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I’ve been doing this post for a few years now, and its always fun—I don’t remember where I stole the idea from, probably another SBNation site, since several of them do similar projects.
The idea here is really simple, I take the name of each player on the Twins’ forty man roster, and run it through the Internet Anagram Server. Then I pick one of my favorites from the options. It will usually be one that involves fewer and longer words, but not always. I’m aiming for humor here, but sometimes there just aren’t good options, as you might see. I’m also trying to repeat previous years, but I’m not bothering to actually look up what I used.
And in case you forgot, an anagram is where you rearrange the letters of a word or phrase to form a new word or phrase. For example, “Derek Falvey” can become “Very deaf elk.”
With no further ado, here is the 40-man roster, as it stands today
Jorge Alcala: La Jag Oracle
Shaun Anderson: No Harassed Nun
Jordan Balazovic: Czar Via Old Banjo
Jose Berrios: Sore Job Rise
Dakota Chalmers: Cathedrals Amok
Edwar Colina: Weird Canola
Alex Colome: Max Loco Eel
Randy Dobnak: Any Dork Band
Tyler Duffey: Fry Ye Fluted
Jhoan Duran: Hound An Jar
J.A. Happ: There are no results
Kenta Maeda: A Naked Meat
Bailey Ober: Ye Ole Rabbi
Michael Pineda: Child Pee Mania
Hansel Robles: Hell Baroness
Taylor Rogers: Or Gyros Later
Matt Shoemaker: The Mom Karates
Devin Smeltzer: Mr Livened Zest
Cody Stashak: Toad Sky Cash
Caleb Thielbar: Ethical Rabble
Lewis Thorpe: Whistle Rope
Willians Astudillo: Salad Wilt Illusion
Mitch Garver: Right Mr Cave
Ryan Jeffers: Fans Jeer Fry
Ben Rortvedt: TV Robe Trend
Luis Arraez: A Rural Size
Travis Blankenhorn: Rental Varnish Knob
Josh Donaldson: Odd Johns Salon
Nick Gordon: Nordic Kong
Jorge Polanco: Polar Cone Jog
Miguel Sano: Enigma Soul
Andrelton Simmons: Monster Mandolins
Byron Buxton: Onyx Bunt Bro
Jake Cave: Jack Eave
Gilberto Celestino: Legit Beer Colonist
Kyle Garlick: Kick Gallery
Max Kepler: Mark Expel
Alex Kirilloff: Fix Like Floral
Brent Rooker: Tenor Broker
Nelson Cruz: No Zen Curls
Bonus: Here are the non-roster players in Spring Training
Andrew Albers: Brawn Dealers
Charlie Barnes: Chair Enablers
Danny Coulombe: Lamb Conned You
Luke Farrell: Free All Lurk
Ian Hamilton: National Him
Griffin Jax: Far Fig Jinx
Derek Law: Walk Deer
Juan Minaya: Um Ya A Ninja
Glenn Sparkman: Gnarl Spank Men
Brandon Waddell: Bald Wonderland
David Banuelos: Undo Advisable
Caleb Hamilton: Meatball Chino
Tomas Telis: Moist Tales
Royce Lewis: Screwy Ole I
Tzu-Wei Lin: Wiz In Lute
JT Riddle: There are no results
Andrew Romine: Randier Women
Keon Broxton: Born Token Ox
Trevor Larnach: Ranch Rat Lover
Rob Refsnyder: Dry Sober Fern