Erasmo Ramírez has bounced around between six teams over the last 12 MLB seasons, but he will have to show out at spring training if he wants earn an Opening Day roster spot with the Minnesota Twins.

Port Charlotte, Florida, USA; Minnesota Twins third base Royce Lewis (23) celebrates with catcher Christian Vazquez (8) after hitting a home run against the Tampa Bay Rays

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The first weekend of Spring Training is behind us, and the Atlanta Braves sit at 0-2. After picking up Grapefruit League losses against the Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays, Brian Snitker’s squad has to take a look at what’s not working as they prepare for Opening Day on March 27.

If the Los Angeles Dodgers are the future of baseball with an ownership group willing to engage in unprecedented spending in an effort to stack the team with unparalleled talent in a single-minded pursuit of greatness,

Who else but Royce Lewis would hit the Twins' first home run of spring training? In the second inning of Monday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Lewis was all over a 1-0 pitch from Zack Littell, crushing it over the wall in left field.

The Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays played two innings of a spring training game yesterday before rain washed away the contest. Twins starter Chris Paddack pitched two innings, allowing a run on two hits and striking out two.

Buxton traveled for just two road trips last season — once to JetBlue Park, just a few miles down the road in Fort Myers to take on the Red Sox, and another in North Port, the closest spring training city to Fort Myers, to play the Atlanta Braves. The center fielder last journeyed to Port Charlotte in 2022.

In the second inning of Monday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Lewis was all over a 1-0 pitch from Zack Littell, crushing it over the wall in left field. Unfortunately, there's no tracking data available from this game, but that looked like a pretty healthy exit velocity.

Rays starter Zack Littell got most of his planned work in, throwing 34 pitches over two innings. He struck out two while allowing one hit, a homer to Royce Lewis, in his spring debut. Littell was slated to face one batter in the third but was pleased with the work he was able to get in.

He doesn't understand why switching from Louie to Louis is a big deal: "Everybody’s freaking out about this for no reason."

Erasmo Ramírez has spent time with 6 teams over the last 12 seasons, but he will have to show out at spring training if he wants earn a spot with the Twins.