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The Twins made some moves for Minter's activation and to make space for a new arm.
One year ago, the Minnesota Twins made noise by becoming the biggest seller of the trade deadline season by a hefty margin. This time around, things are different with the trade deadline two days away.
As the Twins have remained afloat in the postseason hunt, the motive has completely switched from what it was last year – buy at the trade deadline and make a push for glory, as Minnesota sits in a tie for the third Wild Card spot and are three games back of the first place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.
The Twins have made their stance known in making a couple of moves towards improving their squad. They traded for reliever AJ Minter from the New York Mets, and acquired starting pitcher Dean Kremer from the Baltimore Orioles last night.
As a result of their recent moves, and in anticipation of potentially more, the Twins announced a flurry of transactions on Saturday morning.
Minnesota officially activated Minter onto their active roster. In a corresponding move, they optioned starting pitcher Zebby Matthews to Triple-A St. Paul.
To make space on their 40-man roster, the Twins designated reliever Cody Laweryson for assignment. Minnesota also activated reliever Garrett Acton from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A.
Essentially, the Twins created room for Kremer to join the team’s roster in the coming days by optioning Matthews. Kremer will likely join the Twins rotation upon joining the squad, just one day after Matthews made a start with Minnesota.
Matthews had just turned in one of his better starts this season on Friday night against the Seattle Mariners. The right-hander pitched five innings and allowed three runs, but struck out a career-high 10 batters.
Similar to Kremer’s time with the Orioles, Matthews has shown some flashes of a high-upside starter, but never sustained to the level the Twins have hoped for. For the third straight season, his ERA sits above 5.00.
Laweryson appeared in parts of 20 games for the Twins over the past two seasons, 15 of which were this season. He spun a 4.86 ERA in 16 ⅔ innings pitched this year for the Twins, and will now see his talents go elsewhere upon getting DFA’d.
A right shoulder strain had sidelined Acton since late-April. Acton had made four appearances for the Twins in relief prior to the injury earlier this year, and underwent a rehab stint with Triple-A St. Paul over a week ago.
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One year ago, the Minnesota Twins made noise by becoming the biggest seller of the trade deadline season by a hefty margin. This time around, things are different with the trade deadline two days away.
As the Twins have remained afloat in the postseason hunt, the motive has completely switched from what it was last year – buy at the trade deadline and make a push for glory, as Minnesota sits in a tie for the third Wild Card spot and are three games back of the first place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.
The Twins have made their stance known in making a couple of moves towards improving their squad. They traded for reliever AJ Minter from the New York Mets, and acquired starting pitcher Dean Kremer from the Baltimore Orioles last night.
As a result of their recent moves, and in anticipation of potentially more, the Twins announced a flurry of transactions on Saturday morning.
Minnesota officially activated Minter onto their active roster. In a corresponding move, they optioned starting pitcher Zebby Matthews to Triple-A St. Paul.
To make space on their 40-man roster, the Twins designated reliever Cody Laweryson for assignment. Minnesota also activated reliever Garrett Acton from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A.
Essentially, the Twins created room for Kremer to join the team’s roster in the coming days by optioning Matthews. Kremer will likely join the Twins rotation upon joining the squad, just one day after Matthews made a start with Minnesota.
Matthews had just turned in one of his better starts this season on Friday night against the Seattle Mariners. The right-hander pitched five innings and allowed three runs, but struck out a career-high 10 batters.
Similar to Kremer’s time with the Orioles, Matthews has shown some flashes of a high-upside starter, but never sustained to the level the Twins have hoped for. For the third straight season, his ERA sits above 5.00.
Laweryson appeared in parts of 20 games for the Twins over the past two seasons, 15 of which were this season. He spun a 4.86 ERA in 16 ⅔ innings pitched this year for the Twins, and will now see his talents go elsewhere upon getting DFA’d.
A right shoulder strain had sidelined Acton since late-April. Acton had made four appearances for the Twins in relief prior to the injury earlier this year, and underwent a rehab stint with Triple-A St. Paul over a week ago.
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