They only had 4 albatross contracts on the books before... Might as well add a 5th! Fenton also kindly offered him a full no trade clause. Because why not?
Also, it's worthwhile to mention that both players are rule 5 eligible this off-season. I wish Graterol was healthy this year so they could trade him for MLB talent.
Contenders look for upgrades all the time to their fringe pitchers out of options... If he had an option left it'd be a no brainer to stash him in Rochester until performance or injury forces their hand. Without options, where do you see him fitting on the staff? I don't really see a demand for another reliever who needs to start in mop up duty and potentially moves into mid leverage work by September.
I don't think it matters. Don't envision him pitching high leverage situations at any point this season for the Twins. I'd try my luck DFAing him now and slide him through waivers while he's at this low point in value.
If he does it the next game, that's two in a row... If he does it the game after that, that's called a hitting streak. It has happened before. Two in a row, for Sano! Two in a row, for Sano!
2 things really stuck out to me that contributed to his bad night. The lack of a rebuttal to Harris is one. The other is excluding NRA from any blame for the guns issue in America. I paused and listened again last night just to make sure I didn't misinterpret that quote. Disappointing.
Both Biden and Bernie showed their age last night. Both are certainly sticking around until the bitter end, but I don't think either will encourage others outside of their core fans to go out and vote for them.