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Keeping Track

This Week in Twins Transactions

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Cole DeVries was activated from the disabled list and optioned to Rochester.

Caleb Thielbar was promoted from Rochester.

Pedro Hernandez was optioned to Rochester.

Trevor Plouffe was placed on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion.

Chris Colabello had his contract selected from Rochester.

Darin Mastroianni was transferred from the fifteen-day disabled list to the sixty-day disabled list.

Vance Worley was optioned to Rochester.

Samuel Deduno was activated from the disabled list by Rochester, then had his contract selected by Minnesota four days later.

Aaron Thompson was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.

Nate Hanson was sent from Rochester to New Britain.

Deibinson Romero was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.

Tim Wood was transferred from the fifteen-day disabled list to the sixty-day disabled list.

Oswaldo Arcia was optioned to Rochester.

Anthony Slama was activated from the disabled list by Rochester.

Jonathan Goncalves was sent from New Britain to Fort Myers.

Jhon Garcia was transferred by Fort Myers from the seven-day disabled list to the sixty-day disabled list.

Drew Leachman was released by Fort Myers.

Josh Burris was sent from Cedar Rapids to the GCL Twins.

 

The reports all say that P. J. Walters has been called up to Minnesota, and I don't doubt that, but I haven't seen anything on any official lists yet.

Keeping Track

This Week in Ex-Twins

Arizona signs free agent Dustin Martin and assigns him to AA Mobile.

Baltimore options Alex Burnett to AAA Norfolk, then designates him for assignment five days later.

Baltimore recalls Danny Valencia from AAA Norfolk.

Cubs activate Matt Garza from the disabled list.

Colorado activates Michael Cuddyer from the disabled list.

Colorado organization sends Brett Jacobson from AAA Colorado Springs to A Tri-City on a rehab assignment.

Lake Erie of the Frontier League activates Anderson Hidalgo from the suspended list.

Miami releases Jon Rauch.

New Jersey of the CanAm League activates Danny Rams from the inactive list.

Rockland of the CanAm League signs Marty Popham.

Texas sends A. J. Pierzynski to AA Fresno on a rehab assignment, then activates him from the disabled list three days later.

Toronto organization (AAA Buffalo) places Bobby Korecky on the seven-day disabled list.

 

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–May 25

Al Reach (1840)
Lip Pike (1845)
Tip O’Neill (1858)
Joe Judge (1894)
Martin Dihigo (1905)
Lindsey Nelson (1919)
Bill Sharman (1926)
Jim Marshall (1931)
W. P. Kinsella (1935)
Glenn Borgmann (1950)
John Montefusco (1950)
Bob Knepper (1954)
Kerwin Danley (1961)
Dave Hollins (1966)
Bill Haselman (1966)
Joey Eischen (1970)
Todd Walker (1973)
Miguel Tejada (1974)
Scott Hairston (1980)
Jason Kubel (1982)

Al Reach played major league baseball from 1871-1875.  He later founded the A. J. Reach Company, which was the largest sporting goods company in the United States at one time (it eventually merged with Spalding).  This company also published the Reach Guide, an influential baseball publication, from 1883-1927.

Martin Dihigo was a star in the Negro Leagues, winning 250 games as a pitcher and also winning two batting titles.

Lindsey Nelson was one of the most famous broadcasters in the country at one time.  He broadcast New York Mets games from 1962-1978 and San Francisco Giants games from 1979-1981.

Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Sharman was a minor league outfielder from 1950-1953 and in 1955, reaching AAA with St. Paul.

W. P. Kinsella has written several books on baseball, most notably "Shoeless Joe" the book on which the movie "Field of Dreams" was based.

Kerwin Danley has been a major league umpire since 1998.

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