The Twins have selected the contract of right-hander Cory Gearrin, the club announced. Right-hander Sean Poppen has been optioned to create room for Gearrin.
Gearrin inked a minor league deal with Minnesota back in February and will now make the prorated portion of a $1MM guaranteed salary for reaching the active roster. The 34-year-old doesn’t boast the big fastball deployed by most relievers, though Gearrin has been a consistently solid bullpen arm over his eight Major League seasons, with a career 3.64 ERA, 2.19 K/BB rate, and 8.4 K/9 over 302 innings. He wasn’t too far off those averages over 55 1/3 innings with the Mariners and Yankees in 2019, delivering a combined 4.07 ERA, 1.88 K/BB, and 7.6 K/9.
He was really good with the giants in 2017