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The native of Brazil was acquired from Arizona in the Eduardo Escobar trade.

From the Twins' forgettable season to a touching gesture from the late Mick Tingelhoff and more items in between, our columnist empties his summer notebook as fall approaches.

George Tsamis had spent 18 summers in St. Paul managing and finding players for the independent Saints. The team's transformation to becoming the Twins' Class AAA affiliate for 2021 put Tsamis on the job market, although not for long. The Kane County Cougars, located in Geneva, Ill., were bounced from the Class A Midwest League when the affiliated minor leagues shrunk from 160 to 120 teams last winter. Kane County wound up filling the vacancy created by the Saints' departure from the independent American Association. The announcement was made in early February, and Tsamis was hired three week...

On Sunday, LaTroy Hawkins will manage the American League team in the All-Star Futures Game in Colorado, meaning he will become a temporary mentor to a bunch of youngsters who would benefit from his career advice. Before Hawkins became a star reliever for the Twins, or a happy wanderer who played for 11 teams over 21 seasons in the big leagues, he called home and tried to quit. The Twins selected Hawkins — then a skinny kid from Gary, Ind., and now a special assistant to the team's baseball operations department — in the seventh round of the 1991 draft. The next year, a bunch of newly dra...

Byron Buxton needs to stay healthy the rest of this season for a big contract