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| Nick Burdi caught eyes with his velocity this spring. |
This may or may not be the precursor to a more significant injury. But I can't help but remember that early in camp he was reported to be working on a split-finger fastball, and I was dubious of that idea in part because of the injury risk.
I don't know if he continued to pursue the pitch; if I recall correctly, Terry Ryan said at the time that it was up to Burdi. Even if he was still working on it, connecting the pitch to this forearm issue is at best imprecise. Pitchers get hurt.
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While watching the Twins beat the Red Sox in Thursday's Fort Myers finale, I tweeted this:
Understand why Twins kept Arcia, but I prefer Mastroianni more as a bench piece. Does more things will than Arcia.— Edward Thoma (@bboutsider) March 31, 2016
Other than misspelling "well" as "will", I stand by that thought. Oswaldo Arcia has the advantage in power. Darin Mastroianni does everything else better. I don't know where Arcia's going to get his at-bats, and if he's not getting at-bats, he's no help.
Last year Shane Robinson, who is kinda sorta the same player as Mastroianni, played in 83 games with almost 200 plate appearances for the Twins. Now, that was a team with a 40-year-old right fielder who needed plenty of days off, and this year's roster doesn't have that kind of issue. But it does have an outfielder who has minimal experience in the outer garden (Miguel Sano), and another who was once hit in the head by a fly ball in a major league game (Arcia).
Robinson, incidentally, was released by Cleveland this week, where he was a non-roster invitee, and on Thursday signed with the Angels.
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In other ex-Twin NRI news:
- Brian Duensing, non-roster invitee with the Kansas City Royals, was released this week.
- Anthony Swarzak, non-roster invitee with the New York Yankees, was reassigned to minor league camp.
- Blaine Boyer, non-roster invitee with the Milwaukee Brewers, made the major league roster.
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