Twins Notes: Outrights and Throwing StrikesBill Smith and company cleared some space on the 40-man roster over the weekend, sending Julio DePaula, Oswaldo Sosa, Sergio Santos, and Ryan Jorgensen outright to Triple-A. That means all four players passed through waivers unclaimed, allowing the Twins to retain them in the organization while removing them from the 40-man roster. Sosa is the most surprising name on the list, because not so long ago he was considered one of the Twins' better pitching prospects.Sosa placed No. 9 in my ranking of the Twins' top prospects in 2007 and was No. 12 heading into this season, but had a tremendously disappointing season between high Single-A and Double-A, posting a 5.66 ERA and 80-to-75 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 105 innings. He's still just 23 years old and one bad season doesn't completely...
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