Twins Daily Minor League Report (7/27): Saints Stun WooSox, Andrew Cossetti's Moonshots, FCL Twins Edged in Opener

[Seth Stohs]

Image courtesy of Rob Thompson, St. Paul Saints (photo after the Luke Keaschall walkoff)

"Don't Give Up. Don't Every Give Up." 
St. Paul Saints

TRANSACTIONS
Hard to believe, but there were no transactions in the Twins organization on Sunday. 

SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 10, Worcester 9 
Box Score
On Sunday, it was Connor Gillispie who started. He gave up six runs on six hits and a walk over just two innings. Three of those hits left the ballpark. Jarret Whorff pitched the third inning and gave up one run on two hits and two walks. 

Randy Dobnak came on to start the fourth inning and his job was to eat as many innings as possible. He gave up two runs on five hits and four walks in four innings. Honestly, that line is pretty incredible when you consider that just 35 of his 77 pitches were strikes.

Through six innings, the Saints had two runs on four hits, and Payton Eeles had three of the hits and both RBI. 

Then came the seventh inning and everything switched. In the top of the seventh, Dobnak gave up two singles and a walk to load the bases with nobody out. At that point, he struck out Jhostynxon Garcia. Kristian Campbell lined out, and then Vaughn Grissom flew out to end the inning. It’s strange to say, but keeping the Saints deficit to just seven was a momentum changer. 

The WooSox brought Austin Adams into the game. No, not the Austin Adams that pitched on the 2019 Twins Bomba Squad. The “other” Austin Adams. 

Payton Eeles led off with his fourth hit of the game. After one out, Jonah Bride walked. Ryan Fitzgerald doubled to drive in Eeles. Jose Miranda hit an infield single to drive in Bride and make it 9-4. 

Newcomer Jhonny Pereda walked to load the bases. Will Holland lined a single to left to make it 9-5. Adams’ day was done. 

Alex Hoppe came in to replace him. Austin Martin welcomed him to the game with a bases-clearing double that made it a 9-8 game. 

Erasmo Ramirez came into the game. He worked the final two innings, striking out four batters and keeping Worcester from adding to their run total. 

In the bottom of the eighth, Hoppe struck out the side. 

Old Friend Hobie Harris came on to try to get the final three outs in the bottom of the ninth. Jose Miranda led off the inning with a single to center. Anthony Prato pinch ran for him. With one out, Edouard Julien pinch hit for Will Holland. He singled to left with Prato advancing to third. Austin Martin grounded to second, but Vaughn Grissom’s throw to second was wild. Prato scored, but Julien went to third and Martin got to second. The game was tied. 

Luke Keaschall came up and singled to left to drive in Julien with the game-winning run. 

Eeles led the way with his 4-for-5 day. He also had two stolen bases. Jose Miranda went 3-for-5 to raise his average to .204. Martin hit the huge, three-run double and walked twice. He drove in four runs. Holland was 1-for-2 with two walks. Pereda and Bride each walked twice.

Check out one of our sister sites, Talk Sox, for more on the Red Sox, and see who their top 20 prospects are (post Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer). 

WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 6, Frisco 4
Box Score
I assume that it will be a rarity, especially in front of the home fans, but both Walker Jenkins and Kaelen Culpepper got the day off on Sunday. 

The Surge got things going right away in the first inning. With two outs, Kala’i Rosario singled, and Ricardo Olivar walked. Andrew Cossetti followed with his eighth home run of the season to give Wichita the early 3-0 lead. It was the longest home run hit in Wichita this season. It was measured at 462 feet. 

The RoughRiders got one back in the top of the second, but Wichita responded with a run in the bottom of the inning. Jose Salas led off with a single. With one out, he went to third on a Jake Rucker double. Kyler Fedko brought him in with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1. 

Darren Bowen made the start for the Wind Surge. He gave up one run on three hits over the first four innings. He had five strikeouts and no walks. John Stankiewicz gave up one hit over two scoreless innings. He had two strikeouts without any walks. 

With one out in the bottom of the sixth, Cossetti provided a little insurance with a solo homer, his ninth of the season. It proved important. 

Aaron Rozek came in for the seventh inning. A strikeout was followed by a single and a walk. Then a shoulda-been double player grounder turned into an error to keep the inning going. A soft single to right scored two runs, and a third run scored on a wild pitch. Rozek got out of the inning with the team still leading 5-4. 

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Kala’i Rosario led off with his 13th home run of the season. With one out, Cossetti came to the plate and he got a hold of another one. Unfortunately, it was caught at the fence.     

Kade Bragg came in and struck out two batters in a scoreless eighth inning. Cole Percival struck out one in a scoreless ninth to record his third save since joining Wichita.

Cossetti was 2-for-4 with the two homers and four RBI. Rosario was 2-for-4 with the solo homer. Salas had a single and a walk. He also stole his fifth base.  

It was a terrific home series for the Wind Surge as they won five of six games.  Oh, and Andrew Cossetti gets the Defensive Play of the Day too. 

KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 4, Ft. Wayne 9
Box Score
Jose Olivares started for the Kernels and gave up three runs on seven hits in five innings. He walked two and had three strikeouts. Olivares gave up single runs in the first, fourth, and fifth innings. 

Andy Lugo hit a second inning double to drive in Poncho Ruiz with the team’s first run. Going into the bottom of the sixth, the Kernels were down 3-1. Billy Amick led off that inning with a double. With one out, Poncho Ruiz singled to third. After a second out, Jaime Ferrer doubled to drive in a run. After a pitching change, Justin Connell hit a double to drive in two runs and give the Kernels a 4-3 lead. However, it was all TinCaps after that. 

Tanner Hall came on in relief. In 1 1/3 innings, he gave up four runs on four hits and three walks. Hunter Hoopes came into a bases-loaded situation but got two outs without allowing an inherited runner to score. He faced five batters and got all five out, three on strikeouts. Jeremy Lee came in for the ninth inning and gave up two runs on three hits. 

Ferrer went 3-for-4 with his 14th double. Ruiz was 2-for-4 with his 10th double. Billy Amick hit his 11th double and was hit by two pitches. 

Maddux Houghton's defense in center field is remarkable. He made a couple of great defensive plays. Play 1 and Play 2. 

Check out our new sister site, Padres Mission and see who their top 20 prospects are. 

MUSSEL MATTERS
Fort Myers 0, Lakeland 2
Box Score
The Mussels got some pretty solid pitching throughout this game. Unfortunately, the bats weren’t able to complement them at all. 

Eli Jones started and went the first four innings. He gave up one run on two hits. He walked none and had four strikeotus. Matt Gabbert Pitched a scoreless fifth inning. Jakob Hall worked two scoreless innings  

Tyler Stasiowski came in and gave up one run on three hits and a walk. He also had a wild pitch. He recorded just one out and left the game with the bases loaded. Zander Sechrist came in and got the final two outs of the inning without any additional damage. He also pitched a scoreless ninth frame. 

The Mussels had just five hits and walked twice. Jay Thomason and Yohander Martinez each had a single and a walk. 

COMPLEX CHRONICLES
FCL Championship Series Game 1 (Best of 3)
FCL Twins 1, FCL Blue Jays 2
Box Score
The FCL Twins had 39 regular-season wins, best in the Florida Complex League. They beat the FCL Tigers on Saturday 4-3 to advance to the championship series. Game 1 was played in Dunedin. Game 2 and Game 3 (if necessary) will be in Fort Myers. 

This game was quite the pitchers’ duel. There was no score through the first six innings. Juan Cota, the Twins Daily Short-Season Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2023, made the start for the Twins and tossed five shutout innings. He gave up three hits and had one walk. He was efficient with his pitches, no strikeouts, but giving five innings means the team needed just two pitchers in the game. 

Teague Conrad came out of the bullpen and tossed scoreless innings in the sixth and seventh frames. 

On the other side, the Blue Jays starter was 19-year-old Sann Omosako, a right-hander from Brazil. He matched Cota by putting five zeroes on the board. The Twins had four hits and two walks off of him, but they couldn’t come up with the big hit in a big spot. Rehabbing former big-league All Star Joe Mantiply pitched a scoreless sixth inning for the Blue Jays. 

Mantiply was replaced by Brett Garcia in the top of the seventh. Irvin Nunez started the inning with a walk. He advanced to third base on a Yandro Hernandez double. After a groundout to the pitcher for the first out, Isaac Pena singled to center to drive in Nunez with the game’s first run. Unfortunately, they were unable to drive in Hernandez with a second run. 

Conrad stayed in the game for the eighth inning. It started a bit ominously as he hit the first batter. The next batter reached on a very slow roller to shortstop, an infield single. However, Conrad got a ground ball to third baseman Yilber Herrera who touched third and threw across the diamond to first to complete the double play. Could they get out of the jam? No. The next batter doubled to drive in the Jays first run and tie the game at 1-1. That was followed with a single to drive in the second run. 

Now holding the 2-1 lead, the Jays turned to Franly Urena. He struck out the side in efficient, dominant fashion. 

The Twins managed just six hits and three walks. Eduardo Beltre went 2-for-4.   

PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Hitter of the Day  
Andrew Cossetti (Wichita):  2-for-4, 2 HR(9), 2 R, 4 RBI, K

Pitcher of the Day 
Juan Cota (FCL Twins): 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K.

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Sunday.

#2 - Luke Keaschall (Minnesota) - 1-for-6, GW RBI, 2 K (DHd)
#8 - Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita) - 0-for-4, K.
#11 - Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, K (played SS)
#14 - Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-5, K (played 2B)
#16 - Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-2, 2 HBP, 2B(11), R, K (played 1B)
#19 - Eduardo Beltre (FCL Twins) - 2-for-4 (DHd)
#20 - Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) - 0-for-3, BB, R, K

MONDAY PITCHING PROBABLES
FCL Blue Jays @ FCL Twins (Best of 3, Game 2, 11:00) - TBD
DSL Nationals @ DSL Twins (10:00 AM CT) - TBD 

CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 50-55
St. Paul Saints: 46-54
Wichita Wind Surge: 52-44
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 56-39
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 42-52
FCL Twins: 39-20 (playoffs, 1-1)
DSL Twins: 15-24

Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss Sunday’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related!

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[Mike Sixel]

Why is Winokur still playing SS? He's never going to start there in Minnesota, unless like three guys die. And don't tell me they can always move him later. That's not working for this team at all. Move him to the OF or first base. 

[mikelink45]

Please explain to me how precious our 40 man roster is and why we can't bring up Eeles and maybe the entire Saints lineup for the Minneapolis mirages.  Who knows it might just work.  And please Adams does not belong on the pitching staff, of course a few more don't belong their either.

Bring up the prospects, we aren't going to make meaningful trades, lets get some excitement in the stadium again. 

[Seth Stohs]

32 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Why is Winokur still playing SS? He's never going to start there in Minnesota, unless like three guys die. And don't tell me they can always move him later. That's not working for this team at all. Move him to the OF or first base. 

Why not? He's the best athlete on the team. He's playing SS more in the second half with Culpepper there in the first half. But he's still getting time at CF and even some time at 3B now. 

Keep putting him in those athletic spots and let him be an athlete. There isn't an organization that wouldn't keep doing what the Twins are doing.  

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Seth Stohs said:

Why not? He's the best athlete on the team. He's playing SS more in the second half with Culpepper there in the first half. But he's still getting time at CF and even some time at 3B now. 

Keep putting him in those athletic spots and let him be an athlete. There isn't an organization that wouldn't keep doing what the Twins are doing.  

How'd that work for Martin? Or Julien? Or Miranda? They just drafted a SS who should be starting in high A, from college. He's not going to jump Culpeper, Houston, or even DeAndrade. Why play him where he'll never actually play? Get him great at CF or LF or third. Pick two positions , not three or four. Or, keep doing this thing that hasn't worked since this FO got here. 

[Seth Stohs]

8 minutes ago, mikelink45 said:

Please explain to me how precious our 40 man roster is and why we can't bring up Eeles and maybe the entire Saints lineup for the Minneapolis mirages.  Who knows it might just work.  And please Adams does not belong on the pitching staff, of course a few more don't belong their either.

Bring up the prospects, we aren't going to make meaningful trades, lets get some excitement in the stadium again. 

Do we think that Eeles would be better than Correa? What prospects are there at Triple-A? (obviously Keaschall, but that's just a rehab). People would just complain if Julien came up, even though he more than deserves it. Martin should get at-bats, so I don't think they want him in that Keirsey role (and he wouldn't be as good at those specific traits - speed, base running, defense) as Keirsey. 

But definitely, there are going to be a lot of interesting decisions in the offseason (or before). There are a lot of fringy players around the 40-man roster, and maybe some difficult arbitration decisions too. 

And Adams is fine for that role. I'm sure he'll be optioned tonight/tomorrow since he threw 82 pitches today. He's up because Lopez and Festa and Ober are on the IL... and maybe because Morris is hurt too. 

[DJL44]

15 minutes ago, mikelink45 said:

Please explain to me how precious our 40 man roster is and why we can't bring up Eeles and maybe the entire Saints lineup for the Minneapolis mirages.  Who knows it might just work.

You think replacing the major league team with a AAA team with a losing record will help them win?

That is a terrific example of the backup QB fallacy.

[Seth Stohs]

5 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

How'd that work for Martin? Or Julien? Or Miranda? They just drafted a SS who should be starting in high A, from college. He's not going to jump Culpeper, Houston, or even DeAndrade. Why play him where he'll never actually play? Get him great at CF or LF or third. Pick two positions, not three or four. Or, keep doing this thing that hasn't worked since this FO got here. 

Martin played a lot at SS, and he's played a lot at 2B, LF and CF. 
Julien played DH, but his best position was always DH. His rookie season, he actually became an adequate 2B defensively. 
Miranda was never going to be a plus defender, but he's at least adequate at 3B and 1B. Not sure where else they would move him. They tried him at 2B when he was younger and more athletic/quick. 

Marek Houston isn't going to start in Cedar Rapids. He'll get a couple weeks in Fort Myers at least. 

DeAndrade is rarely playing SS this year, even after Culpepper moved up. He's played a lot at 3B, and a little at 2B.

Kyle DeBarge was drafted as a SS too. He moved to 2B pretty much right away, but he's still getting time at SS once in a while. He's also played a bit in CF. Culpepper has played a bit of 2B. 

In my opinion, the best defensive SS in the Twins organization (MILB), defensively, is Ben Ross. He's been so good with the glove for Wichita the past two seasons at SS. But as soon as Culpepper got to Wichita, Ross has had to play 2B and 3B 

[Mike Sixel]

Heck, Lee played 15 games at second in the minors and is struggling there in the majors. Something isn't working at playing everyone at short....

[NYCTK]

17 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Heck, Lee played 15 games at second in the minors and is struggling there in the majors. Something isn't working at playing everyone at short....

Maybe he just is weak defensively? His skills aren't lateral movement. He's a solid glove with a solid arm. Nothing special. 

Mets have been playing their 3B Bret Baty at 2B and he's worked out great. They also moved their adequate 2B McNeil to CF and he's likewise been adequate. 

This idea of moving players down (or around!) the defensive spectrum is not new and not particularly challenging to talented baseball players.

It's not like they're asking him to put on the gear and catch. 

[RpR]

44 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Heck, Lee played 15 games at second in the minors and is struggling there in the majors. Something isn't working at playing everyone at short....

The only place Lee had steadily good numbers was at 3rd base, they have Lewis there because he cannot play any where else.

Lee should not be at 2nd base.

[big dog]

10 hours ago, Seth Stohs said:

And Adams is fine for that role. I'm sure he'll be optioned tonight/tomorrow since he threw 82 pitches today. He's up because Lopez and Festa and Ober are on the IL... and maybe because Morris is hurt too. 

Adams is fine for what role? He's given up 17 hits in 12.1 innings, along with 3 BB and 2 HBP. That's a WHIP of 1.93. BA against is .354. 

And 3 of the 4 games came against those vaunted juggernauts of PIT, COL, and WAS. 

If the role is Designated Punching Bag, sure, he's a hero. As a reliever, he's actually making me wish we had Alcala back, and I thought I was long done with Alcala. He's doing quite well with the Red Sox, of course.

 

[Major League Ready]

11 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

Why is Winokur still playing SS? He's never going to start there in Minnesota, unless like three guys die. And don't tell me they can always move him later. That's not working for this team at all. Move him to the OF or first base. 

Just spit balling but they might see Winokur's greatest value in a Willi Castro role.  His bat does not look like that of a starter at the moment.  However, a guy that can back up SS and CF is valuable.  He could end up providing the greatest value by competently backing up several positions.  There are all kinds of options if the bat gets better.

[Doctor Gast]

Thanks Seth. Saints' pitchers put them in a big hole but the lineup got on base & hit each other in. Keaschal only got on base 1X out of 6 ABs, but that 1X  was huge. Great offense even w/o Emma.

[mikelink45]

12 hours ago, DJL44 said:

You think replacing the major league team with a AAA team with a losing record will help them win?

That is a terrific example of the backup QB fallacy.

No - it is just a release of frustration.  True most will fail, but so are the players we are using now.

[LewFordLives]

Thanks for these great updates.

What happened to Dobnak?  At one point he was a serviceable MLB starter, and now he can't throw strikes in AAA. I know he had the finger injury, but it's been a few years now.

 

 

[jmlease1]

13 hours ago, mikelink45 said:

Please explain to me how precious our 40 man roster is and why we can't bring up Eeles and maybe the entire Saints lineup for the Minneapolis mirages.  Who knows it might just work.  And please Adams does not belong on the pitching staff, of course a few more don't belong their either.

Bring up the prospects, we aren't going to make meaningful trades, lets get some excitement in the stadium again. 

There's some cognitive dissonance in here: you want the AAA guys to come up, but are also basically advocating for Adams to be thrown off a cliff. There's going to eb a lot more Adams-like performances if/when they turn things over to the AAA guys.

Now, I still think they should sell off (or cut if necessary) every veteran whose contract is up and won't be back next season and open up some PT and roster slots for those AAA guys...but let's be realistic on what we're going to get from most of them, including Eeles.

Cossetti is a guy I can't decide on: he's been pretty good this season, but the BA is low enough that I'm still not sure he could ever hit enough to be even a decent backup. He's still catching, which is good, but is he good enough defensively? He's already 25, but is still relatively inexperienced as a pro. Just don't know about him. Nice for him to have a good day, but I just don't really see it...and I wanted to.

[mikelink45]

20 minutes ago, jmlease1 said:

There's some cognitive dissonance in here: you want the AAA guys to come up, but are also basically advocating for Adams to be thrown off a cliff. There's going to eb a lot more Adams-like performances if/when they turn things over to the AAA guys.

Now, I still think they should sell off (or cut if necessary) every veteran whose contract is up and won't be back next season and open up some PT and roster slots for those AAA guys...but let's be realistic on what we're going to get from most of them, including Eeles.

Cossetti is a guy I can't decide on: he's been pretty good this season, but the BA is low enough that I'm still not sure he could ever hit enough to be even a decent backup. He's still catching, which is good, but is he good enough defensively? He's already 25, but is still relatively inexperienced as a pro. Just don't know about him. Nice for him to have a good day, but I just don't really see it...and I wanted to.

Perhaps I need one of those leads that suggest sarcasm - but like most sarcasm there is also some truth in what I am saying and Adams is 18 - 30 with a 4.41 era over five minor league seasons. with a 1.260 WHIP.   

[LambchoP]

3 hours ago, big dog said:

Adams is fine for what role? He's given up 17 hits in 12.1 innings, along with 3 BB and 2 HBP. That's a WHIP of 1.93. BA against is .354. 

And 3 of the 4 games came against those vaunted juggernauts of PIT, COL, and WAS. 

If the role is Designated Punching Bag, sure, he's a hero. As a reliever, he's actually making me wish we had Alcala back, and I thought I was long done with Alcala. He's doing quite well with the Red Sox, of course.

 

I'd rather they give Prelipp a chance. At this point our pitching options are pretty slim

 Morris is hurt, not that he was pitching well anyway. Raya, C Lewis, Adams and just about everyone else at AAA is getting lit up this year. Hopefully we can get some upper level minor league pitching talent at the trade deadline....

[NYCTK]

15 minutes ago, mikelink45 said:

Perhaps I need one of those leads that suggest sarcasm - but like most sarcasm there is also some truth in what I am saying and Adams is 18 - 30 with a 4.41 era over five minor league seasons. with a 1.260 WHIP.   

He's one of 7 Saints that's faced at least 90 batters with a WHIP under 1.500. Festa, Matthews, and Funderburk will all remain on the 26 man roster after some sell-off leaving Andrew Misiewicz, Pierson Ohl, Michael Tonkin, and Travis Adams. 

Point being, there's not a ton of options. 

[TwinsDr2021]

9 minutes ago, NYCTK said:

He's one of 7 Saints that's faced at least 90 batters with a WHIP under 1.500. Festa, Matthews, and Funderburk will all remain on the 26 man roster after some sell-off leaving Andrew Misiewicz, Pierson Ohl, Michael Tonkin, and Travis Adams. 

Point being, there's not a ton of options. 

</s> the pipleline has tons of options, just ask the backers of this FO.

[TwinsDr2021]

13 hours ago, Seth Stohs said:

In my opinion, the best defensive SS in the Twins organization (MILB), defensively, is Ben Ross. He's been so good with the glove for Wichita the past two seasons at SS. But as soon as Culpepper got to Wichita, Ross has had to play 2B and 3B 

Wonderful he is the best defensive SS, his career OPS in the minors is .683 and hasn't played above AA (AA - OPS is .683). He just turned 24 in June (Which wouldn't be the end of the world if he even had a replacement level bat, which he does not), he shouldn't be playing any position over anybody. His future is a minor league place holder for the next prospect to come up (where ever he is playing)

 

[rdehring]

Got a question, Seth.  And thanks for the report.  Now can you get the FCL Twins to win two straight?

There seems to be a real chance that the Twins will trade one, or even two relievers over the next few days.  Should that happen, who will replace them in the Twins pen?  Are there any good relievers left at St. Paul?  Is there someone down at Wichita who might skip a level and come up? 

Or is there a starter at Wichita, or St. Paul, who could come up for the last two months of the season?  Saw someone mention Prielipp above.  Is that probable?  Or even realistic? 

 

[TwinsDr2021]

3 hours ago, big dog said:

Adams is fine for what role? He's given up 17 hits in 12.1 innings, along with 3 BB and 2 HBP. That's a WHIP of 1.93. BA against is .354. 

And 3 of the 4 games came against those vaunted juggernauts of PIT, COL, and WAS. 

If the role is Designated Punching Bag, sure, he's a hero. As a reliever, he's actually making me wish we had Alcala back, and I thought I was long done with Alcala. He's doing quite well with the Red Sox, of course.

 

Adman's stuff isn't good enough to be a starter or back end relief pitcher. So the teams is creating a new type of pitcher in the minors that can pitch multiple innings on less rest with less stuff, and to most people Surprise (NOT) he isn't very good at that. (minors career ERA 4.41, this years ERA 3.68 AAA)

On the radio yesterday they said the same things as Seth, he has been doing well in his role (prior to yesterday) I agree with you if his role is to sacrificial lamb, he is doing well. 

[Jeff K]

14 hours ago, Seth Stohs said:

Do we think that Eeles would be better than Correa? What prospects are there at Triple-A? (obviously Keaschall, but that's just a rehab). People would just complain if Julien came up, even though he more than deserves it. Martin should get at-bats, so I don't think they want him in that Keirsey role (and he wouldn't be as good at those specific traits - speed, base running, defense) as Keirsey. 

But definitely, there are going to be a lot of interesting decisions in the offseason (or before). There are a lot of fringy players around the 40-man roster, and maybe some difficult arbitration decisions too. 

And Adams is fine for that role. I'm sure he'll be optioned tonight/tomorrow since he threw 82 pitches today. He's up because Lopez and Festa and Ober are on the IL... and maybe because Morris is hurt too. 

Obviously much will hopefully change with the 40 man roster this week; however, I do not understand your reference to the Keirsey role.  The guy is hitting .100 (or thereabouts) and is a defensive replacement or base runner.  It's not a job that belongs on a team that isn't hitting.  Send him down.  And he doesn't belong on the 40 man roster.  The Twins 40 man roster is astoundingly full of players who are unable to make meaningful contributions to the big club.  Keirsey is at the front of the line.

[DJL44]

59 minutes ago, rdehring said:

Or is there a starter at Wichita, or St. Paul, who could come up for the last two months of the season?  Saw someone mention Prielipp above.  Is that probable?  Or even realistic? 

Prielipp and CJ Culpepper could be worth trying in relief.

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The Twins 40 man roster is astoundingly full of players who are unable to make meaningful contributions to the big club.  Keirsey is at the front of the line.

There is plenty of room on the 40-man. Easy to cut Keirsey, Fitzgerald, Gillispie, Davis, Misiewicz, Miranda, and McCusker. Plus 6-8 major leaguers should be leaving soon. That's 10-15 spots available for new prospects.

[Jeff K]

6 hours ago, LewFordLives said:

Thanks for these great updates.

What happened to Dobnak?  At one point he was a serviceable MLB starter, and now he can't throw strikes in AAA. I know he had the finger injury, but it's been a few years now.

 

 

Looks like Dobnak got thrown in on the Paddack trade to the Tigers.  Salary dump.  

[LewFordLives]

Just now, Jeff K said:

Looks like Dobnak got thrown in on the Paddack trade to the Tigers.  Salary dump.  

Maybe a change of scenery will help. I wish him well. He always came off in interviews like a cool guy.

[Jeff K]

2 minutes ago, LewFordLives said:

Maybe a change of scenery will help. I wish him well. He always came off in interviews like a cool guy.

I wish both of them well.  Twins got a 19 year old catcher/1b in the rookie league.  A longshot lottery...but why not?