Quick facts about the battle between Tyler Duffey and Ricky Nolasco for the fifth spot in the Twins rotation:
Tyler Duffey vs. Ricky Nolasco: Breaking down their battle
March 28, 2016 at 12:51PM
2015:
Duffey was 5-1 with a 3.10 ERA in 10 starts for the twins after being called up from Class AAA Rochester. His first start at Toronto was a disaster but he was the Twins' most consistent starter by the end of the season.
Nolasco was 5-2 with a 6.75 ERA, missing most of the season with an ankle injury that ended a start in May against Toronto. He gave up eight earned runs in 4 2/3 innings in two appearances over the final days of the season.
Spring training:
Nolasco has pitched 13 1/3 innings in four games this spring with a 4.05 ERA. He has given up 14 hits and walked five while striking out 14. He has no allowed any home runs.
Duffey has a 6.83 ERA over 8 1/3 innings in three appearances. He has given up 10 hits and three walks while striking out four.
Contract:
Nolasco signed a four-year, $49 million contract that runs through 2017 with an option year in 2018. He can block a trade to three teams, which were Boston, the Yankees and Toronto as of December 15, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts.
Duffey is signed to a one-year contract, presumably for the major league minimum of $507,500.
Today:
Duffey will pitch for the Twins against Pittsburgh.
Nolasco will pitch in a minor league game against a Baltimore Class A team.
about the writer
Fay Vincent, who became an unexpected baseball commissioner in 1989 following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labor confrontation with players, has died. He was 86.
