The Twins recalled reliever John Curtiss from Class AAA Rochester on Tuesday. He takes the roster spot of Tyler Duffey, who was sent down Sunday.
Curtiss struck out 17 in 9 1/3 innings for the Red Wings, walking only two. He had a 2.89 ERA in five appearances. The 25-year-old right hander pitched in nine games for the Twins last season.
Duffey allowed runs in all three outings, five of them while retiring only one batter Friday against the Reds, and leaves with a 13.50 ERA so far this year.
The Twins received Rule 5 righthanded reliever Luke Bard back from the Angels this weekend, but they would have to create a roster spot to promote him to the majors.
La Velle E. Neal III has covered baseball for the Star Tribune since 1998 (the post-Knoblauch era). Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up following the White Sox and hating the Cubs. He attended both the University of Illinois and Illinois-Chicago and began his baseball writing career at the Kansas City Star. He can be heard occasionally on KFAN radio, lending his great baseball mind to Paul Allen and other hosts. Mark Rosen borrows him occasionally for WCCO-TV.
Phil Miller covered three seasons of Twins baseball, but that was at a different ballpark for a different newspaper. Now Miller returns to the baseball beat after joining the Star Tribune as the Gopher football writer in 2010, and he won't miss the dingy dome for a minute. In addition to the Twins and Gophers, Miller covered the Utah Jazz and the NBA for six years at The Salt Lake Tribune.
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