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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

    1 year ago

    Yawn

    Reply
  2. cheeryvladdy

    1 year ago

    This transaction is the equivalent of a fart.

    Reply
    • Twinsfan333

      1 year ago

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

      Reply
  3. tim815

    1 year ago

    Reasonable get for the waiver wire fee.

    Reply
  4. BadBenjamin

    1 year ago

    Queef

    Reply
  5. VonPurpleHayes

    1 year ago

    He had a good tenure on the Phillies…

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      1 year ago

      how is Quezada still on the roster!?

      Reply
      • VonPurpleHayes

        1 year ago

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

        Reply
  6. Moneyballer

    1 year ago

    Solid pickup, surprised he was on waivers!

    Reply
  7. whyhayzee

    1 year ago

    “seldom-used changeup“

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

    Reply
  8. Cey Hey

    1 year ago

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

    Reply
  9. bobtillman

    1 year ago

    I wonder if Hamilton will ever get to Broadway.

    Reply
    • Cey Hey

      1 year 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.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFvp7kMraAw

      Reply
      • bobtillman

        1 year ago

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

        Yep, I’m old…..

        Reply
        • Cey Hey

          1 year ago

          Horton never had a Topps baseball card.

  10. ItsStillMillerPark

    1 year ago

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

    Reply
  11. cwsAscension

    1 year ago

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

    Reply
  12. BruntlettSupastar

    1 year ago

    JT who?

    Reply
  13. DarkSide830

    1 year ago

    darn

    Reply
  14. Metsfan9

    1 year 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

    Reply
    • someoldguy

      1 year ago

      so they dueled it out for a roster spot?

      Reply
  15. Bustedstuff88

    1 year 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.

    Reply
  16. maximumvelocity

    1 year 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.

    Reply
  17. dazedatnoon

    1 year 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

    Reply
  18. OHjohns

    1 year 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.

    Reply

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