The winter meetings have come and gone, and not much has changed for the Twins. I still think they’ll try to upgrade third base before spring training begins, though I’m done assuming they have a big move up their sleeve.

Is Ty Wigginton the answer? I don’t know. I know the Twins like him, as La Velle reported Sunday. But they liked Casey Blake, too, so I’m guessing it’ll depend on how much Wigginton costs.

There’s also the theory that they MUST address the bullpen. Not sure the front office agrees. There’s continued talk of reconstructing the bullpen from within.

For now, let’s project the 25-man roster, just to remind ourselves what’s here. The following predictions are based partly on Manager Ron Gardenhire’s stated preferences, for Nick Punto at shortstop, etc.

STARTING LINEUP
1. LF Denard Span (Left)
2. 2B Alexi Casilla (Switch)
3. C Joe Mauer (L)
4. 1B Justin Morneau (L)
5. RF Michael Cuddyer (R)
6. DH Jason Kubel (L)
7. 3B Brian Buscher (L)/Brendan Harris (R)
8. SS Nick Punto (S)
9. CF Carlos Gomez (R)

BENCH
OF Delmon Young (R)
C Mike Redmond (R)
INF Harris (R)/Buscher (L)
INF Matt Tolbert (S)
OF Jason Pridie (L)

ROTATION
1. Scott Baker (R)
2. Francisco Liriano (L)
3. Kevin Slowey (R)
4. Nick Blackburn (R)
5. Glen Perkins (L)

BULLPEN
Joe Nathan (R)
Jose Mijares (L)
Jesse Crain (R)
Matt Guerrier (R)
Craig Breslow (L)
Boof Bonser (R)/Philip Humber (R)/Jason Jones (R)

HELP WAITING AT ROCHESTER
RHP Kevin Mulvey
RHP Anthony Swarzak
LHP Brian Duensing
INF Luke Hughes
INF Trevor Plouffe

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