When the San Francisco Giants used a 6th round pick on a pitcher from Stony Brook University, they had little idea that he would turn into one of the best closers of his generation. Joe Nathan was the pitcher who joined the Giants that season and his college alma mater named their new baseball stadium [...]
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire revealed after Thursday night’s game against the Blue Jays that pitcher Jon Rauch had fluid drained from his left knee, according to Phil Mackey of 1500 ESPN 1500. Rauch received a cortisone shot and will not pitch this weekend. “We’ll have to determine whether he’s even going to be fit [...]
The Minnesota Twins made an upgrade to their bullpen Thursday evening by trading catcher prospect Wilson Ramos and pitcher prospect Joe Testa to the Washington Nationals for pitcher Matt Capps and $500,000 in cash considerations. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire says Capps is the team’s new closer. Gardenhire talked to pitcher Jon Rauch to let him [...]
The Minnesota Twins agreed to trade catcher prospect Wilson Ramos to the Washington Nationals for their closer Matt Capps, according to multiple sources. Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports and Jon Morosi of FOXSports.com are a couple among several reporters reporting the trade. Capps, 26, currently has a 2.74 ERA with 26 saves in 30 opportunities. [...]
The Minnesota Twins and the Washington Nationals are having discussions over pitcher Matt Capps, according to Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports and Jon Morosi of FOXSports.com. Twitter: @TBrownYahoo Twins and Nats in discussions over RHP Matt Capps. Twitter: @jonmorosi Heard something similar to what @TBrownYahoo just tweeted …#Twins and #Nationals talks on Matt Capps picking up. #MLB [...]
According to multiple sources, the Minnesota Twins are considering trades to acquire a pitcher before the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline. So far the Twins showed interest but lost out on starting pitcher Cliff Lee. Despite one of the better bullpens in the American League, the Twins appear to be targeting bullpen help. According to [...]
The Minnesota Twins will go with pitcher Jon Rauch as the team’s closer heading into the season, manager Ron Gardenhire said Friday. Gardenhire first announced last week that the team would do a closer-by-committee, but obviously the decision has been changed. Gardenhire did note that Rauch has the most experience as a closer. “Rauch has [...]
We got in contact with local Minnesota media folks as well as some known Minnesota Twins’ bloggers to provide a list of possible internal/external ways of replacing pitcher Joe Nathan who is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery on his throwing elbow. They each provided a list for Minnesota Sports Zone (first being top choice): [...]
The Minnesota Twins acquired relief pitcher Jon Rauch from the Arizona D-Backs for a player-to-be-named-later today. To make room for Rauch, the Twins outrighted pitcher Philip Humber to Class AAA Rochester. The Twins will be on hook for around $400,000 of his $2.525 million salary this season, and will also be on hook for his [...]
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