The latest outrights from around Major League Baseball:
- Cubs outfielder Nick Martini has accepted an assignment to Triple-A Iowa after clearing waivers, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune was among those to report. Martini – who signed a minor league contract with the Cubs in the offseason – earned a promotion in early May but went just 1-for-12 in the bigs before they designated him for assignment last week. The 30-year-old former Athletic and Padre has enjoyed some success in the majors, though, as shown by his .261/.363/.366 line across 303 plate appearances.
- Righty Juan Minaya will stay with the Twins after accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A St. Paul, Dan Hayes of The Athletic tweets. The club designated Minaya over the weekend after he yielded three earned runs on five hits (including two homers) and put up four strikeouts against three walks in 6 1/3 innings. It was the first major league action for the 30-year-old since his run with the White Sox from 2016-19. He joined the Twins on a minors pact over the winter.
Hansel Robles has infiltrated Juan Minaya’s baseball-reference photo
Must be easier to accept knowing you can be called up and drive to the MLB stadium from the minor league complex in minutes. He will be up again if shows anything in minors. Twins not going anywhere this October other than home
“Twins not going anywhere this October other than home.”
So the same as it’s been for the last 19 years…
Nick Martini seems like the guy you see later as a minor league coaching hire and you think “ohhh yeah that guy”.
Then you respect him more than Hinch, Boone, Girardi, and Counsell because he crushed them in OBP.
Holy moly, this Martini guy plays. Those are some impressive walk to strikeout numbers