Minnesota Twins Morning News: Spring Training Day Three

Puckett’s brings you the freshest catch of Minnesota Twins news from the Pond.

– Nick Burdi has been experimenting with a new pitch according to Mike Berardino. Burdi already possesses a blazing fastball and a slider but has been working on a splitter. “Burdi said, his splitter should come in at 82-83 mph. That’s nearly 20 mph slower than his fastball.”

– Also from Berardino, comes the report that Molitor is reticent to name an opening day starter. Last year, Molitor was clear from the get go that Phil Hughes would be the man but this year, there is more ambiguity. Other likely options are Ervin Santana and Kyle Gibson.

– From the same article, Berardino also mentions that Danny Santana has…