FORT MYERS, Fla. -- There's just a little more than a week until Opening Day on March 29, and the Twins were hit with some adversity this week with the announcement of Jorge Polanco's 80-game suspension for the use of a performance-enhancing drug.
Polanco was one of the club's better players in the second half, and he was looking to solidify himself as the starting shortstop of the future, but now some of that is in doubt. There are plenty of ripple effects in the organization because of the suspension, which leads us right into this week's Twins Inbox:
Twins chief baseball officer Derek Falvey and manager Paul Molitor both said on Monday that it's an opportunity for Eduardo Escobar to provide a boost at shortstop, much like he did late last season at third base when Miguel Sano missed nearly 40 games with a left shin injury.