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Twins fun facts from Twins 3/23 ST notes

TWINS GO ON THE OFFENSIVE AT JETBLUE: The Twins shutout the Red Sox last night at JetBlue Park by a score of 11-0, setting spring highs in runs and hits (15). Joe Ryan (1-1) was the starter and winner, pitching 5 shutout innings with two hits allowed, one walk and five strikeouts. Emilio Pagán and Cole Sands each pitched 2 scoreless innings as Sands struck out three of his eight batters faced. The offense recorded 15 hits, highlighted by Trevor Larnach, who went 4-for-4 with his third home run of the spring. Kyle Farmer added a home run, marking his third of the exhibition season. The Twins also recorded eight two-out RBI. Now that what I like to see, good pitching and good hitting.

SPRING FLING: Today the Twins will play the 26th of 32 scheduled Grapefruit League games. After today, two more games will be played at Hammond Stadium and four more games will be played on the road.

BUCK TRUCK GETTING REVVED UP: Byron Buxton is in the Twins’ starting lineup for the second time this spring, batting leadoff as the designated hitter. He made his official spring debut on Tuesday vs. Tampa Bay, going 1-for-3 with a leadoff double and run scored. Buck has spent most of spring training seeing live pitching on backfields at Hammond Stadium.

Minnesota pitchers today are scheduled to be Tyler Mahle (R), Caleb Thielbar (L), Jhoan Duran (R), Jorge Alcala (R) and Griffin Jax (R).

THE DURANTULA: Jhoan Duran is in his fourth spring training with the Twins. He is scheduled to make his sixth spring appearance today, having pitched 5 scoreless innings so far with two walks and seven strikeouts. Made the Twins Opening Day roster last season for first time in career and spent season in bullpen; used all season in high-leverage situations, ranked sixth among AL relievers in ERA (1.86) and 12th in baseball. Led baseball in pitches of at least 100 miles-per-hour with 392.

Twins fun facts from Twins 3/18 ST notes

SPRING FLING: Today the Twins will play the 22nd of 32 scheduled Grapefruit League games. Twins also played one World Baseball Classic exhibition against Team Dominican Republic March 9. After today, five more games will be played at Hammond Stadium and five more games will be played on the road. The Twins made the trek to Bradenton today for a tilt against the Pittsburgh Pirates and return home tomorrow to take on the Atlanta Braves at Hammond Stadium. The end of Spring Training is coming fast. Just 12 days until Opening Day.

YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Twins fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, yesterday afternoon at Hammond Stadium. Tyler Mahle made the start and took the loss, allowing four runs on six hits (3 HR) with two walks and three strikeouts in 3.2 innings of work. Kyle Farmer went 2-for-3 with a pair of solo home runs, including going back-to-back with Michael A. Taylor in the second inning. Taylor’s was his first homer of spring and he finished the afternoon 1-for-3. Danny Coulombe (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K) and Oliver Ortega (2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K) each recorded scoreless outings in relief.

The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have optioned outfielder Matt Wallner to Triple-A St. Paul and reassigned infielder Brooks Lee to minor league camp. The Twins now have 52 active players in camp (18 non-roster): 26 pitchers (7 non-roster), six catchers (4 non-roster), nine infielders (3 non-roster) and 11 outfielders (4 non-roster), plus two players on the 60-day Injured List.

WBC TV Viewership: The March 10 Japan vs. Korea game on TBS at the Tokyo Dome registered a 44.4 rating, the most-watched game in the history of the World Baseball Classic in any country until the March 16 quarterfinal game vs. Italy registered a 48.0; that game out-rated all sports competitions during the Tokyo Olympics.

Twins fun facts from Twins 3/11 ST notes

YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Twins and Baltimore Orioles tied, 5-5, in Sarasota last night. Twins entered the top of the ninth down by two runs and scored one on Danny De Andrade‘s RBI single. With runners at the corners and two outs, De Andrade stole second base and Ben Ross stole home to score the game-tying run. Dennis Santana then worked a one-two-three ninth inning to secure the tie. Joe Ryan made the start for the Twins and tossed 3.0 scoreless innings, with two hits allowed and four strikeouts.

Today the Twins will played the 15th of 33 scheduled spring training games (32 Grapefruit League contests and one World Baseball Classic exhibition)…after today, nine more games will be played at Hammond Stadium and seven more games will be played on the road.

FARMER AT THE FORT: Kyle Farmer is in his first spring training with the Twins, after being acquired via trade from Cincinnati last November, is hitting .385 (5-for-13) with one double, one home run, four RBI and two runs scored in six games so far. Twins are his third organization (Los Angeles-NL – 2013-18 & Cincinnati – 2019-22), was Cincinnati’s Opening Day shortstop in 2022. Led the Reds in games (145), multi-hit games (36), four-hit games (3), hits (134), doubles (25), total bases (203), RBI (78) and starts at SS (97). Received the Ernie Lombardi Award as the Reds’ Most Valuable Player and the Joe Nuxhall Good Guy Award from the local chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have optioned right-handed pitcher Simeon Woods Richardson to Triple-A St. Paul.

The Twins now have 63 active players in camp (26 non-roster): 31 pitchers (11 non-roster), eight catchers (6 non-roster), 12 infielders (5 non-roster) and 12 outfielders (4 non-roster), plus two players on the 60-day Injured List.

Tomorrow’s pitchers against the Detroit Tigers are Minnesota: Aaron Sanchez (R), Jhoan Duran(R), Jorge Alcala (R), Griffin Jax (R), Jeff Hoffman (R), Oliver Ortega (R).

Twins say a new era is dawning

The Minnesota Twins had a big “to-do” at the Mall of America on Friday, November 18 when the organization announced that a “new era of Twins basball” was dawning with their first brand refresh in 35 years. According to Pat Reusse about 1,500 of the Twins loyalists were in attendance to witness the club roll out a new set of uniforms and modify their TC insignia. It is kind of ironic that the Twins chose the MOA which is where Metropolitan Stadium once stood as the place to roll out these changes.

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