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Twins Re-Sign Dereck Rodriguez To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | January 20, 2023 at 10:25am CDT

The Twins have re-signed righty Dereck Rodriguez to a minor league contract, as announced by agent Gavin Kahn of Enter Sports Management (Twitter link).

Rodriguez, 30, will head back for a third stint with the organization that originally selected him in the sixth round of the 2011 draft. After a three-year stretch with the Giants from 2018-20 and a one-year stop in the Rockies organization in 2021, Rodriguez signed back with the Twins for the 2022 campaign. He tossed 7 2/3 innings at the big league level and allowed three runs (3.52 ERA), also contributing another 94 2/3 frames of 4.75 ERA ball in Triple-A St. Paul.

The son of Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez, Dereck has appeared in parts of four Major League campaigns, working to a collective 4.24 ERA with a 16.9% strikeout rate, an 8% walk rate and a 41% ground-ball rate. He averaged 92 mph on his heater during last year’s brief look, primarily pairing it with a slider and curveball.

In parts of four Triple-A seasons, Rodriguez has a 5.01 ERA, though that’s skewed by his one catastrophic year with the Rockies, where he was rocked for a 6.72 ERA. He sports a combined 4.17 ERA in his other three Triple-A seasons and has generally posted respectable strikeout and walk rates there: 22.9% and 7.3%, respectively.

The Twins’ big league rotation figures to consist of Sonny Gray, Joe Ryan, Tyler Mahle, Kenta Maeda and Bailey Ober, although Maeda will be returning after a year-long absence owing to internal brace surgery to repair the UCL in his pitching elbow, so he shouldn’t be expected to necessarily work a full starter’s workload. The Twins are deep in alternative options on the 40-man roster, with Josh Winder, Simeon Woods Richardson and Louie Varland among the prospects who reached the Majors for the first time in 2022, and it’s feasible that recently extended righty Chris Paddack could return from Tommy John surgery in the season’s second half.

It’s a solid collection of arms but one that generally lacks a prototypical front-of-the-rotation presence. Rodriguez will join names like Jose De Leon, Randy Dobnak and Brock Stewart as non-roster depth options in the upper minors. Given the health troubles the Twins experienced in 2022, it’s only sensible to see them further stockpiling depth — particularly when it comes in the form of a pitcher they’ve known for quite some time.

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Comments

  1. fre5hwind

    2 weeks ago

    I still have this guys rookie card, holding it just in case.

    Reply
  2. gfan

    2 weeks ago

    Latino Lincecum rides again.

    Reply
  3. JockStrap

    2 weeks ago

    Did you know that you can spell his name about 21 differ ways!

    Darek
    Darrick
    Darriq
    Dereck
    Deric
    Derick
    Derik
    Deriq
    Derk
    Derreck
    Derrek
    Derrick
    Derrik
    Derryck
    Derryk
    Deryck
    Deryk
    Deryke
    Dirk
    Dirke
    Dyrk.

    Reply
    • Stan Konit

      2 weeks ago

      Yet none with an apostrophe.

      Reply
      • JockStrap

        2 weeks ago

        spell his name “about” 21 differ ways!

        *ya forgot to read

        Reply
    • fre5hwind

      2 weeks ago

      You forgot Darrack…

      Reply
    • southern lion

      2 weeks ago

      De Wreck?

      Reply
  4. Scottn59c

    2 weeks ago

    We thought we hit gold with this guy in SF for a short stretch. Too bad he was unable to sustain that hot start. Hope he can make the most of this opportunity.

    Reply
    • JockStrap

      2 weeks ago

      We like to call that fools gold

      Reply
  5. rememberthecoop

    2 weeks ago

    He’d probably be better if he did PEDs like his dad.

    Reply
    • johnrealtime

      2 weeks ago

      You could say this about any player

      Reply
      • Kapler's Coconut Oil

        2 weeks ago

        @johnrealtime I don’t think most players’ dads did PEDs

        Reply
  6. SODOMOJO

    2 weeks ago

    No shi*, Pudges kid? And he’s 30? Good lord I’m old

    Reply
    • Roidville Slugger

      2 weeks ago

      I had no idea he was Pudge’s son. I don’t know how I missed that.

      Reply
      • SODOMOJO

        2 weeks ago

        +1. I’ve seen him pitch several times. Sure enough, born: Arlington, Texas 1992. Math checks out!! Lol

        Reply
  7. Buzz Killington

    2 weeks ago

    If he became a RoidRod like any other player with the last name Rodriguez he’d have a chance. Korea two years then back. Boom becomes an ACE.

    Reply

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