This morning Joe Nathan played catch with pitching coach Rick Anderson. The session was short lived as Nathan felt pain in his elbow. It was determined he will have Tommy John surgery and his baseball career for the next 12-18 months is now in flux. In an odd way his feeling pain this morning is a good thing. Imagine if he had felt nothing as he threw and then went back into a somewhat regular pitching routine. He would have done more damage and likely prolonged his recovery time. Now the team has a concrete plan and timetable in place to treat the injury. Next for them is solving who will close this year and next year. I'm against the Twins trading prospects Wilson Ramos or Ben Revere for San Diego Padres closer Heath Bell. Bell has had only one year as closer. His 42 saves last season showed he may be made for the job, but I don't like that weight has been an on going issue for him. I feel the Twins should go in-house for their closer solution. I'm not opposed to having a young arm eventually get the job this year or most likely next year. Arms such as Anthony Slama, Rob Delaney or Alex Burnett should be the focus of any future closer talk for the Minnesota Twins.
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