Found October 29, 2009 on
Batter's Box:
PLAYERS:
Sean Henn,
Michael Barrett,
Raul Chavez,
Rod Barajas,
David Purcey
TEAMS: Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs
TEAMS: Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs
As our John Northey pointed out in a previous thread, the Jays have claimed left-hander Sean Henn off waivers from Baltimore. To make room, the Jays have designated catcher Michael Barrett for assignment.
Henn began the 2009 season with the Twins organization and earned a call-up to the big club in late May from AAA Rochester. His Minnesota debut saw him give up two runs in 1 1/3 innings against the White Sox but he put together a string of six straight scoreless relief appearances heading into early June. After a 3.60 ERA in May, that figure shot up to 9.95 in June and he suffered three losses during the month. That earned the 28 year-old native of Fort Worth, Texas a one-way ticket back to Frontier Field but he returned to the bigs in September when the Orioles acquired him from the Twins for cash or a player to be named later.Henn's Baltimore career was off to a great start as he was unscored upon in his first five relief ...
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