Twins manager Ron Gardenhire made an appearance on MLB Network Radio this morning, where he talked for nearly four minutes about Ricky Nolasco's elbow, which is being examined today in Minnesota.

UPDATE: At 2:30 p.m., the Twins officially put Nolasco on the DL.

We transcribed a couple of the highlights, and you'll find the audio of the entire segment on Nolasco via this link. (Also, this will make three consecutive posts within three hours on Nolasco. We promise we're not obsessed. It's just how things work sometimes).

Gardenhire:

On how long Nolasco has been dealing with an elbow issue: "He said he's had it since spring training … He said, 'I don't want to make excuses for my performance or anything like that, but he said my elbow, I had this in '07 and I think I can pitch through it. That's when we said, you know, the best thing for us – we've got him signed to a pretty good contract here, and we need him down the road here — so let's send him back, get this thing checked out."

On the next steps: "In my opinion, and it's just my opinion, if a guy is telling me his elbow is bothering him, there's no way he's going to make a start on Friday. But I think the big thing here is to find out what's wrong with his elbow, give him the time he needs, and he'll probably end up on the DL. That's the best guess."