MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins are bringing more of the band back together.Former players Michael Cuddyer, LaTroy Hawkins and Torii Hunter have all been hired as special assistants to the baseball operations department. The appointments were announced Monday, reuniting three members of the franchises first two AL Central title teams (2002-03).Cuddyer, Hawkins and Hunter were all drafted by the Twins and played a combined 32 seasons for the club before scattering around the majors. They each retired after the 2015 season.Their responsibilities will include player development, spring training instruction, minor league affiliate visits, scouting and charitable work in the community, among other roles.Another player on those 2002-03 teams, closer Eddie Guardado, has served as the bullpen coach for the past two seasons. 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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Milwaukee Brewers hoped they were getting a stolen base threat when they acquired infielder Jonathan Villar from the Houston Astros last November. It turns out they got a budding power hitter, too.Villar, the major leagues stolen base leader, hit his 17th and 18th home runs and had a career-high five RBI and Matt Garza beat his former team as the Brewers defeated the Texas Rangers 8-3 on Monday night.I dont think about that, Villar said of hitting homers. I need a base hit because I need more stolen bases.Villar has 59 steals, one more than the Cincinnati Reds Billy Hamilton. He would become the franchises third stolen base champion, joining Scott Podsednik in 2004 (70) and Tommy Harper in 1969 with the original expansion Seattle Pilots (a club-record 73).Villar said manager Craig Counsell has told him he could develop into a 30-homer hitter.Im surprised by how much weve already seen it, Counsell of Villars power. What hes doing is rare, for sure.Villar also doubled. He went into Mondays game having gone only 3 for 35 in his previous 11 games.The Brewers clinched fourth place in the NL Central.Garza (6-8) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings. He spent the second half of the 2013 season with Texas as a rental acquisition from the Chicago Cubs, going 4-5 with a 4.38 ERA. It was Garzas first appearance against Texas since 2010.I take it as this is our playoff right here, said Garza, who won a must-win Game 3 in the Division Series for the Tampa Bay Rays in his most recent appearance at Globe Life Park in 2010. Theyre a good team, and you want to go out there and perform.FAMILIAR FACES IN A DIFFERENT PLACEMondays game was a reunion for former Brewers Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress, who were traded to Texas on Aug. 1.Lucroy, who played 6 1/2 seasons for Milwaukee, went 1 for 4. Jeffress made his first appearance since being reinstated Friday from the restricted list. 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Hell wear Knebels burnt-orange college letter jacket.Counsell said when his Irish beat the Longhorns in September 2015, Knebel and fellow Longhorn Taylor Jungmann had to wear one-piece Notre Dame pajamas on the team flight from Milwaukee to Miami.This is payback, Knebel said.SHORT HOPSThe Brewers scored in every inning in which their leadoff hitter reached and didnt score in innings in which the leadoff man failed to get on. . Milwaukee, an AL team from 1969 through 1997, is 11-7 against AL teams this season.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: Jungmann wont pitch again this season after suffering a hip abductor during his start last Saturday night, which was his first in the majors since April.Rangers: OF Shin-Soo Choo (left forearm fracture) had three hits and two walks batting in all seven innings of an Instructional League game on Monday. Manager Jeff Banister said he hopes to get RHP Tony Barnette (strained oblique), who last pitched on Sept. 4, into Tuesday nights game.UP NEXTBrewers RHP Jimmy Nelson (8-15) leads the NL in losses after getting off to a 3-1 start. Rangers RHP A.J. Griffin (7-4) lasted only 1 2/3 innings last Tuesday in Anaheim, allowing three hits and four walks. If Texas elects to go with four starters in the Division Series, Griffin is a contender for the final slot. Cheap Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Nike NFL Jerseys China Discount NFL Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Wholesale China NFL Gear Stitched Jerseys Discount Jerseys Cheap NFL T-shirts Cheap Jerseys 2019 Black China NFL Jerseys Discount NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys 2020 ' ' '