The Twins announced their waiver claim of right-hander , which was . To open a 40-man spot, righty has been designated for a signment. To take the active spot of Richards, the club has selected the contract of righty . To open a 40-man spot for Boushley, righty has been transferred to the 60-day injured list. Richards was the Twins lone deadline pickup a month ago, coming over from Toronto in exchange for minor league infielder . The right-hander had scorele s outings in seven of his ten appearances with Minnesota but also had three shakier outings, leading to a 4.15 ERA in 13 innings overall. That may not seem particularly poor at first glance, but Richards walked a ma sive 18.6% of his opponents during his time with the Twins and even more incredibly uncorked seven wild pitches during those 13 frames. He also hit two batters. Overall, the lack of command he showed proved too alarming for the team to continue on with the right-hander. Richards has had some big league succe s in the past, both as a starter (261 2/3 innings of 4.22 ERA ball in 2018-19) and a reliever (3.50 ERA, 31.1 K% in 64 1/3 innings in 2021 Doug Wilson Jersey ). However, even though hes shown a consistent ability to mi s bats and regularly flummoxed lefties with a plus changeup, hes struggled with command and been far too hittable against fellow righties. Richards came to the Twins as a rental whod been struggling with his former team, so the cost of acquisition to acquire him was quite low. Still, the Twins surely hoped for better results, particularly given their lack of other deadline additions. Instead, hell give way to Tonkin, whos back for a second 2024 stint with the team that originally drafted him in the 30th round back in 2008. Richards will now hit waivers and presumably clear, as a team would need to be willing to pay the remaining $358K on his $2.15MM salary in order to place a claim. As for the 30-year-old Boushley, thisll be his second stint with the Twins this year as well. He pitched two innings and allowed two runs a few months back, but has spent the rest of the season in Triple-A, where he has a 4.97 ERA in 116 innings. That earned run average is skewed in part by a calamitous nine-run shellacking at the hands of the Braves Triple-A affiliate back on July 3, but Boushley has been struggling in general as of late. Even setting aside that nine-run bonanza, hes been tagged for a 6.55 ERA in his past seven starts with the Saints. Tony Granato Jersey