Twins' Jose Miranda near-ready to show full benefits of offseason work

Jose Miranda spent his offseason slimming down and getting himself into better playing shape. Miranda is supposed to play in the field for the first time in the coming days, Baldelli said — it may be a major league game, may be a minor league game — perhaps as soon as Tuesday after the Twins' off day. Miranda said his shoulder got progressively worse earlier this spring, prompting him to finally tell the training staff, at which point he was shut down from throwing. Now, as the Twins have built him back up with a shoulder progression, the infielder said it feels “way better” than it has in the past weeks.