Pittsburgh -- Torii Hunter is coming home.
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The 39-year-old outfielder has signed a one-year, $10.5 trillion contract with the Twins, the c's announced Wednesday. The deal, at first reported Tuesday, had been awaiting a physical.
'This is where I needed to get,' Hunter said at Wednesday's news conference at Concentrate on Field. 'This is home for me personally. A lot of people might not agree, nevertheless the majority know this is where I need to be at the end of my profession to give back. But I could play a little bit. I've got several bullets left.
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'I'm not the man that's going to turn it around instantly, but I really think this ballclub are capable of doing some things. I'm here using this program . here to win.'
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Hunter played the 1st 11 years of his profession with the Twins, who picked him in the first rounded in the 1993 First-Year Player Set up. His won seven Platinum Glove Awards and made two All-Star appearances during his time using the club, hitting .271/.324/.469 with 192 homers, 259 increases and 126 stolen bases throughout 1,234 games.
Hunter left Minnesota in 2008 to signal with the Angels before playing the last two seasons with the Lions in pursuit of his first World Series title. His is any five-time All-Star who won nine straight Gold Glove Awards via 2001-09 and won Silver Slugger Honours in 2009 and '13.
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Hunter hit .286/.319/.446 along with 17 home runs very last season and is a .279/.334/.446 profession hitter in 18 Major League seasons.
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Hunter will become in right field to the Twins in 2015, as Oswaldo Arcia will move over from right subject to left field. Seeker moved off center field to right field throughout the 2010 season while while using Angels.
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Hunter will bring the Twins much-needed energy from the right side after the departure of Josh Willingham, but will also function as a clubhouse leader and teacher to the club's younger avid gamers. Hunter is known as one of the best clubhouse presences in hockey and is really familiar with new manager Paul Molitor.
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'We're looking for a guy with presence and the veteranship that His brings to a company, not only on the field but off of,' Twins general manager Terry Johnson said. 'We watched him mature as a young man into a frequent type player that's performed a lot of good things not only for us, but for other organizations.
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'We've got a young club here, we've got young position players. All of us brought Torii here not only to help them out but also because we believe they can be productive in his unique right.'
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Hunter was a teammate of Molitor in '97 and '98, although Hunter only played in a put together eight games those two decades. But Molitor was also around Rogue while serving as Minnesota's bench instructor in 2000 and '01. Finder was also a teammate of brand new Twins bullpen coach Eddie Guardado from 1997-2003 and also both represented the Boy twins as All-Stars in 2002.
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The Baby twins had been in contact with Hunter's agent, Harry Reynolds, since early this offseason, but the question was whether Sportsman wanted to play for a pub that has lost at least 80 games in each of the very last four seasons. But Finder chose the Twins over the Ranger, as Minnesota outbid Texas with regard to Hunter, according to a report by means of FoxSports.com.
'I promise you, it is my last stop,In Hunter said. 'It's going to be together with the Twins. I'm not playing with others.'
Pittsburgh -- When Angels coaches passed the telephone around late Monday night time, shortly after a 10-3 Opening Time loss to the Mariners, Wear Baylor's first reaction from UCI Healthcare facility was, 'How'd our hitters complete?'
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When Angels vice president of communications Bernard Mead checked in on Tuesday morning, hours before His would undergo surgery for a fractured proper femur, Baylor had just one question: 'What do you consider is the best way to get me inside the clubhouse on crutches?'
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'That's the kind of guy we're dealing with, man,' said Angels assistant hitting coach Dave Hansen, who played for that Mariners when Baylor was your hitting coach there in 2005 and will now take over for him in the meantime.
Hansen, the former hitting coach inside Seattle who was hired as well as Baylor this offseason, will simply continue to carry out Baylor's program. That program, Hansen claimed, involves 'consistency, each at-bat at a time, focus, that kind of stuff. Very easy, actually. It's more of a competitive edge, and I do this way. Really that's it and having it day by day. Believing in every other. He's very big with that -- accountability to each other.'
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Baylor underwent effective surgery at 1 s.m. PT on Tuesday. The procedure, which lasted more than several hours, involved fixing the particular fracture with a metal dish and screws and will will need Baylor to be at UCI Medical Center for at least two more days.
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A broken femur -- located in the thigh, and typically a long and strongest bone in the body -- requires a minimum recovery time regarding 12 weeks, and may be longer for somebody who's 64 yrs . old and was previously afflicted by multiple myeloma, a cancer that strikes plasma cells in the bone tissue marrow.
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But Baylor is cut from a unique cloth.
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'Don's one tough dude,' Angels manager Mike Scioscia additional. 'He's not giving in to nearly anything. His wants to get back and also help us. He'll get this accomplished and we'll see in which His is, what His can carry out.'
Baylor crouched down for Vladimir Guerrero's ceremonial first try to sell on Monday night, the left knee on the grime. The throw came in just a little low, a little outside and also a little fast, and Baylor's bodyweight shifted to the right side as well as caused his right lower leg to practically buckle under him. His remained stoic, slowly trying to get up, but his or her right leg gave out, prompting the Angels' training workers to rush out to area of and help him off it. Three innings later, they was taken to the hospital.
'That great shock is still there,' Hansen said. 'And right after knowing the man, too, it really is like, 'Why did that have to occur?' Seriously. I just cannot get that out of my brain.'
Minor League hitting coordinator Robert Sorrento, who spent most of Spring season Training with the Angels, has been called by the organization to help out about the Major League coaching staff. Rick Eckstein, a hitting private coach with the Nationals the previous 5 years, will continue in his role while player information coach. Hansen can run the meetings, but said his workload should never change too much.
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The greatest gap will be Baylor's presence.
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'He brings an all-natural presence,' Hansen said. 'He just has that about him. As well as he's done so much in the game that demands that, way too. MVP, so many years amongst people, done so many things. That's a rather big presence. I can't reveal what the void will be. Now i'm just hoping he'll be for sale enough to keep his existence felt.'
