After officially announcing their acquisition of Michael A. Taylor from the Royals, the Twins have designated right-hander A.J. Alexy for assignment.
Alexy was acquired from the Nationals earlier this month — on the same day as Carlos Correa’s thoroughly-covered physical with the Twins — but the 24-year-old is now off the 40-man roster in Minnesota and moves again into DFA limbo.
An 11th-round pick by the Dodgers in the 2016 MLB Draft out of a Pennsylvania high school, Alexy made his big league debut with the Rangers in 2021 and showed pretty well in his first cup of coffee before getting lit up for nine earned runs over seven innings last year with Texas. He was claimed off waivers by Washington in December but was part of that organization for less than a month.
Alexy’s stint on the 40-man roster in Minnesota lasted less than two weeks, though he could feasibly pass through waivers unclaimed this time around and would then have to accept an outright assignment to Triple-A St. Paul.
Get him back so the Rangers ha e a chance to salvage the Darvish trade
Hope he can clear waivers!! He’s be an awesome depth piece in an already deep twins group.
Twins have been an interesting team to watch this offseason.
Seems very unlikely to be claimed. Not many teams with open roster spots this time of year, and he doesn’t have much on his resume besides one good year in the minors.
That’s true. There are some good players that have passed through and gotten outrighted.
Oakland A’s
I wish the TrumboJumbo guy commented more. I wonder how he’s taking the Arte Moreno news. I send my condolences to Angels fans on another season with Arte.
Isn’t Alexy a Ukrainian soldier?
Orioles waiver claim
Alexy should play on the same team as Jose Siri. No unanswered questions on that team.