Here's a little peek into a day in the life of a ballwriter. Sometimes, there's a lot of standing around in the clubhouse, waiting for the person you want to interview to show his face. Until then you're huddled in the middle of the clubhouse looking like dorks.
Then there are mornings like today, when everyone you need is at their stall and you're filling up your notebook. Former sidekick Joe Christensen referred to them as "shooting fish in a barrel," days.
It was a fairly productive morning for me. I was able to speak with Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton, which just doesn't happen.
Sano said that the plan is for the medical staff to take a look at his lacerated heel tomorrow. He's hoping that he will be able shed the walking boot he's been wearing for over a week now and begin to work out again.
"It's much better," he said.
The laceration was horizontal, so the Twins were concerned that walking on it would interfere with the healing schedule. That led to the walking cast on his right foot. He's been unable to do any drills or cardio work, so he'll have to play catch-up in that regard.
He has been able to do some upper body work, but, "it's not the same," he said.
Sano said he's been bored for days, unable to be out on the field with his teammates or get a full workout in. He proved it a few minutes later, when he laid on the floor of the clubhouse and threw a baseball off the ceiling, catching it with a glove that has seen no action in Florida.
