First Spring Training Cuts cometh...
The Twins will make their first Spring Training cuts next week sometime. Based on their minor league spring training schedule, the first minor league games this Spring is next Wed. the 14th. I suspect that the first cuts will be made as early as Monday, or as late as Tuesday to accommodate those games (there are no official announcements yet from the Twins.) I have been creating dashboards to track the performance of pitchers who are battling for the 3 bullpen spots and for the position players who are batting for the 2-3 bench spots, and I think that it is pretty clear who the first cuts will be. Here is my take:
I think that the position player cuts (all relegated to the minor league camp) will be:
Oswaldo Arcia
Danny Rams
And the pitchers:
Deolis Guerra
Tyler Robertson
Daryl Thompson
with:
Joe Benson
Brian Dinkelman
Jason Bulger
Samuel Deduno
on the bubble. The last 2 might walk.
What do you think?