Twins and Rays play a couple today

Ben Revere looked at the lineup sheet and took a deep breath.

``Two games today," he said. `` A long day."

There's a B-game at 9 central time, followed by the regularly scheduled game at noon. The lineup sheet for the B-game instructed the players to, ``grab a sandwich," after the game and head for the main field.

With 27 pitchers in camp, the Twins are working on ways to make sure they get to throw in games. So Francisco Liriano, David Bromberg, Carlos Gutierrez and Deolis Guerra are pitching in the B-game. Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson said they're planning for a six-inning game.

The lineup:

1. Revere, CF. 2. Tolbert, 2B. 3. Plouffe, SS. 4. Parmelee, 1B.5. Benson, CF. 6. Justin Huber, DH. 7. Tosoni, RF.8. Chang, 3B. 9. Butera, C.

The clubhouse was a blur of players getting ready for the B-game or workout. Heard the Twins are working on another B-game with Pittsburgh soon.

Glad Jim Souhan wrote this column . All indications are that the Twins won't move Liriano anytime soon. If the Yankees call and decide to give up a chunk of their top ten prospects, then the Twins would listen. Who wouldn't?

And think about this: If Liriano was on the block, more teams than the Yankees would be interested. I would guess the Rangers, Dodgers and Angels - maybe the Cubs - would be among clubs calling if the Twins really wanted to move Liriano. That's just thinking out loud and through my fingers.

The Twins want to win. Why would they shop Liriano? Long-term is another issue. If the Twins have a good year, Liriano's future is tabled until the offseason. If they are out of it at the trade deadline, then Liriano and others could be dealt.

Here's the lineup for the official Twins-Rays game:

Rays

Pitching: Alex Torres

Twins

1. Denard Span, CF
2. Nishi, SS
3. KuBoom, RF
4. Jim Thome, DH
5. Luke Hughes, 3B
6. Jeff Bailey, 1B
7. Rene Rivera, C
8. Jason Repko, LF
9. Lexi, 2B