Twins Minor League Report (6/15): DSL Hit Parade, Jhomnardo Reyes Stays Hot, and Lots of Roster Moves

[Nate Palmer]

Image courtesy of William Parmeter (photo of Walker Jenkins)

TRANSACTIONS
Minnesota Twins selected the contract of LF Kyler Fedko from the St. Paul Saints.
St. Paul Saints activated LF Alan Roden from the 7-day injured list.
SS Cody Morissette assigned to St. Paul Saints from Wichita Wind Surge. 
St. Paul Saints released RHP Andrew Bash. 
C Khadim Diaw assigned to Wichita Wind Surge from Cedar Rapids Kernels. 
RHP Jacob Webb assigned to Wichita Wind Surge.
Wichita Wind Surge released RHP Jarret Whorff.
Wichita Wind Surge activated RHP Ruddy Gomez from the 60-day injured list. 
Wichita Wind Surge placed SS Kyle DeBarge on the temporarily inactive list. 
St. Paul Saints sent OF Walker Jenkins on a rehab assignment to Cedar Rapids Kernels. 
C Enrique Jimenez assigned to Cedar Rapids Kernels from Fort Myers Mighty Mussels.
C Ricardo Pena assigned to Fort Myers Mighty Mussels from FCL Twins. 
OF Graham Brown assigned to Cedar Rapids Kernels from St. Paul Saints.
RHP Yehizon Sanchez assigned to Cedar Rapids Kernels from Wichita Wind Surge. 
Cedar Rapids Kernels placed 3B Rayne Doncon on the 7-day injured list.
Cedar Rapids Kernels activated OF Caden Kendle from the 7-day injured list.
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels activated RHP Callan Fang from the 60-day injured list. 

SAINTS SENTINEL
The Saints had another good week on the diamond, going 5-1 in Toledo. They now return home to take on the Omaha Storm Chasers. In return, Twins fans will get their first in-person chance in a while to watch rehabbing starting pitcher Mick Abel back on the mound. The right-hander had a strong outing last week, completing three innings, striking out five batters, and allowing no runs. 

The Storm Chasers don’t bring much with it in top prospect talent, but right-handed pitcher Ben Kudrna will be coming with it and is ranked 9th in the Royals organization by our sister site Royals Keep. The problem is, Kudrna is currently injured, so we as fans won’t be able to see him in action. That leaves us with Shane Panzini (20th), who has worked primarily as a reliever this season but with a lot of struggles, evidenced by his 10.22 ERA for 2026.  

WIND SURGE WISDOM
The Wind Surge limped through the last week, going 1-5, and they hope that a change in opponent to the Springfield Cardinals will lead to different outcomes. The Cardinals bring with them a trio of top prospects. C/1B prospect Rainiel Rodriguez leads the Cardinal position players. Across both High-A and Double-A, Rodriguez has slashed .277/.386/.446, .831 OPS, and has hit seven home runs. 

On the pitching side, there are 22-year-old left-hander Liam Doyle and switch thrower (yes, you are reading that right) 23-year-old Jurrangelo Cijntje. Cijintje has a 5.07 ERA and a 28.6% K% for 2026. Doyle has a 5.86 ERA and a 30.8% K%, which has translated into 12.6 K/9. The Wind Surge have faced each of them at least twice already this season. 

KERNELS CHRONICLE
Kernels also spent their week struggling, posting a 1-4 record, and now head home to take on the Beloit Sky Carp. Beloit brings with it a couple of prospects that land on our sister site, Fish on First’s top 30 list. Shortstop Starlyn Caba comes in at sixth, and outfielder Dillon Head comes in ninth. 

Caba has slashed .254/.395/.420 (.816). While Head has struggled to begin the season, hitting .194/.299/.306 (.605). 

MIGHTY MATTERS
Having to face a lot of weather-related schedule shenanigans, Fort Myers went 1-3 in their series against the Blue Jays. Heading to Tampa, the team hopes to play more games and add more wins to its record. 

The Yankees have a pair of interesting pitching prospects playing in Tampa. RHP Thatcher Hurd has put up a 25.0% K% and a 5.48 ERA. Alongside Hurd is LHP Henry Lalene who, at 22 years old, has a 3.24 ERA and a 28.6% K%. 

FCL TWINS
Playing a makeup game from May, it is a doubleheader day for the FCL Twins! 

Game 1: Twins 1, Orioles 3
Box Score
In Game 1 of Monday’s doubleheader, the Twins were only able to muster up five hits against the Orioles pitching staff. Teilon Serrano had two of those hits and scored the Twins' lone run after hitting his third double of the season in the first inning. Jhomnardo Reyes was the one who drove Serrano in with his lone hit, a single, which tied the Twins with the Orioles 1-1 in the bottom of the first inning. 

Each of the Twins three pitchers gave up one run. Matt Barr got the start and covered 2 1/3 innings, allowed two hits, walked three, and struck out three. Jake Covey pitched the bulk of the innings for the Twins, with 3 2/3 innings, allowed three hits, one walk, and struck out four. Brad Rudis was the final pitcher for the Twins and allowed two hits over one inning.

Jake Dykhoff was the starting pitcher for the FCL Orioles. He gave up one run on four hits and a walk. He had five strikeouts. The 27-year-old recently signed with the Orioles after being an American Association All Star the past couple of seasons for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. Dykhoff grew up in Bluffton and went to Wadena High School before pitching at UM-Crookston. In three games (13 innings), he has given up two earned runs on nine hits and four walks. He has 14 strikeouts. He's mostly just biding his time until there is a roster spot for a pitcher in High-A, Double-A or maybe even Triple-A. 

Game 2: Twins 5, Orioles 3
Box Score
The Twins rebounded in Game 2 and took down the Orioles 5-3. Jhomnardo Reyes was the hot bat in the second game. The 18-year-old went 2-for-3, scored two runs, collected an RBI, walked, and hit both a double and a triple. Daiber De Los Santos had the big hit of the afternoon. His third triple of the season drove in two runs in the bottom of the second inning. 

On the pitching side, Halton Hardy started and completed four innings, allowed four hits, walked three, struck out five, and limited the Orioles to one earned run. Jack Walker was the pitcher of record for the Twins and completed 2 2/3, allowing two runs while walking five and striking out six. 

DSL TWINS
DSL Twins 11, DSL NYY Bombers 14
Box Score
The Twins and Bombers had the bats turned up to red hot on Monday, combining for 25 runs. DH Anibal Beltre had the lone home run for the Twins in the bottom of the fourth inning. Abel Sosa continued his strong start to the season, going 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored. Monday’s performance brings Sosa’s OPS to 1.072. Both Jendy Martinez and Misael Rodriguez hit doubles to round out the extra base hits by the Twins. 

As one can imagine, the pitching was not good on Monday for either side. Miguel Martinez, who has regularly been the first long arm out of the bullpen, may have been the best of those not-so-good performances. Martinez allowed two runs on three hits, three walks, and three strikeouts. 

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Jhomnardo Reyes: 3-for-6, 2 R. 2 RBI, 2B, 3B
Halton Hardy: 4 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 5 K

TOP 20 PROSPECT WEEK IN REVIEW
#1- Walker Jenkins (Rehab-Mussels)- 1 game, .800/.800/.1.600, 2.400 OPS, 1 HR, 1 2B.
#2- Kaelen Culpepper (Saints)- .368/.455/.579, 1.033 OPS, 2 2B, 1 3B. 
#4- Connor Prielipp (Twins)- 1 GS, 7 H, 4 ER, 2K, 2 BB
#5- Eduardo Tait (Kernels)- .120/.115/.360, .475 OPS, 2 HR
#6- Dasan Hill (Kernels)- 0-1, 3 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
#7- Marek Houston (Kernels)- .500/.560/.550, 1.110 OPS, 1 2B
#8- Riley Quick (Kernels)- 4 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 9 K
#10- Gabriel Gonzalez (Saints)- .300/.333/.700, 1.033 OPS, 2 2B, 2 HR
#11- Charlee Soto (Kernels)- 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K. 
#12- Andrew Morris (Twins)- 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
#13- Hendry Mendez (Saints)- .000/.250/.000, .250 OPS
#14- Quentin Young (Mussels)- .071/.071/.071, .143 OPS
#15- Brandon Winokur (Kernels)- .048/.167/.190, .357 OPS, 1 HR. 
#16 Ryan Gallagher (Saints)-2 GS, 8 IP, 15 H, 14 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
#17-C.J. Culpepper (Saints)- 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
#19- Khadim Diaw (Kernels)- .500/.500/.1.050, 1.550 OPS, 2 2B, 3 HR
#20- Kyle Debarge (Wind Surge)- .174/.321/.261, .582 OPS, 2 2B

TUESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
Omaha @ St. Paul Saints- RHP Mick Abel
Springfield @ Wichita Wind Surge- RHP Sam Armstrong
Beloit @ Cedar Rapids Kernels- RHP Ivran Romero
Fort Myers Mussels @ Tampa - RHP Hendry Chivilli
FCL Twins @ FCL Orioles - TBD
DSL Twins @ DSL NYY - TBD

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[mikelink45]

I think Culpepper is ready and we are ready to see him called up.  I am hoping the Twins do a trade of Larnach - add Martin and bring up Gonzales.  More changes needed.  I wish I could see some pitchers that need to be called up.