The Twins have signed right-hander Cory Gearrin and outfielder Lane Adams to minor league contracts, per an announcement from Triple-A Rochester director of communications Nate Rowan.
Gearrin has been invited to Major League camp in Spring Training. He could earn a $1MM salary in the majors, Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweets. It seems as though Adams will head directly to minor league camp.
Gearrin, 33, split the 2019 season between the Mariners and Yankees, pitching to a combined 4.07 ERA with 7.6 K/9, 4.1 BB/9, 0.81 HR/9 and a 44.8 percent ground-ball rate. That’s generally in line with the year-to-year results he’s posted across the past four seasons, although Gearrin’s 2017 campaign with the Giants is a notable outlier; that year saw him rack up 68 innings of 1.99 ERA ball — albeit with less encouraging secondary stats (8.5 K/9, 4.6 BB/9, 88 percent strand rate, 3.89 FIP, 4.65 xFIP).
Generally speaking, though, Gearrin has been a durable and serviceable middle relief option. He’s jumped from the Giants to the Rangers, A’s, Mariners and Yankees in that time but posted a cumulative 3.42 ERA (3.96 FIP) with 209 punchouts against 95 walks in 229 innings of work. He doesn’t throw hard, averaging about 92 mph on his sinker, but he’s typically done a good job keeping the ball in the yard since returning from 2014 Tommy John surgery.
As for Adams, the 30-year-old has appeared in parts of three MLB seasons (2016-18) and tallied a combined .263/.333/.467 slash in 154 plate appearances. However, Adams has struck out in 31 percent of his MLB plate appearances and 30 percent of his trips to the plate in Triple-A, where he carries a much more tepid .233/.306/.390 slash through 234 games. Still, Adams can handle any of the three outfield positions and offers some power and speed as a depth option in the upper minors.
Cory Gearin works so slowly that Manfred wants to run commercials between his pitches.
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OMG! I forgot about that- it’s excruciating. He is soooo slow, it’s frustrating watching him pitch. So glad I don’t have to watch that this year
If you are a Twins fan, be happy. Gearrin may not be a household name, but when you see just how dominate he is when he is on, you will be impressed. I loved him back when he was with the Rangers. He has a sort of funky delivery, but it works for him and I love it. SUch a good player, so to all the Twins fans, again, be happy.
We were already happy, let’s get this season going!
Might take a flyer on the Twins to win it all at +1400. Only got better this offseason.
Yeah these two minor league scrubs should surely put them over the hump and they can finally beat NYY.
Grow up Peter pan. JD, Maeda, Hill, Bailey and keeping their other 2 starters was more my thinking…
Can’t wait to see those guys at Yankee stadium when breath becomes visible and the nights encroach earlier.
Twin Cities are much farther north than NYC and I think the Twins might be a surprise this year come the ALDS. ALE is going to be a very tough go for the Yanks which could balance the Cole addition in terms of win total. Hey, I’ll take my chances for those odds.
Yanks should cruise into the postseason with a healthy hitting lineup but this offseason didn’t improve their team. But Gerrit Cole! Ah but they lost James Paxton and Domingo German. They will have pitching issues early in the season. Twins may be the talk of baseball at the All-Star break!
Yanks should cruise into the postseason with a healthy hitting lineup but this offseason didn’t improve their team. But Gerrit Cole! Ah but they lost James Paxton and Domingo German. They will have pitching issues early in the season. Twins may be the talk of baseball at the All-Star break!
Probably not!!! Minnesota sports and high expectations don’t go well together at all. It’s actually become almost unbelievable how predictable it’s become.
The Twins gave quietly had a solid offseason. They haven’t a lot of splashes outside Donaldson, but they have made a number of moves that can help team. These two moves are examples.
While I wouldn’t expect much out of Adams, he has more potential upside than a guy like Gorkys Hernandez. Those are the type of players the Two s have concerted on in recent memory due to their solid player development.
Outside of Donaldson…how many offseason splashes were you expecting? Twins did good!
Lane Adams can still rake in a pinch
Two more former Braves. That makes what? Four guys now?
Wasn’t he the pitcher who had trouble with taking a pause in his pitch, which umps called a balk?
Gearin is a bum. I was happy as hell when the giants dfa’d him
Crazy how Lane has never stuck in the bigs. He obviously can run and he’s an average hitter; is his defense that bad?
I don’t know why he didn’t stick. In Atlanta his defense was pretty good, I think.