Article: Sano to DL, Petit Promoted, Enns Designated, Kinley Returned

[Tom Froemming]

There was a flurry of roster activity Tuesday afternoon. The Twins announced that Miguel Sano would be placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive as of April 28. To take his spot on the roster, Gregorio Petit was promoted from Rochester, but to make room for him on the 40-man roster, Dietrich Enns was designated for assignment. Also, Tyler Kinley has been returned to the Marlins. Whew.Sano experienced tightness in his left hamstring during Friday's game and sat out the last three contests. Eduardo Escobar is expected to shift over to third base while Ehrie Adrianza takes over at shortstop.

 

Sano's absence in the lineup has created a huge void. With Byron Buxton and Jorge Polanco also inactive and Brian Dozier slumping, the Twins are severely lacking offensive punch against left-handers outside of the surging Escobar. The Blue Jays are scheduled to start right-handers the next two nights and they only feature one southpaw in their bullpen, so that flaw may not be exposed in the short term.

 

Petit has hit .293/.323/.362 as the everyday shortstop for Rochester so far this season. He has 171 MLB games under his belt, previously playing for Oakland, Houston, the Yankees and Angels. He has a .643 OPS against major league pitching over his career.

 

Enns, who was also in Rochester, has a 4.50 ERA and 1.65 WHIP in 20 innings so far this season. That's come with a rather underwhelming 11 strikeouts and 11 walks. The soon to be 27-year-old was acquired from the Yankees last July. His left-handedness and ability to throw multiple innings could make him interesting for teams combing the waiver wire.

 

Kinley gave up nine earned runs while recording 10 outs for the Twins. He was removed from the 25-man roster, giving the Miami Marlins the opportunity to bring him back, though it's a little surprising the Twins couldn't work out a trade to keep Kinley in the org.

 

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[108Stitches]

Good moves. Overdue moves. But good ones.

[Squirrel]

I really don't get the thinking behind the Rule 5 picks. It just seems so wasteful. If you are going to keep a roster space for someone and think they have some value, just make a deal. Why don't teams just do that? Maybe I'm being simplistic and really don't understand how these things work, and at least this didn't go on for longer (but is that really an optimistic take?), but I just don't get it.

 

Will Gordon move up to Rochester? Or is this move so short lived they don't want to do that yet?

[bighat]

Thanks for the update!

 

Enns was part of the Garcia flip, wasn't he? I think he was kind of a "throw in", the major piece was Littell...looks like Enns was indeed just window dressing after all.

 

Petit, a journeyman. Guess that's the right move, veteran, etc. Would have loved to see Gordon get a shot, move Esco to 3rd for a few games. Oh well.

 

Go Twins!

[USAFChief]

 

Good moves. Overdue moves. But good ones.

Being forced into adding Gregorio Petit to the 40 and 25 man is a good, overdue move??

[Doubles]

Sano 2018 DL trip number one.  Retroactive to April 28.*  

 

*high five to spycake*  

Edited May 1, 2018 by Doubles

[mlhouse]

A 33 year old SS with a career .643 major league OPS is really going to make an impact.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Sano 2018 DL trip number one. May 1.

Retroactive to April 28!

[Otto von Ballpark]

A 33 year old SS with a career .643 major league OPS is really going to make an impact.

A negative impact is a type of impact.

 

Seriously, Petit might be useful, if we had someone to pinch hit for Adrianza.

[Respy]

Well, this is uninspiring (regarding Petit) but probably the appropriate move here if you look at the Red Wings roster.

 

I think the bigger news here is that Gonsalves should now be able to stick in the AAA rotation, which is where he belongs (at least until a potential call up).

[Otto von Ballpark]

Kinley gave up nine earned runs while recording 10 outs for the Twins. He was removed from the 25-man roster, giving the Miami Marlins the opportunity to bring him back, though it's a little surprising the Twins couldn't work out a trade to keep Kinley in the org.

 

Rule 5 trades like that are pretty rare, I think. I don't think Kinley is worth enough for the Twins to offer much, but he's also useful enough as a non-40-man depth piece for the Marlins not to give him away either.

[Vanimal46]

Eric Aybar, where are you bro? You want to come back to the team so we don't have to see a 33 year old career minor leaguer?

 

 

Love,

 

Van

Edited May 1, 2018 by Vanimal46

[raindog]

 

A 33 year old SS with a career .643 major league OPS is really going to make an impact.

I mean, he's just up to sit on the bench for hopefully a week. No point in adding someone like Gordon to the roster for a short-term stint. 

[Otto von Ballpark]

Enns was part of the Garcia flip, wasn't he? I think he was kind of a "throw in", the major piece was Littell...looks like Enns was indeed just window dressing after all.

 

Yup. Pretty sure Enns was going to be waived by the Yankees shortly thereafter anyway.

[Tuba]

Twins would rather have Magill than Enns? Seems odd.. 

[Brandon]

Whats the over under on Petit getting more than 10 plate appearances whil he is up?

[Tom Froemming]

 

Will Gordon move up to Rochester? Or is this move so short lived they don't want to do that yet?

Nope. Rochester just sent out a release saying Sean Miller has been promoted from Chattanooga, so I'm assuming that'll be their IF replacement.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Twins would rather have Magill than Enns? Seems odd..

What's Enns going to do? He's behind the current 5 starters, plus Mejia, plus possibly Gonsalves, plus Ervin Santana and Trevor May hopefully in the not too distant future.

 

They are both probably DFA fodder, but Magill is perhaps a little more useful at the present moment.

[Tom Froemming]

The thread for tonight's game is up. This is the most depressing Twins lineup I've seen in awhile:

 

Grosssman RF

Mauer 1B

Kepler CF

Escobar 3B

Rosario LF

Garver C

Morrison DH

Adrianza SS

Petit 2B

 

So, by baseball logic that mean's they'll score 11 runs tonight, right?

[USAFChief]

 

The thread for tonight's game is up. This is the most depressing Twins lineup I've seen in awhile:

 

Grosssman RF

Mauer 1B

Kepler CF

Escobar 3B

Rosario LF

Garver C

Morrison DH

Adrianza SS

Petit 2B

 

So, by baseball logic that mean's they'll score 11 runs tonight, right?

only to see the FRE blow the save.

 

//sorry, couldn't resist

[mikelink45]

 

The thread for tonight's game is up. This is the most depressing Twins lineup I've seen in awhile:

 

Grosssman RF

Mauer 1B

Kepler CF

Escobar 3B

Rosario LF

Garver C

Morrison DH

Adrianza SS

Petit 2B

 

So, by baseball logic that mean's they'll score 11 runs tonight, right?

I have been trying to figure out how this will work out and your lineup was like a hit in the head.  Much worse when I actually see it.  This team really hesitates to give its players with potential the opportunity fo try out in the major leagues.  I am redundant from other posts, but Gordon is either our future or trade bait.  Get him in there.   

 

How about LaMonte Wade instead of Grossman?  He can field and he can get walks! 

 

More important at this point is the history of injuries and DL time for Buxton and Sano is starting to develop a very bad pattern.  Sano has to move to DH and we need to build our bench around the potential absence of each of them during the year.

 

Last awful thought - Morrison, Ehire, and Petit - 1/3 of our lineup is almost an automatic out.  Without Dozier or Sano and with Morrison still in hibernation we are lacking in power threats.  Can't wait for Rooker to get going and start pressing for the majors. 

[h2oface]

Bring up a guy that can't make the show, and have him give Dozier a day off and make that shortstop play a different position. Tell me how this FO is different, again?

[nicksaviking]

 

A 33 year old SS with a career .643 major league OPS is really going to make an impact.

 

Geez so cynical, it's not like he's going to start! We've got a 28-year-old SS with a career .638 OPS ready to make an impact.

[Tom Froemming]

 

Bring up a guy that can't make the show, and have him give Dozier a day off and make that shortstop play a different position. Tell me how this FO is different, again?

Um ... they're not playing all the shortstops in the outfield?

[h2oface]

 

Geez so cynical, it's not like he's going to start! We've got a 28-year-old SS with a career .638 OPS ready to make an impact.

 

Just pretend he isn't starting from the jump for the first game up, and maybe you will be right.

[mickeymental]

was punto busy?

[Squirrel]

 

Nope. Rochester just sent out a release saying Sean Miller has been promoted from Chattanooga, so I'm assuming that'll be their IF replacement.

Okay, why? Is Sean Miller doing better than Gordon?

 

I don't get some of these decisions. It's not like I know better ... because I really, truly don't ... but wouldn't it make sense to push Gordon just a little, even if he has to go back in 10 days? Or do they want him moving up only when it's a permanent move? Seems to me he's not getting opportunity here. And I could just be crabby about the whole state of things and that clouds my judgement.

[Danchat]

I'm starting to get on board the "time to find a long term 3B" bus. Sano may have a cannon for an arm, but he's a subpar defender (so say the metrics) and he can't stay healthy. Maybe they teach him to be 1B, but until then he might be destined for DH'ing.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the Twins traded him over the 2018-2019 offseason. Yes, I know I'm projecting very far out here, and his trade value is low at the moment, but I feel like this FO is going to move him at some point.

 

Also, I'd like to see Nick Gordon get up here. We're down two starting infielders, and this offense can't afford to have both Adrianza and Petit in the lineups.

 

Also, I knew that Enns was not a MLB caliber starter, but I would have liked to see him in the bullpen and see if he gained any juice throwing in the 'pen. It seems like our best relievers are usually failed starters, so I would have rather liked to see Magill DFA'd.

Edited May 1, 2018 by Danchat

[Monkeypaws]

The elephant in the room: Sanó's weight/conditioning. 

 

Guy is about to turn 25, but is somewhat of a wreck physically. 116 is the most games in a season for him in the majors. 

 

His legs are barking. He becomes dubious as a long-term asset when he can't even stay healthy running out ground balls.

 

He should be at his peak right now, but I'm not seeing it.

 

BTW, I know the elbow and the shin weren't his fault.

 

 

[USAFChief]

 

   Can't wait for Rooker to get going and start pressing for the majors. 

Currently sporting a .250/.275/.364 line in Chat-town.

 

Might be a while.