October 12, 20224 yr 29 minutes ago, lecroy24fan said: Jhon Romero and Devin Smeltzer were outrighted to St. Paul. So that is five guys cleared from the 40-man. Cave, Romero, Smeltzer, Caleb Hamilton. and Palacios.
October 12, 20224 yr Author I am surprised Cave and Hamilton will get a 40 man spot over the offseason... if they keep it, of course. Palacios getting claimed by Detroit has some serious Niko Goodrum vibes, he could make a decent bench infielder. But I don't mind the Twins DFA'ing any of these 5 guys.
October 12, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, Danchat said: I am surprised Cave and Hamilton will get a 40 man spot over the offseason... if they keep it, of course. Palacios getting claimed by Detroit has some serious Niko Goodrum vibes, he could make a decent bench infielder. But I don't mind the Twins DFA'ing any of these 5 guys. Very similar to Niko and I think the Kitties would be satisfied if Jermaine had a similar run with them.
October 12, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, Danchat said: I am surprised Cave and Hamilton will get a 40 man spot over the offseason... if they keep it, of course. Palacios getting claimed by Detroit has some serious Niko Goodrum vibes, he could make a decent bench infielder. But I don't mind the Twins DFA'ing any of these 5 guys. I don’t mind any of the DFA. Ironically the best player passed through waivers (Smeltzer)
October 12, 20224 yr Smeltzer elected free agency, as he qualified. Soto also has declared his free agency. Was on the major league roster, but didn't play.
October 12, 20224 yr Kind of surprised no one took Smeltzer. I don't necessarily want him back, but out of all of them, he's the one guy I figured would get claimed. Cave helped us out a lot this season. Good back up guy. 100% pure hustle. I wish him the best. The other guys? No loss there...see ya.
October 12, 20224 yr Cave, Palacios and Hamilton all gone! Yikes! That was 1/3 of the Twins' starting lineup at the end of the year!
October 12, 20224 yr Sorry to lose Cave he provided quality depth at the corners. After Correa opts out and before Lewis is ready, Palacios is our top SS, a quality glove. DET believed that his bat will catch up to his glove & rightly so. MN probably thought they could sneak him through, but w/ DET not likely. We are really hurting at SS right now. They should have hung unto him longer like they did to Cave last year.
October 12, 20224 yr While I appreciate the contributions these guys made when the Twins were in a tight spot due to injuries, I'm happy to see the team has other ideas for their spots on the roster.
October 12, 20224 yr With Cave gone , Twins need a GOOD veteran left fielder; some seem to think Larnach is the latest greatest but nothing so far has show him to be more than another rookie wannabe. A month from now it will be interesting to see what the Twins office has done with players coming and going.
October 21, 20224 yr Danny Coulombe DFAed and has declared free agency. The official roster still is over 40 players, but at least seven players will become free agents after the World Series.
November 7, 20224 yr In preparation for setting the 40-man roster, the Twins officially declined the options for Dylan Bundy, Chris Archer and Miguel Sanó. I count 37 on the 40-man roster. Still included on the roster are Emilio Pagán, Kyle Garlick and Mark Contreras.
November 12, 20224 yr Cody Stashak was placed on waivers, not claimed and chose to be a minor league free agent.
December 20, 20223 yr With the Gallo signing someone had to go off the 40-man roster. The Twins DFAed Mark Contreras as they made the Gallo signing official. IMHO, Contreras was the last "easy" cut off the 40-man roster. For a rookie, he's older and his short stay this year showed nothing remarkable. Also, he's about 8th on the list of LH hitting corner OFs. That he logged 42 days on the active roster shows how deep the injuries were for outfielders last year.
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