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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.

Stats...smatz...AK is an awesome hitter. Can't wait to see him and the other Twins' prospects and players in 1 week at spring training. I can see it now. I'll be standing by a fence. watching practice. Suddenly a ball comes over the fence. I pick it up and throw a strike to home plate. A coach says: "Hey kid, come here. Where did you get that arm. Let me see you do that again" I throw another strike with movement. He puts me on the mound...same result. Castro is called over. He says he's never seen both speed and movement like this. The radar gun is reading 103. Excuse me TD reader, my office phone is ringing. Maybe it is Thad. I'll get back to this daydream later.

Nice job and well written. Thanks.

Merrifield lives in the county next to my county in North Carolina and is a friend of my son-in-law, who was amazed at Merrifield's "huge" deal. I thought Marrifield could have gotten more money. I haven't heard back from my son-in-law since I texted him that.

No wonder his deal was so team friendly. $16,500,000 for 4 years to sign a good fielding 2B who led the league in hits and SB. I had not realized the Royals only bought out his arbitration years.

Excellent adventure. Thanks.

I wish they all could make the majors. However they won't. They must give it their all, realizing that even if they do, they may not be good enough, they may get injured, they may be unfairly left out....but then don't we non-baseball players have similar goals and dreams, similar frustrations and disappointments? But the key is to live every day with a lofty, noble, purpose...to help others along the way...and to beat the White Sox.

Why no Hildy in the BP?

"Hmmm. You present quite the conundrum." quoting Newman.

Exactly. 1) His bounce is limited based on every indicator in his past. I just think this was a poor move on part of the FO for several reasons already spelled out by other commentators in this thread. But mainly 2) he keeps the young arms down on the farm, when some young pitchers need to be getting acclimated to the major leagues and getting their "yips" out.

Really a great article and well written. Thanks.

I like your lineup, however I would switch Sano and Kepler. Then it will be like marching in basic training in the army. Switch, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right. "Double time, harch" !

Bunt Buck Bunt.

Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports in the last 24 hours the Twins have shown an interest in Craig Kimbrell. Anyone got any additional info about this exciting rumor?

Jon Morosi of MLBNetwork reports interest in Craig Kimbrell by the Twins over the last 24 hours. What have you heard about this?

Give me defense over offense up the middle at catcher, SS and CF. Give me offense over defense at 3B, 1B, LF. Give me some of both offense and defense at 2B and RF and utility IF and OF. A great hitter at DH (not a jumble of whom ever needs a rest that day). That is how I would look to build my team.

I'm going sometime this spring or summer. I'll do a picture report when I do. Go Twins!

For a few seconds I was excited to read a tweet from Rhett Bollinger that Cody Allen has signed, until I remembered that Rhett now writes for the Angels, instead of the Twinkies.