karcherd]

23 minutes ago, twinstalker said:

My opinion is that the next wave of relievers will include Morris, Gallagher, and CJ Culpepper, and maybe Prielipp if he struggles to stay healthy on a starter's workload.

If that is true, why the need to trade for this guy.  They are going to keep rotating in the AAAA types and washed up vets, I don't see much changing there.

[rv78]

Who else is available in the dumpster bin? The theory behind moves like this is that they might hit that 1 in a million that becomes a miracle. The Terry Ryan "Hope and A Prayer" has never been discarded with this organization.

[arby58]

15 minutes ago, karcherd said:

If that is true, why the need to trade for this guy.  They are going to keep rotating in the AAAA types and washed up vets, I don't see much changing there.

Usually, this type of pick up is for cash considerations. I doubt there is much involved.

[karcherd]

7 minutes ago, arby58 said:

Usually, this type of pick up is for cash considerations. I doubt there is much involved.

But how many reclamation projects do they need, they have 5 or 6 already in St. Paul and a couple on the major league roster.  Churn thru those first rather than constantly acquiring more of the same.