The Minnesota Twins are looking to improve their dismal starting rotation numbers in 2012.
Last season, the Twins starters combined to post the third-worst ERA (4.64), while also striking out just 617 batters in 961 innings-pitched.
The Twins have outsourced to fix this problem, signing veteran right-hander Jason Marquis to a one-year, $3 million contract.
Marquis, 33, posted an 8-5 record with a 3.95 ERA as a member of the Washington Nationals last season. He was then sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 30, where he was 0-1, posting a 9.53 ERA in just three starts. Marquis missed the last month and a half of the 2011 season with a broken right fibula after being hit by a line drive.
Marquis was a National League All-Star in 2009 as a member of the Colorado Rockies. His best season came in 2004 when he posted a 15-7 record and recorded a 3.71 ERA as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals.