Minnesota Twins 2021 Game Notes Spring Training
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MINNESOTA TWINS SPRING TRAINING 2021 GAME NOTES GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE Western Division Champions Central Division Champions American League Champions World Series Champions ’69 ’70 ’87 ’91 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’06 ’09 ’10 ’19 ’20 ’25 ’33 ’65 ’87 ’91 ’24 ’87 ’91 MINNESOTA TWINS (2-4) AT BOSTON RED SOX (3-3) SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021 – 1:05 PM (ET) - WCCO/TIBN/THE WOLF RHP Michael Pineda vs. RHP Ryan Weber Spring Game 7 Spring Road Game 4 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule TODAY'S PITCHERS DATE OPP. PITCHERS TIME (ET) RADIO / TV Minnesota: Michael Pineda (R), Alex Colomé 3/7 vs. TB LHP Lewis Thorpe (0-0, 0.00) vs. TBA 1:05 pm TIBN-WCCO-The Wolf / FSN (R), Derek Law (R), Josh Winder (R), Andrew 3/8 OFF DAY Vasquez (L), Tom Hackimer (R) 3/9 vs. BAL RHP Kenta Maeda vs. TBA 1:05 pm TIBN / FSN Boston: Ryan Weber (R), Josh Winckowski All games can be heard via the Twins website at twinsbaseball.com (R), AJ Politi (R), Eduard Bazardo (R), Joel WHERE IN THE WORLD: This spring training, the Twins’ player pool, plus coaches and staff, combine to represent 11 nationalities (including the Payamps (R) U.S.) across the globe...11 different Twins — Jorge Alcala, Alex Colomé, Jhoan Duran, Michael Pineda, Hansel Robles, Jorge Polanco, Miguel Sanó, Gilberto Celestino, Nelson Cruz, Juan Minaya and Robinson Leyer, plus third base coach Tony Diaz — hail from the Dominican Republic, the nation with the greatest representation on the team (besides the U.S.)...four Twins players — Edwar Colina, Willians Astudillo, Luis Arraez and Tomás TOMORROW'S SCHEDULED PITCHERS Telis, as well as Twins hitting coach Rudy Hernandez — were born in Venezuela...additionally, the Twins feature two players from Canada (Jordan Minnesota: Lewis Thorpe (L), Glenn Sparkman Balazovic, Andrew Albers) and Puerto Rico (José Berríos, Jose Miranda), each...other nations represented on the squad include Japan (Kenta Maeda), (R), Danny Coulombe (L), Jorge Alcala (R), Ian Australia (Lewis Thorpe), Curaçao (Andrelton Simmons), Germany (Max Kepler), Taiwan (Tzu-Wei Lin) and South Korea (Rob Refsnyder). Gibaut (R) THE BATTLE OF DANIELS PARKWAY: Today marks the second of eight spring meetings between the Twins and Red Sox, and the first of four at JetBlue Tampa Bay: TBA Park...they play twice more at Hammond Stadium and three more at JetBlue...Twins won the first meeting, 7-6 at Hammond on February 28, while the Red Sox took the second meeting, 14-6, on Wednesday, March 3...since the Chairman's Cup series began in 1993, the Twins have won The Cup 13 of the 27 years, but have won it just three times since 2007 (2011, 2016 and 2019)...the Twins and Sox will play during the regular season for ROSTER BREAKDOWN four games at Target Field from April 12-15 and three games at Fenway Park from August 24-26. Woonsocket, RI native Rocco Baldelli grew up a Red Sox fan and played for Boston in 2009, hitting .253 (38-for-150) with four doubles, one 61 active players in camp (21 non-roster): Atriple, seven home runs, 23 RBI and 23 runs scored in 62 games. 32 pitchers (11 non-roster) 7 catchers (3 non-roster) BIG MIKE: Right-handed pitcher Michael Pineda is in his ninth spring training, second with Minnesota...previously with Seattle (2010-11) and 11 infielders (4 non-roster) New York-AL (2012-17)...missed spring training game action last year serving a suspension after violating MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and 10 outfielders (3 non-roster) Treatment Program...went 1-0 with a 3.54 ERA (20.1 IP, 8 ER) and a team-leading 20 strikeouts in six games (4 GS) in 2019 Grapefruit League 1 designated hitter (0 non-roster) play...is 10-2 lifetime with a 3.20 ERA (123.2 IP, 44 ER) in 37 career spring games (30 starts)...reinstated from the Restricted List on September ---------------------------------------------- 1, 2020 after missing Twins' first 36 games serving the aforementioned suspension...started that night against Chicago-AL and worked a quality 7 pitchers, start, yielding two runs on six hits in 6.0 innings...struck out eight batters in back-to-back starts September 7 vs. Detroit (7.0 IP) and September Depth Camp Players (14): 13 vs. Cleveland (4.2 IP)...September 13 marked first career start of 4.2 innings or fewer and at least eight strikeouts, becoming the first Twins 2 catchers, 5 infielders, 0 outfielders starting pitcher to strike out at least eight in 4.2 innings or less since Trevor May (4.2 IP, 8 K) on August 29, 2014 at Baltimore...made five starts total post-reinstatement, going 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA (26.2 IP, 10 ER), seven walks and 25 strikeouts; Twins won each of his starts...a seven-year TWINS AT A GLANCE MLB veteran, Pineda signed with Minnesota as a free agent in December 2017...was originally signed by Seattle as a 16-year-old undrafted free Spring Record: ............................................2-4 agent in December 2005; signed by Patrick Guerrero, brother of Fred Guerrero, the Twins' Director of Latin American Scouting & U.S. Integration. Home Record: .............................................1-2 Date Team W-L IP H R ER HR BB SO Road Record: ..............................................1-2 3/6 at BOS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - vs. AL Teams: ...............................................2-2 SPRING TOTALS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BAA / - - WHIP vs. NL Teams ................................................0-2 When Twins score first: ...............................1-1 POINT-BLANKENHORN: IF Travis Blankenhorn enters his fourth MLB spring training, all with the Twins...began 2020 in Twins' Player Pool at alternate When opponent scores first: .......................1-3 training site in St. Paul, MN...recalled by Minnesota September 14...made major league debut September 15 at Chicago-AL, batting seventh and Most GL games over .500: .......................2, 3/1 playing second base...went 1-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch, recording first career hit with a ninth-inning double off Matt Foster...became second player Most GL games under .500: ....................2, 3/5 in club history to wear uniform number 74 (Ronald Torreyes in 2019)...ranked as the Twin' 17th-best prospect by MLB.com...was the Twins' third Longest winning-streak: ................ 2, 2/28-3/1 round pick (80th overall) in 2015 First-Year Player Draft. Longest losing-streak: ........................ 4, 3/2-5 Team-high hits: ..............................7, 3/1 at TB ARRAEZ AND SHINE: Luis Arraez is in his third spring training with the Twins...hit .333 (6-for-18) with one double, one home run and one RBI Team-high runs: .......................7, 2/28 vs. BOS during 2020 summer camp at Target Field...made Twins Opening Day roster for first time in career and was Opening Day second baseman July 24 Opponent-high hits: .................15, 3/3 vs. BOS at Chicago-AL, batting ninth and going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored...went 4-for-4 with three doubles, two runs and three RBI September Opponent-high runs: ................14, 3/3 vs. BOS 26 vs. Cincinnati...four hits and three RBI both matched career highs...acquired by Twins as an undrafted free agent November 6, 2013 out of Yaracuy, Venezuela. TWINS RECENT SPRING INFO KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEON: OF Keon Broxton enters his 10th MLB spring training and first with Minnesota as an NRI...leads the Twins with a .571 YEAR ATTENDANCE (DATES) RECORD (4-for-7) batting average in five games this spring...previously appeared in the camps of Arizona (2010-12), Pittsburgh (2015), Milwaukee (2016- 2010 104,712 (13) 16-14 18, '20) and New York-NL (2019)...appeared in 11 spring training games with Milwaukee prior to the suspension of ST in March...went 3-for-25 2011 129,453 (16) 20-12 (.120) with one run scored, one double and one RBI in those games...spent the season at the Brewers' alternate training site at Fox Cities Stadium 2012 117,503 (16) 18-15 in Appleton, WI...declared a minor league free agent November 1 and signed with Minnesota in mid-February. 2013 113,845 (17) 17-16 2014 107,806 (14) 9-16-3 CAVE MAN: Jake Cave is in his seventh spring training and third with Minnesota, after spending 2014-15 with New York-AL, 2016 with Cincinnati, 2015 123,994 (16) 13-16-3 and splitting 2018 between New York-AL and Minnesota...hit .250 (6-for-24) with three extra base hits last spring...recorded five hits during 2020 2016 121,005 (15) 19-11-2 summer camp at Target Field, three of which were doubles, good for the team lead...made Opening Day roster for second time in career and was 2017 108,365 (15) 17-13-3 Opening Day centerfielder July 24 at Chicago-AL...batted seventh and went 2-for-5 with two RBI...hit two triples on the season (Twins had three 2018 115,147 (16) 14-14-3 as a team)...posted an .870 OPS in September, batting .250 (12-for-48) with two doubles, two triples, three home runs, six RBI and three walks. 2019 121,798 (18) 14-13-3 2020 69,998 (9) 7-9-4 KIRILLOFF IS ALWAYS ON: Alex Kirilloff begins his fourth spring training with the Twins...held a batting average of .333 in summer camp at Target 2021 6,432 (3) 2-4-0 Field; spent entire regular season at alternate training site in St. Paul, MN...in 2020, ranked number one prospect and best hitter for average in Twins system by Baseball America (27th overall prospect in baseball)...also in 2020, ranked Twins second best prospect by MLB.com (27th in COUNTDOWN TO...