Twins Promote RHP Ryan Eades

[Tom Froemming]

The Twins are calling up Ryan Eades to make his MLB debut. He was their second-round pick back in 2013. 

 

Here's some video on him:

 

He had a very good spring and was in the running for Sire of Fort Myers, but got off to a poor start down in Rochester. He has a 5.68 ERA and 1.45 WHIP on the year, but an impressive 11.1 K/9. He also had one really bad outing that is weighing down those numbers. He gave up seven runs in 1 1/3 inning back on April 26. He'll also provide the Twins with some length, as Eades has recorded six or more outs in 11 of his 16 appearances.

[operation mindcrime]

Congrats to Ryan Eades!!!

[Vanimal46]

Congrats and good luck!

[stringer bell]

Any word on the move to clear space on the 40-man?

[Squirrel]

Any word on the move to clear space on the 40-man?

Wasn’t there already an opening?

[twins_89]

It would be really nice to see Eades succeed, the Twins haven't had much luck with prospect type relievers this year (Vasquez, De Jong, Littell, and Romero have all failed so far).

[Brock Beauchamp]

Interesting choice and not what I expected.

 

I enjoy that about this front office.

[Mike Sixel]

Good luck! Congrats!

[Tibs]

I saw Eades pitch way back when he was in Cedar Rapids. Definitely had good stuff. Hopefully he can help out the Twins bullpen

[TNTwinsFan]

The Twins are calling up Ryan Eades to make his MLB debut. He was their second-round pick back in 2013. 

 

Here's some video on him:

https://twitter.com/TFTwins/status/1113977187953258496

https://twitter.com/TFTwins/status/1105671158555398146

https://twitter.com/TFTwins/status/1106390107102298119

 

He had a very good spring and was in the running for Sire of Fort Myers, but got off to a poor start down in Rochester. He has a 5.68 ERA and 1.45 WHIP on the year, but an impressive 11.1 K/9. He also had one really bad outing that is weighing down those numbers. He gave up seven runs in 1 1/3 inning back on April 26. He'll also provide the Twins with some length, as Eades has recorded six or more outs in 11 of his 16 appearances.

What do his numbers look like without that one bad outing? I'm WAY too lazy to work it out (and also on my honeymoon in Hawaii )

[Nine of twelve]

 

Any word on the move to clear space on the 40-man?

 

 

Wasn’t there already an opening?

I count 40 players on the Twins website and Eades isn't one of them. Is anyone a candidate for the 60-day IL?

[Danchat]

 

I count 40 players on the Twins website and Eades isn't one of them. Is anyone a candidate for the 60-day IL?

Mejia might be getting close, but I think Ronald Torreyes would be that guy. He's on AAA's inactive list if I remember right.

[stringer bell]

They cleared a spot when Addison Reed was DFAed, but used it for Smeltzer, I believe. Meíja is the only guy on the IL and he was put there on May 2.

[Tom Froemming]

 

What do his numbers look like without that one bad outing? I'm WAY too lazy to work it out (and also on my honeymoon in Hawaii )

Yeah, definitely DON'T look that up given the circumstances, I got you.

 

Minus the really disgusting outing, he'd be at 30.1 IP, 13 ER, 30 H, 8 BB. So looks like that's a 3.86 ERA and 1.25 WHIP. Still not dominant even fudging the numbers, but the International League averages are 4.96 ERA and 1.45 WHIP. It's been a struggle for pitchers getting used to the newer MLB ball down there. 

 

This isn't a guy that's likely to be a bullpen savior or anything like that, we would have seen him up by now if there was that kind of potential, but he could slide in, provide depth and help keep everybody fresher by shouldering some lower-leverage innings. But you never know until you give somebody an opportunity.

[Squirrel]

Yeah, definitely DON'T look that up given the circumstances, I got you.

 

Minus the really disgusting outing, he'd be at 30.1 IP, 13 ER, 30 H, 8 BB. So looks like that's a 3.86 ERA and 1.25 WHIP. Still not dominant even fudging the numbers, but the International League averages are 4.96 ERA and 1.45 WHIP. It's been a struggle for pitchers getting used to the newer MLB ball down there.

 

This isn't a guy that's likely to be a bullpen savior or anything like that, we would have seen him up by now if there was that kind of potential, but he could slide in, provide depth and help keep everybody fresher by shouldering some lower-leverage innings. But you never know until you give somebody an opportunity.

This could be a ‘do or die’ opportunity. We have a little breathing room to do this, making roster decisions for future additions ... still hoping there will be some.

[bighat]

Astudillo sent down, wow.

[FlauerPauer]

Good for Eades! Hope he can find success here at the bigs and be a nice 6th inning guy.

[Tom Froemming]

 

This could be a ‘do or die’ opportunity. We have a little breathing room to do this, making roster decisions for future additions ... still hoping there will be some.

Definitely. This front office has done the churn and burn with quite a few relievers, so it wouldn't surprise me. Sooner or later, though, I'd love to see them give someone a bit more of a leash. They already have six guys who've been given less than three appearances before being sent back down this year. Not saying Eades is necessarily the guy to give that leash to, but sooner or later it would be nice to see someone get the opportunity to settle in.

[Riverbrian]

 

Definitely. This front office has done the churn and burn with quite a few relievers, so it wouldn't surprise me. Sooner or later, though, I'd love to see them give someone a bit more of a leash. They already have six guys who've been given less than three appearances before being sent back down this year. Not saying Eades is necessarily the guy to give that leash to, but sooner or later it would be nice to see someone get the opportunity to settle in.

 

You never know until you hand them the ball. 

 

The Twins have to simultaneously look for acquisitions and players from their own system because it's important. They can't just plan for future acquisitions to fill up the bullpen, they need to find guys in their own system as well because we don't know who will get hurt in September and be out for the playoffs. 

 

They can't Mike Morin their way through the bullpen anymore. Mike has thrown 11 primarily non-stress innings and he has 0.64 WHIP. Yet, he goes from pitching in the Tampa Bay 14-3 loss to last night without throwing a pitch. 

 

You either trust Morin or you don't. If you don't... Move on. If you are not sure about Morin... Find out. If you trust him... use him. 

 

If Eades is coming to join us and he is... He must be auditioned fairly. 

 

This is critical because if we lose a couple arms out of the rotation... the spotlight on the bullpen is going to be bright... and I mean very bright. They can't predict the trade market, they can be hopeful but they can't predict it. 

 

Playoffs are coming... Get prepared for it... Don't burn roster spots with placeholders. They have built depth with the position players... now they must turn their attention to assembling depth on the pitching mound. 

 

If Eades can help... get out of the way and let him. 

[jorgenswest]

I think they better know a lot about Eades before he throws a major league ball. They should know the velocity and movement of his pitches. They should know whether he is able to hit his location. If they have to treat these call ups as a fair audition (particularly for a 27 year old they should know a lot about) then we need to replace the staff.

 

I think he will be up in the role of low leverage long relief similar to Littell with Duffey moving to a higher leverage role.

[Riverbrian]

 

I think they better know a lot about Eades before he throws a major league ball. They should know the velocity and movement of his pitches. They should know whether he is able to hit his location. If they have to treat these call ups as a fair audition (particularly for a 27 year old they should know a lot about) then we need to replace the staff.

I think he will be up in the role of low leverage long relief similar to Littell with Duffey moving to a higher leverage role.

 

If you are right... don't bother with the call up then. He will only waste time and space.  

 

And if you are right... we need to replace the staff. They missed on quite a few... Hildenberger was a high leverage guy. Anderson is in Miami, Burdi is in Pittsburgh, Belisle was on the roster. Reed was signed to big money, Perez was our 5th starter whose turn was skipped in April.

 

If this was an exact science... we can just put our feet up and let their projections happen as they project. The suspense will be gone because the scouts nail it every time. It'll be tough to explain the 10 year rebuild though. 

 

 

[Tom Froemming]

Taylor Rogers is a really fun guy to think about in conversations like these. He finished his final full season in the minors by posting a 5.48 ERA over his final 70.2 IP and only had 55 Ks over that stretch. That was all as a starter. He had a 4.34 ERA in 18.2 Triple A innings in 2016, making just one start in that time, when the Twins called him up for what turned out to be for good. 

 

Rogers had a 7.36 ERA through his first three appearances with the Twins. He had a 5.28 ERA through his first 14 appearances with the Twins. Opponents hit .328/.377/.578 (.955 OPS) against him during that time. Then it happened. It clicked. He was fortunate to have the opportunity to break in during a 103-loss season. You get a lot more wiggle room than when your team is competitive.

[jorgenswest]

You call him up because they want a pitcher that can do what Littell did and give them several innings of that Tampa Bay game. Those innings were critical. He saved the pen. It helped the team win the next three games. If he Is never needed that is even better. No blow outs. He doesn’t need a fair audition here. He is up to help the team win and should take advantage of any opportunity he gets before he is shuttled back.

 

I think they did need to make significant changes to the staff and did so.

[Riverbrian]

You call him up because they want a pitcher that can do what Littell did and give them several innings of that Tampa Bay game. Those innings were critical. He saved the pen. It helped the team win the next three games. If he Is never needed that is even better. No blow outs. He doesn’t need a fair audition here. He is up to help the team win and should take advantage of any opportunity he gets before he is shuttled back.

 

I think they did need to make significant changes to the staff and did so.

If someone to eat innings is all you require then that is all you will get. Astudillo could have saved the pen that fateful day in Tampa. Raise the bar and raise it now.

[USAFChief]

Taylor Rogers is a really fun guy to think about in conversations like these. He finished his final full season in the minors by posting a 5.48 ERA over his final 70.2 IP and only had 55 Ks over that stretch. That was all as a starter. He had a 4.34 ERA in 18.2 Triple A innings in 2016, making just one start in that time, when the Twins called him up for what turned out to be for good.

 

Rogers had a 7.36 ERA through his first three appearances with the Twins. He had a 5.28 ERA through his first 14 appearances with the Twins. Opponents hit .328/.377/.578 (.955 OPS) against him during that time. Then it happened. It clicked. He was fortunate to have the opportunity to break in during a 103-loss season. You get a lot more wiggle room than when your team is competitive.

he was called up and retained because he was tough on lefties, and gained velo into the mid 90s in the pen. There were already calls on this board and elsewhere to make him a reliever.

 

He's certainly gotten better over time, but he's not the typical case.

[rdehring]

Congrats to Ryan Eades and welcome.

 

Had been wondering during spring training if Eades and/or D.J. Baxendale would ever get a chance.  Looks like sometime today or tomorrow, Eades will!

 

We can all see that his numbers at AAA aren't impressive.  As for the one bad outing, we don't know what was going on that led to those results.  In any case, he wouldn't be the first pitcher to have mediocre numbers at AAA and turn it on once he got to the big stage.  Heck, Joe Nathan had a 4.32 ERA with a 1.39 WHIP at AAA in the year he broke in with the Giants for half a year.  Not saying Eades can be the next Joe Nathan.  Just saying we need to give him a chance to see what he can do and hope for a pleasant surprise.

[USAFChief]

If someone to eat innings is all you require then that is all you will get. Astudillo could have saved the pen that fateful day in Tampa. Raise the bar and raise it now.

its not so much that it's all they require, it's all they have available.

 

He'll almost certainly get innings that matter, because every reliever pitches at least some innings that matter. It's the nature of MLB. There are too many games that aren't decided until the final out to pretend that a reliever will never be asked to get important outs.

 

But he'll be the last option for them, and he should be.

[stringer bell]

 

Mejia might be getting close, but I think Ronald Torreyes would be that guy. He's on AAA's inactive list if I remember right.

Torreyes placed on the restricted list, whatever that is. He is no longer on the 40-man roster.

[DocBauer]

I am happy for him, offer congratulations and hope for the best, of course. I thought he was done until he re-invented himself as a full time RP/designated SP at times in 2018. Suddenly he looked like a prospect again and had a nice ST. But even with eliminating the one bad game, his numbers are still average at best.

 

With all due hope and respect for the kid, this is all we have?

 

I will not blame the FO entirely for this situation. I know I never saw Romero struggling this, nor Mejia. I also didnt see just about every other AAA pen arm looking this bad.

 

There are viable, useful arms in the Twins pen currently. But HIGH LEVERAGE arms are missing. They had better figure something out/find someone over the next few weeks or acquiring outside help suddenly becomes "desperate" and not just necessary.

[Brock Beauchamp]

And TIL his name is not pronounced "Eed-ez".