The indoor batting cages were used by pitchers and catchers on Tuesday as morning storms blew through the area.Pitchers were able to stay on their throwing schedules, at least.

``We got plenty of work, just inside, not on the grass," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. `` Guys got out there, ran around, whatever, all that stuff. But we had to do most of our work inside, the fields got pretty ugly, which is never a bad thing. You get your work in, sometimes give them a little break on their legs, a little less throwing on a day like this is fine. Just don't want too many of them. We just moved today's program back to tomorrow. Perfect."

Both Jose Mijares and Brian Duensing got their work in after getting hit by batted balls in recent days.

Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that Kevin Slowey will likely be the No. 4 starter (big surprise) so he Twins' rotation will be Baker, Blackburn, Pavano, Slowey and the winner of the Liriano-Duensing-Perkins sweepstakes.

``That's probably where it's going to fall unless we get some sort of weather in Chicago or out in LA," Gardenhire said. `` but I'm thinking that if it falls that way, yes, because you figure, what four in LA, three in Chicago."

Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, J.J. Hardy and Orlando Hudson will not play in Thursday's spring opener against the Red Sox at City of Palms Park. So they will play on Friday in their home opener against the same Red Sox team."

By the way. here's the lineup for Thursday's game against the Sawx

Span CF

Casilla 2B

Kubel DH

Cuddy, RF

Jones LF

Harris 3B

Peterson 1B

Butera C

Tolbert SS

RHP Blackburn

Finally, some humor. Tigers manager Jim Leyland recently read Gardenhire's comments about giving Minneapolis or St. Paul..

Leyland recently contacted Gardenhire

He said, `Give him both,' Gardenhire said