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Twins Designate Buddy Boshers For Assignment

By Steve Adams | January 15, 2018 at 4:37pm CDT

The Twins announced that they’ve designated left-handed reliever Buddy Boshers for assignment. His roster spot will go to right-hander Addison Reed, whose previously reported two-year, $16.75MM contract has been announced by the team.

Boshers, 30 in May, parlayed a minor league deal with the Twins in the 2015-16 offseason into 71 innings of work and more than a year of service at the big league level. In parts of his two seasons with Minnesota, the southpaw turned in a 4.56 ERA. Boshers impressed with an 8.2 K/9 rate against 2.2 BB/9, but he’s also been somewhat homer-prone (1.3 HR/9). He’s also been clobbered by right-handed opponents in that time; while Boshers limited lefties to a lowly .231/.262/.345 batting line through 122 plate appearances, righties knocked him around at a .268/.330/.485 clip in 183 PAs.

Boshers does have a minor league option remaining and has had his share of success against left-handed opponents, so it’s possible that he latches on elsewhere as a potential lefty specialist. If not, he’ll return to a Twins organization where he’s now behind Taylor Rogers, offseason signee Zach Duke and young Gabriel Moya on the depth chart for left-handed relievers.

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  1. #Fantasygeekland

    5 years ago

    One of the better players to be DFA’d this offseason.

    Reply
  2. Fuck Me Bitch

    5 years ago

    Huge sigh of relief.

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    Reply
  3. Yamsi12

    5 years ago

    Buddy NO!

    Reply
  4. wjf010

    5 years ago

    So glad it wasn’t Moya

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  5. Chris Sale Amateur Tailor

    5 years ago

    solid depth piece but we had no more space and guys with more upside ahead of him

    Reply
  6. takeyourbase

    5 years ago

    So long. No big loss here

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  7. Pablo

    5 years ago

    Just a sign twins are getting better when they can cut guys like boshers. A year ago he was a needed piece.

    Reply
  8. twins33

    5 years ago

    Easiest decision of the offseason.

    Reply
  9. Jeremy Johnson 2

    5 years ago

    Damn, Boshers is a beast in my mlb the show franchise

    Reply
  10. Phillies2017

    5 years ago

    He was good in 2016, but his velo dropped by 2 mph last season as did his GB%. His peripherals suggest that he was lucky to even escape with his lackluster bottom line results.

    Reply
  11. schaeferboom12

    5 years ago

    Thank God

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