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Trevor Richards, Caleb Boushley Accept Outright Assignments With Twins

By Steve Adams | September 4, 2024 at 10:18am CDT

Right-handers Trevor Richards and Caleb Boushley both passed through waivers unclaimed following their recent DFAs by the Twins, tweets Bobby Nightengale of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Either could’ve rejected an outright assignment to the minors, but they’ve accepted assignments to the Twins’ Triple-A affiliate in St. Paul.

Richards, 31, was the Twins’ lone pickup at this summer’s trade deadline. The right-hander tossed scoreless outings in seven of his 10 relief appearances as a Twin and posted a respectable, if unspectacular 4.15 ERA in 13 innings overall. However, Richards also walked 11 of the 59 batters he faced following the trade (18.6%), plunked another pair of hitters and unleashed a staggering seven wild pitches in his 13 frames with Minnesota. The command woes were glaring enough that Minnesota opted to put him on waivers.

While Richards could’ve rejected the outright and retained his salary because he has more than five years of major league service, the timing of his DFA might’ve made it hard to latch on with another club. He’s a free agent at season’s end, so non-contending clubs would have little reason to bring him in for just a few weeks. Contending clubs who feel they might be able to get him back on track with a few tweaks on a minor league deal also would’ve likely passed, as even if that proved true, Richards would’ve been ineligible for a new club’s postseason roster. As such, he’ll head to St. Paul and hope to get back on track and pitch his way into a late look with the Twins. Failing that, he’ll become a free agent when the season draws to a close.

Boushley, 30, is a depth arm who inked a minor league deal with Minnesota over the winter and has twice been selected to the big league roster this season. He’s passed through waivers both times and remained with the organization’s top affiliate in St. Paul. Boushley has pitched four innings with the Twins and allowed a pair of runs on six hits and two walks with one strikeout. He’s spent most of the season in the Saints’ rotation, pitching to a 4.97 ERA in 22 starts and 116 innings at the Triple-A level.

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  1. solaris602

    12 months ago

    Hard to see the silver lining in sending their only deadline pickup to the minors on 9/4 during crunch time. It’s not even like they’re hitting the reset button on him and hoping for better performance next year. The players moved to contenders at this year’s deadline are a cautionary tale that a change of scenery is anything but a guarantee of better results.

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    • Rsox

      12 months ago

      Many of the players moved wouldn’t not have been moved in years past but because of the added playoff spots more teams get desperate to acquire “help” and in several cases this year they didn’t help anything

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      • martras

        12 months ago

        The Twins’ lack of any significant move has benefitted the Red Sox, though it seems Boston players are uninterested in the playoffs this year.

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