Twins General Manager Terry Ryan acknowledged on Thursday that rigfhthander Scott Baker has a tender elbow. Baker will throw in the bullpen on Friday and, if all goes well, will return to the rotation.
Baker has battled elbow problems in each of the last two seasons, but Ryan refused to be more concerned than normal.
``I'm not worried about Scott Baker," he said.
Baker pitched poorly last Saturday in a B game at Pittsburgh. A scout at the game had Baker's fastball as low as 84 miles an hour with little movement.
10-RUN INNING FOR PIRATES
Pittsburgh scored 10 runs in the first inning against the twins today, knocking out starter Terry Doyle, who gave up eight earned runs on seven hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning. Anthony Swarzak came in and was charged with two more runs before the Twins finally escaped the inning.
Doyle was a Rule 5 pick from the Chicago White Sox and will have to be offered back to the White Sox, for half of the $50,000 drafting price, if he doesn't stay on the Twins roster for the season -- unless a deal can be worked out between the clubs.
TWINS MAKE CUTS
