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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The Minnesota Twins hit placed quaternary nowadays All-Star comfort ballplayer Joe Nathan on the 15-day unfit itemize with suffering in his correct elbow.

Nathan missed the entire 2010 flavour due to ligament recollection surgery and had prefabricated 17 appearances this flavour posting an ERA of 7.63.

"We obviously hoped he wouldn't hit some problems, but I wouldn't feature it's exceptional to hit a setback here or there with what he's feat through," Twins head simulator Rick McWane told local media.

"He's getting better, but it's just a concern of him getting over the hump. We want to attain trusty that we protect him, so that's why we're feat to intend an MRI and wager exactly what's feat on, attain trusty we're not absent anything."

Nathan was pollyannaish that the setback was not severe.

"You never want to go on the DL, but we see like this is feat to be a beatific thing for me," said Nathan. "When I do intend back and finish the rest of the season, I want to finish it on a positive note."

(Reporting by Mike Mouat in Windsor, Ontario. Editing by Alastair Himmer)

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