I said in the 2019 thread that I would start this forum thread... 

 

Let's start populating it. How many former Twins are on rosters of other ball clubs?

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE 

 

Orioles:

Tommy Milone

Kohl Stewart

 

Red Sox: 

Martin Perez

Marcus Walden

 

Yankees:

Aaron Hicks

Zack Granite in 60-player pool

 

Rays

Nick Anderson

Oliver Drake

John Curtiss, Sean Gilmartin, Aaron Slegers (60 player pool)

 

Tigers

CJ Cron

Niko Goodrum

Jonathan Schoop

 

Astros 

Ryan Pressly

 

Angels

Jason Castro

 

A's 

Liam Hendriks

Robbie Grossman

 

Mariners

Matt Magill

 

Rangers

Kyle Gibson

Lance Lynn

Danny Santana

 

 

 

 

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

 

Braves

Jhoulys Chacin

 

Marlins

Brandon Kintzler

 

Mets

Wilson Ramos

Rene Rivera

Eduardo Nunez

Brian Dozier recently signed to minor league deal.

Stephen Gonsalves was DFAd pm 7/23. 

 

Phillies

Deolis Guerra

 

Naitonals

Kurt Suzuki

Ryne Harper

Anibal Sanchez

 

Brewers

Mike Morin

Logan Morrison

 

Pirates 

new manager- Derek Shelton

Nick Burdi

Nik Turley

John Ryan Murphy

 

Diamondbacks

Eduardo Escobar

 

Rockies 

Tyler Kinley

Drew Butera

 

Dodgers 

Brusdar Graterol

 

Giants

Jaylin Davis 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nick Burdi is back playing??? Good for him!

It's good to see some of the younger prospects getting chances with other teams.  A few years ago the Twins were the last uniform many players wore at end of career.  

Graterol pitched a scoreless ninth for the Dodgers last night in their opener against the Giants.

Eh, Jhoulys Chacin is considered a "former Twin" now? Okay, okay, it's relevant because he just got dropped. But I don't want to see him on this list next year!!!  We've got standards around here.

 

One guy that I'll keep my eye on is Jaylin Davis. Boy that trade still makes my blood boil.

 

Eh, Jhoulys Chacin is considered a "former Twin" now? Okay, okay, it's relevant because he just got dropped. But I don't want to see him on this list next year!!!  We've got standards around here.

 

One guy that I'll keep my eye on is Jaylin Davis. Boy that trade still makes my blood boil.

 

Depends on who makes the list or who is updating comments... I also included Anibal Sanchez and Sean Gilmartin...

Stephen Gonsalves DFAd? sad, always wanted him to succeed. Hope he gets a shot somewhere else!

 

Graterol pitched a scoreless ninth for the Dodgers last night in their opener against the Giants.

 

I watched that and was rooting for him. Sad that he's not a Twin anymore, dude has some velo.

 

I watched that and was rooting for him. Sad that he's not a Twin anymore, dude has some velo.

There have been a couple big articles on Dodgers fan sites and the Yahoo Sports, etc about Brusdar the past week or so. The guy's going to become a household name.

 

Still OK with the trade considering the Twins SP needs. You gotta trade away quality guys when you have no other internal options.

in addition... former Twins and staff coaching, managing or working in the front offices for other MLB clubs:

 

Ron Gardenhire - managing Detroit

 

Derek Shelton - managing Pittsburgh

 

Don Cooper - pitching coach for Chi Sox

 

Mark Salas - bullpen catcher for Chi Sox (apparently the same Mark Salas from the 80's Twins.)

 

Carl Willis - pitching coach for Cleveland

 

Joe Vavra - hitting coach for Detroit

 

Rick Anderson - pitching coach for Detroit

 

Chris Speier - coaching staff of Astros 

 

Rusty Kuntz - first base coach for Kansas City

 

Paul Sorrento - coaching staff for Los Angeles Angels

 

Marcus Jensen - bullpen coach for Oakland

 

Dave McKay - first base coach for Arizona

 

Ron Washington - third base coach for Atlanta

 

Mike Redmond - bench coach for Colorado

 

James Rowson - bench coach for Miami

 

Chili Davis - hitting coach for Mets

 

Chip Hale - 3rd base coach for Washington

 

Randy Bush - assistant GM for Chicago Cubs

 

The Cubs just signed Ryan LaMarre to a minor league contract. 

 

And now I can't quit thinking about going to QuikTrip: 

 

 

in addition... former Twins and staff coaching, managing or working in the front offices for other MLB clubs:

 

Ron Gardenhire - managing Detroit

 

Ron Shelton - managing Pittsburgh...

 

And by "Ron" Shelton, I think you mean "Derek," though Ron Shelton did turn his 512 minor league games into Bull Durham.  

 

And by "Ron" Shelton, I think you mean "Derek," though Ron Shelton did turn his 512 minor league games into Bull Durham.  

 

Yeah, the MLB Channel was showing it again last night.

 

Yeah, the MLB Channel was showing it again last night.

 

And 512 probably also represents the number of times they've shown it this year.

 

But on the bright side, they could have showed "Brewster's Millions" one more time.

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Phillies

Deolis Guerra

 

He made the roster but they cut Francisco Liriano

A genetic replica of Taylor Rogers is pitching for the Giants. (And surrendered 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning last night. Ouch!)

 

I'm surprised Trevor Hildenberger didn't even make the Red Sox 60 man roster. Yikes. 

Cron just hit a blast in Cincy

There are a couple guys on that list that I would like back, of course. But for the most part, none of them would probably make the 2020 Twins. And it's hard to truly regret someone like Hendricks as he really found himself at least a couple of years after he was already gone. Nobody had a clue Nick Anderson would do what he's done, but it would have been really nice to give him a shot before letting him go.

 

Over the years, the Twins have also benefited by guys let go or traded away. So any lament is similarly shared by other teams as well.

 

Pressly still hurts, so does Graterol and Escobar. But as highat stated, you have to trade away quality sometimes to get something back.

 

But it is interesting to see lists like this. Thanks Seth!

Old friend Martin Perez getting roughed up by the undoubtedly hard-hitting *checks notes*.......Baltimore Orioles. 

Rooting for Zach Granite. Surprised that with Aaron Hicks and Zach Granite, the Yankees didn't also get Denard Span to complete the trifecta.

Gonsalves I believe was signed by the Red Sox. Looking at their rotation, I think they might need him at some point during the season.

Chacin got the win for Atlanta yesterday. 3.2 innings 1 hit 54 pitches. Weird didn't Anibal Sanchez also go to Atlanta when the Twins cut him?

Former Twins great Mike Morin DFA'ed by Milwaukee

A few former prospects and players in the extended camp rosters:

Luke Bard, Neil Ramirez ANGELS

Chris Mazza, Juan Centeno RED SOX

David Hale, Luis Gil YANKEES

Blake Parker, Ronald Torreyes PHILLIES

Yangervis Solarte BRAVES

Brian Navaretto, Lewin Diaz MARLINS

Dereck Rodriguez GIANTS

Luke Raley DODGERS

Randy Rosario, Allan de San Miguel ROYALS

John Hicks DIAMONBACKS

Adalberto Mejia WHITE SOX

Morin moves to Marlins, who also add Logan Forsythe.

 

Electric stuff by Graderol. Wondering about his career longevity though.

 

 

 

A few former prospects and players in the extended camp rosters:

Luke Bard, Neil Ramirez ANGELS

Chris Mazza, Juan Centeno RED SOX

David Hale, Luis Gil YANKEES

Blake Parker, Ronald Torreyes PHILLIES

Yangervis Solarte BRAVES

Brian Navaretto, Lewin Diaz MARLINS

Dereck Rodriguez GIANTS

Luke Raley DODGERS

Randy Rosario, Allan de San Miguel ROYALS

John Hicks DIAMONBACKS

Adalberto Mejia WHITE SOX

David Hale has a fascinating travel log.

 

David Hale has a fascinating travel log.

 

And that log always seems to send him back to New York.