The Twins had four Black players on their Opening Day roster, tied for the most among any team. Seventy-eight years after Robinson integrated the sport, 6% of the league’s players are African American, which represented an increase (5.7% last year) for the first time since 2018.
“My father talked about Jackie Robinson and the history of baseball my entire life, so I grew up in it,” said Bader, whose parents grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. “My love and admiration for not only Black baseball players, Jackie Robinson, the Negro Leagues, and understanding the history is extremely high. I love this day for so many reasons and I’m glad we get to do it.”
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* Reliever Brock Stewart (hamstring) started a rehab assignment at Class A Fort Myers on Tuesday, retiring two of the three batters he faced in 17 pitches. He tallied two strikeouts, sitting at 96 mph with his fastball.
* The Twins signed righthander Tyler Beede to a minor league contract Tuesday and assigned him to Class AAA. Beede, 31, made 13 relief appearances for the Cleveland Guardians last year and posted an 8.36 ERA across 14 innings.
* Sean Aronson, the Class AAA play-by-play announcer, called his 2,000th career St. Paul Saints game Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa. Aronson, 47, has missed only 12 games since he started in 2007 when the Saints were an independent league team.
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