Tuesday Twins: The band is just constantly trying to get back together

Here are today's links:

• News in The Band Getting Back Together: David Ortiz told the Star Tribune's Patrick Reusse he had dinner with Doug Mientkiewicz last week. "I had dinner with Doug Mientkiewicz last week," Ortiz said. "He said Johan [Santana] stopped in the Twins clubhouse the other day, and they started talking about how much talent we had on that Twins team in 2002."

• Asked what he thinks would have happened had he stayed with that old team a few more years, Ortiz said: "The Twins would’ve won another World Series."

• And in case you care, Ortiz also told Reusse he thinks the Sano in the outfield experiment is a horrible idea.

• Speaking of Johan Santana, he's still attempting another come back, this time aiming for mid-season.

• Also attempting a mid-season come back? Justin Morneau, who recently revealed he had surgery on his elbow this off-season and is currently unable to swing a bat. Explains why he hasn't gotten any deals.

• Old friend Danny Valencia recalled hitting advice Joe Mauer gave him back in the day in a new profile piece.

• Ervin Santana isn't mad about Miguel Sano overrunning a fly ball in the outfield last Sunday. At least not yet.

• Old friend Aaron Hicks also returned to Hammond Stadium Sunday with the Yankees, and seemed really cheerful and upbeat about everything. ("I think it’s more [about] just having fun playing against your old teammates... It just makes it so much fun.")

• Former Twin Anthony Swarzak, also now with the Yankees, pitched in Korea last year and had some nice things to say about Byung Ho Park. "There were other [pitchers] that got in there and didn’t really have the control, and he killed them," Swarzak told the Pioneer Press. "He actually killed them."

• The Twins are moving Alex Meyer into the AAA rotation and ESPN 1500's Derek Wetmore thinks they are making a huge mistake.

• In case you missed it, LaTroy Hawkins sat down with Jim Souhan and recorded a great 42 minute podcast. He talks about the good old times, when the band was together, and a lot of other things.