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Twins Claim Jhon Romero, Place Randy Dobnak On 60-Day Injured List

By Steve Adams and Anthony Franco | March 21, 2022 at 2:34pm CDT

The Twins announced Monday that they’ve claimed righty Jhon Romero off waivers from the Nationals and, in a corresponding move, placed right-hander Randy Dobnak on the 60-day injured list. Dobnak is still dealing with the effects of a strain in the middle finger on his pitching hand that he suffered last summer.

Romero has five big league innings under his belt, all coming with Washington within the final couple weeks of last season. The 27-year-old showed a three-pitch mix, averaging 94.5 MPH on his four-seam with a slider and changeup that both checked in around 85 MPH. While his big league body of work was too limited on which to draw any meaningful conclusions, he did have an excellent season in the high minors.

The Colombia native split the year between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Rochester, spending the bulk of the season at the lower level. He tossed 55 cumulative innings across 38 appearances, posting a 2.62 ERA with an excellent 30.5% strikeout percentage and a minuscule 4.9% walk rate. That earned him a late-season call with a Washington club that had a very thin relief corps by the end of the year. However, he didn’t stick on the Nats 40-man roster all winter, as they designated him for assignment last week upon finalizing their one-year deal with Nelson Cruz.

The Twins will take a low-risk dice roll on Romero on the heels of his strong minor league campaign. He still has all option years remaining, so Minnesota can stash him with Triple-A St. Paul for the foreseeable future so long as they keep him on their 40-man.

Dobnak posted quality numbers through his first two big league seasons, combining for a 3.12 ERA despite a subpar strikeout rate on account of excellent control and ground-ball numbers. Minnesota signed him to a five-year, $9.25MM extension last spring, but his 2021 season was a disaster. He was tagged for a 7.64 ERA in 50 2/3 innings. Dobnak spent most of the second half of the season on the injured list with the aforementioned finger strain, returning for one appearance in September before going back on the shelf.

The hope had been that Dobnak would bounce back this year, but the team shut him down over the weekend due to continued soreness in the area. There’s no clear timetable for his return, but he’ll miss at least the first two months of the season.

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Comments

  1. bucketbrew35

    1 year ago

    Sounds a lot more serious than a strain.

    Reply
    • stymeedone

      1 year ago

      Sounds like they don’t know what it is.

      Reply
  2. HubertHumphrey

    1 year ago

    Seems that Dobnak signed that contract right on time.

    Reply
    • mrperkins

      1 year ago

      Maybe he hurt his finger signing it

      Reply
  3. twinky

    1 year ago

    This might be a nice pickup.

    Reply
  4. For Love of the Game

    1 year ago

    Dobnak will make more in 5 years than most people see in a lifetime. Hard to blame him for taking a well-timed contract.

    Reply
    • HubertHumphrey

      1 year ago

      That’s what I am thinking. This was his last chance, and he made it work.

      Reply
      • mostlytoasty

        1 year ago

        he’s on a very team-friendly deal and isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. they’ll be more than happy to be patient with him and get this finger issue figured out.

        his numbers last year came after they tried to alter his pitching. they weren’t happy with his low K-rate, even though K’s aren’t the sign of a good pitcher necessarily. if they let him get back to the way he used to pitch, he could be a bargain rotational arm

        Reply
  5. Joefish

    1 year ago

    Dobby should retire.
    His career fizzled out about the same time the sticky stuff came to light.

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      1 year ago

      the same dude who had a 8.74 ERA in April last year?

      Reply
  6. BruceG

    1 year ago

    Romero sounds like a great pick-up. 2.62 era and the SO to walk ratio is outstanding. Definitely deserves more of a shot than the Nats gave him. Twins just may have gotten themselves a sleeper.

    Reply
  7. Tnope

    1 year ago

    So who’s the twins number 5 starter now, Thorpe?

    Reply

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