Bottom 1 - Twins at Pirates

Kevin Slowey is the Twins starter. He's not exactly a household name, and might never become one, but the Twins are very high on Slowey. He was very good last year in the minors and came up and impressed in limited time with the big league club. Slowey is solid. He doesn't have the great heat on his fastball, but he knows how to pitch and he has a good sinker. He's a Scott Baker are being counted on to pitch the entire season for the Twins, and make up as much as they can for the loss of Johan Santana. Talk about. The Twins also lost Carlos Silva, so they Slowey and Baker are that much more valuable. Also, keep an eye on Nick Blackburn, who emerged last year as one of the top young pitchers in the organization.
More on him and the return of Francisco Liriano later, but the Pirates just went 1-2-3, so we have to move forward.

Pirates 0, Twins 0