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Austin Davis Elects Free Agency

By Steve Adams | September 11, 2022 at 3:01pm CDT

TODAY: Davis has cleared waivers and has chosen to become a free agent.

SEPTEMBER 8: The Twins announced Thursday that they’ve reinstated right-hander Cole Sands from the injured list and opened a spot on the active roster by designating left-hander Austin Davis for assignment. Minnesota had claimed Davis from the Red Sox on Aug. 31 after he was also designated for assignment in Boston.

Davis, 29, struggled to a 5.47 ERA in 54 1/3 innings with the Red Sox this year and wasn’t able to right the ship in a brief stint with the Twins. Though he appeared in just two games, the lefty yielded three runs on a hit and four walks in just 1 2/3 innings. His DFA will drop the Twins back down to two lefties in the bullpen — Caleb Thielbar and Jovani Moran — and open a spot on the Twins’ 40-man roster.

Originally a 12th-round pick of the Phillies, Davis has appeared in the Majors in each of the past five seasons but has never posted a single-season ERA south of 5.00 and currently carries a lifetime mark of 5.61 in 144 frames at the MLB level. He’s fanned 24% of his opponents against an 11% walk rate and kept 39.5% of batted balls against him on the ground.

Davis has regularly excelled at limiting hard contact, evidenced by a career 87.2 mph average exit velocity and 33.4% hard-hit rate. However, when opponents do square him up, the result is often a worst-case scenario; even with that lack of consistent hard contact, he’s still yielded an average of 1.25 homers per nine innings pitched. With the trade deadline now well in the rear-view mirror, the only options for the Twins will be to place Davis on outright or release waivers. He reached three years of Major League service time earlier this season, so even if he clears he’ll have the right to reject an assignment to Triple-A in favor of free agency.

As for the 25-year-old Sands, he’s followed a standout 2021 Double-A campaign (2.46 ERA in 80 1/3 innings) with a rough year both in Triple-A and the Majors. The 2018 fifth-rounder has been saddled with a 5.70 ERA in 53 1/3 Triple-A frames and an even more troublesome 6.56 mark in 23 1/3 MLB innings. That said, Sands has fanned and walked batters at a better-than-average rate while also being plagued by sky-high averages on balls in play (.404 in Triple-A, 3.62 in the Majors).

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  1. Mercenary.Freddie.Freeman

    3 years ago

    I like the picture.

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    Reply
  2. Lucky Strike

    3 years ago

    Twins bullpen is so overworked that there is no mystery. The book on all of them must be don’t swing until you see the meat.

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    • phantomofdb

      3 years ago

      That’s what happens when the management doesn’t understand analytics so they have to just blanket apply one thing (no third time through) across the whole team with no consideration to nuance

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  3. Bk11235 2

    3 years ago

    Boston Davis onto his next destination which with any luck will be In some small double a town.

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    • Lucky Strike

      3 years ago

      Sadly, the season is over for the Sioux Falls Canaries.

      Reply
  4. miltpappas

    3 years ago

    Cut him some slack. This was a deal even Pirates fans can be happy with.

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  5. Jacksson13

    3 years ago

    He was a problem in the clubhouse.
    He couldn’t find the PLATE !!

    Reply
  6. Cora the Destroya

    3 years ago

    That was short lived.

    Reply
  7. RoastGobot

    3 years ago

    Never trust a man with places as names

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    • bwmiller

      3 years ago

      What you mean to say is never play cards with a man whose first name is the same as a city.

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      • .

        3 years ago

        Don’t bet on the 3 legged horse either.

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