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- Updated: August 25, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Twins left-hander Hector Santiago is dealing with a bruised left thumb and will be skipped in the rotation, with fellow lefty Pat Dean slated to start on Friday in Toronto instead.
Manager Paul Molitor said that Santiago’s injury isn’t considered serious and that the team is hopeful that giving him a break will help him with the injury. Santiago has struggled since being acquired from the Angels at the non-waiver Trade Deadline, going 0-4 with a 10.89 ERA in four starts.
“It’s something that I just heard about for the first time a couple days ago,” Molitor said. “It’s something where we talked about pitching through it or backing him off for one start. We …
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