The Minnesota Twins optioned right-handed pitchers Tyler Duffey and Alan Busenitz to Triple-A Rochester on Thursday. The move trims their spring roster to 38 players, including 15 pitchers.
Duffey made five appearances, including one start, for the Twins this spring, allowing 17 hits and 10 earned runs in 12 2/3 innings. Busenitz allowed 12 hits and seven earned runs in 10 2/3 innings.
Originally drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in 2013, Busenitz made 28 relief appearances for the Twins last season, allowed just seven earned runs in 31 2/3 innings and finishing with a 1.99 ERA. Duffey was a fifth-round pick of the Twins in 2012, and has been a regular with the club in each of the last two seasons.
He made 56 relief appearances in 2017, finishing with a 4.94 ERA after allowing 39 earned runs in 71 innings.
