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FORT MYERS, Fla. The Twins haven t been shy about handing out contract extensions to members of this young core, with Max Kepler, Jorge Polanco and Miguel Sanó all locked up to deals for the foreseeable future. Byron Buxton would love to be next on the list. Of course I would love an extension, Buxton said. Obviously, I ve been blessed to stay with this one team in my career, so to be able to put on this jersey and go out there every day, it s something that many guys can t do. I want to be one of those guys that was there with that one team. This place just means a lot.
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MINNEAPOLIS Top prospect Royce Lewis watched as many of his close friends made their Major League debuts last season. He worked hard at the alternate training site in St. Paul, Minn., as Aaron Whitefield, Ryan Jeffers, Brent Rooker, Travis Blankenhorn and Alex Kirilloff made the trek over to Minneapolis and donned the Twins uniform for the first time.
Lewis could be nearing his own time to take the leap, too but his path to the Majors just got tougher with the signing of Andrelton Simmons to start at shortstop for the Twins in 2021.
Still, Lewis sees it as his latest opportunity to get better.
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Yesterday, the Mets traded for one of the best players in baseball in Francisco Lindor. He had been Cleveland’s superstar, fantastic on both sides of the ball and both on and off the field. He’s the kind of guy a team builds around, a guy with with a megawatt smile and gregarious personality, and he should fit in well with the Mets’ already fun clubhouse. But since everyone reading this is probably a Mets fan, they may not know the full story on his career in Cleveland.
Lindor was born in Puerto Rico in 1993 and spent twelve years living there. He moved to Florida when he was 12, and Cleveland drafted him in the first round with the eighth overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft, ahead of players like Javier Baez, George Springer, and the Mets’ own Brandon Nimmo.