Keaschall has only played 7 games defensively this season, all at 2B.  As long as Julien and Gasper are around, this would not be a move that helps cover this team's defensive needs.  

Jonah Bride has been acquired via trade with the Marlins for cash considerations.  He is primarily a 3B but also has MLB experience at 2B and 1B.  

Miami DFA'd him after his 4 for 40 start to the season.   Yup, he should fit right in on this team.

Castro came out of the game today due to an injury.  Correa did come in defensively and turned a nifty double play but did not have his lineup spot come up to the plate.

If you have mlb.com subscription AND the time, watch a couple of St. Paul Saints games via milb.com

. Carson McCusker is a late developing player. He is a bigger version of Wallner. He has more power than Wallner, hits the ball consistently harder, is just as fast, is the same or better in the outfield, and has a good arm albeit not as strong as Wallner's arm. He lacks experience but is far and away the best player for the Saints at this time. If the Twins need a shortstop, they could use the Saints guy. He is slick in the field.

Both Luke Keaschall and Emmanuel Rodriguez are off to rough starts. Each has a number of bleeders, broken bat, and infield hits. They are going to be fine but are off balance and out of sync at this moment.

I have watched parts of most Saints games. missed a couple. Life in the frozen north, retired, and waiting to start summer projects - so I watch too much baseball. If I lived in Los Angeles i would go to a number of  high school and college games every week. Last year I was in Las Vegas at a friend's house and went to 3-4 games a week for a month. Always better to be outside.

Martin being hurt is terrible timing. He was the Saints best hitter. We really could have used another spark plug at the top of our lineup. Adding Martin to a lineup with Buxton, Bader, Castro and Keirsey really starts to look like a much more speedy athletic team, which is what we needed.

 "I would call up Keaschall, put some combination of Bader, Keirsey, and Larnach in the corner OF every day, and have Keaschall play 2B some and DH some. I'm banking on Correa being able to play so he and Lee are the primary left side of the infield, with Castro an occasional fill in and also available as the fifth outfielder.  Frankly, it's not ideal. It would be better Martin was available, but he's not."

I agree on calling up Luke Keaschall.  Have him platoon part of the time in the corner OF spots and then the rest of his time at either 2nd base or DH.  Long term he belongs at DH or 2nd and will be a much better option than Julien or Gasper so the sooner they get him up to the bigs the better.  

While having Martin available would be helpful short term, I'm not a fan of his play.

I would personally like to see Emmanuel Rodriguez get a shot. He needs to improve his hitting against lefties, but we thought the same thing with Wallner, and he seems to be figuring it out. Rodriguez is a manageable fielder with plus speed.

Also, Luke Keaschall should be called up. Move Lee to 2nd, Keaschall and Julien to 2nd, and another player worth watching temporarily would be Ryan Fitzgerald, who's with the Saints. He plays SS and is an average hitter. I think the Twins would have called him up already if they wanted him; he's also not on the 40-man roster.

Just saw in the Athletic that Keaschall has been called up. No corresponding move yet announced. 

Hey, you made a great call!  I believe this corresponds exactly to Wallner's IL placement which opened up a spot on the 26 man roster.

9 hours ago, laloesch said:

I agree on calling up Luke Keaschall.  Have him platoon part of the time in the corner OF spots

Highly doubt he will play the OF. Still recovering from surgery last year and just this week played his first full game at 2B (not one play in the OF this year). Lots of DH and 2B.