Charley Walters: Twins likely to decline trade offers for Jose Berrios, Byron Buxton
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
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Nelson Cruz, who as expected was traded to Tampa Bay last week, the most sought-after Minnesota Twin as Friday s trade deadline approaches is starter
Jose Berrios. Outfielder
Byron Buxton would be, too, if he were made available, but that s unlikely.
The Twins have made multiple contract offers to Berrios, 27, who is under club control for 2022. The same for Buxton, 27, also under control for 2022. Expect both to be in Twins uniforms next year.
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It ll be surprising if shortstop
Andrelton Simmons and starter
Detroit was at Target Field for five games in four days over Labor Day weekend. Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire ran into a bout of food poisoning and still wasn t feeling well 10 days later.
The Tigers were in the middle of a four-game home series vs. Cleveland. General Manager Al Avila came for a meeting with Gardenhire and heard this: I said to Al, I m done, Gardenhire said. He was great, as always, talking about the end of the season, and I said, No, Al, I m done right now. I can t do this for another game. I feel terrible. I m afraid I might have a heart attack.
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The 42-year-old son of former New Jersey resident and Minnesota Twins manager Tom Kelly was found dead in Arizona last week.
Tom Kelly, Jr. was on a golf trip when his body was found in a Scottsdale hotel room, after he missed a tee-time,
Kelly s father grew up in Sayreville and attended Saint Mary s in South Amboy.
Kelly himself was a bat boy for the Twins and attended Hill-Murray. He later served as a pitcher for St. Thomas, winning the 2001 NCAA Division III baseball title.
He had been living in Tampa, Fl. working as a mortgage broker at the time of his death.
Blaine s Isabelle Stadden wins 200 backstroke at Pro Swim Series meet World record holder Regan Smith of Lakeville had the third-fastest time in the preliminaries and scratched from the final.
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Isabelle Stadden of Blaine won the women s 200-meter backstroke Sunday at the Pro Swim Series meet in San Antonio. Stadden, a freshman at the University of California, finished in 2 minutes, 9.31 seconds.
World record holder Regan Smith of Lakeville had the third-fastest time in the preliminaries and scratched from the final. Smith finished the meet with victories in the 100 back, 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly and a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle.
Son of former Twins manager Tom Kelly dies at age 42 Tom Kelly Jr., who was a pitcher on the 2001 University of St. Thomas team that won the NCAA Division III baseball title, had been living in Tampa, Fla., and working in the bank business.
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Tom Kelly Jr., the son of former Twins manager Tom Kelly, died Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz., at age 42 while on a golf excursion with friends from St. Paul.
The friends checked on Kelly after he missed a tee time and found him unresponsive in a hotel room.
Kelly, who was a pitcher on the 2001 University of St. Thomas team that won the NCAA Division III baseball title, had been living in Tampa, Fla., and working in the bank business.