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Twins Sign Ryan LaMarre, Chance Sisco, Grayson Greiner To Minor League Deals

By Steve Adams | January 13, 2023 at 2:18pm CDT

The Twins announced a slate of non-roster invitees to Major League Spring Training on Friday, with new additions including outfielder Ryan LaMarre, catchers Chance Sisco and Grayson Greiner, and righty Brock Stewart.

LaMarre, 34, has appeared in parts of six big league seasons, including a 14-game stint with the Twins back in 2019. He’s been a reserve outfielder for most of that time, hitting .232/.286/.350 over the life of 270 Major League plate appearances. Most recently, LaMarre had a strong showing with the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate in 2022, batting .297/.409/.458 in 186 plate appearances. That was a continuation of a lengthy track record of strong performance at the top minor league level, as LaMarre is now a career .282/.359/.432 hitter in parts of nine Triple-A seasons.

The Twins are deep in left-handed-hitting outfielders but are lacking in righty-swinging options such as LaMarre — particularly after this week’s DFA of Kyle Garlick. Center fielder Byron Buxton and backup outfielder Gilberto Celestino are the only right-handed-hitting outfielders on the 40-man roster, while Minnesota has five lefty-hitting outfielders in the form of Max Kepler, Alex Kirilloff, Trevor Larnach, Matt Wallner and offseason signee Joey Gallo. LaMarre will give the Twins a potential right-handed-hitting option off the bench to complement that group.

Sisco, 28 next month, returns for a second straight season in the Twins organization. He’ll join recently signed veteran Tony Wolters to give the organization some experienced catching options in Triple-A. Sisco signed a minor league deal with the Twins last offseason and began the year in St. Paul, but a knee injury sustained in late April wound up limiting him to only 10 games, during which he batted .194/.297/.355 in 37 plate appearances.

Sisco once rated as one of the top catching prospects in baseball but, with the exception of a brilliant 10-game debut late in the 2017 season (.333/.455/.778), Sisco hasn’t had much extended success at the plate. He’s a career .197/.317/.337 hitter in 608 big league plate appearances but has a more solid .253/.343/.418 batting line in 964 plate appearances at the Triple-A level.

Greiner spent several seasons with the division-rival Tigers but was with the D-backs organization in 2022. The 30-year-old is a career .201/.275/.307 hitter in the Majors (485 plate appearances). A third-round pick in 2014, Greiner has a career .233/.315/.360 line in Triple-A and will give the Twins some further catching depth.

Stewart, 31, hasn’t pitched in the Majors since 2019. He’s tallied 105 2/3 innings at the big league level but struggled to a 6.05 ERA. Like Sisco, he was with the Twins in 2022 but hampered by injuries, which limited him to only 14 minor league innings. Coincidentally, he and fellow Twins non-roster invitee Jose De Leon were both once well-regarded pitching prospects in the Dodgers organization. The Twins reportedly targeted both De Leon and Stewart when discussing a trade of Brian Dozier with the Dodgers in the 2016-17 offseason. That deal never came to fruition, but Dozier wound up going to the Dodgers in a midseason trade a year and a half later.

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8 Comments

  1. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    wow!

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  2. Lucky Strike

    3 years ago

    Get the pigs ready, there’ll be a team in St. Paul this summer.

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    • WrongM

      3 years ago

      Is this referring to how years ago, the (then unaffiliated) Saints used to have a pig bring the ball out to the mound for first pitch?

      Great little historical truffle to dig up, if so.

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  3. BStrowman

    3 years ago

    Sisco’s numbers would definitely improve with the shift gone. The problem is that he’s a terrible catcher and he won’t hit enough for DH.

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    • crise

      3 years ago

      But he’s got a 60 grade name. I swear the Twins pick some of their minor league soldiers based on that. They had a guy named Willie Joe Garry Jr.at Cedar rapids last year, and St Paul had Nash Knight and Cole Sturgeon. Remember Zach Granite? I think when they can’t choose between two never-will-bes they go with the best name. I certainly would.

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  4. Vanilla Good

    3 years ago

    Mr. Lahey I got soap in my eyes!

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  5. someoldguy

    3 years ago

    The Twins Have 6 left handed hitting Outfielders… Gordon is most likely the replacement for Buxton when he gets injured..

    Reply
  6. stubby66

    3 years ago

    Would think DeLeon could stay healthy he could finally start having a decent career.

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