FORT MYERS, FLA. - After two days on the road, the Twins are back at the friendly confines of Hammond Stadium as they take on Ron Gardenhire and Twins East.
Yes, Twins East.
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It was already known that former Twins C.J. Cron and Jonathan Schoop signed with the Tigers during the offseason. But another familiar face is on the Tigers' travel roster for today's game.
Kennys Vargas.
The former slugging prospect has signed a minor league deal with the Tigers in hopes of making another run at the majors. Vargas left the Twins after the 2018 season, spending part of last season with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japanese Leagues.
But now he's giving MLB another chance. He's the only one of the three former Twins players on he trip today. The Tigers also have former Twins draftee Niko Goodrum. And good grief, former Twins lefty Hector Santiago also is in camp. Make that four. Twins East.
Cron, Schoop, Goodrum and Santiago didn't make the trip from Lakeland for the game, however.
Not a lot of news in Twins camp today. Infielder Wilfredo Tovar, who ran into visa problems while attempting to travel to camp, arrived today and took part in morning workouts. That leaves Fernando Romero as the only Twin not in camp yet.
Marwin Gonzalez makes his spring training debut today. He's starting at second base.
TigersÂ
Victor Reyes, CF
Harold Castro, 2B
Miguel Cabrera, DH
Jeimer Candelario, 3B
Christin Stewart, LF
Brandon Dixon, 1B
Travis Demeritte, RF
Grayson Greiner, C
Jordy Mercer, SS
Dario Agrazal, RHP
Twins
Max Kepler, RF
Jorge Polanco, SS
Nelson Cruz, DH
Josh Donaldson, 3B
Eddie Rosario, LF
Mitch Garver, C
Miguel Sano, 1B
Marwin Gonzalez, 2B
Jake Cave, CF
Randy Dobnak, RHP
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La Velle E. Neal III has covered baseball for the Star Tribune since 1998 (the post-Knoblauch era). Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up following the White Sox and hating the Cubs. He attended both the University of Illinois and Illinois-Chicago and began his baseball writing career at the Kansas City Star. He can be heard occasionally on KFAN radio, lending his great baseball mind to Paul Allen and other hosts.
Phil Miller covered three seasons of Twins baseball, but that was at a different ballpark for a different newspaper. Now Miller returns to the baseball beat after joining the Star Tribune as the Gopher football writer in 2010, and he won't miss the dingy dome for a minute. In addition to the Twins and Gophers, Miller covered the Utah Jazz and the NBA for six years at The Salt Lake Tribune.
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