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Twins Claim Ian Hamilton

By Steve Adams | February 5, 2021 at 1:07pm CDT

The Twins have claimed right-handed reliever Ian Hamilton off waivers from the Phillies, per an announcement from the Phillies. He was designated for assignment earlier in the week when Philadelphia re-signed J.T. Realmuto. Minnesota’s 40-man roster is up to 39 players.

Philadelphia claimed the 25-year-old Hamilton from the Mariners, who’d previously claimed him from the White Sox organization. The 2016 eleventh-round pick has appeared briefly in the Majors with the South Siders in two of the past three seasons, allowing a combined six runs on ten hits and seven walks with nine strikeouts in a dozen innings. He’s averaged 95.7 mph on a four-seamer that he complements with a slider and a very seldom-used changeup.

Hamilton had a particularly strong showing between Double-A and Triple-A in 2018, and throughout his minor league career as a whole, he’s posted better-than-average strikeout and walk rates (26.3 percent and 7.1 percent, respectively). He still has a minor league option remaining, so he’ll give the Twins some depth they can shuttle back and forth between Minneapolis and Triple-A St. Paul if he makes it to the season on their 40-man roster.

Hamilton becomes the latest addition to a bullpen mix that is rapidly being reworked. Minnesota signed Alex Colome earlier this week, acquired Shaun Anderson from the Giants yesterday and took a low-cost flier on Hansel Robles in late December.

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  1. 8ManLineupNoPitcherNoDH

    3 weeks ago

    Yawn

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  2. cheeryvladdy

    3 weeks ago

    This transaction is the equivalent of a fart.

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    • Twinsfan333

      3 weeks ago

      Sort of like your comment? I get what you did there

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  3. tim815

    3 weeks ago

    Reasonable get for the waiver wire fee.

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  4. BadBenjamin

    3 weeks ago

    Queef

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  5. VonPurpleHayes

    3 weeks ago

    He had a good tenure on the Phillies…

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    • DarkSide830

      3 weeks ago

      how is Quezada still on the roster!?

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      • VonPurpleHayes

        3 weeks ago

        yea. some of these moves baffled me, but in DD i trust.

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  6. Moneyballer

    3 weeks ago

    Solid pickup, surprised he was on waivers!

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  7. whyhayzee

    3 weeks ago

    “seldom-used changeup“

    Ah, I think I’ll Perplex him with my slow ball.

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  8. Cey Hey

    3 weeks ago

    That’s the problem. Too much Bugs Bunny growing up (you, me, and Slow-Ball Hamilton).

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  9. bobtillman

    3 weeks ago

    I wonder if Hamilton will ever get to Broadway.

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    • Cey Hey

      3 weeks ago

      Maybe if he adds the Folly Floater to his repertoire. A classic Steve Hamilton versus Tony Horton moment here. I was watching when it happened.
      youtube.com/watch?v=WFvp7kMraAw

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      • bobtillman

        3 weeks ago

        Tony Horton…Indians/Red Sox….nervous breakdown…crawled back to the dugout one time…..

        Yep, I’m old…..

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        • Cey Hey

          3 weeks ago

          Horton never had a Topps baseball card.

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  10. ItsStillMillerPark

    3 weeks ago

    just refreshing the page every so often to see what analysis Ranger29 has

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  11. cwsAscension

    3 weeks ago

    Couple former/recent WSox arms within a few days. Add to the rivalry that is brewing.

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  12. BruntlettSupastar

    3 weeks ago

    JT who?

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  13. DarkSide830

    3 weeks ago

    darn

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  14. Metsfan9

    3 weeks ago

    I remember when Hamilton and Ryan Burr where on the White Sox at the same time so they dressed up as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr during spring training. Pretty funny

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    • someoldguy

      3 weeks ago

      so they dueled it out for a roster spot?

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  15. Bustedstuff88

    3 weeks ago

    Twins will prove themselves again to be wise with signings like this on the relief market.

    Let teams *cough cough*CWS* Cough* spend stupid amounts of money on relievers, then we can sit back and polish our diamonds in the rough and spend that money elsewhere.

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  16. maximumvelocity

    3 weeks ago

    He could be a real find for the Twins. Career was derailed by a freak injury, and he was squeezed out of what became a strong WS bullpen.

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  17. dazedatnoon

    3 weeks ago

    there’s more like him. Tyler Johnson is similar. Zack Burdi is still around. Matt Foster and Codi Heuer broke into the majors this year.

    Solid pickup

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  18. OHjohns

    3 weeks ago

    As long as Wes Johnson is the Twins pitching coach, I’ll trust any pitcher acquisition that the twins make, and know that it’s probably a good one.

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