MLB Baseball Previews » Joe Nathan http://baseball-previews.com Previews for upcoming major league baseball games. Sat, 28 May 2011 12:47:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Nathan Has Surgery, Twins Odds Suffer http://baseball-previews.com/20100322-nathan-has-surgery-twins-odds-suffer/ http://baseball-previews.com/20100322-nathan-has-surgery-twins-odds-suffer/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:24:37 +0000 Baseball Previews http://baseball-previews.com/?p=219 The Minnesota Twins World Series odds just took a major hit as closer Joe Nathan has elected too undergo Tommy John surgery and will be out for the season. Jon Rauch is the most likely candidate to take over the closer role. Rauch has 26 career saves. But the Twins haven’t committed themselves to Rauch. [...]

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]]> The Minnesota Twins World Series odds just took a major hit as closer Joe Nathan has elected too undergo Tommy John surgery and will be out for the season.

Jon Rauch is the most likely candidate to take over the closer role. Rauch has 26 career saves. But the Twins haven’t committed themselves to Rauch.

Sportsbooks have taken down their Twins season wins totals in the wake of the injury.

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]]> http://baseball-previews.com/20100322-nathan-has-surgery-twins-odds-suffer/feed/ 0 Minnesota Twins Lose Nathan, World Series Odds Suffer http://baseball-previews.com/20100310-minnesota-twins-lose-nathan-world-series-odds-suffer/ http://baseball-previews.com/20100310-minnesota-twins-lose-nathan-world-series-odds-suffer/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:46:15 +0000 Baseball Previews http://baseball-previews.com/?p=166 Closer Joe Nathan of the Minnesota Twins was diagnosed with a tear in the ulnar collateral ligament and could have season-ending surgery. The Twins plan on resting him and building strength in the muscles around the tear to see if the pain subsides. If he’s not ready to go in two weeks, he will have [...]

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]]> Closer Joe Nathan of the Minnesota Twins was diagnosed with a tear in the ulnar collateral ligament and could have season-ending surgery.

The Twins plan on resting him and building strength in the muscles around the tear to see if the pain subsides. If he’s not ready to go in two weeks, he will have season-ending surgery to repair the damage.

The loss of Nathan would severely damage the Twins World Series chances. The over/under on total wins is currently set at 82.5 and their odds to win the American League Pennant are +775.

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