JOTTINGS

• Byron Buxton hit leadoff for most of his time in the minors, but Twins manager Paul Molitor said Friday he didn't expect he would have the center fielder hitting first. Earlier, new Twins boss Derek Falvey said: "Buck has the skills and ability to hit almost anywhere in the lineup. We know he has power, we know he can run, he plays on the defensive side and plays good defense. We just want to make sure that he's playing and he's himself."

• Michael Cuddyer, working with the Twins this spring, compared the team's current batch of prospects to the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the Twins struggled but ultimately had a run of great success. "You're going to take some lumps when you have young players, but when you have young players that are as talented as these guys are, there's no better place to learn the game of Major League Baseball than in the major leagues," Cuddyer said.

• Still without an NFL team, Adrian Peterson disputed an ESPN.com report that he is demanding at least an $8 million salary to play this season. On social media, the 32-year-old former Vikings running back wrote Friday night: "The last thing I'm worried about is playing ball this coming season ... that WILL HAPPEN! It's not all about the money as EVERYONE is speculating lately." He later added in his statement, "I'm in no rush."

• It looks like the Gophers football team is going to have issues on both sides of the line, having lost three starters to transfers this offseason, including defensive lineman Gaelin Elmore this past week. The Gophers most likely will have to count on four offensive line recruits and six defensive line recruits in the 2017 class to fill out the depth chart.

• The Wisconsin men's basketball team's senior class, which went to four Sweet 16s and two Final Fours, could have included Minnetonka's Riley Dearring, but the 6-5 guardleft the Badgers in December 2015 and ended up at Cal State Fullerton, where he played six games this season.