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Cubs Claim Randy Rosario From Twins

By Steve Adams | November 3, 2017 at 2:14pm CDT

The Cubs announced that they’ve claimed left-hander Randy Rosario off waivers from the Twins. Chicago’s 40-man roster count now sits at 33 players.

The 23-year-old Rosario was rocked in his big league debut with the Twins this past season (eight runs in 2 1/3 innings) but has been considered among the team’s 20 to 30 best prospects in recent years. A hard-throwing lefty out of the Dominican Republic, Rosario’s performance has deteriorated as he’s ascended through Minnesota’s minor league ranks. This past season, he tossed 57 1/3 innings with a 4.08 ERA and 7.1 K/9 against 3.6 BB/9 with a 50.9 percent ground-ball rate in Double-A.

To Rosario’s credit, he was dominant at the Double-A level through the season’s first half. However, he collapsed in significant fashion from late July through season’s end, yielding 19 earned runs on 31 hits with a 13-to-11 K/BB ratio in his final 17 2/3 frames at the Double-A level.

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  1. Nieds_22

    8 years ago

    Nooooooooooooooooooooo

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  2. bigcubsfan

    8 years ago

    Wow. Only 33 players on the 40 man? They can protect a few guys from the rule 5 draft.

    Also, I am surprised the Twins put this guy on waivers at only 23 years old who made his major league debut.

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    • wrigleywannabe

      8 years ago

      Those spots were created by the expiring contracts. They will be filled by re-signings and acquisitions

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    • twins33

      8 years ago

      4 players are on the 60 day DL so once they get reinstated it’ll be a roster of 37. They have somewhere around 3-4 locks to protect from the rule 5 so they are far from done with messing with the 40 man. Plus if they want to sign any FA….

      He is young, but for a reliever his numbers don’t stand out at all.

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      • 37santobanks

        8 years ago

        Who are the guys that need to be protected from the rule 5 draft this year?

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        • twins33

          8 years ago

          There’s a list on TwinsDaily website. I believe there are almost 40 eligible for it.

          Gonsalves, Littell and Thorpe are the three I consider locks. There are another handful or so that could go either way.

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        • twins33

          8 years ago

          My apologies, for some reason I thought we were talking about the Twins 40 man. I somehow skipped over that part of the post and the Twins have the same number of roster spots open. Odd coincidence.

          I read too much into the comment, thinking it was a “wow, why would the Twins let a young guy go when they had so many open spots?”

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      • chinmusic

        8 years ago

        He’s 23 but only in double A. However he’s lefty and throws hard.

        Hopefully he blossoms in our player development.

        The Cubs need more Arietta like successes. Theo is not a huge fan of gambling on high priced vets with long term contracts.

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  3. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    8 years ago

    He got rocked but is he at least decent. Obviously is sounds like nerves got the best of him.

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    • jdgoat

      8 years ago

      He has respectable numbers in the minors. At this point though, he’s probably just organizational filler

      Reply
  4. Djones246890

    8 years ago

    Let Jim Hickey work with him. He’ll be a solid bullpen guy come June. You heard it here first.

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    • Gideon Hays

      8 years ago

      Jim Hickey at least will have less sour smelling burps than Bosio when walking out to the mound.

      Reply
  5. IACub

    8 years ago

    Nice

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  6. Joe Fretto

    8 years ago

    I love it. The more young arms the better.

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  7. phantomofdb

    8 years ago

    With the twins luck/history of letting guys go this kid will become the next Mariano

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  8. Gideon Hays

    8 years ago

    Collect as many rag arms as possible and hopefully one of them turns into regular season Wade Davis while the rest take the route of Hector Rondon.

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    • wrigleywannabe

      8 years ago

      If he turns out to be Rondon, what would be wrong with that? Rondon was an elite closer in 2015 wth an ERA of 1.67.

      ERA of 2..42 and 3.52 in 2014 and 2016.

      Heck, even this year’s 4.24 would be okay from a guy you pick up like this.

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      • 37santobanks

        8 years ago

        Thank you. I have been a huge Rondon supporter over the years. He was, at least, not another Carlos Marmol. Dude was pretty elite, just needs to get back on track.

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      • Mikel Grady

        8 years ago

        I remember being on the rooftops in 2015 as he shut the door on St. Louis in the nlds.

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      • mike127

        8 years ago

        Rondon’s issues go back to just before the Chapman trade and right after—coming out of the all star break in 16 he pitched in five of six games and just after the trade for Chapman he pitched in four of six. Soon after he was on the DL and has not regained his form. One of the reasons that Chapman was used so heavily (along with Edwards and Montgomery in game 7, inning ten) was that Rondon (and Strop) were just not 100% healthy. Rondon has not regained it. He was really trending towards elite…especially the first half of 16…. before he started hitting the DL.

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  9. tim815

    8 years ago

    The Cubs need to rebuild some of the optionable depth they churned through late in the season. And Justin Grimm is out of options, as well.

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