{"id":7123,"date":"2026-01-15T04:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/twins-claim-utility-player-vidal-brujan-off-waivers-from-braves\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T04:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:56:58","slug":"twins-claim-utility-player-vidal-brujan-off-waivers-from-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/twins-claim-utility-player-vidal-brujan-off-waivers-from-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins claim utility player Vidal Brujan off waivers from Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<section id=\"0\" class=\"w-full\">\n<div class=\"xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26927289.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26927289.jpg\" alt=\"MLB: Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins\" class=\"w-full\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><span class=\"text-0.8 leading-tight\">Aug 25, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA;  Atlanta Braves third baseman Vidal Brujan (17) catches an infield pop-fly against the Miami Marlins to end the eighth inning at loanDepot Park. Mandatory Credit: Jim Rassol-Imagn Images<!-- --> <!-- --> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">\n<p>The Minnesota Twins claimed utility player Vidal Brujan off waivers from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">\n<p>In a corresponding move, the Twins designated catcher\/infielder Mickey Gasper for assignment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">\n<p>Brujan, who turns 28 on Feb. 9, has played every position except catcher in his major league career.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-4\">\n<p>The native of the Dominican Republic batted .253 (22-for-87) for three teams last season with eight RBIs and a .305 on-base percentage. He played in 36 games for the Chicago Cubs, one for the Baltimore Orioles and 23 for the Braves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">\n<p>A former top-50 prospect in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, Brujan is a career .199 hitter with five home runs and 48 RBIs in 261 games for the Rays (2021-23), Miami Marlins (2024), Cubs, Orioles and Braves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-6\">\n<p>Gasper, 30, has played catcher, second base, first base and left field as well as designated hitter. He hit .158 (15-for-95) with two homers and 11 RBIs in 45 games last season and is a career .133 hitter in 58 games (2024-25).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/twins-claim-utility-player-vidal-brujan-off-waivers-from-braves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 25, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Atlanta Braves third baseman Vidal Brujan (17) catches an infield pop-fly against the Miami Marlins to end the eighth inning at loanDepot Park. Mandatory Credit: Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Minnesota Twins claimed utility player Vidal Brujan off waivers from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}