Carlos Correa is used to starting slow. In most years, the first month of the season will be his worst at the plate. That might give him some peace of mind, but it doesn’t make what he has been going through any easier.

“It gets magnified when it’s April and you look at the scoreboard and you see the numbers. People freak out often,” Correa said Monday. “But, I’ve had a lot of bad Aprils and I end up the season the right way. I know what it takes. You’ve got to be strong-minded.”

After an 0 for 4 day on Monday, Correa entered Tuesday’s game against the New York Mets hitting .153 with a .456 OPS. He is still searching for his first home run and has driven in just four runs, including one on Tuesday.

The Twins’ shortstop didn’t collect his first hit until the team’s sixth game of the season, starting the year 0 for 18. He was recently dropped in the lineup, hitting fifth on Tuesday after spending the earliest part of the season in the 2 hole.

“I don’t feel bad at the plate. I don’t feel like I’m getting overpowered too much,” Correa said. “I’m just getting no results, and this game is all about that. The practice has been good. The eyes, I feel like I’m seeing the ball well. I’m just not getting the results I want. I’m not barreling the ball like I want.”

Historically, Correa has slashed .262/.337/.425 in March/April. All those numbers typically improve as Correa, an all-star for the third time last season, gets into the heart of his season.

Correa’s tough month got even tougher for him in the fifth inning on Tuesday when he fouled off a pitch and was clearly in pain, leading him to leave mid at-bat alongside a team trainer. The Twins say he left the game with left wrist soreness.

Pitchers’ extra work

In the early hours before Tuesday’s game, Twins pitchers were out on the mound, getting in some fielding practice. This wasn’t, manager Rocco Baldelli said, a reaction to the rash of errors Twins pitchers have made in the early going of the season, but rather something that was already scheduled.

“It was on the calendar for about a week,” Baldelli said. “Doesn’t look like it was pre-planned, but it was.”

The extra PFPs came a day after Twins pitchers committed two errors throwing the ball to first base. In their first 17 games of the season, the collective group has made six errors.

“I think we just focus a little more, more reps. I’m sure we’ll be out there working on it in the next day or two,” reliever Justin Topa, who made an error in the series opener, said on Monday. “Just try not to rush it, just make a good throw. We’ve done it a thousand times.”

Miranda hurt

The season is still young, but Jose Miranda might have suffered the weirdest injury of the year already.

While shopping at Target on Monday, Miranda, who was optioned to Triple-A Sunday, strained his left hand trying grab a case of water that was falling. Miranda was placed on the seven-day injured list at Triple-A St. Paul.

Briefly

>> The Twins announced Monday attendance of 10,240 fans, the lowest in the history of the ballpark outside of the 2020 and 2021 seasons when attendance was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

>> Injured reliever Brock Stewart began a rehab assignment with Class A Fort Myers on Tuesday, striking out two of the three batters he faced.

>> Jose Miranda, demoted to Triple-A on Sunday, was placed on the seven-day injured list with a left hand strain.

>> The Twins signed veteran pitcher Tyler Beede to a minor league deal and assigned him to St. Paul. Beede, who debuted in 2018, pitched in 13 games last year for the Cleveland Guardians, giving up 13 earned runs in 14 innings.

>> New Jersey native David Festa will start on Wednesday against the Mets. Festa gave up one run (unearned) in 4 2/3 innings in his first major league start.