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This crucial trio will be the Twins’ main source of success in ’24.
FORT MYERS, Florida — The bulk of the team that will try to advance was gathered around manager Rocco Baldelli as he stood and gave his season-opening speech to his clubhouse on the day of the first full-squad workout at Hammond Stadium (with Edouard Julien tasked with holding his coffee cup). Perhaps there is still a finishing move left for this Twins roster.
There’s always a winning message. They discovered something concrete to support such statements last year. However, nothing is guaranteed this year as they want to be the team that adapts the best, perseveres the most skillfully, and advances to the next level.
Indeed, Baldelli stated, “We’re going to draw a lot from the foundation and accomplishments we made last year, but that doesn’t get us anywhere this year by itself.” “I kind of said, ‘Rub a little playoff dirt on your arm just to remind yourself of what you learned, but you have to move on.'”
The Twins have had a very quiet offseason, with the losses of Jorge Polanco, Kenta Maeda, and Sonny Gray being more noticeable than any of their gains. However, they believe that a significant portion of the solution is already there for them to act: improving their stars’ positioning for star-like seasons.
For the first time together, Royce Lewis, Carlos Correa, and Byron Buxton all come into training camp off of healthy, largely typical offseasons. Everybody is observing typical spring buildups.
