Twins Roster Moves - 2021

[Mike Sixel]

Larnach down, Gordon up. 

[Vanimal46]

5 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Larnach down, Gordon up. 

Larnach is probably due for a tune up and confidence boost in St. Paul for a couple weeks. Hopefully Gordon gets ample playing time now to decide whether to keep him or not for 2022 and beyond. 

[stringer bell]

Okay, does anyone know who got on the plane to NY in place of Thorpe? It is possible that the Twins will take a couple of fresh arms from St. Paul. They do have one 40-man roster spot open, correct?

[Danchat]

1 hour ago, stringer bell said:

Okay, does anyone know who got on the plane to NY in place of Thorpe? It is possible that the Twins will take a couple of fresh arms from St. Paul. They do have one 40-man roster spot open, correct?

Their game just ended in extra innings, so it's hard to say who it will be.

[lecroy24fan]

17 hours ago, stringer bell said:

Okay, does anyone know who got on the plane to NY in place of Thorpe? It is possible that the Twins will take a couple of fresh arms from St. Paul. They do have one 40-man roster spot open, correct?

Yes one open spot. They should have a few extras on the plane anyways since they have a taxi squad up to 5 players.

[Danchat]

Andrew Albers and Kyle Barraclough have been called up, Thorpe to IL and Garcia optioned. They will need to open a 40 man spot, but that won’t be hard. 

[jud6312]

Oh good. Albers is back. Again. 

 

[LA VIkes Fan]

Well, not the two I would've called up but at least they haven't pitched for a few days. Barraclough hasn't pitched since Saturday. Albers threw 8 shutout innings on Sunday. Both shoudl be able to provide innings this weekend when we are going to need them.  It will be interesting to see if they give Albers a start. 

[4twinsJA]

Not very exciting but both have been pitching pretty well at AAA. 

[Bill Tanner]

Too bad Strotman last threw on Tuesday.  Since he's already on the 40-man, it would have been a great opportunity to get his feet wet.

[stringer bell]

We really don’t need to see Albers again, but…….

i suppose once Albers  pitches, he’ll be designated for assignment, but I’d like to see someone else. 

[lecroy24fan]

49 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Andrew Albers and Kyle Barraclough have been called up, Thorpe to IL and Garcia optioned. They will need to open a 40 man spot, but that won’t be hard. 

Burrows cleared waivers today.

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, lecroy24fan said:

Burrows cleared waivers today.

Interestingly, not one AWFUL team wanted to take a chance on him....

[stringer bell]

I would rather see Hamilton, Vasquez, Mason, Moran or Cano. Albers would give them some length maybe. 

[Rosterman]

43 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

I would rather see Hamilton, Vasquez, Mason, Moran or Cano. Albers would give them some length maybe. 

Mason they advanced to AAA to see if they need to add him or not. He's been struggling a bit (shades of the late Tom Hackimer who was in a similar situation). I now fully expect that Vasquez will also get a shot. He's only 27!

 

I doubt Cano will get a call this season. He won't even be eligible for the Rule 5. I wonder if he will pitch in the Fall league, or play winter ball somewhere.

Barraclough was drafted by the Twins waaaaay back in 2011, but didn't sign. 

 

[Rosterman]

Who is on the Twins taxi squad that travels with the team these days, anyway?

 

[Danchat]

3 minutes ago, Rosterman said:

Who is on the Twins taxi squad that travels with the team these days, anyway?

 

I believe the taxi squads were disbanded once the minor leagues started.

[lecroy24fan]

26 minutes ago, Danchat said:

I believe the taxi squads were disbanded once the minor leagues started.

Teams are able to use them. Much like last year they do not have to disclose who are on them. Also AAA rosters were expanded to 28, and the taxi squad is considered part of their roister so a AAA roster can be as high as 33 players.

[Dman]

2 hours ago, lecroy24fan said:

Burrows cleared waivers today.

Why am I not surprised no one picked up a guy who can barely throw 90 and whose secondary's aren't that great.  He doesn't K a lot of guys and has a WHIP of 2 in MLB play.  Well the Twins have him for as long as they want him now because no one is taking this guy in Rule V either.  Yeah no big deal to take a flyer but the upside play is so low it hardly seems worth the trouble.

[lecroy24fan]

Keon Broxton has been released.

[Rosterman]

21 hours ago, lecroy24fan said:

Teams are able to use them. Much like last year they do not have to disclose who are on them. Also AAA rosters were expanded to 28, and the taxi squad is considered part of their roister so a AAA roster can be as high as 33 players.

I was wondering why the Saints always seemed to have 30+ players active on the roster all season. Used to be that it was tighter rosters for the minors so everyone played more often...few bench players.

[Danchat]

Sano was put on the paternity list, and Edgar Garcia was called back up again. I've lost count of the number of relievers on the team now.

[Otto von Ballpark]

On 8/19/2021 at 7:30 PM, Dman said:

Well the Twins have him for as long as they want him now because no one is taking this guy in Rule V either.

Actually, since 2021 is his 7th pro season, Burrows will be eligible for minor league free agency after the season (assuming he is not placed back on a 40-man roster by then).

[sampleSizeOfOne]

If Maeda is placed on the IL as sounds likely, who gets brought up to take his spot in the rotation?

 

Not to dampen speculation, but i saw Dobnak started a rehab assignment, so he may eventually take a spot, although he probably needs to be stretched out...

[Danchat]

Sano has taken Maeda’s spot, coming off his paternity leave. They’ll need another starter unless the commit to giving Gant more starts.

[lecroy24fan]

8 hours ago, Danchat said:

Sano has taken Maeda’s spot, coming off his paternity leave. They’ll need another starter unless the commit to giving Gant more starts.

Even with Gant they need another starter for Thorpe's spot.

[lecroy24fan]

Jorge Alcala activated, Ian Gibault called up. Kyle Barraclough and Edgar Garcia optioned.

Also just breaking byron Buxton will be activated and start tonigh. No corresponding move yet.

[lecroy24fan]

And the corresponding move is Garver to the IL.

[Danchat]

Garver has a back strain, perhaps it could just be a 10 day issue. Tortuga seems to be in line to back up Jeffers since Rortvedt wasn't called upon.

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Danchat said:

Garver has a back strain, perhaps it could just be a 10 day issue. Tortuga seems to be in line to back up Jeffers since Rortvedt wasn't called upon.

Not sure I understand not calling Ben up, frankly.