Here are the day’s minor moves from around the league…
- The Orioles announced that right-handers Tyler Wilson and Logan Verrett have both cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Triple-A Norfolk. The O’s exposed both players to waivers as a means of opening 40-man spots for Pedro Alvarez and top catching prospect Chance Sisco. Wilson, 27, has logged a 5.02 ERA over 145 1/3 innings with the Orioles from 2015-17, and his numbers at Triple-A have taken a step back in the past two years as well. Verrett, also 27, saw just 10 2/3 innings with the Orioles this year after coming over from the Mets organization this past spring. He’s struggled to a 5.10 ERA with below-average K/BB numbers in Triple-A as well.
- The Twins announced that they’ve selected the contract of right-hander Michael Tonkin and created space by recalling righty J.T. Chargois from Triple-A and placing him on the Major League 60-day disabled list. The 27-year-old Tonkin was once one of the more promising bullpen prospects in the Twins’ system, but he’s underwhelmed in numerous auditions over the past few years. Minnesota outrighted him earlier this year, but he’s back after pitching to a brilliant 1.73 ERA with 13.2 K/9, 2.8 BB/9 and a 45.5 percent ground-ball rate in 41 2/3 innings with Triple-A Rochester. Chargois posted video game numbers between Double-A and Triple-A last year and was viewed as a potential option in 2017, but he’s missed most of the year with a right elbow impingement.
- Right-hander Raul Alcantara is back with the Athletics, who have selected his contract and opened a 40-man spot by placing righty Paul Blackburn on the 60-day disabled list. Alcantara was outrighted after clearing waivers earlier this year, and he responded to his 40-man removal by posting a solid 2.67 ERA in 33 2/3 Triple-A frames (albeit with just 5.9 K/9 against a more impressive 1.9 BB/9 mark). Blackburn left a start in late August after being struck in the hand by a line drive, and while he’s only been diagnosed with a contusion, his season is over with that placement on the 60-day DL. He missed fewer bats than just about any pitcher in the league but still managed a 3.22 ERA in 58 2/3 innings with the A’s in his debut campaign.
- The Rays selected right-hander Chaz Roe’s contract from the minors in advance of tonight’s game. Tampa Bay picked up Roe in a minor trade with the Braves earlier this year. The 30-year-old pitched 21 innings with Tampa’s Triple-A affiliate in Durham and worked to an even 3.00 ERA with a ridiculous 35-to-5 K/BB ratio. In parts of five big league seasons, Roe has a 4.16 ERA with 9.6 K/9, 4.5 BB/9 and a 54.4 percent ground-ball rate.
Wilson could still end up being a good back-end-of-rotation pitcher.
Thank you Johnny Superscout
You’ve got some kind of false view of tyler Wilson. You should head his fan club because he’s a low velocity mop up arm. No one took a flier on him in September….Take a look at Mike Wright if you want an underachieving fringe prospect that might be able to carve out an MLB career.
I’ll rephrase that for you.
Wilson can still end up being a back end of rotation pitcher.
The O’s desperately need good back-end-of-the=rotation pitchers. If Wilson was gonna be one, they would not have outrighted him. He has one ML quality pitch (a curveball), and hitters know not to swing at it because eventually they will get a crushable fastball.
O’s desperately need any P’s who can give them the modest standard of a quality start….there’s a few of them out there, homegrown too…..Davies, Rodriguez, Bridwell, Hader, Miranda, etc…..or pay a kings ransom for Ebaldo…..so close, yet so far away….
Not so sure bridwell or Miranda is the real deal. Erod was dealt for miller and hader was traded 5 years ago and has yet to start an MLB game.. the Davies deal was bad from the beginning and has just gotten worse.
He’s soft tosser who needs to always have his junk pitches be on to really be effective, lotsa foul balls, doesn’t fool many batters, on his best days as O’s starter so far….3rd time round line-up n they take BP off em…..think Brad Bergessen w/o the 1 good season…..