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Twins Designate Tim Beckham For Assignment

By Steve Adams | August 26, 2022 at 1:39pm CDT

The Twins announced Friday that they’ve reinstated outfielder Kyle Garlick from the 10-day injured list and designated infielder Tim Beckham for assignment in order to open a spot on the roster.

Beckham, 32, inked a minor league deal with the Twins over the winter and recently had his contract selected as Minnesota deals with a deluge of injuries both in the outfield and around the infield. He appeared in a dozen games with the Twins but took just 25 plate appearances and went 2-for-25 with nine strikeouts in that time.

Beckham has had a monster season in Triple-A, hitting .413/.481/.579 in 133 plate appearances, but it was never particularly realistic to expect the journeyman to sustain anything close to that level of output in the big leagues, where he’s a .247/.299/.426 hitter in 1776 plate appearances. He’ll be placed on waivers or released within the coming days now that he’s been designated for assignment.

Garlick, 30, will give the Twins a much-needed healthy outfielder and some desperately needed help against left-handed pitching. He’s hitting .257/.319/.514 in 116 plate appearances this year and has carved out a role with the Twins based on his ability to clobber southpaws. In 172 career plate appearances against lefties, the right-handed-hitting Garlick is a .266/.314/.576 hitter.

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14 Comments

  1. nmendoza7

    3 years ago

    Today decides if you keep your job for longer or get designated, nice

    Reply
  2. benhen77

    3 years ago

    Tim Beckham is a vampire. Garlick chased him right off the roster.

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    • walter8706

      3 years ago

      Nice

      Reply
  3. jgoody62

    3 years ago

    I think the real news is Tim Beckham has played in 2022. I hadn’t a clue!

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    • BuyBuyMets

      3 years ago

      If you can call what he did playing.
      Playing dead perhaps?

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      Reply
  4. bravesfan

    3 years ago

    Should have never been drafted where he was. Pure shock to those of us to watched him play growing up

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    • hiflew

      3 years ago

      Thank you Captain Obvious. Now please let us know that the Titanic probably should have tried a different route.

      3
      Reply
      • LarsAnderson

        3 years ago

        Because of the iceberg

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        • hiflew

          3 years ago

          Na because of the better view of the dolphins.

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        • LarsAnderson

          3 years ago

          Oh ok

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  5. Codeeg

    3 years ago

    Tim Beckham is still playing? I guess those who say the Rays should’ve chosen Posey instead in 08 are feeling pretttty foolish.

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  6. ohyeadam

    3 years ago

    This dude crushes lefties and they’ve need especially that since Buxton’s IL

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    • BuyBuyMets

      3 years ago

      Let’s see. Beckham career stats
      Vs LHP .253 avg. .751. OPS
      Vs RHP. .243.avg. .716 OPS
      No significant difference.
      2022 1 for 13 vs LHP

      Kyle Garlick careerwise vs LHP
      .266/890. Advantage Garlick. Plus he’s a outfielder by trade and not a Ss playing out of position

      Crushes?
      I’d say it would be more accurate to say Beckham lightly pats Lefties on the head

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  7. Bart Harley Jarvis

    3 years ago

    Someone’s dying to mention he made $7.6m. Come on, you know you’re out there!

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