Twins Spring Training: News And Notes Day 4

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As the Minnesota Twins continue on with Spring Training down in Fort Myers, there’s plenty of information that continues to filter in surrounding the ballclub. Today being the last day before position players are required to report to the facility, many of them have enjoyed what will be their last day off in quite some time. Pitchers and catchers remain in full swing, and there are plenty of other happenings taking place today.

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With rain clouds moving in and potentially threatening practices throughout the day, the Twins made some changes to their morning pen sessions for pitchers. Today also is filled with some lighter activities as the organization will hit the ground running tomorrow with everyone present. Making sure the team is ready to get going with the full spring slate just around the corner, today is one of the last loose days prior to the season.

Let’s take a look at some of the days bigger storylines when it comes to what is taking place down at Hammond Stadium.

To start out the day, it was announced as expected, that Twins designated hitter Kennys Vargas had appeared at the facility in Fort Myers. He has been around prior to Spring Training opening, but was back in Puerto Rico earlier this week. He was one of the few players on hand as tomorrow represents the first day of mandatory reporting for position players.

While Kennys was one of the few players to be on site today, he apparently was back to launch baseballs over the fence however.

When it came to pitchers putting in work today, the Twins had to shorten some of the outings due to some impending precipitation. However, here is who got in work.

Tom Kelly returned to the Twins following a stroke a few months ago, and he is ready for Spring Training. He met with reporters and shared quite a bit of information. For more on that check out our breakdown here.

The most unfortunate thing to come from Tom Kelly’s discussion is that it sounds like he’s done doing Fox Sports North broadcasts for Twins games.

Paul Molitor doesn’t yet have his lineup set in stone. He has some good ideas how things are going to shake out though. Here is how we see things when the dust settles.

When looking at his bullpen, and namely his closer Glen Perkins, Paul Molitor appears pretty set on being standard when it comes to his usage.

Mike Berardino asked Molitor if he would have considered Kelly for his bench coach. That position has been filled now by Joe Vavra.

Today is also when the Twins will take the afternoon to play through their annual team golf outing. It sounds like Aaron Hicks is amongst the best players on the team, while a few others will choose to sit out.

Make sure to continue to stay tuned in for all of the Spring Training highlights you can handle.

Next: A Trip Through Renovated Hammond Stadium

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