Esmerling Vasquez is the newest member of the Minnesota Twins. The hard-throwing right-hander was claimed off waivers from Arizona. Vasquez went 5-10 with a 4.66 ERA during his three seasons with the Diamondbacks.
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The 25-year-old right-hander will go to Class AAA Rochester. He was 2-4 with a 4.83 ERA and 11 saves at Class AA Tulsa last season.
Twins free agent outfielder Jason Kubel has reportedly signed a two-year deal to play for the Arizona Diamondbacks next spring. He’ll be paid about $15 million, with an option year in 2014. Kubel hit .273 with 12 home runs for the Twins last year in an injury-shortened season.
Add another city to the back of Jim Hoey’s baseball card. The Twins righthander was claimed off waivers today from Toronto. He was one of two pitchers Minnesota received from Baltimore last year in the J.J. Hardy trade.
The Minnesota Twins have selected righthander Terry Doyle from the White Sox organization in the Rule 5 draft. Doyle, 26, had a 3.07 ERA splitting time between Class A and Class AA ball last year. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other teams would be willing to have them play in the majors.
The Twins added pitching depth Monday by claiming a couple of pitchers off waivers. Matt Maloney, a 27-year old right-hander, split time in Triple-A and the big leagues with the Reds. Minnesota also signed 29-year old right-hander Jeff Gray off waivers from the Mariners.
In dire need of starting pitchers, the Minnesota Twins could be active in starting trade talks at the general manager meetings this weekend in Arizona. A few of the pitchers the Twins could be targeting include Dan Haren, Ryan Dempster and Edwin Jackson.
After going 1-5 with a 5.08 ERA in seven starts last year, Scott Diamond opened 2012 with Triple-A Rochester, where he went 4-1 with a 2.60 ERA before he was called up May 7. He has transformed himself into one of the Twins' most consistent starter.
