The Twins announced they have acquired outfielder Ryan LaMarre from the Braves in exchange for cash considerations. He’ll be added to the club’s 40-man roster, tweets Dan Hayes of the Athletic. As Hayes notes, LaMarre won’t be postseason-eligible as a player acquired from outside the organization after September 1. Nevertheless, LaMarre is still eligible to be traded because he signed a minor-league contract with the Braves’ organization. As we’ve discussed at MLBTR in the past, the July 31 trade deadline applies only to players on major-league contracts.
It’ll be the second Twins stint for the 30 year-old, who got into 43 games with Minnesota last season before they designated him for assignment. After wrapping up 2018 with the White Sox, LaMarre was cut loose and sent back to the open market, where he signed with the Braves on the aforementioned minor-league pact last November. LaMarre was productive for the Braves Triple-A affiliate in Gwinnett, slashing .311/.380/.477, albeit with a .416 BABIP. He also started 44 games in center field for the Stripers, so he’ll give the Twins a center field capable depth piece for the regular season’s final month.
LaMarre will take the 40-man spot of Michael Pineda, who was suspended for the rest of the season yesterday.
Game changer
Not trying to be a “game changer”. They need some depth with 3 of their outfield options battling injuries. He will help get Kepler and Rosario off the field down the stretch to keep them fresh.
nice bench bat last year. he really got the short end of the stick from Atlanta this year.
I mean…. Braves had 3 OFs on the AAA team who were all performing better in Ortega, Duvall and Riley. If he wanted a better shot at a MLB job he could’ve/should’ve signed with a worse team.
my point was why promote Ortega, who was obviously a AAAA player at that point already? LaMarre actually showed some ability to hit Major League hitting last year, something Ortaga failed to do with three different clubs three different years. Im okay with the other callups over him, but didnt the Braves see enough of Ortega in Miami last year to know he’s useless?
Yea, not the short end of the stick. Atlanta had 3 other Outfielders in Gwinnett who were a) not on the 40 man roster and b) performed better.
I’d say Ryan Lamarre Gave the Braves the short end of the stick for not performing well enough.
A descendant of the great Headley LaMarre .
“That’s Hedley !”
Actually, its is Hedy, as in Hedy LaMarr..
I bet he uses his tounge prettier than a twenty dollar…something.
The immortal one