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Twins trade Graham to Yanks for PTBN or cash
- Updated: May 14, 2016
CLEVELAND — After designating reliever J.R. Graham for assignment on May 6, the Twins traded him to the Yankees for a player to be named later or cash on Saturday.
Graham, 26, had a 10.80 ERA at both Triple-A Rochester and with the Twins this year, giving up 10 runs in 8 1/3 innings with Rochester and two runs in 1 2/3 innings with Minnesota. He was a Rule 5 Draft pick from the Braves last season, posting a 4.95 ERA with 53 strikeouts and 21 walks in 63 2/3 innings for Minnesota in 2015.
Twins manager Paul Molitor said the decision to trade Graham was more because of a roster crunch than due to his performance this season. The Twins needed to clear roster space on their 40-man for outfielder Darin Mastroianni and catcher Juan Centeno last week.
“You bring a Rule 5 guy over, and we were able to keep him — he had some really nice runs for us,” Molitor said. “We ran into some roster situations this year. It’s not the best of scenarios, where you keep a guy …
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