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ROSTER

MANAGER: (4) COACHES: Neil Allen, Pitching (41); Gene Glynn, Third Base Coach (13); , Bullpen Coach (18); Rudy Hernandez, Assistant Hitting Coach (63); Jeff Pickler, Major League Coach (31); James Rowson, Hitting Coach (33); Jeff Smith, First Base Coach (40); Joe Vavra, Third Base Coach (46); Nate Dammann, Bullpen Catcher (75); Ben Richardson, Bullpen Catcher (76) HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER: Dave Pruemer ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINERS: Tony Leo, Lanning Tucker STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH: Perry Castellano No. (12) B T HT WT Born Birthplace TWINS NUMERICAL ROSTER 9 Matt Belisle R R 6-3 230 06/06/1980 Austin, TX No. Player Pos. 49 Craig Breslow L L 6-0 190 08/08/1980 New Haven, CT 2 Dozier, Brian...... INF 56 Tyler Duffey R R 6-3 222 12/27/1990 Houston, TX 4 Molitor, Paul ...... Manager 44 R R 6-6 220 10/23/1987 Greenfield, IN 5 Escobar, Eduardo...... INF 7 Mauer, Joe...... INF 45 R R 6-5 250 06/24/1986 Mission Viejo, CA 9 Belisle, Matt...... RHP 27 R R 6-0 191 08/01/1984 Las Vegas, NV 11 Polanco, Jorge...... INF 57 Ryan Pressly R R 6-3 210 12/15/1988 Dallas, TX 13 Glynn, Gene...... Third Base Coach 15 +Perkins, Glen...... LHP 55 Taylor Rogers L L 6-3 170 12/17/1990 Littleton, CO 16 +Adrianza, Ehire...... INF 54 Ervin Santana R R 6-2 185 12/12/1982 La Romana, DR 18 Guardado, Eddie...... Bullpen Coach 53 Hector Santiago R L 6-0 215 12/16/1987 Newark, NJ 19 Vargas, Kennys...... INF 20 Rosario, Eddie...... OF 23 Nick Tepesch R R 6-4 240 10/12/1988 Kansas City, MO 21 Castro, Jason...... C 59 Michael Tonkin R R 6-7 220 11/19/1989 Glendale, CA 22 Sanó, Miguel...... OF 23 Tepesch, Nick...... RHP 25 Buxton, Byron...... OF No. CATCHERS (2) B T HT WT Born Birthplace 26 Kepler, Max...... OF 21 Jason Castro L R 6-3 212 06/18/1987 Castro Valley, CA 27 Kintzler, Brandon...... RHP 38 Chris Gimenez R R 6-2 230 12/27/1982 Gilroy, CA 31 Pickler, Jeff...... Major League Coach 33 Rowson, James...... Hitting Coach 36 Grossman, Robbie...... OF No. INFIELDERS (6) B T HT WT Born Birthplace 38 Gimenez, Chris...... C 2 Brian Dozier R R 5-11 198 05/15/1987 Tupelo, MS 39 Santana, Danny...... OF 40 Smith, Jeff...... First Base Coach 5 Eduardo Escobar S R 5-10 185 01/05/1989 Villa de Cura, VZ 41 Allen, Neil...... Pitching Coach 7 L R 6-5 225 04/19/1983 St. Paul, MN 44 Gibson, Kyle...... RHP 11 Jorge Polanco S R 5-11 198 07/05/1993 San Pedro de Macoris, DR 45 Hughes, Phil...... RHP 46 Vavra, Joe...... Bench Coach 22 Miguel Sanó R R 6-4 260 05/11/1993 San Pedro de Macoris, DR 47 Breslow, Craig...... LHP 19 Kennys Vargas S R 6-5 275 08/01/1990 Canovanas, PR 53 Santiago, Hector...... LHP 54 Santana, Ervin...... RHP 55 Rogers, Taylor...... LHP No. OUTFIELDERS (5) B T HT WT Born Birthplace 56 Duffey, Tyler...... RHP 25 R R 6-2 190 12/18/1993 Baxley, GA 57 Pressly, Ryan ...... RHP 36 Robbie Grossman S R 6-0 215 09/16/1989 San Diego, CA 58 +Haley, Justin...... RHP 59 Tonkin, Michael...... RHP 26 Max Kepler L R 6-4 220 02/10/1993 Berlin, Germany 61 +O’Rourke, Ryan...... LHP 20 Eddie Rosario L R 6-1 180 09/28/1991 Guayama, PR 63 Hernandez, Rudy..... Asst. Hitting Coach 39 Danny Santana S R 5-11 185 11/07/1990 Monte Plata, DR 65 +May, Trevor...... RHP 75 Dammann, Nate...... Bullpen Catcher 76 Richardson, Ben...... Bullpen Catcher

DISABLED LIST PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Ehire Adrianza...... AY-ree AY-dree-ahn-zuh 7-Day (0) Injury Date On Retro Matt Belisle...... beh-LY-ull Craig Breslow...... BREZ-low 10-Day (2) Injury Date On Retro Brian Dozier...... DOE-zhur Tyler Duffey...... duff-EE Ehire Adrianza Right Oblique Strain 3/30 - - Chris Gimenez...... JIM-uh-nezz Justin Haley Right Biceps Tendonitis 4/23 - - Justin Haley...... HAY-lee Ryan O’Rourke...... oh-ROARK 60-Day (3) Injury Date On Retro Eddie Rosario...... row-SAW-ree-oh Trevor May Surgery on Right Ulnar Collateral Ligament 3/22 - - Miguel Sano...... sah-NO Ryan O’Rourke Left Forearm Strain 3/30 - - Joe Vavra...... VAH-vrah Glen Perkins Left Posterior Shoulder Strain 4/2 - - Kennys Vargas...... KEN-ees

Roster as of April 24, 2017 2017 TWINS TRANSACTIONS

Date No. Player Pos. Transaction Date No. Player Pos. Transaction 1/11 32 ����������������������RHP Signed to minor league contract 23 Nick Tepesch ���������������������������RHP Signed to minor league contract 1/12 38 Chris Gimenez �����������������������������C Signed to minor league contract 2/3 9 Matt Belisle ����������������������������RHP Signed to one-year contract 52 Byung Ho Park �������������������� 1B/DH Designated for release or assignment 2/6 16 Ehrie Adrianza ������������������������� INF Claimed off waivers from Milwaukee 35 Pat Light ���������������������������������RHP Designated for release or assignment 2/8 47 Craig Breslow ������������������������� LHP Signed to minor league contract 8 Drew Stubbs ����������������������������� OF Signed to minor league contract 2/9 35 Light, Pat ��������������������������������RHP Traded to Pittsburgh in exchange for cash considerations 3/13 76 Jorge, Felix ������������������������������RHP Optioned to Double-A Chattanooga 74 Melotakis, Mason �������������������� LHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 77 Romero, Fernando �������������������RHP Optioned to Double-A Chattanooga 64 Rosario, Randy ������������������������ LHP Optioned to Double-A Chattanooga 67 Gonsalves, Stephen ���������������� LHP Reassigned to minor league camp 84 Slegers, Aaron �������������������������RHP Reassigned to minor league camp 3/18 43 Garver, Mitch ������������������������������C Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 66 Granite, Zack ���������������������������� OF Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 73 Palka, Daniel ���������������������������� OF Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 1 Vielma, Engelb ������������������������� INF Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 71 Goodrum, Niko ������������������������� INF Reassigned to minor league camp 83 Gordon, Nick ���������������������������� INF Reassigned to minor league camp 72 Reginatto, Leonardo ����������������� INF Reassigned to minor league camp 78 Rohlfing, Dan ������������������������������C Reassigned to minor league camp 3/21 81 Fernandez, Raul ����������������������RHP Reassigned to minor league camp 79 Reed, Jake �������������������������������RHP Reassigned to minor league camp 32 Vogelsong, Ryan ���������������������RHP Granted free agency 3/22 65 May, Trevor ������������������������������RHP Placed on 60-day disabled list (right elbow surgery) 47 Breslow, Craig ������������������������ LHP Contract selected 3/24 60 Chargois, J.T. ��������������������������RHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 3/25 17 Berríos, José ����������������������������RHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 3/26 8 Stubbs, Drew ���������������������������� OF Granted unconditional release, making him a free agent 80 Rucinski, Drew ������������������������RHP Reassigned to minor league camp 3/28 62 Boshers, Buddy ����������������������� LHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 30 Field, Tommy ���������������������������� INF Reassigned to minor league camp 3/29 23 Tepesch, Nick ��������������������������RHP Reassigned to minor league camp 51 Wimmers, Alex ������������������������RHP Reassigned to minor league camp 3/30 12 Murphy, John Ryan ����������������������C Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 68 Gonzalez, Bengie ���������������������� INF Reassigned to minor league camp 37 Hague, Matt ����������������������������� INF Reassigned to minor league camp 52 Park, ByungHo ������������������������� INF Reassigned to minor league camp 50 Paulsen, Ben ���������������������������� INF Reassigned to minor league camp 70 Rodriguez, Eddy ��������������������������C Reassigned to minor league camp 24 Shuck, J.B. �������������������������������� OF Reassigned to minor league camp 16 Adrianza, Ehire ������������������������ INF Placed on 10-day disabled list (right oblique strain) 61 O’Rourke, Ryan ����������������������� LHP Placed on 10-day disabled list (left forearm strain) 4/2 15 Perkins, Glen ��������������������������� LHP Placed on 60-day disabled list (rehab from shoulder surgery) 38 Gimenez, Chris ����������������������������C Contract selected 19 Vargas, Kennys ������������������� 1B/DH Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 4/23 58 Haley, Justin ���������������������������RHP Placed on 10-day disabled list (right biceps tendonitis) 49 Mejia, Adalberto ���������������������� LHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 62 Boshers, Buddy ����������������������� LHP Recalled from Triple-A Rochester 19 Vargas, Kennys ������������������� 1B/DH Recalled from Triple-A Rochester 4/24 62 Boshers, Buddy ����������������������� LHP Optioned to Triple-A Rochester 23 Tepesch, Nick ��������������������������RHP Contract selected 61 O’Rourke, Ryan ����������������������� LHP Transferred to 60-day disabled list