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Twins Select Cody Stashak, Place C.J. Cron On IL

By Jeff Todd | July 22, 2019 at 3:31pm CDT

The Twins have selected the contract of righty Cody Stashak and recalled fellow reliever Lewis Thorpe, per a club announcement. They’ll take the active roster places of first baseman C.J. Cron, who’s headed to the injured list with a thumb malady, and righty Zack Littell, who was optioned down.

Stashak, 25, earned his way to the big leagues with a strikeout laden showing in the upper minors to open the year. He has been particularly impressive since moving up to Triple-A, turning in 22 1/3 frames of 1.61 ERA ball with a sterling 31:4 K/BB ratio. While he has functioned primarily as a reliever in recent seasons, Stashak did get two starts at Rochester and has been tasked with multi-inning work at times.

It’s not promising to see Cron headed back to the IL so soon after his reinstatement. It seems his thumb troubles have reared up again, meaning the team will go without a hitter who has turned in 350 plate appearances of ..263/.320/.494 work at the plate this season. The Twins will go with a three-man bench for at least a stretch.

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22 Comments

  1. twinsfan368

    6 years ago

    Not again

    1
    Reply
  2. Gwynning's Anal Lover

    6 years ago

    Did Morrison end up with a team?

    Reply
    • Not Xabial

      6 years ago

      Phillies

      Reply
  3. Sky14

    6 years ago

    They have the 40 man space, would have been nice to see if Brent Rooker could handle the job.

    Reply
    • jackmarcus22

      6 years ago

      No kidding, he’s ready to go.

      Reply
  4. its_happening

    6 years ago

    Could ask for Smoak if inquiring about Stroman and Giles. But, not sure how long Cron’s out. Twins would rather have Cron.

    Reply
  5. Oxford Karma

    6 years ago

    Malady?

    Reply
  6. The Einheri

    6 years ago

    Probably turned out to be a second degree sprain on that thumb. It may be awhile.

    Reply
  7. The Einheri

    6 years ago

    How soon ’til Byron Buxton is back? We may need to move Sanó to 1B and get Gonzalez back to playing 3B full time.

    Reply
    • Tristan Gilbert

      6 years ago

      Since he wasnt activated when cron went out I’d assume tomorrow. Lavelle said hes could be activated today but wasnt

      Reply
  8. California Halo's

    6 years ago

    why did Base Ball change D L to I L???

    Reply
    • jdgoat

      6 years ago

      It’s more accurate I guess?

      Reply
    • Gus Leggett

      6 years ago

      To be politically correct. They changed it to Injury List instead of Disabled List because they were receiving flak about it being insulting to people that are disabled.

      Reply
  9. dsteig

    6 years ago

    I guess the Pohlads are broke

    Reply
  10. the outlaw

    6 years ago

    A group of DISABLED kids met with MLB and asked if they would change it to IL.
    The kids said that they were disabled not an injured ball player . Manfred agreed and it was changed the same week.
    At least that’s the story I heard.

    Reply
    • Boogaloo

      6 years ago

      Yeah, I’m sure the kids did that all on their own.

      Seems like something that would be a top priority for a disabled kid.

      Reply
  11. Boogaloo

    6 years ago

    Will the Twins be competing this week or pulling their usual act against the Spankees?

    Reply
    • MasterShake

      6 years ago

      To be fair, it isn’t the playoffs so it shouldn’t be a complete and non competitive sweep!

      Reply
      • Boogaloo

        6 years ago

        They are 36 and 96 vs the Spankees in the regular season since 2002.

        Thats insane.

        Not like the Twins haven’t had good teams during that time

        Reply
  12. GarryHarris

    6 years ago

    Willians Astudillo …

    Reply
    • Paul Griggs

      6 years ago

      The Round Mound of jiggle could stand to lose 40 pounds while he’s fixing that hamstring.

      Reply
    • Gus Leggett

      6 years ago

      I think we have seen the last of La Tortuga with the play and bat of Arraez.

      Reply

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