CORTINA d'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — In the moments before the men's super-G, ski racer Dmytro Shepiuk paused to consider the yellow sticky note he held snugly in his glove. The note was that important.

The Twins signed right-handers Liam Hendriks and Julian Merryweather to minor league contracts with invitations to spring training and acquired left-hander Anthony Banda in a trade with the Dodgers.