Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe said he's not worried about the competition he will face this spring from prospect Miguel Sano.
"I'm not really concerned with that," Plouffe said, per MLB.com. "I want to help the team win. That's all I really care about. Miguel is a great player, and if he comes up and helps our team, we want him. We want anyone who can help the team."
Plouffe said he spent the first two months of the offseason rehabbing a left wrist injury that sapped his power last season. However, he refused to use the injury as an excuse for his struggles last year.
His focus has been to add to his RBI total and improve on hitting with runners in scoring position after batting .208 in those situations last year.
"That's my role in the lineup, to be a run producer," Plouffe said. "I haven't been able to do that. Runners in scoring position is something we need to work on. I talked to Bruno (hitting coach Tom Brunansky), and that's something that we're going to keep working on. I think that's the most important thing to me: being able to score runs and drive in runs."