Twins finalize one-year deal with vet infielder Donovan Solano
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Infielder Donovan Solano finalized a $2 million, one-year contract on Thursday with the Minnesota Twins, who added one other productive and versatile participant to an already deep bench.
The deal was agreed to on Tuesday and accomplished after Solano took a bodily on Thursday. He can earn a further $250,000 in efficiency bonuses for plate appearances: $25,000 every for 325 and 375, $50,000 for 425 and $75,000 apiece for 475 and 502.
Solano hit .284 with 16 doubles and 4 house runs final season in 80 video games for Cincinnati, enjoying largely first base. He spent three years with San Francisco previous to that, successful a Silver Slugger award for National League second basemen within the pandemic-shortened 2020 season when he batted .326 with a career-best .828 OPS in 54 video games.
Solano has primarily been a second baseman, with expertise additionally at third base and shortstop. He’ll give the Twins extra infield depth together with one other former Reds participant, Kyle Farmer, who can even be within the combine as a backup nook outfielder. Nick Gordon, who’s Minnesota’s most versatile participant, is firmly in that reserve pool, too.
“It’s just fair to say we’ll take literally as many good players as we can get,” supervisor Rocco Baldelli informed reporters Wednesday.
Solano, who picked up the nickname “Donnie Barrels” for his constant skill to ship line drives to all components of the sphere, can be counted on to offer one other productive right-handed batter for a roster that would use extra of them past stars Byron Buxton, Carlos Correa and Jose Miranda. Solano can even give Baldelli another choice as a delegated hitter, the place Solano took a flip 26 instances for the Reds in 2022.
“The sooner I get my at-bats, the sooner I stay in the lineup, I’m happy. Sometimes, I want to be on defense and play the field, but if there’s opportunities like that to DH, I’ll be happy and I’ll be wanting to contribute to the team,” Solano informed reporters after arriving at spring coaching.
Stuck in Triple-A with the New York Yankees system in 2017 and the Los Angeles Dodgers system in 2018, Solano went 2 1/2 years between main league at-bats earlier than catching on with the Giants.
“I knew I had to change something, outside baseball things, with God, with my prayers, with everything inside me. That helped me,” Solano mentioned. “I think God helped me involving everything with my business, in my career. I changed my hitting success after doing that decision.”
The 35-year-old, a local of Colombia, made his main league debut with Miami in 2012. He’s a .278 hitter with 27 house runs in 686 video games.
To make room on the 40-man roster, the Twins positioned right-handed pitcher Chris Paddack on the 60-day injured record. Paddack will miss many of the season whereas recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure on his proper elbow. The ulnar collateral ligament harm restricted Paddack to 5 begins in his Twins debut final yr.
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