FORT MYERS, FLA. – Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe was supposed to play Sunday, but he tweaked his right calf muscle during early-morning work and might not be back in action for a while.
Plouffe, who was seen with his calf wrapped before the game against Pittsburgh, was injured while doing agility work. General Manager Terry Ryan said the injury shouldn't keep Plouffe out of the lineup long, but manager Ron Gardenhire painted a darker picture because it's the second time Plouffe has had problems with his calf in camp.
Gardenhire said that, if it were the regular season, Plouffe could be a candidate for the disabled list.
"My guess is that it is going to be a week plus," Gardenhire said.
Plouffe missed the first three spring games because of the same problem.
Camp cuts, v1.0
Alex Meyer's two scoreless innings Saturday ended up being his last innings of the spring, at least in major league camp.
Meyer was one of five players reassigned to minor league camp Sunday, the Twins' first cuts this spring. He threw five scoreless innings in official spring training games and left quite an impression on the bigwigs.
The righthander will head to minor league camp to get stretched out in time for Opening Day. But the Twins are even more confident that they received a good pitching prospect in return when they traded outfielder Denard Span to Washington in November.