Jason Jones, the pitcher who was taken from the Yankees by the Twins in the Rule V draft and later said he didn't feel appreciated by the Yanks, will remain in Minnesota.

The Twins elected not to carry Jones on their Major League active roster and, as such, Jones was offered back to the Yankees. They took him, but immediately sent him back to Minnesota in exchange for 23 year old right handed pitcher Charles Nolte. Chad Jennings has the story. On Nolte, he says:

... Nolte had a 2.05 ERA with Low-A Beloit last season and a 1.85 ERA in the Gulf Coast League the year before. All told he's struck out 97 batters in 94.2 innings while walking 46 and holding opponents to a .230 batting average. His groundout-to-flyout ratio last year was better than 4.82-to-1. That's a huge groundball tendency.