The Twins have designated right-hander Juan Minaya for assignment. The move creates room for Trevor Megill to rejoin the active roster, as Megill was activated from the 15-day injured list.
Since first signing with Minnesota in the 2019-20 offseason, Minaya has now been designated four different times by the club, including another DFA just last month. Minaya was outrighted off the 40-man roster on both occasions, and he again has the option to elect free agency, though there isn’t any indication that he won’t just accept another assignment to Triple-A.
Minaya’s first season with the Twins was a success, as he posted a 2.48 ERA and 53% walk rate over 40 relief innings. Advanced metrics (such as a 4.00 SIERA) wasn’t as impressed with his work, however, and after the Twins non-tendered the righty, he had to settle for a minor league contract to return to Minnesota last winter. Though Minaya has a 3.67 SIERA over 9 2/3 innings this year, his luck has seemingly gone in the other direction, as he has a 5.59 ERA over that short sample size.
Megill is back after being (retroactively) placed on the 15-day IL on June 16 due to a right shoulder impingement. Now in his second big league season, Megill has done well thus far with the Twins, posting a 2.08 ERA over 13 innings out of the bullpen.
NYMETSHEA
Short sample aside, seems to have been a reliable reliever.
Eppler needs to claim.
5toolMVP
Guessing Angels will be interesting…
He checks all the Arte/Perry boxes.
[x] recent DFA
[x] salary is under $1m
[x] controllable for 2+ years
Curly Was The Smart Stooge
See you mañana
phantomofdb
3.1 Scoreless innings in July are his only appearances since being called up.
Sure let’s DFA him. This teams bullpen has been rock solid