The Twins announced five moves this morning, and with the moves, several position spots have been decided. Right-handed pitcher Philip Humber, infielder Brian Buscher and outfielders Jason Pridie and Denard Span have been optioned to Triple-A Rochester. In addition, the Twins have assigned pitcher Casey Daigle to minor league camp.

With the five moves, the Twins now have 29 players remaining in camp. Some of them are almost certain to be cut:

With those three cuts, the Twins would then be down to 26 players and if all goes well with Liriano and Baker, Blackburn would also be cut (assuming Bass is the final reliever) to get the team to the league maximum.

Now, with the cuts of Denard Span and Jason Pridie, centerfielder Carlos Gomez has won the centerfield battle. I know I was very excited to see this news, but it’ll be interesting to see what others think. Also, how is Span going to react to this move?

Brian Buscher being optioned means that Matt Tolbert has made the roster as the teams 25^th man. Buscher didn’t play well down the stretch and it may have been because he was focusing more on new positions rather than hitting. Tolbert impressed coaches during camp with his hard work and also hit well at the plate.

The one move that I’m surprised with is why the Twins cut Philip Humber. If they are indeed keeping Blackburn in camp over Humber incase Liriano and Baker aren’t ready, it doesn’t make sense to me. Humber has been the better pitcher so he should get that outing. However, maybe the Twins want to give him one more outing today before they cut him.

In a final note, it looks almost certain that Brian Bass has locked up the final bullpen spot and it also looks as if Brendan Harris will be the team’s starting guy at second.