FORT MYERS, Fla. — When the Twins reported to camp, it seemed as if two roster spots were up for grabs: one for a bench bat and one in the bullpen. Now, with Opening Day rapidly approaching next Thursday, the Twins have even more decisions to make than when they reported to Fort Myers.

In addition to the last spot in the bullpen, the Twins now have two more openings with both Caleb Thielbar (hamstring strain) and Jhoan Duran (oblique strain) set to begin the season on the injured list.

“We’re going to keep watching this group pitch and I bet some of the decisions may go down to even the last day,” manager Rocco Baldelli said.

The Twins currently have 21 pitchers in left camp, plus Josh Winder, who will begin the season on the 60-day injured list. Four more — relievers Duran, Thielbar and Zack Weiss and starter Anthony DeSclafani — will also start the year on the injured list.

That leaves 17 pitchers for 13 spots, many of which have never been in question. For the remaining three, it seems as if there are four hurlers — all of whom are on the 40-man roster — who have a leg up in the competition. Here’s a look at those four:

Kody Funderburk

If the Twins want to carry two lefties — it seemed as if they were planning on it with Thielbar and Steven Okert — they could included the rookie, Funderburk, on their Opening Day roster. After a strong season spent primarily in Triple-A, the Twins called Funderburk up near the end of last year, getting his feet wet in the majors.

He was impressive during his brief taste of major league action, giving up one run in 12 innings pitched (0.75 ERA). Funderburk posted a 0.917 WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) and fanned 19 batters.

Cole Sands

The Twins carried a long reliever in the bullpen for much of last season, and if they wish to have a pitcher occupy this role again, it would appear Sands would be the guy. The Twins have already optioned Brent Headrick to Triple-A and Winder will begin the season on the injured list. The trio often occupied the spot over the course of the year.

Sands, who gave up four runs in two innings against the Washington Nationals on Thursday, broke camp with the Twins last year. He was up and down between the majors and minors but often went several days between appearing in a game because a long reliever wasn’t needed.

Josh Staumont

The veteran reliever was the Twins’ first major league signing of the offseason, and has the most proven major league success of the group. But Staumont is coming off a major procedure — thoracic outlet syndrome surgery — the symptoms of which disrupted both of his last two seasons. Staumont had a combined 6.09 ERA across the last two seasons after being a highly effective reliever in the majors previously.

In 2021, he posted a 2.88 ERA, striking out 72 batters in 65 2/3 innings pitched and collecting five saves. The Twins have seen positive signs from him of late, with his velocity picking throughout the spring.

Jorge Alcala

Alcala was hit on the finger tips with a comebacker on Wednesday, exiting the game early. The report after the game seemed positive, though.

The hard-throwing 28-year-old has missed much of the past couple seasons with injuries, pitching a combined 13 games. But now healthy, he could finally be a contributor once again.

The last time he pitched with any consistency was 2021, during which he flashed his promise, particularly at the end of the year when he finished the season with a 0.96 ERA across the final two months.