Tom Froemming

Lineups https://twitter.com/Twins/status/1283453073046884352 As mentioned in the Tweet above, the game will be streamed online by both the Twins and FSN. Unlike previous streams of Summer Camp, this scrimmage will feature play-by-play from Dick Bremer and Justin Morneau. The pitching matchup will be new Twin Kenta Maeda vs. Devin Smeltzer. Cody Christie recently wrote an article on how the Twins are pairing up pitchers. Here’s a excerpt from that piece: RHP Kenta Maeda/LHP Devin Smeltzer Kenta Maeda, Minnesota’s big off-season trade acquisition, has something to prove as a starter after being used as a starter and reliever with the Dodgers. Like Maeda, Devin Smeltzer started his professional career in the Dodgers organization. Smeltzer found success last season even though his pitching repertoire would hardly be called overpowering. He relies on a fastball that ranks in the 6th percentile for velocity and in the 86th percentile for spin. As with Odorizzi and Thorpe, this pairing gives the Twins another righty-lefty pitching combo. Parker Hageman also recently wrote about Smeltzer's new slider, and featured Maeda in an article earlier this offseason. There are some interesting items to takeaway from these lineups. The Twins received good news about Byron Buxton’s left leg injury, but there’s still no guarantee he’ll be ready for Opening Day. The center fielders for tonight’s scrimmage are Jake Cave and LaMonte Wade Jr. We’ve seen plenty of Cave at the position, he’s started 78 games in center field over the past two seasons, but it’s especially intriguing to see Wade get the nod in center over Max Kepler, who’ll play usual right field. Wade made nine starts in center for the Twins last season, but 65 of his 80 outfield appearances in the minor leagues last year were in the corners. The Twins also got good news on Miguel Sanó, who was cleared to return to the team after two negative tests for COVID-19. Handling first base duties tonight will be Alex Kirilloff and Brent Rooker. Kirilloff started to play more first base toward the end of the last minor league season while Rooker exclusively played outfield for the first time in his professional career in 2019. One last notable item is that Travis Blankenhorn is handling third base. He has plenty of previous experience there, but in 2019 made just two appearances at the hot corner. Blankenhorn played 72 games at second base and 24 in left field last season. MORE FROM TWINS DAILY — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook or email\

"We're at our best with Buck. That's a pretty easy statement to make." Those were the words of Twins manager Rocco Baldelli during a brief press conference following Monday night's intrasquad scrimmage. Right now, the Twins aren't sure how long they might be without Buxton. In a short season, every game counts extra, but injuries are to be expected. "We also know that we're going to have to have many guys step up over the course of this short season," Baldelli noted. "We're going to be dealing with adversity." Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic shared video of Buxton being helped off the field. https://twitter.com/AaronGleeman/status/1282813811263770624 Buxton was icing his ankle, elevating and awaiting more imaging. We should know more tomorrow, but Dan Hayes of The Athletic reported that the Twins are optimistic. That's obviously encouraging, given how severe this appeared to be initially. https://twitter.com/HagemanParker/status/1282857050633048064 Potentially being without Byron is obviously not ideal, but is a familiar circumstance the Twins have found themselves in over the years. Max Kepler has made 97 starts in center field over the past two seasons, so it would be a safe assumption Kepler would be who Baldelli would turn to should Buxton miss any time. Swinging Max to center creates a spot in a corner that would likely be filled by either Marwin Gonzalez or Jake Cave. TUESDAY UPDATE: Baldelli was on MLB Network Radio and passed along the news that Buxton did not suffer any "structural damage or injury that they could find." https://twitter.com/MLBNetworkRadio/status/1283084193413632002 MORE FROM TWINS DAILY — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook or email

Sanó was tested as part of the standard intake policy for camp and has been quarantined. He did not participate in the first workout at Target Field yesterday or on Saturday. There have not been any specific reports on how Miguel is feeling, but we wish him the very best in his recovery. Baldelli said that he will be talking to Sano and Willians Astudillo on Saturday afternoon. UPDATE: Sano is feeling well and is not experiencing any symptoms. Baldelli said that he's heard reports from players noting that, "Miguel is chomping at the bit to get out here. He's talking to different people." He continued, "As soon as we get the clearance, he's going to be out here. We know he's been working hard. So I'm looking forward to seeing him." Per MLB's safety protocols, a player who tests positive will be isolated from his team until he tests negative twice at least 24 hours apart, shows no symptoms for a 72-hour period and is granted approval to return by a doctor and a joint MLB/MLBPA committee. "I think whether we're talking about our team or anyone else, I think when you see anyone you know, people you're familiar with, friends and family, affected by this, it really does hit home. 100 percent. It becomes very real when you see it first-hand. When it's only something you see on television or people discussing around town or it's on the news, I think someone could look at that and not feel like it's as big of an issue. I personally believe that this is a huge issue that we're all dealing with and I know the importance of it. But everyone might not have the same exact perspective. I do think that when it does it home is when it affects the people around you." Baldelli held the team's meeting, "spread out in the outfield." "One thing that we talked about was making sure that the guys know that they have a voice. We want to know how they're feeling. It's very important for all of us and for all of them to feel very open and free to talk about these things. Whether they feel good about things or they feel apprehension. It helps us, but more importantly, it helps the player to be able to say these things. We aren't going to be able to help until we have that open dialogue going. We have a good group for that. Our guys are really good about feeling good about talking about whatever they want to talk about." The one other notable absence from Friday’s workout was Luis Arráez, but here he is taking batting practice at Target Field today. https://twitter.com/andluedtke/status/1279478138288902144 Additionally, Rocco Baldelli noted that Byron Buxton is expected to fly to the Twin Cities on Sunday morning. He will go through his intake testing, but Baldelli also noted that there would be another round of testing. So all players have OTHER NOTES Official practices at CHS Field will begin on Sunday. Some of the players were at Target Field earlier this week, and they were all tested. They'll start in the morning and Baldelli will address the group tomorrow as well. The last two days, they haven't been able to do anything. They set up CHS. At the end of the team meeting this morning, Cruz was honored for his Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award. Cruz then had some words for the group. "He told our guys that we have no excuses. We're going to go out there. We're going to prepare. We're going to do our jobs. We could look at this pessimistically, but we're not going to. We're going to look at this in the most optimistic way we can. We're never going to make an excuse. We're going to go out there and get the job done, and that was his message to the group. It was great." MORE FROM TWINS DAILY — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook or email

MONDAY 10:45 a.m. CT The Twins have finally revealed the roster. Here it is: https://twitter.com/morsecode/status/1277628983178387457 Here is another view of the team's summer camp roster: SUNDAY UPDATES 4:15 p.m. CT MLB.com's Do-Hyoung Park reports that the Twins aren't expected to reveal their roster until tomorrow. What a buzzkill. https://twitter.com/dohyoungpark/status/1277350025488748548 3:45 p.m. CT Darren Wolfson reported that reliever Danny Coulombe, who was a non-roster invitee in spring training, will be on the 60-man roster. Coulombe, a left-hander, struck out seven batters and gave up one run over four innings of work prior to spring training being suspended. He has 153 MLB games under his belt, most of which came with Oakland. 3:15 p.m. CT https://twitter.com/SethTweets/status/1277333822946906119 3:00 p.m. CT Ope, deadline passed. Guess we're back to no Twins baseball this year. 2:35 p.m. CT The Cincinnati Reds have also now announced the players going to what they're calling Summer Camp. Sounds wholesome. An item of note is they've elected to leave three open spots on their roster, at least for now. 1:45 p.m. CT The Tampa Bay Rays have become the first team to reveal its full 60-man roster. An interesting item to note is that they have split the to pool into 37 players who will be training at Tropicana Field and 23 who will be based in Port Charlotte, which is Tampa Bay's spring training site. The Twins are expected to use CHS Field, which normally hosts the St. Paul Saints, as the home of their "taxi squad." 1:10 p.m. CT Seth has confirmed down in the comments that catching prospect Ryan Jeffers will be a member of this 60-man roster. That means four of Twins Daily's current top-six prospects have made the cut. Will Jordan Balazovic and/or Jhoan Duran join Lewis, Kirilloff, Larnach and Jeffers? It would be a surprise if Duran was left off, given that he's on the 40-man roster, but that doesn't guarantee he'll make the cut. Remember, teams can make changes to this 60-player pool. Earlier Updates Dan Hayes of The Athletic reported that the top prospects in the Twins system are likely to be among those headed to the Twin Cities for camp. https://twitter.com/DanHayesMLB/status/1276342442833391616 In addition to Royce Lewis, Alex Kirilloff and Trevor Larnach, Darren Wolfson of KSTP added Brent Rooker’s name to the list. https://twitter.com/DWolfsonKSTP/status/1277027470051545095 As seen above, Wolfson also reported that Northfield native and former Twins and St. Paul Saints pitcher Caleb Thielbar will also be among the players in camp. Expect there to be a mix of both prospects and minor league veterans among the pool of players included. It’s worth pointing on that not everyone currently on the team’s 40-man roster is guaranteed to be participating in camp. No player outside of this pool of 60 players will be allowed to participate in training camp. There can be changes made to the 60-man roster, but once someone has been removed from a team's pool, they cannot be re-added to that same team's pool. Further Reading Which Twins Will Make the 60-Man Roster? | Matthew Trueblood Projecting the Twins 30-Man Opening Day Roster | Ted Schwerzler Explaining The 2020 MLB Roster Rules | MLB Trade Rumors FAQ: Roster and transaction rules for 2020 | MLB.com I also recently run through some information on the new roster rules for 2020 in the video below. MORE FROM TWINS DAILY — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook or email

In case you’ve missed any of the super fun baseball negotiating action over the past three months, Rena recently provided a comprehensive rundown. Today, the MLBPA voted against the MLB’s most recent proposal, which was a 60-game season. It wasn’t even close. https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1275186342092255237 A big sticking point appeared to be that as part of that proposal the players would have had to waive their right to seek additional compensation through a grievance. It’s hard to argue against that decision now that it appears MLB will implement a … 60-game season. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1275226112663130115 That Tweet above from The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal includes the full details of the league’s statement. The MLBPA has a deadline of 5 p.m. ET tomorrow to respond to a few more items. Not to rain on the parade, but there are still some obstacles to navigate. These two items seem simple at their face value, but this is the MLB and MLBPA we’re talking about here. The league has requested players to report to camp by July 1, with Opening Day expected to be July 24. Players living abroad may have some trouble meeting that request, given current travel restrictions. There’s also the question of what the heck “camp” means right now. All MLB spring training camps were recently closed after coronavirus cases were confirmed in both Florida and Arizona spring training facilities. Speaking of which, the other roadblock is the Players Association will need to formally agree on the health and safety protocols outlined in the “Operating Manual” MLB produced. That outline has been floating around since May 20, so you’d hope any concerns would have been addressed by now. But, again, these two sides appear to revel in finding details to disagree on. Oh, and there’s that whole pesky pandemic thing. While it’s exciting to see that we appear to have reached the end of this negotiation period between the owners and players, coronavirus has now finally entered the chat. Getting the wheels rolling on baseball’s return should have always been the easy part, because trying to figure everything else out is a logistical nightmare. Beyond simply getting the players where they need to be, there are all sorts of other items to address that baseball has never had to contemplate. Things as simple as where the hell are these teams going to play? Like everything else, I expect the league is going to have to play some things by ear. These first steps had to be made before attempting to pole vault over any bigger issues that arise down the road. It’s not really an agreement, and nothing is set in stone yet, but it’s progress. For the first time in 88 days, we have real progress. MORE FROM TWINS DAILY — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook or email