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Twins Designate Cory Gearrin For Assignment

By Steve Adams | August 13, 2020 at 5:57pm CDT

The Twins have designated right-handed reliever Cory Gearrin for assignment, per a club announcement. Minnesota also activated righty Zack Littell from the injured list, placed fellow right-hander Cody Stashak on the 10-day IL due to lower back inflammation and activated recently acquired infielder Ildemaro Vargas.

Gearrin, 34, inked a minor league deal with the Twins in early 2020 and was added to the big league roster over the weekend after beginning the season at their alternate training site in St. Paul. He pitched a pair of scoreless innings Sunday, and in doing so ensured that he’d pitched in his sixth consecutive Major League season.

Gearrin has never been an overpowering reliever, but he has a solid track record in the Majors. From 2016-19, he averaged 63 relief appearances per year and worked to a tidy 3.42 ERA with 8.2 K/9, 3.7 BB/9, 0.79 HR/9 and a 47.9 percent ground-ball rate. Overall, Gearrin carries a 3.61 ERA and 3.81 FIP in 304 innings at the Major League level. Given the number of struggling bullpens around the game, he could appeal to another team on a waiver claim or a minor trade.

As for Littell, he’ll return to the club after missing about two weeks with a hamstring strain. He was tagged for four runs in his first three innings of work this season, but Littell flourished in the Minnesota bullpen last year, finishing out the season with 30 2/3 frames of 0.88 ERA ball after being recalled from Triple-A in late June. Stashak had his own impressive run for the Twins in the second half of 2019 and has allowed three runs on five hits and a pair of walks with 10 punchouts through seven innings thus far in 2020.

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  1. Rangers29

    5 years ago

    I’m in the (albiet, very small), Cory Gearrin Fan Club. I loved watching him pitch when he was in Texas, I liked his low arm slot-pitch to contact type style, and I hope he will find an opportunity elsewhere. Another fairly un-popular player I liked was Jason Grilli.

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    • CrookedAsstros

      5 years ago

      I saw him pitch during his brief time with the Yankees and I always really liked watching his delivery, hope he lands somewhere

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      • scottn59c

        5 years ago

        He always made me nervous when he pitched for SF, but looking at his baseball card, it’s clear that he had better results than I remembered.

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        • 5TUNT1N

          5 years ago

          He had a lot of success in his first few years with sf but ran a lot of counts full of I remember correct, also am a fan. Guy seems like a hard enough worker and never had anything negative said about him while he was in SF, you could do a lot worse. I would have rather kept him than sign Melancon but hindsight often works in your favor like that.

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  2. DarkSide830

    5 years ago

    Klentak get this guy

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    • Johhos

      5 years ago

      Gotta agree sounds like would be a good get for the Phils.

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  3. Ducky Buckin Fent

    5 years ago

    Gearrin:
    He seemed exactly like what he was he was with the Yanks; a solid middle reliever. I think he’s a contributor.

    Littel:
    That trade *still* bugs me lol. Yanks included him to “offset salary” with the Twins for Lance Lynn. They also shipped Adam Warren to Seattle from some draft loot.

    Yuck.
    Yanks could’ve used *both* of those guys. Hindsight for sure.
    But, I didn’t care for either deal at the time.

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