MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins left-hander Glen Perkins took an important step in his recovery from last year's shoulder labrum surgery, pitching in a game for the first time since April 10, 2016.
Perkins, who underwent the operation in June 2016, threw a scoreless 1-2-3 inning on eight pitches in the Gulf Coast League on Saturday, striking out two and reaching 90 mph on the radar gun. Perkins is expected to make one more appearance with the GCL Twins before moving up to pitch with Class A Advanced Fort Myers.
"He had a couple punchouts, he threw a couple sliders, he touched 90, which are all good things," Twins manager Paul Molitor said.