While back home during the all-star break, Bender stopped by a baseball camp run by Marty Gomez, his former high school coach. He spoke to the campers, signed autographs and handed out some Padres ...

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Derek Bender, a catcher from Coastal Carolina, lasted less than two months in the Twins organization after he received a $297 ...

Did you think this only happened on Space Jam? The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, a Low-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, fired ...

NBC Sports Bay Area analyst and former San Francisco Giants pitcher George Kontos advocated for a violent response to the ...

The Twins released Minor League catcher Derek Bender on Friday, a day after a report emerged on ESPN that the 21-year-old had ...

Derek Bender was cut after it was discovered that he told opposing batters the types of pitches that were coming to the plate ...

The Minnesota Twins released former Albany Academy baseball star Derek Bender on Thursday for tipping pitches in a ...

Twins prospect Derek Bender reportedly just wanted his season to be over. Now his career with the organization, and perhaps ...

The Minnesota Twins released minor league catcher Derek Bender after he intentionally tipped pitches to opposing hitters ...

The Minnesota Twins released minor league catcher Derek Bender after he told opposing hitters what kind of pitches were ...