FORT MYERS, Fla. — Another day, another round of cuts.

The Twins trimmed their roster again on Tuesday, a day after sending four pitchers — Simeon Woods Richardson, David Festa, Brent Headrick and Matt Canterino — to the minors. Tuesday’s cuts were all position players.

The Twins optioned outfielder Emmanuel Rodriguez, one of their top prospects, to Double-A, and infielder Yunior Severino, infielder/outfielder Austin Martin and catcher Jair Camargo to Triple-A. The moves leave the Twins with 44 players left in major-league camp with two weeks left before they pack things up and head north for the season.

None of the moves does much to clarify the roster picture because there’s not much left that needs to be clarified. The roster, as long as everybody remains healthy, has seemed relatively set for some time now.

While the Twins have had a couple of health issues crop up this spring — namely starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani was dealing with some elbow soreness, and Caleb Thielbar suffered a hamstring strain — neither of those issues seem as if they will affect the Opening Day roster at this point.

Coming into camp, it appeared as if there was one available spot for a position player and one open slot in the bullpen. The Twins filled one of those when they executed a trade for outfielder Manny Margot last month.

That left Martin, whose skill set would have fit what the Twins were looking for — a right-handed-hitting outfielder — on the outside looking in, headed back to Triple-A where he will serve as important depth for the Twins and will likely debut in the majors later this season.

“He’s very focused. He works very hard. There’s no nonsense that follows him around,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said of Martin. “It’s just that he’s a ballplayer, and you love working with guys like that because you know what you’re going to get from them every single day. … He’s put himself in a nice spot.”

As for the final spot in the bullpen, the Twins appear to have a number of candidates who can and will pitch throughout the season.

The Twins have a number of relievers with a minor-league option — Josh Staumont, Jorge Alcala, Cole Sands and Kody Funderburk, among them — who could fill that spot out of camp and then be optioned down as the Twins cycle through fresh arms.

If the Twins choose to carry a long reliever, the path got a little clearer for Sands, who threw two scoreless innings on Tuesday against the Tigers, after Headrick was optioned. Funderburk and Alcala both have throw multiple innings in outings, as well, while Staumont would fill a one-inning role.

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