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Keiunta Denard Span (born February 27, 1984 in Tampa, Florida) is a American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins. He was selected by the Twins with the 20th overall pick in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft from Tampa Catholic High School. Span turned down just over $2 million from Colorado in an offer for a predraft deal; he fell all the way to the 20th pick and cost himself around $800,000. He bats and throws left-handed and is known for his exceptional speed.
He spent the 2006 season as a member of the Twins Double-A affiliate, the New Britain Rock Cats, and 2007 with the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings. He was competing with Carlos Gomez for the 2008 starting center field job for the Twins, but lost to Gomez and began the season in Rochester.
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