Twins second baseman Luis Arraez is considered day-to-day because of right knee tendinitis after leaving an intrasquad game early Friday at Target Field.
Arraez reached on an error in the second inning, then took off for second on a wild pitch, pulling up as he neared the bag. He was replaced the next inning by Travis Blankenhorn.
"I would call it a fairly minor issue," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. "We're going to see how he is [Saturday]. There's a chance you may see him out there tomorrow or there's a chance we give him a couple of days to start feeling better and making sure he's ready to go for Opening Day. I don't have a ton to add on it."
Arraez hit .334 and was one of the surprises of the 2019 season for the Twins. He did provide a scare when he appeared to severely injure his right ankle during a late September game in Kansas City but recovered in time to appear in the ALDS against the Yankees. The Twins don't believe the injuries are related.
"On the play, he kept staying on his feet going into second base trying to really decelerate and stop on the bag," Baldelli said. "I'm assuming that had something to do with it, yeah."
Berrios gets the ball
It what was a foregone conclusion, Baldelli announced righthander Jose Berrios will start the season opener on July 24 against the White Sox in Chicago. He was also named the Opening Day starter on March 11 for the first season opener — March 26 at Oakland — but that Opening Day was wiped out by the pandemic.
This will be Berrios' second consecutive Opening Day assignment. He was 14-8 with a 3.68 ERA last season and was named to the All-Star team for the second consecutive season.