TODAY: Blewett rejected the outright assignment to become a free agent, but then quickly re-signed with the Twins on a fresh minors deal, according to the righty’s MLB.com profile page.
Aug. 16: Blewett cleared waivers and has been assigned outright to Triple-A St. Paul, per the Twins’ transaction log at MLB.com.
Aug. 13: The Twins announced that they have selected the contract of right-hander and top pitching prospect Zebby Matthews, a move that was reported yesterday. In a corresponding move, the club has designated right-hander Scott Blewett for assignment.
Blewett, 28, signed a minor league deal with the Twins over the winter and was selected to the big league roster last week. He made one appearance for the Twins and pitched a perfect inning of relief with one strikeout. He’s spent the rest of the current season in Triple-A St. Paul, where he’s totaled 51 2/3 innings of 3.66 ERA ball with a 23.2% strikeout rate, 7.6% walk rate and a 40.6% ground-ball rate for the Saints.
A second-round pick by the Royals back in 2014, Blewett pitched a combined eight innings in the majors with Kansas City in 2020-21. He’s since bounced around pro ball, also spending time in the White Sox and Braves systems in addition to a nice stint with the Uni-President Lions in Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League last year.
Now that he’s been designated for assignment, he’ll hit outright waivers in the coming days and be made available to all 29 other clubs. Waiver priority is determined by reverse order of the MLB-wide standings and is not league-specific. If Blewett goes unclaimed, he’d have the right to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency, by virtue of the fact that he’s been outrighted previously in his career (most recently by the 2021 Royals).
nukeg
Alright I’ll say it. As far as opportunities go, Scott really blew it.
MickeyTheMod
Dad joke.
Muted
King123
Dang, nukeg really blew it to have the privilege of interacting with MickeytheMod.
kcmark
Muted, booted and definitely refuted.
King123
Oh no….Anyway
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MTM
Low blow on your part
mrmackey
I don’t think Scott actually Blewett. Solid work in AAA and a perfect MLB inning. You can ‘t really fault him for this move.
Zebby he’ll have better luck next time and a top prospect won’t bump him off of a ML roster.
whatwouldyogido
Here for the Blew it jokes
HALfromVA
He will NEVER be a closer with that name.
For Love of the Game
Homer Bailey says, “Yo!”
King123
That’s Two No-Hitters Homer Bailey to you.
Dumpster Divin Theo
Homer. Meh. More like Bart. Amirite
BlueSkies_LA
What about Colin Holderman and Walker Buehler? And Kyle Hurt, on the IL?
Dumpster Divin Theo
Outman
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Yeah, Walker doesn’t stand out because it is easy to get distracted with Buehler’s day off.
Dumpster Divin Theo
They should move Buehler to the pen. Then we can see the note in the box score: Save, Ferris.
layventsky
Bob Walk
Dumpster Divin Theo
Doubles Mccoy
Bart Harley Jarvis
Inside The Park Home Run Smith.
hiflew
Rockies ought to claim him. He’d fit in perfectly in the pen with all the other blew its.
benhen77
See ya, Scott. You’ll be a hell of a immaculate grid answer one day.
Datashark
Scott Blewett
Scott did what??!!!
Datashark
Imagine growing up with that last name in sports….he must have overcome some mean kids. His stats seem journeyman hopefully he lands somewhere because that last name needs to be in MLB
Jacksson13
Can only imagine what his SISTER had to put up with.
Tork
But let’s run thielbar out and let him constantly blow it. This organization is completely brutal.
arby58
The Twins are 15 games over .500 and ‘brutal?’ Check in with White Sox or Tigers fans and see what they think is the definition of brutal.
Billg7987
Not much of a closer.
3768902
I’m sure I’m the only one when reading dudes name thinks of De Niro in Copland screaming at Stallone: “You Blew it!!!”
California 8
Not 1 single player from joe mauer’s (a fraud) pseudo “MVP” season is still playing for the Twins. Think of that (!) Almost unbelievable.
Paleobros
Aaron Bummer