1. Twins pitcher Kevin Slowey is scheduled to have his strained right wrist examined today in Baltimore. He likely will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging exam, and if there is an update to pass along today, we’ll have it here.

2. Besides Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Joe Nathan, the American League All-Star Team includes former Twins Torii Hunter and Jason Bartlett, and the National League squad includes Johan Santana.

“Jason’s a good friend of mine; I was excited to hear about that,” Mauer said. “Torii’s been there a couple times. I was really excited to hear about Bartlett. He’s earned it. He’s having a great season.”

Indeed, Bartlett is batting .358 with a .401 on-base percentage and a .562 slugging percentage. That .963 OPS is almost Mauer-like, though Joe is at 1.113.

3. Had a note in my game story from Baseball-Reference.com about Nick Blackburn’s nine consecutive quality starts. That’s the longest such active streak in the AL. Cliff Lee reeled off 10 consecutive quality starts for Cleveland earlier this year. Justin Verlander and Zack Greinke also had nine consecutive quality starts earlier this year.

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