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.
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.
The Twins have signed free-agent right-hander Jason Marquis to a one-year $3 million contract. Marquis played for Washington and Arizona last year. The 33-year-old is 104-98 in his career, with a 4.55 ERA.
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.
Alexi Casilla's time as a Twin is over as the Orioles claimed the infielder off waivers Friday. Minnesota claimed Rockies reliever Josh Roenicke, who posted a 3.25 ERA last season. Meanwhile, Scott Baker is officially a free-agent, as of 11:00 p.m. Friday.
Pitcher P.J. Walters is coming back to the Twins after a 60-day stint on the disabled list. The right-hander was 2-2 with a 5.40 ERA before going on the disabled list in June 14 with shoulder inflammation.