Outman is also known as a strong defender, as the Twins witnessed firsthand last month in Los Angeles, when Outman stole a Carlos Correa home run.
“He’s got speed, he’s got strength,” Baldelli said. “There’s real upside” to his defense.
Outman will get playing time at all three outfield positions at some point, Baldelli said, in a five-player rotation with Byron Buxton, Matt Wallner, Austin Martin and Trevor Larnach.
“It’ll be a nice, easy rotation,” Baldelli said.
One that Outman welcomes, especially after being limited mostly to a defensive replacement role in his final three weeks with the Dodgers. Outman appeared in 13 games but batted only 17 times, going hitless in his final 14 at-bats as a Dodger.
“Getting some more at-bats underneath my belt, I would say, and getting back into the swing of things, no pun intended” is his goal, Outman said. “I didn’t really have too many at-bats throughout July, so that was a big part of it, So I’m just kind of, like, shaking off some of the rust.”