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Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton and Royce Lewis all battled injuries last season but the trio is healthy to begin this year.

With spring training over, the Minnesota Twins' roster finalized, and the season ready to kick off, it’s time to put a bow on the exhibition slate and turn to games that matter. The Twins return as division favorites, and will have their hands full getting the job done.

Here's how the Twins will go to battle in the 2024 season.

Several Twins Daily writers and a community of readers from this site or Twitter made their predictions for the 2024 Minnesota Twins season. How will this version of the Twins do in the AL Central, and which players will help along the 162-game journey?

Thoughts on who did or didn't make the cut and all of the expected roles after injuries shook up the pitching half of the roster.

They say that war never changes. WAR does change, as it’s a context-dependent stat, but baseball itself doesn't change much, either. Year in and year out, the same storylines surface in every spring training, as sunburnt media members struggle to produce material.

When the Minnesota Twins take the field at Kauffman Stadium on Opening Day, things are going to look a lot different than they did last year. Minnesota opened

Pablo Lopez admitted to feeling some anxiety when the Twins ace stepped on the mound to face the Royals on opening day. It didn't calm him down any when Maikel Garcia homered off him three pitches later. The All-Star right-hander eventually managed to get his nerves under control, holding Kansas City to just three more hits without a walk while breezing through seven innings Thursday.

The road to a Central Division title goes through the Twins.

By ANNE ROGERS MLB.COM KANSAS CITY -- The Royals were one of the busiest teams this offseason revamping their roster in hopes of making a si