Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins’ stadium in Fort Myers has opened a special room where neurodivergent visitors can take a break during a game.

Minnesota Twins games at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers will be among a handful of sites that will test a computerized system that calls balls and strikes during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games after four years of experiments in the minor leagues.The testing begins Thursday. The Twins' pre-season home opener is Saturday. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

Lee County's Department of Transportation advises motorists to avoid the Daniels Parkway corridor in South Fort Myers on the afternoons of three specific Spring Training dates this season when both the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins have games.

Baseball spring training is back, and drivers in Lee and Charlotte counties are reminded to be prepared for increased traffic near ballparks in both counties at game times.

Spring Training is back, and Lee County’s Traffic Operations Center reminds motorists to be prepared for increased traffic near the stadiums at game time, especially when the Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox take to their respective fields at the same time on the same day.This year, DOT advises motorists to avoid the Daniels Parkway corridor on the afternoon of three specific dates this season.

Major League Baseball fans are calling Lee County home as the teams hold spring training at JetBlue Park and Hammond Stadium.

Lee County DOT advises motorists to be aware of double home games at JetBlue Stadium and Hammond Stadium during spring training season.

Minnesota Twins’ Spring Training schedule features 17 games at Hammond Stadium; Grapefruit League home opener set February 25 vs. Tampa Bay; Twins to host exhibition against a World Baseball Classic opponent on March 9.

For the third straight year, Lee County figures to miss out on a big chunk of an estimated $70 million brought in by fans who pay for tickets to spring training baseball games.

Fans are streaming back to baseball stadiums across Florida now that the MLB owner-imposed lockout is over and players are back at spring training camp.