{"id":634156,"date":"2026-03-20T20:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/634156\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:49:13","slug":"minnesota-twins-release-liam-hendriks-andrew-chafin-and-gio-urshela-from-minor-league-contracts-national-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/634156\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Twins release Liam Hendriks, Andrew Chafin and Gio Urshela from minor league contracts | National Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Right-hander Liam Hendriks, left-hander Andrew Chafin and infielder Gio Urshela were released from minor league contracts by the Minnesota Twins on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/twins-dodgers-trade-anthony-banda-liam-hendriks-eb5ea0b4b60c65f6ffaec8a7d24b9c40?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed the 37-year-old Hendriks<\/a> to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training on Feb. 12. Hendriks allowed three runs, nine hits and five walks over seven innings while appearing in seven games this spring training.<\/p>\n<p>kAmw6 H@F=5 92G6 62C?65 2 Sa]ad &gt;:==:@? D2=2CJ H9:=6 \ud83d\ude15 E96 &gt;2;@C =628F6D :7 96 925 366? 25565 E@ E96 c_\\&gt;2? C@DE6C]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmw6?5C: a_`h\\aa 5FC:?8 EH@ D62D@?D H:E9 E96 ~2&lt;=2?5 pE9=6E:4D 2?5 EH@ H:E9 E96 r9:428@ (9:E6 $@I] w6 D6E 2 42C66C 9:89 H:E9 bg D2G6D 7@C E96 (9:E6 $@I \ud83d\ude15 a_a`]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmw6?5C:A9@&gt;2 27E6C E96 a_aa D62D@?] x? a_ab[ 96 H2D D:56=:?65 27E6C ;FDE 7:G6 2AA62C2?46D 3J C:89E 6=3@H :?7=2&gt;&gt;2E:@? 2?5 6G6?EF2==J 925 %@&gt;&gt;J y@9? =:82&gt;6?E C6A=246&gt;6?E DFC86CJ]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmw6?5C:6D H:E9 q@DE@? \ud83d\ude15 a_ad] w:D D62D@? H2D D9@CE6?65 3J C:89E 9:A :?7=2&gt;&gt;2E:@?]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmx7 25565 E@ E96 c_\\&gt;2? C@DE6C[ r927:? H@F=5 92G6 C646:G65 2 Sa &gt;:==:@? D2=2CJ H9:=6 \ud83d\ude15 E96 &gt;2;@C =628F6D 2?5 &amp;CD96=2 S`]d &gt;:==:@?]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmr927:? 925 2 b]__ t#p @G6C D:I :??:?8D 5FC:?8 E9C66 DAC:?8 EC2:?:?8 2AA62C2?46D[ H2=&lt;:?8 E9C66 2?5 DEC:&lt;:?8 @FE 7:G6]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm&amp;CD96=2 9:E ]`ha Wd 7@C aeX H:E9 @?6 #qx 2?5 7:G6 DEC:&lt;6@FED]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAm#:89E\\92?56C +633J |2EE96HD H2D @AE:@?65 E@ %C:A=6\\p $E] !2F= 2?5 42E496C }@29 r2C56?2D H2D C62DD:8?65 E@ E96 &gt;:?@C =628F6 42&gt;A]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>k9C ^m<\/p>\n<p>kAmp! |{qi k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@&gt;^9F3^&gt;=3Qm9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@&gt;^9F3^&gt;=3k^2mk^Am<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Right-hander Liam Hendriks, left-hander Andrew Chafin and infielder Gio Urshela were released from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[5,81290,822,60,3190,2125,4,256,185,148],"class_list":{"0":"post-634156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-twins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-liam-hendriks-twins-released","10":"tag-minnesota","11":"tag-minnesota-twins","12":"tag-minnesotatwins","13":"tag-minor-league-baseball","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-mlb-baseball","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-twins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116263476518961375","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}