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Twins trim Florimon from 40-man roster, in addition to Hoey

They now have 38 players on their 40-man roster.

By Joe Christensen

December 12, 2011 at 8:46PM

The Twins have trimmed their 40-man roster to 38 players.

They placed Jim Hoey on waivers, and he was claimed by the Blue Jays. They also assigned shortstop Pedro Florimon outright to Class AAA Rochester after claiming him on waivers last week from the Orioles.

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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