"Three months from Friday, the Twins will open a new season at Baltimore's Camden Yards, and on the 20th anniversary of that ballpark's opening, the warehouse windows in right field should be safe.

Lefthanded hitters take aim at that warehouse with each swing, but the patchwork relief corps the Twins are assembling has decent numbers against lefties.

It's the righties that should worry them.

Here are nine of the Twins' internal bullpen candidates and the batting averages righthanded hitters posted against them last year: Matt Capps (.260), Glen Perkins (.259), Brian Duensing (.330), Alex Burnett (.264), Lester Oliveros (.292), Anthony Swarzak (.301), Esmerling Vasquez (.254), Jeff Gray (.280) and Kyle Waldrop (.360).

Six weeks before pitchers and catchers report to Fort Myers, Fla., it seems inevitable the Twins will add at least one established righthanded reliever. Don't expect a big splash, but rather a move that mirrors what General Manager Terry Ryan has done all offseason, addressing needs with solid, if unspectacular, replacements.

Jamey Carroll is a slap hitter whose range is fading, but at age 38, he should help stem the middle-infield chaos from last year. Ryan Doumit is suspect defensively, even at catcher, but when healthy, he can hit."