Justin Topa - MLB News, Rumors, & Updates

Inks minors deal with Yankees The Yankees signed Topa to a minor-league contract Friday, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.

Impact Topa has been assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The 35-year-old right-hander pitched in 23 games out of the Twins' bullpen this season, where he posted an ugly 8.05 ERA, 2.00 WHIP and 12:11 K:BB across 19 innings before being released in late May.

6 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Cut loose by Royals The Royals released Topa on Sunday.

Impact Topa allowed just one earned run with a 9:5 K:BB over 12.2 innings with Triple-A after inking a minor-league deal with the Royals in July, so he might have exercised an opt-out clause in his contract. The veteran reliever logged an 8.05 ERA and 12:11 K:BB over 19 innings earlier this season with the Twins and is now on the lookout for a new organization.

AUGUST 10 • ROTOWIRE

Latches on with Royals Topa signed a minor-league contract with the Royals on Tuesday.

Impact Topa was cut loose by Toronto on Sunday despite allowing just three earned runs in eight innings with its Triple-A affiliate. He'll now get another opportunity to carve out a role for himself with the Royals, and he may have an easier path back to the big leagues given Kansas City's 5.22 bullpen ERA.

JULY 8 • ROTOWIRE

Blue Jays cuts of former Twins, Pirates pitchers may signal their strategy at MLB Draft The Toronto Blue Jays have parted ways with Josh Fleming and Justin Topa according to MLB Trade Rumours. Both pitchers were on minor league...

JULY 6 • JAYSJOURNAL.COM

Let go by Toronto The Blue Jays released Topa on Sunday, Aaron Gleeman of AaronGleeman.com reports.

Impact Topa signed a minor-league deal with the Blue Jays in early June after being let go by the Twins in mid-May. He's pitched to a 3.38 ERA, 1.75 WHIP and 4:3 K:BB across eight innings with Triple-A Buffalo this season, but he'll now hit the open market after being cut by the Blue Jays. Topa will now look to catch on with a team in needed of right-handed depth out of the bullpen.

JULY 6 • ROTOWIRE

Former Twins reliever Justin Topa signs minors deal with Blue Jays If there’s one thing this season has taught us, it’s that you can never have too many arms. Keeping in line with that age-old saying, the To...

JUNE 3 • BLUEJAYSNATION.COM

Nets minors deal from Blue Jays The Blue Jays signed Topa to a minor-league contract Wednesday, Aaron Gleeman of AaronGleeman.com reports.

Impact Topa was released by the Twins in late May after posting an 8.05 ERA and 2.00 WHIP across 19 innings. The 35-year-old reliever will look to get back on track at Triple-A Buffalo in hopes of earning another chance at the big-league level.

JUNE 3 • ROTOWIRE

Cut by Twins The Twins released Topa on Saturday, Aaron Gleeman of AaronGleeman.com reports.

Impact The Twins designated Topa for assignment Tuesday, and rather than keeping him in the organization, the team will instead part ways with him entirely now that he's cleared waivers. The 35-year-old righty has struggled considerably this season, posting an 8.05 ERA and 2.00 WHIP across 19 innings with Minnesota. He will likely have to redeem himself on a minor-league contract before another team inserts him into its big-league bullpen.

MAY 23 • ROTOWIRE

Twins send Royce Lewis to Triple-A for a reset at the plate after a rough return from injury

The Minnesota Twins have sent struggling third baseman Royce Lewis to Triple-A to take some pressure off the 2017 No. 1 draft pick

MAY 19 • Associated Press

Designated for assignment The Twins designated Topa for assignment Tuesday, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.

Impact The transaction clears a spot on the 40-man roster for the addition of Orlando Arcia. Topa is one of eight Twins relievers to notch a save this season, but he's been highly ineffective overall and particularly of late, yielding 12 runs across 5.1 innings in May. Given his $1.225 million salary, Topa is likely to pass through waivers unclaimed.

MAY 19 • ROTOWIRE

Abrams has grand slam and 5 RBIs, House, Tena and Millas also homer as Nationals rout Twins 15-2

CJ Abrams hit a grand slam with a career-high five RBIs, Drew Millas, Brady House and José Tena also homered and the Washington Nationals set their season high for runs in a 15-2 r...

MAY 7 • Associated Press

Hangs on for second save Topa picked up the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays despite allowing two runs on four hits in the ninth inning.

Impact It didn't come easy for Topa on Sunday, after the right-hander entered with a three-run lead. He'd give up four hits in the frame, including a two-run homer to Kazuma Okamoto, though he'd ultimately coax a double play off the bat of Lenyn Sosa to strand the tying and go-ahead runs on base. It's Topa's second save this season and his first since April 7. His ERA sits at 4.70 with a 1.63 WHIP and 9:6 K:BB across 15.1 innings.

MAY 3 • ROTOWIRE

Twins hold on to beat Blue Jays 4-3 after Ryan leaves with elbow soreness

Andrew Morris pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Joe Ryan, who exited with elbow soreness, and the Minnesota Twins held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 to sp...

MAY 3 • Associated Press

An eight-run eighth inning lifts the Blue Jays past the Twins 11-4

Kazuma Okamoto hit his third home run in two days, Brandon Valenzuela homered in an eight-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 11-4

MAY 2 • Associated Press

Buxton hits 3rd homer in 4 games, Jeffers also goes deep as Twins top Blue Jays 7-1

Byron Buxton homered for the third time in four games and Ryan Jeffers hit a go-ahead, two-run drive that led the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 7- 1 in the opener of a...

MAY 1 • Associated Press

The New York Mets End 12-Game Skid With Win Over Minnesota Twins

The New York Mets broke their 12-game losing streak with a win over the Minnesota Twins, but the drama continued.

APRIL 23 • FOX SPORTS

The New York Mets End 12-Game Skid With Win Over Minnesota Twins

Mets stop 12-game skid with 3-2 win over Twins as Soto returns but Lindor exits with calf injury

Mark Vientos blooped a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the New York Mets snapped their 12-game losing streak, beating the Minnesota Twins 3-2 after getting one supersta...

APRIL 23 • Associated Press

Twins score 6 runs against Valdez in first inning and hold off Tigers 8-6

Byron Buxton had three hits and the Minnesota Twins batted around in a six-run first inning against Framber Valdez before holding off the Detroit Tigers 8-6

APRIL 9 • Associated Press

Collects first save of 2026 Topa earned the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers, allowing one walk and no hits in two-thirds of an inning.

Impact Eric Orze was given the initial save opportunity but was pulled after yielding an RBI double to Kevin McGonigle. With Cole Sands and Taylor Rogers already deployed earlier in the game, the Twins turned to Topa, who proceeded to seal the win for Minnesota after getting two of the next three batters to ground out. Topa is one of three Twins pitchers to record a save this season, but there doesn't appear to be a clear-cut favorite for the closing job in Minnesota as of yet.

APRIL 8 • ROTOWIRE

Minnesota's Taj Bradley shines on an off night for Tarik Skubal as Twins beat Tigers 4-2

Taj Bradley outdueled Tarik Skubal and Ryan Jeffers drove in two runs as the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2

APRIL 8 • Associated Press

Richie Palacios hits 2-run homer in 10th inning to lift Rays over Twins 4-1

Richie Palacios hit a two-run homer in a three-run 10th inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1

APRIL 5 • Associated Press

Royce Lewis tiebreaking homer carries Twins past Orioles 4-1 for 1st win of season

Royce Lewis hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth inning, and the Minnesota Twins used a strong effort from their bullpen to beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1

MARCH 28 • Associated Press

Gives up run in season opener Topa allowed one run on two hits with no walks or strikeouts over one inning in Thursday's 2-1 loss against the Orioles.

Impact Topa was used in the seventh inning in a tied game in his first appearance. While he could be used in late-inning save situations at some point, his first usage of the season wouldn't seem to indicate he's at the top of the mix for save opportunities.

MARCH 27 • ROTOWIRE

Trevor Rogers throws 7 shutout innings to carry Orioles past Twins 2-1

Trevor Rogers pitched seven shutout innings and Colton Cowser and Blaze Alexander had seventh-inning RBIs to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on openin...

MARCH 26 • Associated Press

Rough start to spring Topa gave up four earned runs on four hits, including a home run, with two strikeouts Sunday to increase his spring ERA to 30.38. He's given up nine earned runs in 2.2 innings.

Impact Topa does have a 5:3 K:BB in 2.2 innings, so he's at least striking out batters. It's still early in the spring and Topa as a veteran may be focusing on some aspects of his arsenal. However, this isn't inspiring for his chances to earn saves in the unsettled Twins closer competition.

MARCH 9 • ROTOWIRE

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