The Minnesota Twins have set their pitching staff at 12 after announcing Wednesday that left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar was optioned to Triple-A Rochester.
The #MNTwins have optioned LHP Caleb Thielbar to Triple-A.
28 players left in camp.
12 pitchers
4 catchers (1 NR)
8 INF (1 NR)
4 OF (1 NR)— Dustin Morse (@morsecode) April 1, 2015
On Tuesday, Nick Nelson of Twins Daily wrote that right-hander J.R. Graham was a likely choice over Thielbar for the final spot in the bullpen.
The Twins swiped Graham from the Atlanta Braves in the Rule 5 Draft last year. FanSided called him the “power arm” the Twins have been looking for. His fastball has been clocked in the mid-90s all spring, and he has a nasty slider to boot.
With Thielbar optioned to AAA, bullpen will be Glen Perkins, Casey Fien, Brian Duensing, JR Graham, Blaine Boyer, Mike Pelfrey, Tim Stauffer
— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) April 1, 2015
Over past two seasons with Twins, Thielbar posted 2.59 ERA & 1.12 WHIP, held LHB to 638 OPS. I thought he was close to a lock.
— Nick Nelson (@NickNelsonMN) April 1, 2015
The Twins open the regular season Monday on the road against the Detroit Tigers.
