Friday, August
28, 2009
Twins Acquire a
LOOGY
And Jon Rauch Too
UPDATE – Apparently the Twins
have acquired righty reliever Jon Rauch.
He is owed $3 million next year. No information on the subsequent moves.
The Twins just acquired
lefty-reliever Ron Mahay
from the Royals for basically nothing. According
to MLB Trade Rumors, the Royals will pay all but a pro-rated portion of
the Major League minimum (so less than $100,000).
Mahay had one good year a couple of years ago and turned it
into a two year, $8 million deal with the Royals. This year, he allowed 55 hits
and 19 walks in 41.1 innings of work before the Royals DFAd
him earlier this week.
Mahay actually made his major league debut as an outfielder
with the Red Sox in 1995. He went 4-20 (.200) but had two doubles and a home
run. He went back to the minors and returned to the Red Sox in 1997 as a
pitcher. Since then, the 38 year old has pitched for the A’s, Marlins, Cubs,
Rangers, Braves, Royals and now the Twins.
Obviously the hope is that Mahay can get left-handed batters out for the next 4-5
weeks in the 7th inning. Lefties have an OPS
of .778 against him this year while righties are at 1.043.
The big question, again,
becomes the subsequent roster decision that the Twins have to make. Will they
DFA Philip Humber? Someone else?
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