Twins Sign RHP Hansel Robles

Like many, 2020 is a season that Hansel Robles would love to forget. The veteran right-hander went 0-2 with a 10.26 ERA over 16 2/3 innings (18 games) for the Angels. Earlier this month, the team chose to non-tender him, making him a free agent.

However, if you look back to his 2019 season, he was 5-1 with a 2.48 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP over 72 2/3 innings in 71 games.

Robles debuted with the New York Mets in 2015 and tossed two scoreless innings for them in that season's World Series. He remained with the team until mid-2018 when he was claimed by the Angels.

Robles, now 30, throws a fastball that averaged 95.5 mph in 2019 after averaging 97.1 in 2019. He threw that a little over 50% of the time. He also starting throwing a split-finger pitch in 2020. He came in at about 88 mph and he used it nearly 36% of the time. It was essentially used as his changeup. He also throws an upper-90s slider, though he threw that just 12% of the time in 2020.

It has been announced by a variety of writers that the deal is a one-year, $2 million contract with incentives up to another $0.5 million.

The Twins 40-man roster is now at 36. It includes 19 pitchers, four catchers, six infielders and seven outfielders.

Darren Wolfson has the news on the incentives:

And here is some additional analysis on Robles from Tom Froemming of Twins Daily: