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Twins Sign Chris Gimenez To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | January 12, 2017 at 3:15pm CDT

The Twins announced that they’ve signed veteran catcher Chris Gimenez to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training.

That the Twins would sign Gimenez isn’t exactly a surprise, as catching has been a priority for them this season, and John Ryan Murphy isn’t a lock to open the year as the backup to newly signed Jason Castro (who inked a three-year, $24.5MM deal). Minnesota’s new front office is also highly familiar with the 33-year-old Gimenez, who spent time with both the Indians (where new chief baseball officer Derek Falvey was an assistant GM) and the Rangers (where new GM Thad Levine was an assistant GM) in 2016. Gimenez was also with both teams back in 2014.

Gimenez didn’t do much at the plate in 2016, hitting just .216/.272/.331 in 155 trips to the dish. However, his framing marks are solid, and Indians manager Terry Francona lauded Gimenez for the manner in which he helped Trevor Bauer produce improved results beginning last May (as Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote at the time). The well-traveled Gimenez has spent parts of four seasons in the Majors with the Indians, Rangers, Rays and Mariners, producing a .218/.297/.335 batting line in 776 plate appearances.

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  1. JA

    6 years ago

    Depth is always good.

    Reply
  2. twins33

    6 years ago

    Would be a good platoon partner for Castro.

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    • Daryl125

      6 years ago

      Twins are not paying Castro $8 MM/year to be the strong side of a platoon – Castro is the everyday catcher.

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      • twins33

        6 years ago

        Reported in early December:
        “Molitor is planning on around 115-120 starts at catcher for Jason Castro. Doesn’t plan to force him in vs. LHPs. Well aware of struggles.”

        Castro has a career line of .190/.249/.287 vs lefties. Even if he made 50 million dollars a year, there is no way he should ever face a lefty starter. So yes, per Molitor and per common sense, Castro will be platooned. And Molitor should not change his mind on this and if he does then it’s something they can write down on a list for “reasons to fire Molitor.”

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        • TargetTime_18

          6 years ago

          Catcher is a great position to platoon and bringing in a veteran that has a good reputation handling a staff is a great idea. Hope it works out.

  3. jsc

    6 years ago

    I’m a rangers fan and have seen gimenez many times. this was a good pickup for twins.

    Reply
  4. kvick11

    6 years ago

    Watch out baseball world, Twins are making big moves! World Series bound!

    Reply
  5. jsc

    6 years ago

    good pickup for twins. I’ve seen gimenez many times with rangers.

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