What Do Minnesota Twins Have in Recently Acquired Starting Pitcher Connor Gillispie?

Not much. Between him, Wentz and now Urias, Falvey is truly desperate and dumpster diving. Do we really think picking up players who have been fired from teams just as bad as us is going to help our team? You roster these type of players, most of the time your going to get that type of level of play :(. Just goes to show they have zero hope in our supposed pitching pipeline if they would rather hire waiver wire castoffs than give any of our pitchers a shot. At least give Adams a chance in the pen, he's earned a look. These new guys, absolutely not.

"Over 26 innings pitched, Gillispie ran up an 8.65 ERA, 5.69 FIP, and a 23-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio."

At least Connor will have no problem making friends in the Twins organization. He'll fit in with the rest of them quite well.

10 minutes ago, LambchoP said:

if they would rather hire waiver wire castoffs 

Trust the process. If they grab enough players off the waiver wire, eventually that will lead to a championship, right?

Just now, DJL44 said:

Trust the process. If they grab enough players off the waiver wire, eventually that will lead to a championship, right?

I'm so tired of hearing Rocco saying just that. We don't worry about the results because we know our process is sound. Really? If the team is not getting results then your process sucks!

It might be worth converting him to the bullpen to see if an extra couple MPH improves his stuff. I doubt it improves his location, though.

What do they have? You're kidding, right? You have to ask? Obviously, he's the new "ace" of the staff. 

Never say quit right?  Look at the 1914 Boston Braves.
 

The 1914 Boston Braves pulled off one of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history.

They were dead last on July 4th, 15 games under .500. But they caught fire, surged all the way to first place by Labor Day, and then swept the powerhouse Philadelphia A's in the World Series—a team that had won 3 of the last 4 titles.

Twins fans, here is your dose of hope:
Never say never. Even a lifeless, underperforming team can turn legendary if they get hot at the right time.

What do you all think?

Either I'm "on something"     or    "on to something?"
 

Maybe they convert him to one of those magical, less innings less pitches superstars they been trying to say is the future. 

Twins pitching pipeline

I fear that he will get a shot before Adams. 

Hey! Hold on now. He struck out Schwarber.  I saw it on the video. 

Insurance for Jonah Bride

57 minutes ago, Rod Carews Birthday said:

I’m sure he’s not being brought in to be a part of the rotation in the majors.  He’s exactly the kind of signing that every team makes of “guy that is capable of starting a game in the majors and we don’t really care what we do with him afterwards”.   That way, they can bring him up in a pinch, have him start a game or two (or long relief) and either demote or cut him and are no worse off.  At the moment, between injuries and ineffectiveness, things are a little lean in the starting pitching department.  

I think this is basically it. With a couple of guys in the AAA rotation struggling and/or fighting an injury, there was room to add another guy. They probably have him as one of those "hey, if we can fix XX, maybe he could do something" guys; I'm sure there's something they like about him. But I doubt there's any real expectation there, and if he get called up for a start it's because other guys are still injured/ineffective at AAA. 

Seems like a normal depth move to me, I doubt they're expecting him to be in the rotation in a few weeks and are probably hoping Zebby is back before they ever "need" him.

"Gillispie's struggles were primarily the product of him possessing five subpar pitches."

That's encouraging.

Why couldn't they see the fragile position of our MLB rotation before? We don't need a AAA filler, we need a MLB  SP filler & long relief. We needed one 3 weeks ago, where is that person? What's more important?

An interesting transaction history for him, at least.

Somehow, back in 2023 Cleveland saw something in Gillespie and made him a rule 5 pick, taking him from Baltimore.  After a brief run in MLB, Cleveland managed to pass him through waivers and stash him in AAA for most of 2024, where his stats looked very mediocre.  He got released at the end of the year.  I gotta be honest... Cleveland seems to be better at creating starting pitchers out of assorted spare parts than any org in MLB.  If they gave up on improving/fixing him after one year... well, this looks like the absolute longest of long shots.

Blue Jays just put Spencer Turnbull in DFA limbo.