Hanshin in Pursuit of Morillo

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We’ve posted extensively on Hanshin’s offseason pitching shopping list, and now several reports out of Japan suggest that the first guy Hanshin is after is right hander Juan Morillo, who played with the Minnesota Twins organization last season.

Morillo was a member of the All-Star Futures Game in 2005, but has struggled recently with a back injury and designated for assignment by the Twins on April 29th. Should he join Hanshin, Morillo projects as one of the main set-up guys for the Tigers.

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  1. Ryo
    dave
    10/11/2009 at 5:35 pm Permalink

    The Twins just added him back to their 40 man roster.

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