The Twins announced Wednesday that they’ve designated right-hander Chase De Jong for assignment. The move clears a spot on the 40-man roster for left-hander Martin Perez, whose signing is now official.
Minnesota originally acquired De Jong, 25, in the trade that sent left-handed reliever Zach Duke to the Mariners last summer. De Jong made four starts for the Twins down the stretch, pitching to a 3.57 ERA with a 13-to-6 K/BB ratio in that time. While that performance was respectable, though, De Jong has a shakier track record in the upper minors (4.97 ERA, 7.2 K/9, 2.8 BB/9, 1.4 HR/9 in 128 2/3 Triple-A innings) and was hit hard in a slightly larger sample with the Mariners a year prior. The Twins, surely, will hope to sneak him through outright waivers and retain him as a non-40-man-roster depth option if there’s no interest in him on the trade front now that he’s been designated.
Tyler Duffey is absolutely blackmailing someone
He has got some sketchy pictures Falvey for sure!
Yeah….he would have been my choice to DFA…we’ve definitely seen enough of him.
Isn’t that the truth! Can’t believe Duffy survived being DFA this time.
Tyler Duffey has a wicked curve. Any development of his fastball command and you have a solid 2-3 inning reliever. Add a change up or other third pitch and Duffey could become a solid back-end rotation option.
Well….his curve ball is his best pitch. Wouldn’t call it wicked. He’s had parts of 4 seasons and help from two different pitching coaches to master a third pitch. Hasn’t happened….never will. He can’t be a reliable starter because he lacks a third pitch. His fastball isn’t good enough to be a late inning reliever. If all he can do is mop up when they are down 10 runs, find another use for the roster spot.
Don’t think that “surely” should be in commas there, and should come after “The Twins will”
Surely there should be commas there…..remove surely and the commas and the sentence is proper.
Surely, you can’t be serious.
Yes-and don’t call me Shirley.
wow, and i actually considered him a favorite for the 5th spot before they locked up Perez. Given how bad Perez has been recently im confused why he got a major league deal/was favored over de jong
Perez provides stabile mediocrity, whereas we do not know what type of mediocrity the team would receive from De Jong or any of the other options for that fifth spot in the rotation.
i feel for Twins fans if “stable mediocrity” is what they have to bank on.
An ERA over 6 last year is not “mediocrity”
You’re right, though. The Twins should probably cut bait on their prospect pitchers. After all, they’ll have no idea if their prospects will be any good at the MLB level, and it’s better to rely on guys you know aren’t good when you’re already not trying to compete.
Orioles ought to shoot a claim. DFA Mike Wright Or Miguel Castro. Castro’s luck is going to run out soon. Or Donnie hart or Even Yefry
id keep castro over those three by a large margin
Castro doesn’t throw strikes or strike people out. It’s unfathomable how poor his K rate is with his heater. I mean his numbers are heavily luck dependent and he mainly pitches mop up innings. Only argument I could hear for him and Wright is that hopefully the new analytics team/coaching staff can get them right.
I mean most relief innings for BAL were mop p innings last year, and Castro is the youngest of that gang, and has seemingly had his luck run for two years now. Also was easily among there top their relievers last year. Rest of the field is shaky at best.
It’s a toss up. We picked up Castro off waivers as well so it’s not like we’d be the first to consider him trash. Got him off waivers from the NL when we were a decent AL team so a lot of teams passed when he was 2 years younger. He has a 5.11 FIP in 185 big league innings. I’d probably go hart or Yefry first but I certainly would cry if it were castro
The O’s should literally claim every player waived ( if they get through being DFA’d) by any other team in MLB. 2019 should be a giant try out camp.
And hope Bundy, Cobb and Boom Boom have good half-seasons……
And, quite frankly, they have some payroll room to eat a bad contract here and there, and grab some prospect capital…Hello, San Diego (Myers)……Will should hit 30 in Camden, and give the faithful something to cheer about as Elias continues his 10 year quest for a Bench Coach and Scouting Director…..Elias really needs to come to work a little earlier in the day……
Why? Castro is awful. Wright is also awful. They are both awful and DeJong would be an improvement over either. I’m also surprised they let him go over Perez, who has ALSO been awful.
However, here’s a hope that the Os claim De Jong.
NOOOOO!! This guy grew up down the street from me. Great guy, such a bummer!
This better mean we’re signing another relief arm because I’m sick and tired of seeing Duffey in a Twins uniform.
Can I get an Amen!
Maybe he’ll end up playing with his brother in St Louis. Do the Cardinals have room for him?
pretty sure they aren’t related
If I were in contention for not winning my division, I would take a flyer on Chase. I think he might make things happen.
Don’t really see FA fit for Pirates. Keeping the potential high upside OOO Nick Kingham and Nick Burdi (Rule 5 from ’18 ) guys on their 25 man along with OOO catcher Josh stallings limits their roster flexibility. Fangraphs and others are high on Pablo Reyes’s bat and glove. Lyles Or Brault OR Kingham could be good 5th starters and the bullpen is solid.
If they could buy anything it would be catchers and good relievers with options.