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Minnesota Twins 04-05-2009
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Friday, March 6th, 2009: Chicago (N) and Minnesota Agree to Trade
The Chicago (N) Cubs have parted ways with 25-year old starting pitcher Jon Lester, 28-year old first baseman Micah Hoffpauir and 22-year old minor league second baseman Tony Thomas, sending him to the Minnesota Twins for 25-year old starting pitcher Francisco Liriano. The Cubs general manager confirmed the deal in an announcement this morning.

In his career-to-date, the 25-year-old Lester has fashioned a 25-11 mark, 4.32 ERA and thrown 358.2 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .265 lifetime against him and he has logged 296 total strikeouts.

Liriano's lifetime won-lost record is 22 wins and 15 losses with a 3.24 ERA.

Thursday, November 20th, 2008: Nationals Trade Plasencia to Twins for Willits
A trade between the Washington Nationals and the Minnesota Twins was made official this morning. The Washington Nationals have sent 35-year old minor league second baseman Damian Jackson, 24-year old minor league center fielder Francisco Plasencia, 26-year old minor league catcher Devin Ivany and 22-year old minor league shortstop Ian Desmond to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for 25-year old catcher Jeff Clement and 27-year old center fielder Reggie Willits.

Over his career Willits is batting .292 with 43 doubles, 5 triples, 1 home run, 85 RBIs and scored 159 runs in 307 games.

Sunday, October 5th, 2008: Command Performance! Buehrle No-Hits Minnesota!
In a dominant outing, Mark Buehrle of Chicago (A) totally silenced the bats of the Minnesota Twins. In the 2-0 victory he faced only 29 batters, surrendered no hits, had 2 strikeouts and 2 walks.

"I'll be very honest with you," his manager said. "I didn't know the situation was what it was until the seventh inning. I happened to look up there to see how many hits we had. Then I happened to notice that they didn't have any hits."

Commenting on his defeat, the losing manager told reporters in the clubhouse how he saw the game, "Well, it was pretty simple today, the White Sox had all the hits and all the runs. And Buehrle pitched a heck of ballgame."

To date in 2008, Buehrle sports a 18-10 mark with a 3.94 ERA in 36 starting assignments. He has held the opposition to a .281 batting average and has 156 strikeouts in 251.1 innings.

Injuries
Player	Injury	Out for...	Disabled List Status
P Nick Blackburn	flu	one week	Not on DL

Pitching Staff
Role	Throws	Pitcher	W	L	SV	ERA
Starter	R	Nick Blackburn	0	0	0	0.00
Starter	L	Jon Lester	0	0	0	0.00
Starter	L	Jeff Francis	0	0	0	0.00
Starter	R	Kevin Mulvey	0	0	0	0.00
Starter	R	J.D. Durbin	0	0	0	0.00
Spot Starter	R	Kevin Slowey	0	0	0	0.00
Mopup	R	Kyle Waldrop	0	0	0	0.00
Mopup	R	Kerry Wood	0	0	0	0.00
Middle Reliever	L	Glen Perkins	0	0	0	0.00
Middle Reliever	R	Jesse Crain	0	0	0	0.00
Middle Reliever	R	Kevin Slowey	0	0	0	0.00
Middle Reliever	R	Francisco Rosario	0	0	0	0.00
Setup Reliever	R	Matt Guerrier	0	0	0	0.00
Setup Reliever	R	Takashi Saito	0	0	0	0.00
Closer	R	Carlos Marmol	0	0	0	0.00

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Standings
Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago (A) White Sox	0	0	.000	-
Cleveland Indians	0	0	.000	-
Detroit Tigers	0	0	.000	-
Kansas City Royals	0	0	.000	-
Minnesota Twins	0	0	.000	-

Team Information
Record overall	0-0, .000 PCT
Position in Division	1st, - GB
Record at home	0-0, .000 PCT
Record on the road	0-0, .000 PCT
Record in X-inning games	0-0, .000 PCT
Record in one-run games	0-0, .000 PCT
Record versus LHP	0-0, .000 PCT
Record versus RHP	0-0, .000 PCT
Record last 10 games	0-0, .000 PCT

Team Batting Stats & Rankings
Batting Average	.000 - tied for 1st in AL
On-Base Percentage	.000 - tied for 1st in AL
Slugging Percentage	.000 - tied for 1st in AL
On-Base + Slugging	.000 - tied for 1st in AL
Runs Scored	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Hits	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Extra-Base Hits	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Home Runs	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Bases-On-Balls	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Strikeouts	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Stolen Bases	0 - tied for 1st in AL

Team Pitching Stats & Rankings
Earned Run Average	0.00 - tied for 1st in AL
Starters' ERA	0.00 - tied for 1st in AL
Bullpen ERA	0.00 - tied for 1st in AL
Runs allowed	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Hits allowed	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Opponents AVG	.000 - tied for 1st in AL
BABIP	.000 - tied for 1st in AL
Home Runs allowed	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Bases-On-Balls	0 - tied for 1st in AL
Strikeouts	0 - tied for 1st in AL

Minor League System
Rochester Red Wings (AAA)
New Britain Rock Cats (AA)
Fort Myers Miracle (A)
Beloit Snappers (A)
Elizabethton Twins (R)
GCL (MIN) Twins (R)