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Twins Option Trevor Hildenberger, Will Select Austin Adams

By Steve Adams | May 15, 2019 at 10:28pm CDT

The Twins announced following Wednesday’s game that they’ve optioned struggling righty Trevor Hildenberger to Triple-A Rochester. While no corresponding move was announced, La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the Twins are set to select the contract of right-hander Austin Adams from Rochester. SKOR North’s Darren Wolfson tweeted earlier in the afternoon that Adams was a potential replacement option. Because Adams is not on the 40-man roster, Minnesota will need to make an additional move to accommodate the promotion.

Hildenberger, 28, was a significant factor in the Twins’ 2017 Wild Card run when he emerged as a late-blooming rookie and turned in a 3.21 ERA with 9.4 K/9 against 1.3 BB/9 in 42 innings of work down the stretch. He largely maintained that pace with a 3.33 first-half ERA in 2018 before cratering in the season’s second half when he allowed 27 runs in his final 27 innings of work.

The 2019 has been a smaller-scale replica of that 2018 campaign; Hildenberger allowed just two runs on nine hits and four walks with 11 strikeouts in 9 2/3 innings in April but has been clobbered for 11 runs in just 4 2/3 innings this month. While he’s never thrown hard, it’s also not a good sign that the righty’s average fastball is down 1.2 mph from last year’s levels (dipping from 89.6 mph to 88.4 mph). In fairness to Hildenberger, he’s been plagued by a sky-high .460 average on balls in play, which certainly hasn’t helped his cause. For now, he’ll look to right the ship in a lower-pressure setting and return to help the club later in the season.

As for Adams — not to be confused with the former Nationals reliever of the same name whom the Mariners acquired earlier this month — it’ll be the 32-year-old’s first big league action since the 2016 season. Adams was a 2009 fifth-round pick of the Indians and spent parts of three seasons (2014-16) in the Cleveland ’pen, meaning Twins chief baseball officer Derek Falvey, a former Indians AGM, is likely quite familiar with the righty.

He hasn’t had much success in the Majors outside of a 3.78 ERA in 33 2/3 innings with the 2015 Indians, but Adams is currently sporting a 28-to-6 K/BB ratio in 14 innings of work with Triple-A Rochester. He’s been tagged for three homers in that time and has a 4.50 ERA on the whole, but the K/BB ratio and Adams’ whopping 58.5 percent ground-ball rate are genuinely intriguing. Perhaps most intriguing of all is the fact that the Twins and Mariners will square off in a four-game series beginning tomorrow, thus setting the stage for an Austin Adams vs. Austin Adams bullpen showdown.

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  1. bobtillman

    6 years ago

    If it’s the ninth inning, with Adams vs.. Adams, I assume Lurch will be the home plate umpire. And Uncle Fester the first base vampire.

    OTOH, as long as Morticia is there, who cares.

    Oh, and Cousin It will be the ball boy.

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    • PepperoniPapi

      6 years ago

      If only it could’ve happened on a Wednesday…

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    • jorge78

      6 years ago

      Time to use middle initials!

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  2. Mill City Mavs

    6 years ago

    Sucks to see him struggle but this move was necessary. Can’t afford late inning blowups when you’re on top of the pack. Good luck in triple A.

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  3. spycake

    6 years ago

    Typo: Adams has 18 IP in AAA this season, not 14 — makes the 28 K’s look a little less impressive!

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  4. nentwigs

    6 years ago

    In the Major Leagues, “GIMMICK” pitchers have a limited shelf life. It sure seems as though Hildenberger may have reached his limit. Perhaps, it’s time to try the National League OR Japan or Korea?

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  5. basquiat

    6 years ago

    I wouldn’t get too excited about Austin Adams.

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