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Twins To Select Aaron Sanchez

By Anthony Franco | August 22, 2022 at 10:23pm CDT

The Twins are planning to promote righty Aaron Sanchez to start tomorrow evening’s game against the Astros, tweets Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com. Minnesota will need to formally select Sanchez’s contract tomorrow. The 40-man roster is currently full, although the Twins could easily create a vacancy by transferring Alex Kirilloff to the 60-day injured list after the revelation the outfielder will miss the remainder of the 2022 season. Park adds that left-hander Devin Smeltzer will be optioned to free an active roster spot.

Sanchez has bounced on and off teams’ rosters a few times this season. The sinkerballer signed a minor league deal with the Nationals and was added to the big league roster in mid-April. He was hit hard over seven starts, posting an 8.33 ERA across 31 1/3 innings. Sanchez was released and caught on with Minnesota on a minor league deal. He spent a couple months in Triple-A St. Paul, was brought to the big leagues for a one-off spot start, then again designated for assignment. Sanchez cleared outright waivers and accepted an assignment back to St. Paul, and he’ll now return to the major league club a bit less than three weeks later.

Grisly as his numbers have been in the big leagues this season, the 2016 AL ERA leader has held his own in the upper minors. He allowed only six runs in 15 innings in the Washington system before being called up, and he owns a 3.80 ERA over ten starts with St. Paul. Sanchez has only struck out 16.3% of batters faced over that stretch, but he’s not issued many walks and has a capable 44.8% ground-ball rate.

It remains to be seen whether Sanchez’s second stay on the Twins roster proves more lasting than his initial stint. Minnesota placed deadline acquisition Tyler Mahle on the 15-day injured list over the weekend, leaving an opening in the rotation behind Sonny Gray, Joe Ryan, Chris Archer and Dylan Bundy. The club has Cole Sands as a potential depth option on the active roster, but he’s worked in shorter relief stints of late. Smeltzer has picked up 12 starts this year but not gotten out of the fourth inning in any of his last three outings, and he’ll now head back to Triple-A.

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16 Comments

  1. MonkeySpanker

    3 years ago

    DFA Pagan, not Smeltzer

    Reply
    • benhen77

      3 years ago

      No one’s getting DFAd. Kiriloff to 60 day IL, Smeltzer optioned. Read.

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  2. big boi

    3 years ago

    Rooting for the guy..liked him with the Blue Jays

    1
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    • Jobba11

      3 years ago

      Thinking back to the 2016 season I thought the future of the rotation had arrived …..

      Reply
  3. ohyeadam

    3 years ago

    Tough to be a playoff team when AAAA guys are getting every injury replacement, spot start

    Reply
    • benhen77

      3 years ago

      Depth has taken a big hit. Ober, Winder ad Paddack would probably all be in the rotation right now, if healthy. Reinforcement in Mahle went to the IL. Running out of guys to pull from St. Paul.

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  4. Mystery13

    3 years ago

    This guy needs better representation. He needs to stop trying to be a starter and use his arsenal out of the pen. He is missing opportunities to establish himself as a relief arm who could potentially get paid. The longer he thinks he’s a viable starter the more chances he loses getting paid as a potential great bullpen arm

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    • GooseGoslinGuy

      3 years ago

      Just turned 30. He has a whole decade yet to become the next Sergio Romo.

      Reply
    • Ted

      3 years ago

      He doesn’t have the arsenel he had as a reliever for the Jays 7 years ago.

      Reply
    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      He insisted himself he wanted to start. That’s why SF got rid of him.

      Reply
  5. wjf010

    3 years ago

    Losing 3 of 4 to the Rangers, and their bring up a retread? why not Varland? Sisk?

    ownwrship needs to clean house. Falvey was not the answer.

    Reply
  6. punchingtickets

    3 years ago

    Sanchez is a true competitor. Love to see him healthy and putting up zeros. He was a solid mid-season pickup for the twins and will bring value to the mlb club.

    Reply
  7. Dotnet22

    3 years ago

    Blister or fingernail problem in 3,2,1….

    Reply
  8. Pedro 4 Delino

    3 years ago

    The Babe Ruth of Barstow

    Reply
  9. bucsfan0004

    3 years ago

    Aaron Sanchez? Yikes. The Twins are a really good team and should not be reduced to using this slob.

    Reply
    • GooseGoslinGuy

      3 years ago

      Their pitching situation does not invite the playoffs.

      Reply

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