The Twins have trimmed their 40-man roster to 38 players.
They placed Jim Hoey on waivers, and he was claimed by the Blue Jays. They also assigned shortstop Pedro Florimon outright to Class AAA Rochester after claiming him on waivers last week from the Orioles.
Joe Christensen, a Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.
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