The Minnesota Twins on Christmas Day reportedly agreed to sign left-handed relief pitcher Zach Duke. It likely isn’t the big present Twins fans would have liked to have opened up on Christmas Day, like say Yu Darvish, but Duke should prove to be a valuable asset to the 2018 Twins.
Last season in Duke’s first action after returning from Tommy John surgery he came back to pitch 18.1 innings with a 3.93 ERA. His K/9 of 5.89 and xFIP of 4.71 were both well below the performance that Duke has become used to producing, but it was incredible that he returned to major league action at all in 2017.