The @Twins have optioned:— Dustin Morse (@morsecode) March 7, 2018
LHP Dietrich Enns (AAA)
RHP Felix Jorge (AAA)
RHP Zack Littell (AA)
LHP Lewis Thorpe (AA)
Reassigned to minor league camp:
C Brian Navarreto
C Wynston Sawyer
53 players left in camp.#MNTwins
Minor league camp officially opened this week, and the four optioned pitchers -- all, by definition, on the 40-man roster -- figure to be in the starting rotations at either Triple A Rochester or Double A Chattanooga and need to start ramping up their innings.
And this is an example of why teams don't really have five or six pitchers competing for one rotation slot. That's too many. Paul Molitor has to get his set starters -- Jose Berrios, Jake Odorizzi, Kyle Gibson -- their innings to prep for the season as well. It would be a tighter squeeze if Ervin Santana were's sidelined.
As it is, no matter how much Littell impressed, there was no way he was going to get an opportunity to compete for the open slot. It just isn't practical.
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