Scott Baker will start Thursday’s Grapefruit League opener against the Reds. Glen Perkins will pitch in relief.

The Twins have not named a starter for the regular season opener. Livan Hernandez is scheduled to pitch Sunday, and if the Twins wanted to keep one pitcher on a five-day schedule, working backwards from the March 31 opener, it would be Saturday.

(Correction: I originally thought Sunday was the key day this week, but it’s actually Saturday. So the Livan note here is much ado about nothing. For what it’s worth, Boof Bonser is scheduled to start Friday, opposite Boston’s Dice-K Matsuzaka, and Randy Keisler is scheduled to start Saturday.)

Note: To make room on the 40-man roster for Hernandez, the Twins passed OF Darnell McDonald through waivers and assigned him to Class AAA Rochester. He remains in big league camp.

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