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The college season is underway, but most of those games are happening where the weather is much more pleasant. That will change this coming weekend as US Bank Stadium is hosting a three-day, six-team, nine-game round robin tournament.  In an even better bit of news, this year's field will feature a number of draft prospects.

FORT MYERS - How much Nick Gordon is too Much Nick Gordon?

The Twins have added depth to the starting rotation, pushing some players down the organizational depth chart. Today we start a series looking at young pitchers that might need to shift to a bullpen role to impact the big-league roster in 2023.

Fans who were frustrated by the lack of a competent multi-inning reliever in 2022, and also are bewildered that Emilio Pagán is still on the team, may want to look away from their screens.

With baseball awakening from its slumber, join us on a trip through the AL Central, observing what each team has done—and still needs to do—in order to claim the division crown. 

With a rotation suddenly loaded with high-end veterans, who get the Opening Day honors?

CLEARWATER, FL–Rocco Baldelli and a collection of Twins players made the two-hour trip from Fort Myers to Clearwater on Sunday to face the defending National League champion Phillies. 

Having arrived in Florida over the weekend, I too made the road trip and watched from the stands. Here are five takeaways that stuck with me on the long drive back.

Always searching for more pitching, on Sunday, the Twins claimed right-hander Dennis Santana off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. 

This offseason Major League Baseball decided to make rather sweeping rule changes. While we’ll see new base sizes, a pitch clock, and limited shifting, it’s the rule 2020 brought us that may continue to shake things up the most. Rob Manfred decided a runner will forever start on second during extra-innings for the regular season, and it’s a bit curious how much that could hurt the Minnesota Twins.

Caleb Thielbar's resurgence can help us change our perception of youth and potential.

FORT MYERS - What factors make spring training lineups so much different than those in the regular season?

FORT MYERS - Kenta's back!