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PERSONAL: Carlos (Ricky) Enrique Nolasco...2001 graduate of Rialto (CA) High School, where he was a two-time All-State selection and a two-time League MVP...selected to play in North-South Game and the Daily Bulletin All-Star Game, after going 7-3 with 1.28 ERA and 110 strikeouts during senior year...was four year varsity letterman...brother David was a pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers system in 2005.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Earned 100th career victory May 25, 2015 vs. Boston...Twins are fourth organization (Chicago-NL, 2001-05, Florida/Miami, 2006-13 & Los Angeles-NL, 2013); drafted in 2001 by Cubs; traded to Florida in December 2005 with two others for Juan Pierre; traded to Dodgers for three minor leaguers in July 2013...remains Marlins all-time leader in wins (81), starts (197), innings pitched (1,225.2) and strikeouts (1,001)...has made three career Opening Day starts (2014, ’13 and ’09)...named NL Co-Player of the Week twice in career (2012 & ’08)...recorded double-digit wins in eight different major league seasons...first major league hit was home run off Sean Marshall May 22, 2006 vs. Chicago-NL.

2015:

ABegan second season with Minnesota and was club’s number two starter.

AMade one start before being placed on 15-day disabled list April 11 with right elbow inflammation.

AMade one rehab start for Single-A Cedar Rapids; returned from rehab and reinstated May 2.

AWon five straight games May 2-25, tied for second longest win-streak of career.

ARecorded 100th career victory May 25 vs. Boston, also surpassing 1,500 career innings pitched in that start.

A Placed back on 15-day disabled list June 4 with a right ankle impingement...had ankle surgery July 13, performed by Dr. Robert Anderson.

A Transferred to 60-day disabled list July 8, making room on 40-man roster for Ryan O’Rourke; reinstated September 25.

2014: Made third career Opening Day start and Twins debut March 31 at Chicago-AL, allowing five runs on 10 hits in 6.0 innings pitched, two walks and four strikeouts and was dealt the loss...earned first win as Twin April 12 vs. Kansas City, allowing one run on five hits in 8.0 innings pitched...tossed 10th career complete game May 2 vs. Baltimore, allowing three runs on nine hits but was dealt the loss, the second complete game loss of his career...placed on 15-day disabled list July 8 with a right elbow strain...made two rehab starts for Single-A Cedar Rapids August 5 and 10; returned from rehab and reinstated August 15...threw season-high 117 pitches September 11 at Cleveland, tied for seventh most of career, allowing one run on six hits in 7.0 innings pitched but was issued the loss...pitched 8.0 shutout innings September 16 vs. Detroit, but did not factor into the decision, allowing five hits, one walk and five strikeouts...ranked second on Twins staff in strikeouts (115), and third in starts (27) and innings pitched (159.0).

2013: Was Marlins Opening Day starter April 1 at Washington, allowing two runs on three hits in 6.0 innings pitched and was dealt the loss...set season-high with 11 strikeouts twice — May 19 vs. Arizona and August 28 vs. Chicago-NL...struck out 1,000th batter of career in final start with Marlins July 3 at Atlanta, fanning Brian McCann in the sixth inning...acquired by Dodgers via trade July 6, along with an international signing bonus slot valued at $197,000, in exchange for pitchers Steven Ames, Josh Wall and Angel Sanchez...at time of trade he was Marlins franchise leader in wins (81), starts (197), innings pitched (1225.2) and strikeouts (1001)...earned 10th win August 23 vs. Boston, pitching 8.0 shutout innings with two hits allowed...became one of eight major league pitchers to reach double digit victories in each of the last six seasons, joining Jered Weaver, Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia, James Shields, Mark Buehrle, Tim Lincecum and Zack Greinke...won career-high seven consecutive decisions August 1-September 9, going 7-0, 1.59 ERA (51.0 IP, 9 ER) in eight starts; streak included a record of 5-0, 1.64 ERA (38.1 IP, 7 ER) in six August starts...made first career Postseason start in Game 4 in NLDS, October 15 vs. St. Louis...allowed three runs on three hits in 4.0 innings pitched with one walk and four strikeouts; two of the three runs came on a Matt Holliday two-run homer...combined to go 13-11, 3.70 ERA (199.1 IP, 82 ER) with 46 walks and 165 strikeouts in 33 starts for Miami and Los Angeles-NL combined...went 8-3, 3.52 ERA (87.0 IP, 34 ER) in 16 games (15 starts) for the Dodgers...tied for second in the NL in starts (33), one of eight NL pitchers to reach 33 starts.

2015 GAME HIGHS CAREERIP: 7.2, 5/25 vs. BOS Walks: 4, 4/8 at DET IP: 9.0, 8x, last 5/2/14 vs. BAL Walks: 5, 7/28/06 at PHISO: 8, 5/19 at PIT CG: - - SO: 16, 9/30/09 at ATL CG: 10, last 5/2/14 vs. BALWin Streak: 5, 5/2-25 Low-Hit: - - Win Streak: 7, 8/1-9/9/13 Low-Hit: 2, 8/19/08 at SF

HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/215 BATS/THROWS: R/RBORN: 12/13/82 in Corona, CA OPENING DAY AGE: 33RESIDES: Miami, FLACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent, 12/3/13M.L. SERVICE: 9 years, 142 daysCONTRACT STATUS: Signed thru 2017

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2012: Began season as Marlins number three starter...earned win on July 6 at St. Louis for 96th career quality start, breaking a tie with Dontrelle Willis for most quality starts in club history; also surpassed Willis (1,022.2) that night for most innings pitched in club history...set career-high with 20.1 innings without a walk, from second inning August 21 at Arizona until first inning September 9 at Washington...named NL Co-Player of Week September 3-9; second weekly honor of career, going 2-0, 0.56 ERA (16.0 IP, 1 ER), with 10 strikeouts and one walk in two starts, including a shutout September 9 at Washington...shutout Washington at home August 28 and in D.C. on September 9, winning by scores of 9-0 and 8-0, respectively; according to Elias, was first pitcher to throw a pair of shutouts in one season against the same team, each won by margin of eight-or-more runs, since the White Sox Britt Burns shutout the Indians by scores of 8-0 and 10-0 in 1985...set new single-season high with three complete games; previously had two each in 2009 and 11...had ninth-fewest walks among NL pitchers (min. 30 starts), despite setting single-season high with 47...finished season as franchise leader in wins (76), innings pitched (1,113.1), starts (179), quality starts (100) and strikeouts (911).

2011: Began season as Marlins number two starter...went 4-0 in first 10 starts April 2-May 24, posting a 3.04 ERA (68.0 IP, 23 ER) in that span...after June 1, went 6-12, 5.14 ERA (133.0 IP, 76 ER)...pitched two complete games, tying single season-high (2009), coming in a span of three starts — June 29 at Oakland to July 9 vs. Houston...allowed 12 of Atlanta’s 13 hits, but surrendered just one run over 6.2 innings July 31 at Atlanta...struck out 758th batter of career August 23, 2011 vs. Cincinnati, becoming Marlins all-time strikeout leader, surpassing Dontrelle Willis (757).

2010: Began season as Marlins number two starter...won seven consecutive road starts June 23-August 17; according to Elias, he became the first National League pitcher since Carlos Zambrano in 2006 to win as many consecutive road starts in same season...went 10-3, 3.86 ERA (93.1 IP, 40 ER) in 15 road starts; 10 road wins tied Alex Fernandez for third-most in club history, behind Carl Pavano (12 in 2004) and Dontrelle Willis (11 in 2005)...won nine games pre-All-Star break, pairing with Josh Johnson to become only two pitchers in club history to record at least nine wins prior to break in same season; their nine first-half wins tied for fifth-most in franchise history...tore meniscus in right knee September 4, ending his season...went 14-2, 2.75 ERA (124.1 IP, 38 ER) in 18 starts of 6.0-plus innings pitched...went 10-0 in 10 starts when going 7.0-plus innings.

2009: Was Marlins Opening Day starter April 6 vs. Washington, first Opening Day start of career...struck out 16 September 30 at Atlanta, setting a club record; struck out side in innings 3-5, giving him nine straight strikeouts, which was one shy of major league record...became fourth pitcher ever and third in modern era to strike out nine straight, joining Tom Seaver (10, 1970), Jake Peavy (9, 2007) and Mickey Welch (9, 1884)...the 16 strikeouts were most by any pitcher in baseball since Johan Santana struck out 17 for Minnesota August 19, 2007 vs. Texas...Marlins previous record for strikeouts in a regular season game was 14...ranked seventh among NL starters in strikeouts and sixth in strikeouts-per-9.0 IP (9.49), which marked a Marlins single-season record...ranked 10th in NL in walks-per-9.0 IP (2.14).

2008: Spent entire season with Florida...earned Co-NL Player of the Week June 9-15...struck out 51 batters and walked just three from July 28-August 24; according to Elias, was seventh pitcher during expansion era (since 1961) to have a six-start span during which they struck out at least 50 batters while issuing no more than three walks, joining Jim Kaat (1967), Ferguson Jenkins (1970 and 71), Pedro Martinez (2000), Roy Oswalt (2001), Curt Schilling (2001 and 02) and Ben Sheets (2004)...pitched first career complete game shutout August 19 at San Francisco, snapping a stretch of 301 Marlins games without a complete game; previous complete game was by Anibal Sanchez September 16, 2006 at Atlanta...recorded 51 strikeouts in August, setting new franchise record for most strikeouts in any month, passing Kevin Brown’s previous record of 47 in May of 1997...finished with 15 wins, becoming eighth starter in Marlins history to record 15-or-more wins in a season, also became 11th starter in franchise history to record 200.0-plus innings in a single season.

2007: Made Marlins Opening Day roster for second time in career...appeared in just five games due to two stints on disabled list, experiencing right elbow inflammation April 9-May 1 and again May 19-August 20.

2006: Made Marlins Opening Day roster for first time in career...made major league debut April 5 at Houston with 3.0 scoreless innings of relief, one hit allowed, two walks and two strikeouts...earned first major league win April 26 at Chicago-NL, pitching 2.0 scoreless innings of relief with one hit allowed and four strikeouts...recorded first major league hit, homering off Sean Marshall, May 22 vs. Chicago-NL; became second Marlins pitcher ever to homer for first hit, joining Tony Saunders, who homered off Tom Glavine for first hit May 8, 1997; became first pitcher in baseball to homer for first hit since Zack Greinke (Kansas City) June 10, 2005, and first NL pitcher to do so since John Van Benschoten (with Pittsburgh) August 23, 2004...finished tied for fourth among NL rookies in wins (11), fifth in innings (140.0), and seventh in starts (22) and strikeouts (99)...joined Scott Olsen (12), Josh Johnson (12) and Anibal Sanchez (10) to become first quartet of rookies in major league history to win at least 10 games; additionally, he, Olsen, Johnson, Sanchez and Dontrelle Willis (12) became first group of five Marlins pitchers to all record 10-or-more wins in a season.

2005: Spent first season with West Tennessee (Chicago-NL), and was traded to Florida December 7, along with pitchers Sergio Mitre and Renyel Pinto in exchange for outfielder Juan Pierre...won Southern League Pitcher of the Year Award and was a SL All-Star...won two SL Pitcher of the Week awards, the first July 4-10, going 1-0, 1.20 ERA in 15.0 IP, including a complete game; second award came August 29-September 5, going 2-0 in two starts (13.0 IP) and did not allow an earned run...led SL in strikeouts (173), tied for first in wins (14), and was third in ERA (2.89) and innings pitched (161.2)...named Second-Team minor league All-Star and Double-A All-Star by Baseball America...named Cubs minor league All-Star.

2004: Split season between Triple-A Iowa and Double-A West Tennessee (Chicago-NL), combining to go 8-7, 5.24 ERA (147.2 IP, 86 ER) in 28 starts with 143 strikeouts.

2003: Spent entire season at Single-A Daytona...named Florida State League Pitcher of the Month in July, going 4-0 with a 0.68 ERA.

2002: Spent second professional season at Single-A Boise...recorded 92 strikeouts in 90.2 innings pitched...named 16th best prospect in Northwest League by Baseball America.

2001: Began professional career with AZL Cubs and went 1-0, 1.50 ERA (18.0 IP, 3 ER) in five games (4 starts).

PROFESSIONAL: Selected by Chicago-NL in fourth round of 2001 First-Year Player Draft; signed by scouts Steve Fuller and Spider Jorgensen.

NOLASCO’S CAREER FIELDING RECORDPOSITION PCT G PO A E TC DP PBPitcher .954 265 100 151 12 263 10 —

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NOLASCO’S PITCHING RECORDYEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK BAA2001 AZL Cubs 1-0 1.50 5 4 0 0 0 18.0 11 3 3 0 1 5 23 1 0 .1752002 Boise 7-2 2.48 15 15 0 0 0 90.2 72 32 25 1 9 25 92 5 0 .2142003 Daytona 11-5 2.96 26 26 1 0 0 149.0 129 58 49 7 8 48 136 12 1 .2322004 Iowa 2-3 9.30 9 9 0 0 0 40.2 68 42 42 7 5 16 28 2 0 .393 West Tennessee 6-4 3.70 19 19 0 0 0 107.0 104 50 44 13 6 37 115 5 1 .2602005 West Tennessee 14-3 2.89 27 27 1 0 0 161.2 151 57 52 13 11 46 173 4 2 .2452006 FLORIDA 11-11 4.82 35 22 0 0 0 140.0 157 86 75 20 10 41 99 7 0 .2862007 FLORIDA 1-2 5.48 5 4 0 0 0 21.1 26 16 13 3 1 9 11 1 0 .321 GCL Marlins 0-0 2.70 2 2 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 .286 Jupiter 1-1 0.75 5 3 0 0 0 12.0 10 3 1 0 0 1 9 1 0 .217 Carolina 0-1 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .182 Albuquerque 0-2 14.09 4 4 0 0 0 15.1 29 26 24 6 2 4 15 2 0 .3922008 FLORIDA 15-8 3.52 34 32 1 1 0 212.1 192 88 83 28 6 42 186 1 3 .2392009 New Orleans 1-1 2.40 2 2 1 0 0 15.0 12 4 4 0 0 3 12 1 0 .222 FLORIDA 13-9 5.06 31 31 2 0 0 185.0 188 111 104 23 2 44 195 2 0 .2592010 FLORIDA 14-9 4.51 26 26 1 0 0 157.2 169 82 79 24 2 33 147 5 0 .2732011 FLORIDA 10-12 4.67 33 33 2 1 0 206.0 244 117 107 20 3 44 148 6 0 .2952012 MIAMI 12-13 4.48 31 31 3 2 0 191.0 214 100 95 18 8 47 125 8 1 .2852013 MIAMI 5-8 3.85 18 18 0 0 0 112.1 112 50 48 11 4 25 90 4 0 .261 LOS ANGELES-NL 8-3 3.52 16 15 0 0 0 87.0 83 40 34 6 6 21 75 1 0 .2472014 Cedar Rapids 0-0 2.89 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 10 3 3 1 0 1 8 0 0 .278 MINNESOTA 6-12 5.38 27 27 1 0 0 159.0 203 96 95 22 5 38 115 5 0 .3162015 Cedar Rapids 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 .167 MINNESOTA 5-2 6.75 9 8 0 0 0 37.1 50 31 28 3 1 14 35 1 1 .321Minor League Totals 43-22 3.57 118 115 3 0 0 630.0 605 284 250 48 42 187 626 34 4 .252National League Totals 89-75 4.37 229 212 9 4 0 1312.2 1385 690 638 153 42 306 1076 35 4 .270American League Totals 11-14 5.64 36 35 1 0 0 196.1 253 127 123 25 6 52 150 6 1 .317Major League Totals 100-89 4.54 265 247 10 4 0 1509.0 1638 817 761 178 48 358 1226 41 5 .277

NOLASCO’S LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORDYEAR OPPONENT W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK BAA2013 St. Louis 0-1 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 .214

NOLASCO’S BATTING RECORDBATTING AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB SO SB CS OBPCareer .136 374 19 51 12 0 1 26 62 0 1 21 176 0 0 .184

TWINS all-time leaders in games by position

POS PLAYER GAMES NEXTP Eddie Guardado (1993-03, 08) ................................648 Rick Aguilera (1989-99), 490C Joe Mauer (2004-13) ................................................920 Earl Battey (1961-67), 8311B Kent Hrbek (1981-94) ...........................................1,609 Justin Morneau (2003-13), 1,1242B Rod Carew (1967-78) ...........................................1,128 Chuck Knoblauch (1991-97), 999SS Greg Gagne (1983-92) ..........................................1,112 Zoilo Versalles (1961-67), 1,0623B Gary Gaetti (1981-90) ...........................................1,311 Rich Rollins (1961-68), 771LF Dan Gladden (1987-91) ...........................................621 Bob Allison (1962-70), 519CF Kirby Puckett (1984-95) ........................................1,433 Torii Hunter (1998-2007, 15), 1,172RF Tony Oliva (1962-72) ............................................1,137 Tom Brunansky (1982-88), 795DH Paul Molitor (1996-98) ............................................380 Randy Bush (1982-93), 347