The regular season gets underway tonight, with most teams having their season openers tomorrow. Seemed like a good time to look around and see which former Twins made the rosters of other clubs this season (and which ones were at camp this Spring, but didn’t quite make it). If you notice that I missed anyone of note, please comment to let me know and I’ll add them. And if I get anything wrong or the status of a player changes, let me know.
Billy Beane is vice president and general manager for the Oakland A’s.
Grant Balfour is a pitcher with the Rays.
Jason Bartlett is an infielder for the Rays.
Brian Bass is a pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles.
Don Baylor is the hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies.
Casey Blake is with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Henry Blanco is with the Padres.
Randy Bush is assistant general manager for the Chicago Cubs.
Luis Castillo is an infielder with the Mets.
Juan Castro was a non-roster invitee to Dodgers camp, but didn’t make the team.
Terry Crowley is the hitting coach for the Baltimore Orioles.
Adam Everett is an infielder with the Detroit Tigers.
Willie Eyre is a pitcher with the Texas Rangers.
Lew Ford signed a minor-league contract with the Colorado Rockies.
George Frazier is an analyst for Colorado Rockies broadcasts on FSN Rocky Mountain.
Matt Garza is a pitcher with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Eddie Guardado is a pitcher with the Texas Rangers.
Cristian Guzman is with the Nationals.
Chip Hale is the third base coach for the Diamondbacks.
Mickey Hatcher is hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
LaTroy Hawkins is a relief pitcher with the Houston Astros.
Livan Hernandez was a non-roster invitee to Mets camp and won the 5th starting spot for the team; he’s not currently on the 40-man roster, but will be added to it by the time his turn to start rolls around.
Torii Hunter is center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Garrett Jones was a non-roster invitee to Pirates camp, but didn’t make the team. Here’s an article about him from earlier this spring.
Jacque Jones was a non-roster invitee to Reds camp, but he didn’t make the 40-man roster. I haven’t heard yet if he accepted assignment to the minor leagues or asked to be released. Here’s a link about him from earlier this Spring.
Bobby Kielty was a non-roster invitee to Mets camp, but didn’t make the 40-man roster. He was signed to a minor-league contract with the Mets organization.
Bobby Korecky is on the 40-man roster for the Diamondbacks.
Kyle Lohse is with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Andy MacPhail is with the Orioles, his title is “President, Baseball Operations”. And Lee MacPhail IV is Director of Professional Scouting for the Orioles.
Doug Mientkiewicz was a non-roster invitee to Dodgers camp, but didn’t make the team. He did sign a minor-league contract with the Dodgers.
Eric Milton was a non-roster invitee to Dodgers camp, but didn’t make the team; he signed a minor league contract with them.
Craig Monroe is an outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates. CARIG hit the cover off the ball whenever he faced the Twins this spring.
David Ortiz of course remains the designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox.
Ramon Ortiz was a non-roster invitee to Giants camp, but didn’t make the 40-man roster.
Augie Ojeda is an infielder with the Diamondbacks.
A.J. Pierzynski remains the catcher for the Chicago White Sox.
Chris Pittaro is Director of Professional Scouting for the Oakland A’s.
Sidney Ponson was a non-roster invitee to Kansas City Royals camp and he signed a minor-league contract with them.
Michael Restovich was a non-roster invitee to White Sox camp, but he does not appear to have made the team. He was signed to a minor-league contract.
Dennys Reyes signed a two-year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Juan Rincon is a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
Luis Rivas was a non-roster invitee for the Cubs, but he did not make the team; he was assigned to their minor league camp.
Luis Rodriguez is with the Padres.
J.C. Romero is in the Phillies organization, but not currently on the 40-man roster.
Johan Santana is a pitcher for the Mets, of course. Everyone on Baseball Tonight just picked him to win the NL Cy Young this season.
Carlos Silva is a pitcher with the Seattle Mariners.
Terry Tiffee was a non-roster invitee to Phillies camp, but didn’t make the team; he signed a minor league contract with the Phillies organization.
Ron Washington is the manager of the Texas Rangers.
Carl “The Big Train” Willis is the pitching coach for Cleveland.
As for former Twins broadcasters . . .
Former Twins broadcaster Telly Hughes has joined FSN Wisconsin as a sideline reporter for Brewers games. (Now if only we could get Ron Coomer to join him.)
Former Twins broadcaster Clay Matvick works for ESPNU.
Former Twins broadcaster Ron Johnson freelances for the Big Ten Network.
