Outfielder Josh Willingham readily acknowledges that right field is not exactly in his comfort zone. But the offseason acquisition is confident he'll figure it out.

Although he has started only 33 games in right, he has played hundreds in left.

"Hopefully this spring I'll just get a lot of reps out there and get comfortable," Willingham said. "That's the goal. Playing on the opposite end of the field, it's different, the way the balls come off the bat, so it'll just take a little bit of time to get used to."

Willingham, 32, signed a three-year, $21 million deal this winter to replace Michael Cuddyer, whose primary position was right field, though he wound up playing a lot of first base the fill in for oft-injured Justin Morneau the last few seasons.

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