The Twins have placed 39-year old lefty reliever Ron Mahay on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right shoulder. Mahay has pitched in 41 games (0 starts) for the Twins this year and he is 1-1 with a 3.44 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP. The Twins have recalled 26-year old righty reliever Anthony Slama to replace Mahay in the pen. Slama has pitched in 5 games (0 starts) earlier this year for the Twins and he was 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA and a 2.36 WHIP. Hopefully Slama will pitch better for the Twins this time around.

UPDATE: (8/24/2010) - The Twins will be without Ron Mahay for the rest of the season due to a torn rotator cuff. The Twins need to get back into the trade market for a lefty reliever with Jose Mijares also out of action due to injury.

The Twins have placed 26-year old righty starting pitcher Kevin Slowey on the 15-day disabled list with strained right triceps. Slowey has pitched in 25 games (24 starts) for the Twins this year and he is 11-6 with a 4.39 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP. The Twins have recalled 28-year old righty Nick Blackburn to replace Slowey in the starting rotation. Blackburn has pitched in 19 games (18 starts) for the Twins this year and he is 7-7 with a 6.66 ERA and a 1.68 WHIP. He has given up 148 hits (19 homers) this year for the Twins in only 104 innings! Maybe Blackburn will get back on track for the Twins as he looked good in AAA after his demotion. Blackburn started 4 games in AAA-ball and he was 1-0 with a 2.49 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP.

The Twins have placed infielder Nick Punto on the D.L. with a strained left hamstring. Punto has played in 81 games for the Twins this year and he is 59 of 233 (.253 avg, .645 OPS) with 24 runs scored, 1 homer, 20 RBIs and 6 stolen bases. The Twins have recalled infielder Matt Tolbert to take his place. Tolbert has played in 23 games for the Twins this year and he is 10 of 46 (.217 avg, .615 OPS) with 4 runs scored, 1 homer and 8 RBIs. Punto and Tolbert are a lot alike in style of play so the Twins should be o.k.

The Twins have placed 25-year old lefty reliever Jose Mijares on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left knee. Mijares has pitched in 37 games (0 starts) for the Twins this year and he is 1-1 with a 2.81 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP. The Twins have recalled 25-year old righty reliever/starter Jeff Manship to replace Mijares in the pen. Manship has pitched in 5 games (1 start) for the Twins this year and he is 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP. Manship will likely do a solid job for the Twins but they will miss Mijares because he’s a quality lefty.

UPDATE: (8/13/2010) - Mijares needs surgery on his right knee which will cause him to miss around 1 month.

22-year old lefty swinging outfielder Ben Revere is done for the season after he suffered 2 orbital fractures near his right eye. Revere played in 86 games in AA-ball this season and he was 97 of 327 (.297 avg, .714 OPS) with 39 runs scored, 1 homer, 22 RBIs and 31 stolen bases. He has now played in 340 games in his four years in the Twins’ minor league system and he is 433 of 1,324 (.327 avg, .798 OPS) with 211 runs scored, 4 homers, 142 RBIs and 141 stolen bases. Hopefully Revere will be ready to go for spring training next year.