The Korean native led the Minnesota Twins with 6 homers this spring, but it was not good enough to make the team.
By myjah @KirbysLeftEye
The Minnesota Twins finalized their Opening Day roster Thursday morning, and let’s just say Korean MLB message boards right now are probably a dumpster fire right now.
That’s because ByungHo Park – who hit a team-leading six home runs this spring, and seemingly did everything the Twins could have asked for – did not make the team. He was re-assigned the the minors and will start the year in Triple-A Rochester. So, uh, I guess that was one way to deal with the 40-man roster that I didn’t anticipate.
Park was obviously bummed, but seemed to remain determined as ever.
As LaVelle E. Neal III tweeted: Park, on being cut: “It’s a bitter news but I’m not disappointed, I know what I do here. My goal is the same.”
Instead of adding Park, the Twins decided to keep both Adalberto Mejia and Tyler Duffey, meaning they are going with thirteen pitchers instead of twelve like I thought. Mejia will officially take the fifth spot in the rotation while Duffey will rot away in the major league bullpen instead of staying stretched out in Triple-A. Just kidding! Duffey will probably see a lot of action because all of the Twins pitching sucks. Actually, that’s probably the very reason the Twins are doing this.
As for the Opening Day DH, I guess that’s going to be Robbie Grossman.