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This Week in Twins Transactions

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Is it addition by subtraction or subtraction by addition?

Mike Pelfrey agrees to terms on a one-year contract. 
Rich Harden signed as a free agent.
Steven Hirschfeld was released.
Clint Dempster was released.
Ricky Bowen was released.
Wang-wei Lin was released.
Corey Kimes was released.
Jacob Younis was released.

Mlb.com lists the following players as "assigned to the Minnesota Twins". I don’t really know what that means—spring training invitations, maybe? Anyway, here’s the list: Nick Blackburn, Chris Colabello, Kyle Knudson, Danny Lehmann, Dan Rohlfing, Anthony Slama, Mark Sobolewski.

 

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This Week in Ex-Twins

Boston names Paul Abbott pitching coach of Greenville in the South Atlantic League.
Boston names Dick Such pitching coach of the GCL Red Sox.
Cincinnati signs Corky Miller.
Angels agree to terms with Luis Rodriguez on a minor league contract.
Toronto acquires R. A. Dickey and two other players from the Mets in exchange for four players, then agrees to terms with him to a three-year contract.
Toronto agrees to terms with Ramon Ortiz on a minor league contract.
Windy City of the Frontier League signs Blayne Weller.

There are reports that Pittsburgh has agreed to terms with Francisco Liriano, but apparently there is nothing official yet.

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Happy Birthday–December 22

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Connie Mack (1862)
Matty Alou (1938)
Elrod Hendricks (1940)
Steve Carlton (1944)
Hiroyuki Yamazaki (1946)
Charley Taylor (1947)
Steve Garvey (1948)
Tom Underwood (1953)
Ken Landreaux (1954)
Lonnie Smith (1955)
Glenn Wilson (1958)
George Wright (1958)
Jeff A (1958)
Andy Allanson (1961)
Mike Jackson (1964)

Steve Garvey was drafted by Minnesota in the third round in 1966, but did not sign.

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