MLB: Goodbye Tortuga? Twins designates Willians Astudillo and a pitcher for assignment

The Minnesota Twins They are appointing the utility Willians Astudillo and left-handed pitcher Charlie Barnes for the assignment, the club announced. In the middle of a big wave of Twins transactionsIt is the one who gets rid of Astudillo that can get the most attention.

While the 30-year-old didn’t quite make it to the plate last season, churning out a .236 / .259 / .375 bar, his tenure with the Twins has often left fans looking beyond his contributions. offensive:

Since his 2018 debut with the Twins, Astudillo has lined up in every position except shortstop, providing adequate defense and pitching as admirably as can be expected in cleanup duties (including a 2.25 ERA in four innings of 2021. ).

The talented Venezuelan Astudillo is now almost certainly heading to free agency, although a meeting with the Twins later in the offseason has yet to be ruled out.

For his part, Barnes, 26, is a soft-pitch left-hander and former fourth-round player who made his major league debut out of necessity to help absorb a few innings in an injury-ruined season for the Los Angeles’ rotation. Twins.

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He took a beating for a 5.92 ERA while striking out just 20 of the 175 batters he faced. The Twins now have a week to trade Barnes or try to get him through absolute waivers.

Rafael Martinez

I am fond of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Bachelor of Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services in Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and within days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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