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MacK Korris
Why would PJ Walters accept a outright minor league assignment, then sign a minor league deal?
John Gregory
Mack, I think you mean Walters *rejected* the outrighting, before signing the deal. My guess is that he or his agent thought there was a specific major league team that would give him a contract, and when that didn’t pan out, he opted to stick with the organization he was already with rather than take a similar offer elsewhere. Probably the Twins gave him suitable encouragement about a callup to the majors. “We like you, go to Rochester and work on this and this, and then we’ll see…” Same as with most players who just miss being on the 40-man roster.