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Minor MLB Transactions: 5/29/17

By Steve Adams | May 29, 2017 at 4:04pm CDT

Here are Monday’s minor moves from around the game…

  • The Twins have now also announced that lefty Adam Wilk has cleared waivers and accepted his outright assignment to Triple-A Rochester. Wilk was designated for assignment last Friday after making a pair of appearances with the Twins and will hope to earn another look later in the season. The 29-year-old has posted a 6.75 ERA in 10 2/3 innings between the Mets and Twins this year and a 6.57 ERA in 37 innings as a big leaguer dating back to 2011. He has a solid track record both in Triple-A and in Korea and could give the Twins a long relief option or a spot start option later in the year.

Earlier Moves

  • The Twins announced that they’ve selected the contract of left-hander Jason Wheeler, an eighth-round pick from their 2011 draft who’ll be making his Major League debut. Wheeler, 26, posted strong numbers in the lower minors but has seen his production take a step back in parts of three Triple-A seasons. He’s off to a decent start in 2017, having logged 44 innings with a 4.50 ERA, 7.6 K/9, 2.0 BB/9 and a 41.8 percent ground-ball rate. He’ll give the Twins some length in their bullpen on the heels of yesterday’s 15-inning marathon, but there’s also enough uncertainty at the back of the Minnesota rotation that Wheeler could conceivably be a candidate for a starting job. Wheeler has made 140 professional appearances, and all but one of those outings has been a start.
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  1. joe 44

    8 years ago

    they need to DFA the whole bullpen

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    • dwhitt3

      8 years ago

      Except Kintzler

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      • joe 44

        8 years ago

        yea there have been a couple guys doing good but wow Pressly, Belisle and Haley need to go. send Haley back to where ever he came from release Belisle and Pressly needs to be sent down. and stop calling up guys like Rucinski, Wheeler and Boshers

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        • Daryl125

          8 years ago

          Pressly and Belisle have been very good in previous years, their track records say they will be fine (law of averages) and both will remain on the roster barring Rick Ankiel type issues. Haley has been a victim of soft contact falling in for hits. Rucinski/Boshers are on the shuttle to and from Rochester because, when they’re used, the entire bullpen has been used – we need a fresh arm in for the next day. Same thing with Wheeler here I’m assuming. The team is in first place at the end of May and the guys out there under Eddie Guardado have played a big part in that.

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        • joe 44

          8 years ago

          Yea a bullpen era of 4.91 is a big part of why they are in first place. I dont think very good applies to belisle when he signed a contract for a little over the vets minimum at 2 mil. Last year he only pitched 30 innings the year before that 40 innings so either he is injury prone or 1 to 2 out specialist not the set up guy. Pressly is the only arm in the pen that can come close to 95 mph everyone else sits 88-93 nobody has strikeout stuff. Kintzler is great but he is not a closer on a contending team he would be a 7th inning guy.

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  2. Lightning

    8 years ago

    After the pathetic bullpen gave up 14 runs on the 8th and 9th inning today it is time to replace several bullpen arms. Melotakis and Curtiss have been lights out at Chattanooga. Get them on the 40 man roster and to the majors.

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    • joe 44

      8 years ago

      yea with an era of 4.90 needs some changes. rosario curtiss and melotakis need to be promoted to AAA, hildburger and busenitz are should be added to the 40 man and called up to minnesota and id give wimmers a shot he got rocked the first game or two but has looked really good since. and chargois and reed should be coming off the DL at AAA soon

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      • Lightning

        8 years ago

        Agreed!!
        The guys that are there sure aren’t getting the job done. May as well give the young relievers some major league experience.

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    • bastros88

      8 years ago

      what’s going on with Matt Belisle tho, he has an ERA of 8.66

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      • dwhitt3

        8 years ago

        Belisle has been bad for a few years now I think

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        • Daryl125

          8 years ago

          Belisle pitched to a 2.67 in 2015, 1.76 in 2016. 2-3 bad outings gives a reliever an ERA of 7.27 at the end of May (17.1 innings) – horrible way to judge a reliever until after the season ends.

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        • joe 44

          8 years ago

          17 inning is half the innings he pitched last year

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      • joe 44

        8 years ago

        he is tim stauffer 2.0

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    • bleacherbum

      8 years ago

      Brad Hand says hello..

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      • joe 44

        8 years ago

        no thanks especially since all padres fans think they would get nick gordon plus plus for him. cause if thats the case i want to keep losing cause just imagine what the twins would get for kintzler santana and santiago if brad hand can get you a top 40 prospect plus other prospects

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  3. Binks

    8 years ago

    Sign Warren Moon

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