Twins' Sano out after cutting foot in celebration

One victory celebration proved to be somewhat costly for Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano heading into spring training. After cutting his right foot while celebrating a championship with Estrellas, his Dominican Winter League team, Sano will miss at least a week of full-squad workouts while wearing a walking boot to help protect a laceration above the heel.

According to Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, Sano will wear the boot for seven to 10 days before being re-evaluated. "Just to limit any kind of speculation, it's simply to protect and keep the wound clean and allowing it to heal," Baldelli told reporters Tuesday, the second day of full-squad spring training workouts.

"It's just something we'll roll with and deal with," said Baldelli, who considered the injury to be a minor issue. "There's a lot more to be excited and happy about as far as Miguel's offseason and everything that went into it. "... Based on everything I heard, it was a simple ... right around the time of the celebration of the winter league championship, catching it on something and simply opening the skin up. That was basically it."

Sano, who was unavailable for comment Tuesday, is still able to perform upper-body workouts while he's in the boot. If he isn't available to play in the Twins' spring training opener on Saturday, he'll be able to get the necessary at-bats when minor league games begin during camp. The 25-year-old Sano played in 71 games for the Twins in 2018, batting .199 with 13 home runs and 41 RBIs.

--Field Level Media