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Today you are seeing results. Right now the players are improving right now. They are engaged, focused, busy, talking baseball and are learning from all sorts of information. Way to go FO. Once again we have "the Twins' way".

Great report. Thanks Seth.

I am a little surprised about Vasquez. However I think the signing of Perez, coupled with a good spring showing by both Perez and Mejia made it necessary to store Vasquez in the minors, even though he has little, if anything left to prove there. Not sure that it necessarily means Moya beat him out. We shall see.

Nice article. Thanks.

Possibly it has something to do with batting 4th or 5th in a lineup...after the best table setters...and then striking out at a very high rate, stopping potential run scoring rallies and not advancing runners.

Great opening: "The position has lived up to its name".

Yeah, but remember that here at Lake Wobegone, all the women are strong, all the men are good looking and all the Twins are average.

Would you believe three?

Tony Oliva.

Good luck Zack. We all hope you will be another Aaron Hicks.

Great format. Mostly intelligent questions. Polite, informative, interesting answers. Thank you.

Would you trade straight up any of the current Twins' starting OF for Aaron Hicks? According to Nick, Hicks was the 15th best rated OF in the majors last year.

Quality, not quantity, wins ball games.

Interesting article. Thanks.

Royce Lewis did not play in the night game, but he was in the dugout afterb the 5th inning and he met each Twins' player coming into the dugout after each inning with a fist bump or high five or a pat on the back.. Lewis was being a leader, even though it was his first spring training game. He was encouraging the other players. I also noticed Rocco Baldelli do the same to a player who had warmed up the Twins' pitcher while waiting for the regular catcher to put on his gear. I liked the positive energy.

It is 84 in Ft. Myers. Temperatures are starting to lower to a low of 73 later tonight. Light breeze blowing. Blue skies with high fluffy white clouds. The crowd is starting to wander in for the 6:05 game. I'm on my way to purchase some nachos and cheese and hot peppers to go with my cold beverage. I wish every one of you TD readers and writers could join us tonight for our spring training opening game, honoring service members, and honoring America with the National Anthem, as I stand at attention saluting the red, white and blue flag. Twins' fans welcome to "next year". The march to the World Series begins tonight. There will be fireworks after the game. I hope the Twins provide some fireworks during the game. I know I am "fired up"!

For the opener tonight my wife and I will be in seats 17 and 18, Row 13, section 113 (behind the Twins' dugout) Stop by and say hello. We'll be there early. David Benbow, Statesville, NC

I'm afraid it has to be Magill...due to the signing of Parker.

Willians Adrianza Torres. Austin Cave ??? "You present quite the conundrum." quoting Newman.

No.

My wife and I enjoy the Ding Darling (yes that is the name) Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island. Lots of flamingos, pelicans, eagles, and a giant pelican with a 12 foot wing span which flies in from Africa and is there this time of year (maybe he is a baseball fan). He is there now, according to the latest report from the website. You may take a driving tour and can stop at numerous locations to see the birds flying in for the evening, or an alligator sunning by the road, or a pair of water fowl swimming and diving in a shallow roadside mango pond. There are walking trails also. We also enjoy a small store several miles from the ball park, located on an orange grove, where we stock up on orange marmalade and enjoy freshly squeezed orange juice. We have found some wonderful "off the beaten path" restaurants. I enjoy talking to the other fans and finding out where they are from and why they are Twins' fans. The poster known as "Bob Sacamento" is a chiropractor whom I met one spring training and I was fascinated by what he had to say about pitchers shoulders and the health problems many pitchers have. My favorite photo is one of 3 men in Twins' uniforms with their backs to me, standing together talking behind the batting cage as current Twins are hitting. The 3 men had on the backs of their uniforms: Hunter, Oliva, Carew. I'm not one to ask for autographs, but I do enjoy talking with the players and wishing them good luck. I'll be arriving this Friday night and will be at the park early Saturday, even though there is a game that night. We are staying until after the Orioles game Monday, when we will drive back to North Carolina. I hope to meet some TD readers and writers at the morning practices Saturday or Sunday or Monday. I'll be wearing an olive green 2nd Infantry Division baseball style hat and either an Imjin Scout tee shirt or a Twins tee shirt. I'll be asking around for TD readers and writers. My wife and I have seats for the Rays and the Orioles games on row 13 near the aisle behind the Twins' dugout. I would enjoy meeting you.

Nice article about a nice young man. Good luck to him in all he does.

If Kirilloff comes up in 2020, where does he play? I know, I know...it's a good problem to have. Just asking.

Yes, yes.

He can wear any number he wants that no one else already has. He will be a lowly rookie.