We’ll track today’s minor moves — some of the first of this nascent offseason — in this post…
- The Twins’ Triple-A affiliate announced the re-signing of catcher Tomas Telis and right-hander Jonathan Cheshire on minor league contracts. Telis, 28, appeared in the Majors each year from 2014-18, hitting a combined .230/.267/.298 in 267 plate appearances between the Marlins and Rangers. He’s a much more accomplished Triple-A hitter, though, and like many minor leaguers, he posted his best numbers ever in 2019’s heightened offensive environment in Triple-A. In 327 plate appearances with the Rochester Red Wings, Telis hit .330/.364/.490 with eight homers and 21 doubles. Cheshire, 25 this month, joined the Twins in August after struggling with the Blue Jays but showing well with the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League. Upon signing with the Twins, he tossed 13 2/3 shutout innings with a 14-to-4 K/BB ratio (one walk being intentional). The former 36th-round pick (Jays, 2017) will get another look in the upper levels of the Twins’ system on the heels of that impressive performance.
Never heard of em
He was #3 on your top 10 list.
The only thing I know about Cheshire is that he was on the team picture for Bisons autograph day and he wasn’t there because he got cut 2 days before autograph day
Threw 40 innings in the minors this year with 6 saves and a 2.25 ERA.
Somerset Patriots – Sparky Lyle
This is the big splash the twins made this off-season! I knew it would be big!
Cheshire was pretty good this year. i actually was hoping the Phillies would sign him and actually mentioned him in an email to them, but the guy who responded didnt seem like a big fan. evidently didnt realize that Chesire threw sidearm, and therefore his velo was therefore not bad.
You actually got a response from an MLB organization? Do you know someone who works for the Phillies?
no. guess the guy wanted to respond just so as to shut me down. he was talking to me about how i should have looked more into each player’s velocity an such instead of such things as ERA and K/9, and in picking Cheshire to call me out on picked the lamest example. i told the person who responded this and they didnt reply again. and here we are with Cheshire looking like a decent player.
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Inking Cheshire is a catty move
“If you don’t know where you are going any road can take you there.” — CC
Some fool posted an article, making himself the GM of the Twins, with a 2020 budget of $130 Million. Let me take a crack at that.
ALREADY in STONE::
Nelson Cruz- DH $12 Million
Marwin Gonzalez-Utility $ 9 Million
Max Kepler -RF $6.25 Million
Jorge Polanco $3.958 Million
Total committed contracts $31.208 Million
Qualifying Offers
Jake Odorizzi $17,.8 Million (If you can’t sign Odorizzi for 3 years at $14 mill.year).
Arbitration Players
C.J. Cron 1B $5.2 Million
Eddie Rosario LF $4.8 Million (If you can’t sign Rosario for 4 years at $6.2 Million year).
Miquel Sano 3B/1B $3,2 Million (If you can;t sign Sano for a 4 year contract at $5.2 a year).
Byron Buxton CF $1.9 Million
Taylor Rogers LHP-R $1.85 Million If you can’t sign Rogers for a 4 year contract at $2,75 million a year).
Ehire Adrianza Utility $1.5 Million
Trevor May RHP-R $1.2 Million
Jose Berrios RHP-S $1.1 Million (If you can’t sign Berrios for $5 million a year for 4 years).
Mitch Garver-Catcher $900,000 (If you can’t sign Garver for $2.5 million a year for 4 years)
Jake Cave $600,000
Tyler Duffey $595,000 (If you can’t sign Duffey to $1.2 million a year for 4 years)
Luis Arraez 2B $585,000 (If you can’t sign Arraiz to a $1 million year for 3 years)
Trevor Hildenberger DFA
Willians Austodillo C-Utility $575,000
Ryne Harper RHP-R $565,000
Matt Wisler RHP=R $565,000
Arbitation Candidates $24.235 million- 34.775 million
Free Agent signings
Hhyun-Jin Ryu LHP-S $20 million year/ for 4 years
Alex Wood LHP=S $7 million year/ for 4 years
Brett Anderson LHP=S $3 million year/3 years
Edwin Encarion 1B-DH $7 Million year/3 years
Micheal Pinaeda- RHP-S/R $3 million year/3 years
Free Agents $40 million
pre-arbititration $555,000 each
Jorge Alcala RHP
Randy Dobnak- RHP
Brusdar Gaterol- RHP
Zack Littel -RHP
Sean Poppen-RHP
Fernando Romero -RHP
Devin Smelter- LHP
Cody Stahnak – RHP
Lewis Thorpe-LHP
Nick Gordon- 2B
Lamonte Wade, Jr.-CF
4 more from the minor leagues
Pre-Arb Salaries $6.105 Million
Total Spent $119 Million to $129.888 million
Mission accomplished. Let’s win a World Series!