The Twins announced they’ve granted releases to infielder Gio Urshela and reliever Andrew Chafin. Both players were in camp on minor league deals and had been informed they wouldn’t make the Opening Day roster. Minnesota also granted Liam Hendriks his release from a minor league contract this morning.
As MLBTR’s Steve Adams noted this week, Chafin and Hendriks were among more than two dozen veteran players whose deals contained an automatic opt-out opportunity under the collective bargaining agreement. Infielder Orlando Arcia also fits that bill, though the Twins haven’t announced whether he’ll trigger his own out. Urshela didn’t have an automatic opt-out under the CBA, but Dan Hayes of The Athletic suggests his camp negotiated one into his own deal.
More to come.