Twins purchase contract of Ben Revere

No team burns through an option to bring a player up, just to send a player down. Neither of the Twins’ top two affiliates are playoff-bound so, if Revere was to continue playing after this weekend, Minnesota was the most likely destination.

With Cuddyer needed at first base, Revere may be one of the Twins’ five best available outfielders, anyway. Jones? Martin? Players like that are why neither of the Twins’ top two affiliates are playoff-bound and Revere’s skills— while not necessarily fully developed— are better-suited to situations where a fifth outfielder would likely be employed.

Then why did you make a fanpost for it?

Anyways, trying to salvage . . .underrated player. Not saying he’s a star in the making . . .but I think he has a chance to be a pretty decent regular for a while.

Purchasing a player’s contract does not use an option year if he spends the whole rest of the year on the major league team (as one would expect Revere to do).

It’ll burn off a small amount of service time, and I suppose it’ll force them to use an option next year when they might not have had to, but those consequences are fairly minor.

It’s September, there are no options anymore; there is no longer a 25-man active roster limit.

He also might need to be added to the 40-man roster this year anyway to protect him from rule 5. Most HS players drafted in 2007 would be exempt another year. But Revere was already 19 when drafted/signed.