MIAMI -- First baseman C.J. Cron is headed for Class A Fort Myers on Wednesday, where he will begin what's expected to be a brief minor league rehabilitation assignment with the Miracle.
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Cron, who is on the 10-day injured list because of right thumb inflammation, is expected to play a couple games before being activated.
You guys know how I disdain from trying to predict who should go when a player comes off the IL? Well, it's going to be very interesting when Cron is ready to return to the lineup. The Twins might be forced to go to 12 pitchers, which doesn't seem to be the best thing when the starters fight to last six innings. They might have no choice, as they are not going to get rid of any of the backup position players.
Maybe this will work itself out, in some way.
The Twins and Marlins play the first of a three-game series (6:10 p.m., FSN) at Marlins Park tonight.
Trade deadline is at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
The Twins are 3-6 in interleague play this season (1-2 in Philly, 1-3 vs. the Mets and 1-1 against the Brewers).
All time, they are 214-197, eighth best record among major league teams.
The Twins are 7-6 against the Marlins and 33-20 on the road this season, best record in baseball.
Reliever Blake Parker, designated for assignment by the Twins last week, has signed with the Phillies.
Jake Odorizzi (11-5, 3.84 ERA) faces Zac Gallan (1-2, 2.76) tonight. The lineups:
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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.
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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