Keirsey, Mickey Gasper and Edouard Julien learned they’d grabbed the final three spots on the team’s 26-man roster. Tuesday, the trio will head to St. Louis, where the Twins open the season Thursday. Martin was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul.

Monday, he got to deliver some good news, letting a pair of players — utilityman Mickey Gasper and outfielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr. — know that they were making the Opening Day roster out of camp for the first time in their careers as the Twins finalized their position-player group.

Gasper led off Sunday's game with his second home run of the spring. But in the bottom of the second inning, he had to be removed from the contest when he aggressively pursued a b