Smeltzer impresses in Twins season debut, gets demoted as result Phil Miller, Star Tribune © Star Tribune/Star Tribune/LEILA NAVIDI leila.navidi@startribune.com/Star Tribune/TNS Devin Smeltzer entered in the fifth inning Saturday and remained on the mound for the Twins through the end of the game, a strong relief performance that earned him a spot off the roster.
Rocco Baldelli had one of those awkward it s-not-you-it s-me heart-to-hearts with Devin Smeltzer on Saturday, one that basically went: Congratulations. Thank you. And goodbye. I ll tell you this. It s never enjoyable in any way to send anybody down, Baldelli said after rewarding the lefthander for his 4⅔-inning performance in relief of Michael Pineda with an assignment back to St. Paul. Especially after someone really gives you something, the way Smeltz did today.
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