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Brett Myers wants to start, could be a target for the Twins
Brett Myers said a few weeks ago that he was open to marketing himself as a
starter or reliever in free agency, but his agent, Craig Landis, told Joe
Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that the veteran right-hander is
now focused on being a starting pitcher. Makes sense in a world where Jeremy
Guthrie gets three years and $25 million. Landis also confirmed that the
Twins are among the teams who have expressed early interest.
“They’re interested, or perhaps even very interested,” Landis said. “And
that’s about as far as we are right now.”
Twins general manager Terry Ryan would only go as far to say that he has “
touched base with most of the pitchers on the market,” but Christensen was
told by team insiders that Myers will be one of their primary targets because
he could be reasonably-priced and would likely embrace making half of his
starts in the spacious Target Field.
Myers pitched exclusively out of the bullpen this past season, posting a 3.31
ERA and 41/15 K/BB ratio over 65 1/3 innings between the Astros and White
Sox. The 32-year-old has an underwhelming 4.27 ERA as a starter during his
career and showed diminished velocity as a member of the Astros’ rotation
back in 2011, but he could have some appeal as an innings-eater.