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).
Alright I’ll say it. As far as opportunities go, Scott really blew it.
Dad joke.
Muted
Dang, nukeg really blew it to have the privilege of interacting with MickeytheMod.
Muted, booted and definitely refuted.
Oh no….Anyway
MTM
Low blow on your part
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.
Here for the Blew it jokes
He will NEVER be a closer with that name.
Homer Bailey says, “Yo!”
That’s Two No-Hitters Homer Bailey to you.
Homer. Meh. More like Bart. Amirite
What about Colin Holderman and Walker Buehler? And Kyle Hurt, on the IL?
Outman
Yeah, Walker doesn’t stand out because it is easy to get distracted with Buehler’s day off.
They should move Buehler to the pen. Then we can see the note in the box score: Save, Ferris.
Bob Walk
Doubles Mccoy
Inside The Park Home Run Smith.
Rockies ought to claim him. He’d fit in perfectly in the pen with all the other blew its.
See ya, Scott. You’ll be a hell of a immaculate grid answer one day.
Scott Blewett
Scott did what??!!!
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
Can only imagine what his SISTER had to put up with.
But let’s run thielbar out and let him constantly blow it. This organization is completely brutal.
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.
Not much of a closer.
I’m sure I’m the only one when reading dudes name thinks of De Niro in Copland screaming at Stallone: “You Blew it!!!”
Not 1 single player from joe mauer’s (a fraud) pseudo “MVP” season is still playing for the Twins. Think of that (!) Almost unbelievable.
Aaron Bummer