MINNEAPOLIS _ The potential on-field effects of adding three-time All-Star and former MVP Josh Donaldson to the reigning American League Central champions are almost too numerous to track. The Twins will open the 2020 season, for instance, with six players on their roster who hit 30 or more home runs last year, the most in major league history.
Here's another: Donaldson drew 100 walks last season, the second time in his career he's done that. No Twin has walked 100 times since Harmon Killebrew in 1970. Or this: It's been five seasons since any player manned third base, the Twins' least stable position in that time, for more than 100 games in a season, a streak the Twins surely hope Donaldson ends this summer.
But as Donaldson signs his $92 million contract Wednesday and begins meeting his new teammates this weekend, there are plenty of off-the-field effects worth noting as well. Here are a handful:
