Jose Miranda

Edouard Julien also had a nice game, going 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI. Brooks Lee wound up 1-for-4. It remains to be seen if the Twins are going to find time for all three of their former top prospects on the roster while being committed to playing Ty France at first and giving Harrison Bader a lot of time in left. Miranda remains a wild card, since, unlike Julien and Lee, he's not an option at second. Miranda has played plenty of third this spring, but the Twins haven't given Royce Lewis any time at second, which suggests that arrangement isn't on the table. Miranda, who is batting .321/.382/.464 this spring, will probably be a backup initially, but that could change in an instant if Lewis, Byron Buxton or someone else gets hurt.

Hoffman was lifted after 20 pitches, so it seems the Blue Jays don't want him extending himself at all this spring. We're not sure what happened on the homer; Statcast called it a 91.4 mph fastball, which would have been 3.6 mph slower than any other fastball he threw today. Whatever it was, it didn't have much of anything on it and got what it deserved.

The Twins have room to carry all three of Julien, Jose Miranda and Brooks Lee, but it wouldn't make a lot of sense to do so, at least as long as they're maintaining the stance that Ty France is their starting first baseman. Given that there'd only be room for one in the lineup most days, they could send one down to play regularly and maybe carry DeShawn Keirsey Jr. as a pinch-runner/defensive replacement or Mickey Gasper as a third catcher/pinch-hitter. We'll just have to wait and see. Lee is probably going to wind up as the primary second baseman if he hits this spring. Julien is an option there, too, but he's a weaker defender than Lee.