The Twins cleared a spot for lefthanded pitcher Tommy Malone, scheduled to start today's game at Boston, by putting righthander Ricky Nolasco on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to June 1). Nolasco has a right ankle impingement suffered his his last start on May 31 against Toronto.
Ricky Nolasco placed on disabled list again
The move clears a spot on the 25-man roster for Tommy Milone, who will start today at Boston.
June 4, 2015 at 4:19PM
Milone was on the Twins Opening Day roster and was 2-1 with a 4.76 ERA in four starts. Nolasco was 5-1 with a 5.56 ERA in seven starts.
After his demotion to AAA Rochester, Milone went 4-0 with a 0.70 ERA, with 47 strikeouts and just three walks in 38.2 innings.
The eight Twins headed for arbitration are Royce Lewis, Joe Ryan, Jhoan Duran, Bailey Ober, Ryan Jeffers, Willi Castro, Griffin Jax and Trevor Larnach.
