Twins acquire AJ Alexie from Nationals

Twins gain right-handedness AJ Alexie From the Nationals, according to a statement from both clubs. Alexy was drafted by the Nationals last week.Instead, right-handed Christian Jimenez go nuts. To open a spot on the 40-man roster, the Twins named Rightie Oliver Ortega for assignment.

Alexie, who turned 25 in April, was drafted by the Dodgers to the Rangers in 2017. With Darvish trade. Since then he had some strong results in the minors but struggled to find success in the majors. Canceled but showed promise for 2021. He pitched 65 minor league innings between Double-A and Triple-A, posting a 1.66 ERA and a 29.8% strikeout rate. ratio. A walk percentage of 10.6% was certainly high, but it was still solid enough to get him into the majors.

Alexy posted a 4.70 ERA in 23 MLB innings that year, but his strikeout and walk percentages were 17.5%, both below league averages. In 2022, he was limited to just seven innings on the show and got a tattoo of an 11.57 ERA in that short time. He pitched 96 innings in Triple-A, with an ERA he had 5.91 with strikeouts on a healthy clip of 23.6%, but his walks were still high at his 12.8%.

The Rangers reviewed their rotation this winter and appointed Alexy in the process. Despite his struggles in the majors so far, he is still young and has solid results in the minors. He still has an optional year left so teams can keep him in the minors as starting depth. The Nationals snatched him off waivers from the Rangers, but he was kicked off their roster when they signed. Dominic SmithHe’s now heading to the Twins to enter their rotation mix.

The Twins have a solid starting group, Sonny Gray, Joe Ryan, Kenta Maeda, Tyler Murray When bailey over Probably front 5. However, its entire crew is littered with injury concerns.Maeda didn’t pitch at all in 2022 while recovering from Tommy John surgery, but all four others made at least one trip to IL in 2022 due to various ailments. It is now possible Josh Winder, Simeon Woods Richardson Others as a depth option on the Minnesota roster.

By claiming Alexie and hanging on to him for weeks, the nuts would take Jimenez for the trouble. He’s still pretty young and won’t be 19 until May. He spent his 2022 in the Dominica summer in his league, posting a 3.38 ERA, a 30.2% strikeout percentage, a 4.3% walk rate, and a 57.9% ground ball percentage in 37 1/3 innings.

Ortega, 26, was just waived by the Angels last week. He split his time in the majors and triple-A in his 2022, posting his 22.3% strikeout rate at each level. His 6.6% walk rate in the minors was nearly double his 12.2% in the majors, but his league ERA of 3.71 was higher than his 5.96 mark in Triple-A. A few runs were excellent. This was probably unlucky as his BABIP in his minor league is almost 100 points higher on farms and his strand rate is 8% lower than his. He’s still young and has an option in his year for a couple of years, which makes him attractive to any club looking for pitching depth. Knott now has a week to trade him or let him pass waivers.