shining brightly

Scott Diamond was, uh, brilliant again for the Minnesota Twins today. The former Mississippi Braves left-hander threw six shutout innings in an 11-3 win over the Chicago Cubs. Diamond is now 5-1 (with a 1.61 ERA) for a Twins team that is 24-34. The Canada native pitched for some mediocre clubs in Pearl, as well. He was 5-10 despite a 3.50 ERA for the 2009 M-Braves and 4-6 with a 3.52 in 2010 before getting a promotion to Triple-A. The Twins plucked Diamond from the pitching-rich Braves in the Rule 5 draft in December 2010 and then traded current M-Braves reliever Billy Bullock to Atlanta in spring training 2011 to keep Diamond in their system. He was just 1-5, 5.08 for the Twins last season but has apparently returned with a bit more, uh, polish in 2012.