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MINNESOTA TWINS ROSTER MANAGER: Ron Gardenhire (35) COACHES: Rick Anderson, Pitching Coach (40); Tom Brunansky, Hitting Coach (23); Paul Molitor, Coach (4); Terry Steinbach, Bench Coach (36); Scott Ullger, First Base Coach (41); Joe Vavra, Third Base Coach (46); Bobby Cuellar, Bullpen Coach (18); Nate Dammann, Bullpen Catcher (75) HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER: Dave Pruemer ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINERS: Tony Leo, Lanning Tucker STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH: Perry Castellano No. PITCHERS (12) B T HT WT Born Birthplace TWINS NUMERICAL ROSTER 61 Jared Burton R R 6-5 225 06/02/1981 Westminster, S.C. No. Player Pos. 30 Kevin Correia R R 6-3 200 08/24/1980 San Diego, Calif. 21 Samuel Deduno R R 6-3 190 07/02/1983 La Romana, DR 2 Dozier, Brian .................................................INF 4 Molitor, Paul ............................................. Coach 52 Brian Duensing L L 6-0 205 02/22/1983 Marysville, KS 5 Escobar, Eduardo ..........................................INF 50 Casey Fien R R 6-2 205 10/21/1983 Santa Rosa, Calif. 7 Mauer, Joe .....................................................INF 44 Kyle Gibson R R 6-6 220 10/23/1987 Greenfield, Ind. 8 Suzuki, Kurt .....................................................C 45 Phil Hughes R R 6-5 240 06/24/1986 Mission Viejo, Calif. 11 Bartlett, Jason .........................................INF/OF 13 Kubel, Jason ...................................................OF 47 Ricky Nolasco R R 6-2 225 12/13/1982 Corona, Calif. 15 Perkins, Glen ................................................LHP 37 Mike Pelfrey R R 6-7 249 01/14/1984 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 16 Willingham, Josh ............................................OF 15 Glen Perkins L L 6-0 204 03/02/1983 St. Paul, Minn. 18 Cuellar, Bobby ............................. Bullpen Coach 51 Anthony Swarzak R R 6-4 209 09/10/1985 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 20 Colabello, Chris ....................................... 1B/OF 21 Deduno, Samuel .......................................... RHP 56 Caleb Thielbar R L 6-0 197 01/31/1987 Northfield, Minn. 23 Brunansky, Tom ........................... Hitting Coach 24 Plouffe, Trevor ...............................................INF No. CATCHERS (2) B T HT WT Born Birthplace 25 Florimon, Pedro .............................................INF 43 Josmil Pinto R R 5-11 210 03/31/1989 Valencia, Venezuela 30 Correia, Kevin ............................................. RHP 31 Arcia, Oswaldo ...............................................OF 8 Kurt Suzuki R R 5-11 233 10/04/1983 Wailuku, Hawaii 32 Hicks, Aaron ...................................................OF 35 Gardenhire, Ron ................................... Manager No. INFIELDERS (7) B T HT WT Born Birthplace 36 Steinbach, Terry ............................ Bench Coach 37 Pelfrey, Mike ............................................... RHP 11 Jason Bartlett R R 6-0 190 10/30/1979 Mountain View, Calif. 40 Anderson, Rick ........................... Pitching Coach 20 Chris Colabello R R 6-4 218 10/24/1983 Framingham, Mass. 41 Ullger, Scott ............................ First Base Coach 2 Brian Dozier R R 5-11 190 05/15/1987 Tupelo, Miss. 43 Pinto, Josmil ....................................................C 5 Eduardo Escobar S R 5-10 165 01/05/1989 Villa de Cura, VZ 44 Gibson, Kyle ................................................ RHP 45 Hughes, Phil ............................................... RHP 25 Pedro Florimon S R 6-2 180 12/10/1986 La Romana, D.R. 46 Vavra, Joe............................... Third Base Coach 7 Joe Mauer L R 6-5 231 04/19/1983 St. Paul, Minn. 47 Nolasco, Ricky ............................................. RHP 24 Trevor Plouffe R R 6-2 203 06/15/1986 West Hills, Calif. 50 Fien, Casey ................................................. RHP 51 Swarzak, Anthony ........................................ RHP 52 Duensing, Brian ...........................................LHP No. OUTFIELDERS (4) B T HT WT Born Birthplace 56 Thielbar, Caleb .............................................LHP 31 Oswaldo Arcia L R 6-0 220 05/09/1991 Anaco, Venezuela 61 Burton, Jared .............................................. RHP 32 Aaron Hicks S R 6-2 190 10/02/1989 Long Beach, Calif. 75 Dammann, Nate ........................Bullpen Catcher 13 Jason Kubel L R 6-0 205 05/25/1982 Belle Fourche, S.D. 16 Josh Willingham R R 6-2 228 02/17/1979 Florence, Ala. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Player Oswaldo Arcia ............................................ARR-see-ya Chris Colabello ...................................CAHL-uh-bell-oh Kevin Correia ................................................co-RAY-uh Bobby Cuellar ................................................KWAY-ahr Samuel Deduno ........................................ duh-DOO-no Brian Dozier................................................... DOE-sher Brian Duensing ...........................................DONE-sing Casey Fien ............................................................. feen Pedro Florimon ..................................... FLOR-ah-moan Jason Kubel ....................................................KOO-bull Ricky Nolasco ...........................................nuh-LASS-co DISABLED LIST Mike Pelfrey ...................................................PELL-free Josmil Pinto ................................... HOES-mil PEEN-toe 15-Day (0) Injury Date On Retro Trevor Plouffe ....................................................... ploof Kurt Suzuki ...............................................soo-ZOO-kee Caleb Thielbar ............................................. THEEL-bar Scott Ullger .......................................................ULL-jer 60-Day (0) Injury Date On Retro Joe Vavra ....................................................... VAH-vrah Roster as of April 3, 2014 2014 TWINS TRANSACTIONS Date No. Player Pos. Transaction Date No. Player Pos. Transaction 01-29-14 54 Guerrier, Matt .......................RHP Signed to a minor league contract 01-30-14 63 Albers, Andrew ..................... LHP Outright Released (player wishes to pitch in Korea) 02-12-14 20 Raley, Brooks ....................... LHP Claimed off waivers from Chicago-NL 03-09-14 38 Darnell, Logan ..................... LHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 60 Ibarra, Edgar ....................... LHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 65 May, Trevor ...........................RHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 20 Raley, Brooks ....................... LHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 68 Vargas, Kennys ......................1B Optioned to Double-A New Britain. 67 Kepler, Max ............................ OF Optioned to Single-A Ft. Myers. 78 Polanco, Jorge ..........................IF Optioned to Single-A Ft. Myers. 66 Meyer, Alex ...........................RHP Reassigned to minor league camp. 48 Oliveros, Lester ....................RHP Reassigned to minor league camp. 63 Pino, Yohan ..........................RHP Reassigned to minor league camp. 73 Knudson, Kyle ..........................C Reassigned to minor league camp. 82 Koch, Matt ...............................C Reassigned to minor league camp. 85 Turner, Stuart ...........................C Reassigned to minor league camp. 72 Sano, Miguel ............................IF Reassigned to minor league camp. 70 Buxton, Byron ......................... OF Reassigned to minor league camp. 62 Rahl, Chris ............................. OF Reassigned to minor league camp. 03-16-14 53 Johnson, Kris ........................ LHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 26 Fryer, Eric .................................C Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 39 Santana, Danny .......................IF Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 83 Gilmartin, Sean .................... LHP Reassigned to minor league camp. 19 Mastroianni, Darin ................. OF Reassigned to minor league camp. 80 Mitchell, Jermaine .................. OF Reassigned to minor league camp. 77 Beresford, James .....................IF Reassigned to minor league camp. 71 Waring, Brandon ......................IF Reassigned to minor league camp. 03-21-14 49 Worley, Vance .......................RHP Outrighted to Triple-A Rochester. 03-24-14 57 Pressly, Ryan ........................RHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 59 Tonkin, Michael ....................RHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 12 Herrmann, Chris ......................C Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 81 Hoffman, Matt ..................... LHP Reassigned to minor league camp. 64 Thompson, Aaron ................. LHP Reassigned to minor league camp. 76 Guerra, Deolis ......................RHP Reassigned to minor league camp. 22 Ramirez, Wilkin ...................... OF Reassigned to minor league camp. 17 Bernier, Doug ...........................IF Reassigned to minor league camp. 79 Romero, Deibinson ...................IF Reassigned to minor league camp. 54 Guerrier, Matt .......................RHP Granted unconditional release. 03-27-14 58 Diamond, Scott .................... LHP Outrighted to Triple-A Rochester. 27 Parmelee, Chris ..................... OF Outrighted to Triple-A Rochester. 1 Presley, Alex ........................... OF Claimed off waivers by Houston. 03-31-14 52 Duensing, Brian ................... LHP Placed on Paternity list. 59 Tonkin, Michael ....................RHP Recalled from Triple-A Rochester. 04-03-14 59 Tonkin, Michael ....................RHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester. 52 Duensing, Brian ................... LHP Reinstated from Paternity List..