***Official 2024 Twins Spring Training thread***

[Hoop Dreams]

Wallner is having a rough spring.

[Hoop Dreams]

Buxton just went deep.

And now a three-run triple.

And another triple!

[boxter432]

Still love that dobber was our game 2 starter in yankee stadium. Lol.

[Hoop Dreams]

Pablo getting rocked by the Nationals today.

[boxter432]

As is Duran. Not a good day for our best pitchers.

[weimy froob]

Pablo getting rocked by the Nationals today.

i don't know if he's working on things--but it'd be nice to see him put together one or two scoreless outings before the season started.

[Hoop Dreams]

Matt Wallner is now 1-17 this spring.

[weimy froob]

Matt Wallner is now 1-17 this spring.

how many strikeouts?

[Hoop Dreams]

Matt Wallner is now 1-17 this spring.

how many strikeouts?

Seven

[weimy froob]

Matt Wallner is now 1-17 this spring.

how many strikeouts?

Seven

not good. miranda's numbers?

[Hoop Dreams]

how many strikeouts?

Seven

not good. miranda's numbers?

He's hitting .462 with only three strikeouts, but most of his hits have been soft contact. His exit velocity is pretty bad, zero home runs and 3 rbis.

[weimy froob]

Seven

not good. miranda's numbers?

He's hitting .462 with only three strikeouts, but most of his hits have been soft contact. His exit velocity is pretty bad, zero home runs and 3 rbis.

it's a start. the second half of the season a couple years ago was mostly singles too. hopefully some of that power comes back eventually.

[Hoop Dreams]

[weimy froob]

i'd say it's getting close though.



Ted
@tlschwerz
Jhoan Duran has made 4 appearances for the #MNTwins so far this spring. He’s allowed multiple hits in three of them, and runs in two. He also has just a 3/1 K/BB across 3.2 IP.

[weimy froob]

Minnesota Twins
@Twins
22h
Following today's game, we have optioned the following players back to Triple-A St. Paul:

LHP Brent Headrick
RHP Matt Canterino
RHP Simeon Woods Richardson

We have also reassigned David Festa to minor league camp.

[weimy froob]

Louie Varland continues to impress in push for Twins rotation spot

Pitcher Bailey Ober had done all he could, all that was within his control to leave a strong impression last spring and make the Twins’ decision as difficult as possible.

But despite his strong performance, there really was nothing he could do — he was the sixth man in a five-man rotation, and when camp broke, it was Ober on the outside looking in. It didn’t take long, though, until the need for a starter arose and Ober got the call, subsequently pitching well enough to cement himself in the Twins’ rotation.

This spring, Louie Varland finds himself in a similar position.

Assuming all are healthy, the Twins appear poised to break camp with a starting pitching rotation of Ober, Pablo López, Joe Ryan, Chris Paddack and Anthony DeSclafani. DeSclafani, acquired in the Jorge Polanco trade with Seattle this offseason, has yet to pitch in a game this spring after some elbow soreness cropped up, but he is expected to throw in a minor-league game on Saturday.

And so, assuming that goes well, where does that leave Varland?

The local product has thrown 11 scoreless innings this spring, including another four innings in Wednesday’s 1-1 tie at Hammond Stadium against the St. Louis Cardinals.

“I feel good,” Varland said. “We’re in a good spot right now. We’re throwing it well. The ball is moving how I want it and where I want it. It’s been good.”

He’s certainly doing everything he can to fight for a spot, even if the odds are long.

“He’s a young pitcher with something to prove,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “You don’t prove yourself by going out there and just tinkering with everything and experimenting with a half-dozen things. … I think the way he’s attacking hitters in these spring training games and how it mirrors what it would look like during the season, I think it also shows you his mentality that he has toward the game and toward his craft.”

Varland made 10 starts for the Twins last season and then late in the year, shifted to the bullpen and was highly effective in relief. He’s back to starting now, and he’s made a meaningful impression this spring.

And yet, the roster math still suggests he will start the season in St. Paul as the Twins are unlikely to utilize a six-man rotation. So, has he showed the Twins’ decision-makers all that he had hoped to this spring?

“Not yet,” he said. “I got something for them yet.”

Oh yeah? What’s left to show them?

“It’s a surprise,” Varland said.

[weimy froob]

i don't know about this. hard for me to imagine that every pitcher in that pen is better than johnny longhair.

[Hornets]

i don't know about this. hard for me to imagine that every pitcher in that pen is better than johnny longhair.

It's an embarrassment of riches Weimy! Don't fret, he'll be appearing at Target Field faster than you can say Bob Gorinski!!

[weimy froob]

[ForCaleb]

He’s like a cat that has 9 lives.

Hope every year he’ll put together a consistent season and turns out the larger half of it is rubbish. Good clubhouse guy though, and his arm in RF is one of the best in the game.

[LwnmwrMan222]

3 pitches in, for the first game on Bally's for the year.

[LwnmwrMan222]

2 home runs in the first. Pablo's washed.

[feekdogg]

Fire Baldummy

[feekdogg]

Big doubke from Royce to tie it up. Buxton scores from first, about 20 feet behind Julien scoring from 2nd.

[LwnmwrMan222]

Big doubke from Royce to tie it up. Buxton scores from first, about 20 feet behind Julien scoring from 2nd.

Then Buxton Followed it up with a dive in center for an out in the top of the second..... Might he really be back?

[LwnmwrMan222]

Buxton double in the top of the 3rd.

[LwnmwrMan222]

Lopez playing T ball without a T. 4 solo home runs given up.

[feekdogg]

4 solo shots for the Rays.
Not the way you want Lopez to ramp up to the regular season.

[feekdogg]

Big doubke from Royce to tie it up. Buxton scores from first, about 20 feet behind Julien scoring from 2nd.

Then Buxton Followed it up with a dive in center for an out in the top of the second..... Might he really be back?

Oh, he's back.
How long he stays is another kettle of fish.

[LwnmwrMan222]

Big doubke from Royce to tie it up. Buxton scores from first, about 20 feet behind Julien scoring from 2nd.

Then Buxton Followed it up with a dive in center for an out in the top of the second..... Might he really be back?

Oh, he's back.
How long he stays is another kettle of fish.

Truth.