Twins Sign Tyler Clippard

Good move!

Nice, but they need a starter!! He had a great season last year. Hope he can keep that going.

Definitely heard of this guy. What does he throw? Velocity? What is his money pitch?

Good, rock-solid pitcher.

Very much in the Terry Ryan/Falvine mold of a signing...1 year, vet, cheap, zero-risk.

He'll be a good, reliable back end of the bullpen arm

Clippard had a .855 WHIP, 4.27 K/BB ratio in Cleveland... sign me up! I thought he was a lefty at first, but no, he's another righty. 

Having a bullpen of Rogers, Romo, Duffey, Clippard, May, Littell, Stashak and others is a strong group to start the year, especially compared to last year. Now let's see if we can land Ryu or Donaldson... or maybe both?

Dang good move here. We will quietly have one of the best pens of '20

no such thing as a bad one year contract, imo

With the way signings have gone are we gonna see more "bullpen" games or a opener strategy, or maybe some crazy hybrid...?

Dang good move here. We will quietly have one of the best pens of '20

Until they have to 4 innings of each Odo start and 5-6 for each of the 3-5 starters.

With the way signings have gone are we gonna see more "bullpen" games or a opener strategy, or maybe some crazy hybrid...?

They don't know either.

Seems they learned their lesson from the Addison Reed signing. Keep it short, sweet and always leave yourself with a way out.

Would have liked to see either Steve Cishek, Will Harris, Daniel Hudson, or Brandon Kintzler. Simply it came down to money of course.

Next let's bring back Pat Neshek on a minor league deal.

I like this signing.  The depth of quality bullpen arms could be going well into the AAA roster.  Anyone with an option out there house left of the batter's eye should be figuring out what they will do with all the frequent flyer miles.  

Prediction: Alcala will not last in the big leagues. Sorry. I know most people are very high on him. I just don’t see it. And that 5.29 ERA in AA makes me scratch my head how he even got to the bigs.

I like it. Nice solid move that should really help the pen. 

Prediction: Alcala will not last in the big leagues. Sorry. I know most people are very high on him. I just don’t see it. And that 5.29 ERA in AA makes me scratch my head how he even got to the bigs.

That 5.87 ERA was accumulated mostly as a starter, which I don't think he is going forward. I'm willing to bet if he pitches 1 to 2 inning outings, he'll drastically improve. 

Clippard had a .855 WHIP, 4.27 K/BB ratio in Cleveland... sign me up! I thought he was a lefty at first, but no, he's another righty. 

 

Having a bullpen of Rogers, Romo, Duffey, Clippard, May, Littell, Stashak and others is a strong group to start the year, especially compared to last year. Now let's see if we can land Ryu or Donaldson... or maybe both?

And the numbers are even better when you take out a couple of the games when he was used as an opener against a certain Midwestern team that he, um, won't have to face this year. 

I've liked him for a few years. He's often been in the closer/I'm-surprised-they're-not-using-him-as-a-closer spot. Frankly, if they want to focus Rogers' use on high-leverage situations, it would be easy to slot Clippard into the more traditional closer role to allow that to happen. Greater flexibility in using Rogers would also lessen the need for another lefty. 

Prediction: Alcala will not last in the big leagues. Sorry. I know most people are very high on him. I just don’t see it. And that 5.29 ERA in AA makes me scratch my head how he even got to the bigs.

He started the year off almost unhittable with a low ERA and Good K rate.  As the year went on he seemed to wear down.  Once back in the pen at the end of the year he did well again.  He is not a sure thing by any means but I think you might be selling him short.  He also has a chance to be an elite reliever with a few tweeks,  He has a ways to go yet but I am very interested to see what he can do for a full season as a reliever. 

FYI most scouts always had him pegged as reliever from the beginning so thinking of him as a long term starter seemed a bit pie in the sky to me.  If he doesn't pan out that makes the Pressly trade more brutal.  Have to wait and see yet though.

I'm curious why Cleveland puts him in games that they lose? His first 11 appearances the Indians lost all 11. He had no blown saves.

Ladies and Gentleman...WE GOT HIM!  All bs aside good signing.  Should do well in the pen.

I actually like this move. I have been wishing they'd have signed him a couple other times over his career. 

Another Vet in the bullpen to help out our young guys. I like it. This guy has done it well for quite a few years. And, like said, if he loses it, he is easy to DFA and change directions. 

I was just looking at that exact phenomenon. The Twins really did enjoy facing him this season.

Thanks for finding this info. I distinctly remembered us getting some big hits off him this past season. That's why my initial reaction to this signing was not enthusiastic. Now seeing that his ERA was 2.01 in games not pitched against the Twins I give it a definite thumbs up. No mystery about why he thought we'd be a good team for him to pitch for.