Waldrop out with sore elbow,that stinks,he was lights out.

Split squad action today. The Twins host the Red Sox and go on the road against the Blue Jays. Here is the Twins/Red Sox lineup. Look who's starting at 1st for the Sox!

Red Sox

Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
Cody Ross, Lf
Ryan Sweeney, RF
Mike Aviles, SS
Nick Punto, 1B

Daniel Bard, RHP

Twins

Denard Span, CF
Brian Dozier, SS
Joe Mauer, C
Justin Morneau, DH
Josh Willingham, LF
Sean Burroughs, 3B
Luke Hughes, 1B
Trevor Plouffe,.RF
Michael Hollimon, 2B

Nick Blackburn, RHP

Jairo Perez playing with the big boys against the hottest spring training team in baseball! Aaron Hicks also made the bus trip and will be in the starting lineup. Liam Hendriks may have his work cut out for him. The Jays can hit!

TWINS (16-12)
1. Ben Revere, CF
2. Jamey Carroll, SS
3. Danny Valencia, 3B
4. Chris Parmelee, 1B
5. Brian Dinkelman, LF
6. J.R. Towles, C
7. Jairo Perez, DH
8. Aaron Hicks, RF
9. Ray Chang, 2B

Starting pitcher: RH Liam Hendriks

BLUE JAYS (22-4-1)
1. Yunel Escobar, SS
2. Kelly Johnson, 2B
3. Jose Bautista, RF
4. Edwin Encarnacion, 1B
5. Brett Lawrie, 3B
6. Colby Rasmus, CF
7. J.P. Arencibia, C
8. Rajai Davis, LF
9. Jeff Mathis, DH

Starting pitcher: LH Aaron Laffey

Twins 3rd round pick from last year Corey William also made the trip. He has a total of 11.2 innings as a pro. Would be cool if he got an inning or 2 against that lineup.

Red Sox outfielders better keep their throws to 1B low...and they need to tell Punto he doesn't need to head-first slide to 1B every time he trots out there on defense to start an inning.

Morneau with an RBI double in the 1st.

Hicks with a double to deep left off of a major league pitcher. I'll say it again, he needs to give up on switch hitting and just bat righty.

Followed by a Revere triple and a Carrol single and the Twins lead 2-0. Looks like Hendriks got himself a spot in the rotation too, only 1 hit.

Parmelee jacks a homer. 3-0 Twins now

Twins beat Toronto 4-1, giving the Jays their 5th loss of the spring.

Twins VS Pirates today.

TWINS (17-13)
1. Denard Span, CF
2. Trevor Plouffe, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Justin Morneau, DH
5. Josh Willingham, LF
6. Ryan Doumit, RF
7. Danny Valencia, 3B
8. Chris Parmelee, 1B
9. Brian Dozier, SS

Starting pitcher: RH Anthony Swarzak

I don't absolutely hate that lineup

It's going to be another brutally hot day at the ballpark, but there's a strong wind for those lucky enough to have seats that get it.

4 singles to start the 2ns inning for the Twins.

5 runs on 7 singles with just 1 out so far.

Leave it to Mauer to stall a rally;-)

Morneau doubles to make it 6-0!

We are thumping the Pirates. Hitting absolutely everything this pitcher throws.

HR for Doumit!

Followed by a Valencia double.

This offense actually has me excited. They look like they can put up a bunch of runs.

The Pirates starter finally gets yanked. He gave up 8 runs on 12 hits while only getting 7 outs.

It's really interesting what has gone down these last two weeks or so. Then again, this team had a similar spurt in June last season. Take it all with a grain of salt....but it's hard to deny some positive things have been happening.

(Not the least of which the roster moves concerning Revere and Butera.)