Drew Butera

The Twins have 4 players selected to play in the World Baseball Classic. The four are catcher Joe Mauer (USA), relief pitcher Glen Perkins (USA), first baseman Justin Morneau (Canada) and catcher Drew Butera (Italy). The World Baseball Classic will be played in March of 2013.

Seth begins an in-depth look at the Minnesota Twins and what they need to do at each position in order to be more successful next year. Today he looks at catcher.

The Twins defeated San Diego 5-4 in walkoff fashion Sunday afternoon to complete a 3-game sweep of the Padres and win their 7th straight game. Drew Butera singled in Delmon Young from 2nd base with 1 out in the 9th inning to secure the win.

The Twins defeated the San Diego Padres 5-4 Sunday afternoon to complete a 3-game sweep of San Diego this weekend. Minnesota has won 7 straight games and 14 of their last 16.

The Twins arn't helping their production at the plate from the catching position after calling up Rene Rivera from Triple-A. He was hitting just .200 in 13 games and isn't considered a prospect. Steve Holm was sent down in favor of Rivera after hitting just .118 in 17 at-bats with the Twins.