Where are they now? Ex-Twins in 2019

[Vanimal46]

 

He's only 35! Plenty of time to make the original signing worth it.

[yarnivek1972]

The one and only “bidding war” the Twins ever “won”...

[Mr. Brooks]

Well thanks a lot for that.

Now I need to dig out my Men In Black memory eraser and rid this from my mind again.

[stringer bell]

I checked MLB rosters today, the day after the trading deadline and found a grand total of 26 ex-Twins on active rosters in the major leagues:

 

Pitchers--Oliver Drake (Tampa Bay), Buddy Boshers (Toronto), Anthony Swarzak (Atlanta), Tyler Kinley (Miami), Mike Morin (Philadelphia), Blake Parker (Philadelphia), Fernando Rodney (Washington), Brandon Kintzler (Chicago Cubs), Francisco Liriano (Pittsburgh), Adalberto Mejía (St. Louis), Liam Hendriks (Oakland), Matt Magill (Seattle), Tommy Milone (Seattle), Lance Lynn (Texas) and JT Chargois (LA Dodgers)

 

Catchers--Wilson Ramos (New York Mets), Kurt Suzuki (Washington) and Chris Herrmann (Oakland)

 

Infielders--Brian Dozier (Washington), Logan Forsythe (Texas), Danny Santana (Texas), Eduardo Escobar (Arizona) and Tyler Austin (San Francisco).

 

Outfielders--Aaron Hicks (New York Yankees), Niko Goodrum (Detroit) and Robbie Grossman (Oakland).

[ashbury]

 

I checked MLB rosters today, the day after the trading deadline and found a grand total of 26 ex-Twins on active rosters in the major leagues:

 

Pitchers--Oliver Drake (Tampa Bay), Buddy Boshers (Toronto), Anthony Swarzak (Atlanta), Tyler Kinley (Miami), Mike Morin (Philadelphia), Blake Parker (Philadelphia), Fernando Rodney (Washington), Brandon Kintzler (Chicago Cubs), Francisco Liriano (Pittsburgh), Adalberto Mejía (St. Louis), Liam Hendriks (Oakland), Matt Magill (Seattle), Tommy MIlone (Seattle), Lance Lynn (Texas) and JT Chargois (LA Dodgers)

 

Catchers--Wilson Ramos (New York Mets), Kurt Suzuki (Washington)

 

Infielders--Brian Dozier (Washington), Logan Forsythe (Texas), Danny Santana (Texas), Eduardo Escobar (Arizona) and Tyler Austin (San Francisco).

 

Outfielders--Aaron Hicks (New York Yankees), Niko Goodrum (Detroit) and Robbie Grossman (Oakland).

Very thin bench for position players. And they'll have to DFA somebody - roster limit is 25.

[Mike Sixel]

I checked MLB rosters today, the day after the trading deadline and found a grand total of 26 ex-Twins on active rosters in the major leagues:

 

Pitchers--Oliver Drake (Tampa Bay), Buddy Boshers (Toronto), Anthony Swarzak (Atlanta), Tyler Kinley (Miami), Mike Morin (Philadelphia), Blake Parker (Philadelphia), Fernando Rodney (Washington), Brandon Kintzler (Chicago Cubs), Francisco Liriano (Pittsburgh), Adalberto Mejía (St. Louis), Liam Hendriks (Oakland), Matt Magill (Seattle), Tommy MIlone (Seattle), Lance Lynn (Texas) and JT Chargois (LA Dodgers)

 

Catchers--Wilson Ramos (New York Mets), Kurt Suzuki (Washington)

 

Infielders--Brian Dozier (Washington), Logan Forsythe (Texas), Danny Santana (Texas), Eduardo Escobar (Arizona) and Tyler Austin (San Francisco).

 

Outfielders--Aaron Hicks (New York Yankees), Niko Goodrum (Detroit) and Robbie Grossman (Oakland).

The best pitcher is on the IL! Not much pitching there....

[Otto von Ballpark]

I checked MLB rosters today, the day after the trading deadline and found a grand total of 26 ex-Twins on active rosters in the major leagues:

 

Pitchers--Oliver Drake (Tampa Bay), Buddy Boshers (Toronto), Anthony Swarzak (Atlanta), Tyler Kinley (Miami), Mike Morin (Philadelphia), Blake Parker (Philadelphia), Fernando Rodney (Washington), Brandon Kintzler (Chicago Cubs), Francisco Liriano (Pittsburgh), Adalberto Mejía (St. Louis), Liam Hendriks (Oakland), Matt Magill (Seattle), Tommy Milone (Seattle), Lance Lynn (Texas) and JT Chargois (LA Dodgers)

 

Catchers--Wilson Ramos (New York Mets), Kurt Suzuki (Washington) and Chris Herrmann (Oakland)

 

Infielders--Brian Dozier (Washington), Logan Forsythe (Texas), Danny Santana (Texas), Eduardo Escobar (Arizona) and Tyler Austin (San Francisco).

 

Outfielders--Aaron Hicks (New York Yankees), Niko Goodrum (Detroit) and Robbie Grossman (Oakland).

I know he never made the majors for the Twins, but Nick Anderson is solidly "ex-Twins org", and is now in the pen of a contender (Tampa).

 

Dereck Rodriguez (SF) is in this group too.

 

As is Nick Burdi (Pirates 60-day DL).

 

I'm fine with not counting Steve Pearce, though.

[Otto von Ballpark]

The best pitcher is on the IL! Not much pitching there....

Yup, Pressly is on the DL but should be back soon.

 

Neshek too, and not so soon... plus

 

David Hale

 

Juan Graterol

[stringer bell]

From what I can see, both Hale and Graterol are on the Injured List. Honestly, I had forgotten that Hale had pitched for the Twins.

[Otto von Ballpark]

From what I can see, both Hale and Graterol are on the Injured List. Honestly, I had forgotten that Hale had pitched for the Twins.

Yup, I meant that post to mean all 4 guys were ex-Twins on MLB ILs. Sorry if I wasn't clear!

 

How could anyone forget Hale's lone Twins appearance? 3 IP, 4 runs in relief of Phil Hughes's last start ever, a 15-9 loss at home to the Reds.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201804270.shtml

 

Ah, 2018 Twins baseball...

[SpicyGarvSauce]

 

Yup, I meant that post to mean all 4 guys were ex-Twins on MLB ILs. Sorry if I wasn't clear!

How could anyone forget Hale's lone Twins appearance? 3 IP, 4 runs in relief of Phil Hughes's last start ever, a 15-9 loss at home to the Reds.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201804270.shtml

Ah, 2018 Twins baseball...

Heck, FSN provided a nice flashback last night during the game showing highlights of a game in which the Twins beat the Red Sox at Fenway...and the pitchers that night were Deduno, Fien, and Perkins.

 

Yikes!

[Han Joelo]

 

I checked MLB rosters today, the day after the trading deadline and found a grand total of 26 ex-Twins on active rosters in the major leagues:

Pitchers--Oliver Drake (Tampa Bay), Buddy Boshers (Toronto), Anthony Swarzak (Atlanta), Tyler Kinley (Miami), Mike Morin (Philadelphia), Blake Parker (Philadelphia), Fernando Rodney (Washington), Brandon Kintzler (Chicago Cubs), Francisco Liriano (Pittsburgh), Adalberto Mejía (St. Louis), Liam Hendriks (Oakland), Matt Magill (Seattle), Tommy Milone (Seattle), Lance Lynn (Texas) and JT Chargois (LA Dodgers)

Catchers--Wilson Ramos (New York Mets), Kurt Suzuki (Washington) and Chris Herrmann (Oakland)

Infielders--Brian Dozier (Washington), Logan Forsythe (Texas), Danny Santana (Texas), Eduardo Escobar (Arizona) and Tyler Austin (San Francisco).

Outfielders--Aaron Hicks (New York Yankees), Niko Goodrum (Detroit) and Robbie Grossman (Oakland).

 

Austin DFA'd, and Derek Rodriguez to AAA. 

[Doomtints]

 

He's only 35! Plenty of time to make the original signing worth it.

 

Kinda tasteless putting the picture up of him about to have his leg broken (not you, whoever wrote that tweet).

[stringer bell]

Austin can probably hang around Triple A the rest of the year and find a permanent gig next year with 26-man rosters.

[ashbury]

Austin can probably hang around Triple A the rest of the year and find a permanent gig next year with 26-man rosters.

Every team probably has 5 guys saying, "yeah, I can be that 26th man." Next year about this time, 4 of them will be agitating for the union to push for 27 paychecks.

[big dog]

Blake Parker's Philly career is off to a good start.

 

3 IP, 2 H, 0 BB, 6 K

 

Two of those three innings were against the White Sox, however, so there's an asterisk there. Hold your tickets, we're not paying off until there's been a review of the tape.

 

 

[old nurse]

 

Blake Parker's Philly career is off to a good start.

 

3 IP, 2 H, 0 BB, 6 K

 

Two of those three innings were against the White Sox, however, so there's an asterisk there. Hold your tickets, we're not paying off until there's been a review of the tape.

Parker is like Belisle. He is a good pitcher except when he is not. Parker had 5 games of multiple runs. 6 multi hit games where he gave up one run or less. Given time, it will happen iin Phily.

[SwainZag]

This is pretty great.  Escobar taking Dozier deep in last night's game.  Look at that smile on his face while he's in the box, so great.

 

https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/0939b96c-6f43-4fbd-9579-58863bbafcd4.mp4

[ashbury]

This is pretty great.  Escobar taking Dozier deep in last night's game.  Look at that smile on his face while he's in the box, so great.

 

https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/0939b96c-6f43-4fbd-9579-58863bbafcd4.mp4

Kinda like an old-timers game. Dozier's just about there anyway.

[Doctor Wu]

Meanwhile, Danny Santana keeps playing surprisingly well for Texas, If anything, his stats have gotten better in the past month.He homered again yesterday (his 17th of the year) and now is batting .325 with 49 RBI. Pretty darn impressive. He's also been pretty versatile, playing outfield and infield, with another stint at 1st base yesterday.

 

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

Meanwhile, Danny Santana keeps playing surprisingly well for Texas, If anything, his stats have gotten better in the past month.He homered again yesterday (his 17th of the year) and now is batting .325 with 49 RBI. Pretty darn impressive. He's also been pretty versatile, playing outfield and infield, with another stint at 1st base yesterday.

There was talk of the Rangers cashing in Danny Santana before the deadline, but I don't think anyone was buying -- he has a .403 BABIP, shades of his .405 mark with the Twins in 2014.

 

Remarkably, even though his power appears to be up significantly over 2014 (.271 ISO over .153), his wRC+ is only modestly better, 137 over 132. I guess league and park factors contribute to that, plus his K% has risen which neutralizes the high BABIP a little.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Does Carlos Torres count as an ex-Twin?

 

The Giants just signed him, albeit to a minor league deal.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/giants-sign-carlos-torres.html

[Vanimal46]

Carlos Torres, a 36 year old breathing reliever, signed a minor league deal with San Francisco.

 

San Francisco... Your one stop shop for all Twins castoffs.

[stringer bell]

Santana could win a batting championship! He’s not listed among the batting leaders, but at 4 PAs per game, he’ll easily qualify. He trails LeMahieu by 10 points.

[bird]

 

This is pretty great.  Escobar taking Dozier deep in last night's game.  Look at that smile on his face while he's in the box, so great.

 

https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/0939b96c-6f43-4fbd-9579-58863bbafcd4.mp4

 

 

Brian Dozier should have shaken off Kurt Suzuki's sign and gone with a fast ball to Eduardo Escobar.

[bird]

 

I checked MLB rosters today, the day after the trading deadline and found a grand total of 26 ex-Twins on active rosters in the major leagues:

Pitchers--Oliver Drake (Tampa Bay), Buddy Boshers (Toronto), Anthony Swarzak (Atlanta), Tyler Kinley (Miami), Mike Morin (Philadelphia), Blake Parker (Philadelphia), Fernando Rodney (Washington), Brandon Kintzler (Chicago Cubs), Francisco Liriano (Pittsburgh), Adalberto Mejía (St. Louis), Liam Hendriks (Oakland), Matt Magill (Seattle), Tommy Milone (Seattle), Lance Lynn (Texas) and JT Chargois (LA Dodgers)

Catchers--Wilson Ramos (New York Mets), Kurt Suzuki (Washington) and Chris Herrmann (Oakland)

Infielders--Brian Dozier (Washington), Logan Forsythe (Texas), Danny Santana (Texas), Eduardo Escobar (Arizona) and Tyler Austin (San Francisco).

Outfielders--Aaron Hicks (New York Yankees), Niko Goodrum (Detroit) and Robbie Grossman (Oakland).

 

Others recently DFA'd (?) who made appearances earlier: Sean Gilmartin, Eduardo Nunez, John Hicks, Kendrys Morales, Daniel Palka, Chen Wei Hu, Bobby Wilson, Luke Bard, Huascar Ynoa, Ryan O'Rourke, Carlos Gomez, Randy Rosario, Zach Duke, John Curtiss...

[Vanimal46]

Hector Santiago is back in the MLB! The White Sox purchased his contract today.

[Vanimal46]

There was talk of the Rangers cashing in Danny Santana before the deadline, but I don't think anyone was buying -- he has a .403 BABIP, shades of his .405 mark with the Twins in 2014.

 

Remarkably, even though his power appears to be up significantly over 2014 (.271 ISO over .153), his wRC+ is only modestly better, 137 over 132. I guess league and park factors contribute to that, plus his K% has risen which neutralizes the high BABIP a little.

Here's a Fangraphs post discussing Danny Santana's breakout in more detail!

 

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-unexpected-danny-santana-breakout/

[Otto von Ballpark]

Ex-Twin Ryan O'Rourke is a Twin again! Or at least a Red Wing, for now.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/twins-to-sign-ryan-orourke.html

[yarnivek1972]

As loogy’s go, he’s still real good IMO. As the article stated, he probably doesn’t make the roster until September, but he will definitely help IMO. In fact it might be worth it to have him up on August 31.

 

Roster question: As I understand it, if there is a player on the 40 man on the DL, the Twins could petition for someone not on the 40 man as of the Aug 31 deadline to take his spot on the playoff roster. Does that apply to the milb IL? Could O’Rourke replace Hildenberger or Gonsalves for example?