Finest finishers
Most consecutive saves to start season by a Twins reliever:
18 Glen Perkins 2015
17 Eddie Guardado 2003
14 Guardado 2002
14 LaTroy Hawkins 2000
13 Joe Nathan 2008
13 Bill Dailey 1963
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