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The Past Week on Twinkie Town:
- Game Threads are back! Come and chat with your fellow spring training fans!
- Jonathan Gamble takes a look at one of the deepest and talented positions in Twins history, center field.
- If you’ve been watching any spring training games, you may have noticed a new quirk to the game – automated ball/strike challenges. Ben Jones has more on this change in spring training.
- Now that all players have reported to Fort Meyers, Ben also gives his first projection of the Twins Opening Day roster.
- Finally, Ben asks the question everyone is thinking: Can the Twins actually win the AL Central?
- Zach Koenig gives his thoughts on how adding wild card spots to the playoffs has changed parity in baseball.
- Zach is also onto Round 15 of his review of the Twins’ ephemera and eccentric history.
- In case you were wondering if Kyle Farmer was still on the Twins, since the #12 jersey is still on the field, Matt Monitto takes us through the new jersey numbers on the roster.
- Brandon Brooks scouts around the AL Central, giving us the latest spring training news in his Rival Roundup.
- And finally, you need more baseball content? James Fillmore has a lot of stories you should check out. Seriously, go take a look.
Elsewhere in Twins Territory:
- Bill Ladson at MLB.com reports on a fun little signature exchange that Royce Lewis has started this season.
- Bobby Nightengale at the Star Tribune checks in on Jose Miranda’s outlook for 2025, and where he likely take the most at-bats: designated hitter. ($)
- With Jon Greenberg at The Athletic reporting the news that Justin Ishbia, who was rumored to be the frontrunner to be the next Twins owner, is turning his sights towards eventually owning the Chicago White Sox, Betsy Helfand at the Pioneer Press reports that there is still plenty of interest from other suitors in buying the Twins. ($)
- Theo Tollefson at Zone Coverage looks at the newest voices on the Twins radio broadcast team.
In the World of Baseball:
- Jay Jaffe at Fangraphs looks at the remaining free-agents still available on the market.
- MLB and ESPN announced that they are mutual opting-out of their national TV contract after 2025. Andrew Marchand at The Athletic gives his take on what’s next for Rob Manfred and MLB’s TV rights. ($)