Twins’ Bullpen is already full. How does Danny Coulombe fit? – Twins

On Tuesday morning, the twins made their first Major league signature of the peak season. It only took three months, but by chewing gum they have done it. Danny Coulombe, the lost son, has finally returned to Minnesota. But in the number of games that is a modern bullp, there is no room at the inn, no seat at the party, too many figs on the tree … something like that. Too many bulls!

Before Coulomb’s signature, there were already questions about the number of weapons in the Twins Bullpen. Given that he has an MLB agreement and a guaranteed contract, his name must be written in pen. But what does that mean for everyone else?

Coulombe joins a list of names that cannot be sent down without first being waived – exposed to the other 29 teams for free. These players will either make the opening day list, start the year on the wounded list or be cut after spring training. This group also includes Brock Stewart, Michael Tonkin and Ronny Henriquez. For those of you who keep scores at home, four Hurlers cannot be sent down. They manage it or they are probably cut.

There is also Rule 5 who chooses Eiberson Castellano. If the twins want to keep his services, he has to stay on the list of major leagues or wounded list all year (and although he spends time on IL, he must be on the active list for at least 90 days). So there are five.

Then we have to add Jhoan Durán, Griffin Jax, Cole Sands, Justin Topa, Jorge Alcalá and Louie Varland. Varland probably goes to Triple-A by default at this time, but keeping the five guys locked in one place would probably also require sending both Topa and Alcalá to St. Paul. If the twins want to have Topa and Alcalá on the opening day list, the obvious traits would probably be to waive Henriquez and return Castellano to Philadelphia (or arrange a trade for him and then send him down). They could also give up on Tonkin, which they pay $ 1 million. But they each kind act as a waste of resources. (Furthermore, it waived a recent Signee on a cheap deal that lost the twins Coulombe before!)

There are other names – like Kody Funderburk, Brent Headick, Matt Canterino, Huascar Ynoa, Scott Blewett, Connor Prielipp and Anthony Misiewicz – who may be playing a role in the Bullpen this season, but we already got our hands full with them Top 11.

It is quite possible that the twins at Front Office – who remember you, have seen the same teams that we have all been – prepare for inevitable injury problems. Stewart missed most of the last two seasons despite dominating when they were healthy. Topa threw 2 1/3 laps last season. And relievers tend to be dinged up from time to time. It is not the worst plan in the world to have more MLB arms than you can bear, but they seem to knock that this is the case as soon as the doors open. At least one arm must be in the medical tent so that the organization does not have to stand out with talent when you have 11 potential bullpen arms.

Of course, it happens to return to a guy to his original team more often than not. There is reason to be excited about Henriquez, but he is by no means established and can prove to be difficult to continue the active list of an entire season. Even Tonkin has been passed around the league before, and it can happen again. But all of them require serious thought; None of them can be taken back.

In addition to these worries, or perhaps vice versa, having five untrustworthy guys in your bullp can prevent a team from having their best bullpens, because if you dump them, you lose talent. Right now there is no sense of a St. Paul -shuttle for their reliefs. They have five guys who cannot be sent down and five guys that they probably do not want to send down (especially Durán, Jax and Sands).

The twins have been criticized in recent years for being a little too reluctant to stand out with fighting veterans that cannot be set. A step like this sets them up to similar practices and similar criticism. It’s just a little crowded right now and it’s not clear how they release the pressure.

Then there is the 40-man place, given that the twins ’40 man list is full. Dropping Tonkin, Henriquez or Castellano would clear somewhere there, but the twins can also try to keep all their current throwers. In this case, Michael Helman, Mickey Gasper, Matt Canterino, Jair Camargo and Diego Cartaya can all be candidates. But if Tonkin, Henriquez or Castellano eventually had to be cut into an active guard space, it would effectively mean that two players were lost to giving way to a left -sided intermediate help.

There is probably an external chance that this step may be the precursor to a trade, but who knows it. They don’t pay me enough to reassure.

And what does that mean for Chris Paddack too? We have to ask that question when a jug moves, right?