Twins Minor League Report (9/21): Saints Stymied on Road

[Ted Schwerzler]

After winning Game 1 of their postseason series last night, the Wichita Wind Surge were traveling on Wednesday. That left the St. Paul Saints as the only affiliate in action, and unfortunately, they fell short on the road.

TRANSACTIONS

• RHP Austin Schulfer placed on 7-day concussion IL by St. Paul
• C David Banuelos activated from 7-day concussion IL by St. Paul

SAINTS SENTINEL 
Indianapolis 7, St. Paul 1
Box Score

Jordan Balazovic drew the start today for St. Paul and was chased after three innings. He allowed five runs on six hits while striking out four. Balazovic did give up a walk and was burned by two homers.

A five-run 3rd inning by Indianapolis put St. Paul in a bad spot early. They gave up two more in the 6th inning and before recording their first run, the Saints were staring at a seven-run deficit.

Ryan Jeffers, still working his way back on a Major League rehab assignment, hit a homer in the 8th inning to make sure the Saints wouldn’t be shut out. Trevor Larnach, also rehabbing, went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout as the designated hitter.

TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Pitcher of the Day – Melvi Acosta (St. Paul) - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Hitter of the Day – Chris Williams (St. Paul) - 1-2, 2 BB

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Here’s a look at how the current Twins Daily Top 20 performed:

#9 - Matt Wallner (Minnesota) - Twins Play Wednesday night in Kansas City. 
#11 - Jordan Balazovic (St. Paul) - 3.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

THURSDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
St. Paul @ Indianapolis (6:05PM CST) - RHP Randy Dobnak
Wichita @ Tulsa (7:05PM CST) - RHP Daniel Gossett 

Please feel free to ask questions and discuss Wednesday’s games!

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[ashbury]

Who had 2 concussion IL additions on the same day, on their Twins 2022 bingo card?

[FlyingFinn]

1 hour ago, ashbury said:

Who had 2 concussion IL additions on the same day, on their Twins 2022 bingo card?

It sounds like the Twins but it wasn't today - it was one addition and one subtraction.

[ashbury]

28 minutes ago, FlyingFinn said:

It sounds like the Twins but it wasn't today - it was one addition and one subtraction.

LOL, my bad.  Activated from, versus placed on. 

[jkcarew]

The last time Balazovic had a good season it was 2019. Come next season, that will have been 4 seasons away in the rear view mirror. Hard to keep him on the 40-man is it not? You can’t consider him an option in 2023 anymore. He’s much closer to AA than the majors at this point.

[jkcarew]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Activated from, versus placed on. 

One added, one removed,…and apparently, one in the protocol…: Ash.

?

[mikelink45]

Balazovic has really disappointed.  Has he dropped out of the top 20?  

[DJL44]

1 hour ago, mikelink45 said:

Balazovic has really disappointed.  Has he dropped out of the top 20?  

On the Saints depth chart?

[roger]

After a couple of games of hope, Balazovic returns with another ugly outing.  So disappointing.  Will be curious to see if the Twins keep him on the 40-man.  Guess it will come down to comparing him with player X who is the next man on the bubble that isn't getting added.  Unfortunately, have to believe that there is some team out there that would take the gamble of picking him up in the draft.