Twins Daily’s Ultimate Guide to Twins Spring Training has some tips on YOUR perfect time to come to spring training, but I’ll need to update it for the nichiest of nichy interest groups: the starting pitching geeks.

Throwing an immaculate inning in spring training does not necessarily guarantee you a roster spot, as one New York Mets minor leaguer found out on Wednesday.

The Mets made their first round of roster cuts this afternoon, sending 13 players to minor league camp. The full list, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, is: RHP Ty Adcock RHP Adbert Alzolay RHP Dom Hamel RHP Oliver Ortega RHP Brandon Sproat RHP Blade Tidwell INF Ryan Clifford OF Drew Gilbert OF Rafael Ortega None of these names should come as any surprise,

With just 23 days left until Opening Day in Houston, the New York Mets are starting to whittle down their roster by assigning 13 players to minor-league camp.