Minnesota Twins Trade for DFA’d Reliever

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If there is something the Minnesota Twins have struggled to keep intact this season, it’s the bullpen. Of course that was the expectation coming into the season, after ownership spent no money to revamp a group that was shredded to pieces at the 2025 trade deadline.

Fast forward to where things are now, and a 30-37 Twins team has already churned through 25 different pitchers. Eleven different Twins pitchers have recorded saves. Every night is essentially and a game of Russian Roulette when it’s handed over to the bullpen.

Rather than promote yet another pitcher internally, the Minnesota Twins have been opting for other teams’ castoffs to supplement a pitching staff that is falling apart at the seams like a baseball just blasted out of The Sandlot by Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez.

Taylor Rashi joins Minnesota Twins bullpen

On Monday night, the MN Twins added their latest throw-away reliever, in Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander, Taylor Rashi. Back in 2019, the San Francisco Giants drafted Taylor Rashi in the 23rd round out of UC-Irvine.

After allowing four runs in 3 2/3 innings this season, however, the D-Backs designated Rashi for assignment, which eventually led to a trade with the Twins for cash considerations.

A season ago Rashi had a 4.41 ERA (1.91 FIP) across 16 1/3 innings with a 22/8 K/BB. It’s understandable to see what the MN Twins might like. He owns a 2.95 ERA in 97 2/3 innings at Triple-A, and that comes with a 9.3 K/9.

The problem for Rashi is that his command leaves plenty to be desired (4.1 MLB/MiLB BB/9) and there’s little velocity to his arsenal. He has averaged just 90.1 mph at the highest level, and he sat just 89.1 mph at Triple-A last season.

Rashi still has three minor league options, so it’s possible that the Twins aren’t immediately putting him in the big league bullpen. At 30 years old, there isn’t much development left to happen either.

Minnesota’s bullpen hasn’t been the dumpster fire it was earlier in the season. However, they still rank 22nd by fWAR and could use significant help. Maybe Rashi provides a boost in some sense, but the reality is the organization is simply continuing to shuffle deck chairs on an otherwise sinking Titanic.

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