Puckett's Pond » Sam Deduno http://puckettspond.com A Minnesota Twins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 24 May 2013 02:01:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Twins Bullpen Battle Royale http://puckettspond.com/2011/12/12/twins-bullpen-battle-royale/ http://puckettspond.com/2011/12/12/twins-bullpen-battle-royale/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:08:02 +0000 http://puckettspond.com/?p=6854 Have you noticed how many relief pitchers the Twins have acquired lately? By my count, there are at least 24 pitchers who have a chance to make the Twins bullpen in 2012. There are only seven job openings, and three or four of those are already filled, so the competition in the Twins ‘pen should pretty fun to watch in Spring Training.

Let’s see who is in the running:

GUARANTEED TO MAKE THE BULLPEN

Matt Capps (RHP) – Like it or not, he’s back, and he’ll be pitching in a significant role next year. Let’s hope he’s more like the Matt Capps of 2010 than the Matt Capps of 2009 or 2011.

Brian Duensing (LHP) -Duensing is a shoo-in for a bullpen slot, unless he ends up in the starting rotation again. He pitched well in relief in 2009 and 2010, with a combined 3.18 ERA in 76.1 innings.

Jose Mijares (LHP) – Like most of the Twins, Mijares would like to forget 2011. He was a pretty effective lefty setup guy in 2009 and 2010, so there is hope he can pitch well. (more…)

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