Twins Minor League Report (6/10): Andrew Cossetti Takes Off

TRANSACTIONS
OF Byron Chourio activated from 7-day IL (Fort Myers)
RHP Travis Adams optioned to AAA St. Paul
C Noah Cardenas promoted from AA Wichita to AAA St. Paul
RHP Simeon Woods Richardson recalled from AAA St. Paul
C Nate Baez promoted from A+ Cedar Rapids to AA Wichita
RHP Trent Baker promoted from AA Wichita to AAA St. Paul
INF Bryan Acuna promoted from FCL Twins to A Fort Myers
C Luke Napleton promoted from A Fort Myers to A+ Cedar Rapids

Saints Sentinel
St. Paul 3, Indianapolis 2 (10 Innings)
Box Score
Travis Adams: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
HR: None
Multi-hit games: Edouard Julien (2-for-4, 2B, RBI)

The Saints fell in extras on Tuesday. 

Travis Adams earned his second start of the season. The righty had known bulk appearances all year—he has yet to see an outing last fewer than two frames—yet the timing of his return to the rotation feels notable given the suddenly shrinking depth of starting pitchers available to the Twins. And, Adams pitched well, allowing a lone earned run across four innings with four strikeouts.

The Saints offense was… concise? They certainly weren’t overwhelming. Before the ninth, a St. Paul runner reached second base just once, when an Anthony Prato HBP moved Carson McCusker to scoring position in the fifth. 

But they did get off the schneid eventually. McCusker walked and scampered to second off a wild pitch to set up Edouard Julien with a chance to tie the game. He looped a fly ball to left. A defeated bat toss ensued. The ball continued to fly, though, propelled by a chaotic force just nefarious enough to make Indianapolis’ left fielder miss the catch. 

In extra-innings, St. Paul would add a run with a Payton Eeles sacrifice fly, but Indianapolis scored twice, with the dagger arriving in the form of a swinging nubber hit too slow for Kyle Bischoff to field and throw out the runner at home.

Noah Cardenas made his AAA debut with a single and a walk in five plate appearances. 

Rehabbing big leaguer Michael Tonkin tossed a scoreless inning. He struck out one and topped out at 93.8 MPH.  

Indianapolis is an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates and second baseman Nick Yorke is ranked as the franchise’s 6th-best prospect. He singled in four at-bats. 

Wind Surge Wisdom
Wichita 8, Corpus Christi 2
Box Score
Pierson Ohl: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
HR: Andrew Cossetti 2 (6, 7), Aaron Sabato (9), Rubel Cespedes (4)
Multi-hit games: Gabriel Gonzalez (2-for-4, R, BB), Aaron Sabato (2-for-5, HR, 2B, R, RBI), Rubel Cespedes (3-for-5, HR, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI), Andrew Cossetti (2-for-5, 2 HR, 2 R, 2 RBI), Ben Ross (3-for-4, RBI)

A home run explosion helped the Wind Surge win on Tuesday.

The first homer to drop actually wasn’t one from Wichita. Edwin Diaz, unrelated, drove a Pierson Ohl delivery over the wall in left-center to start the scoring. Then, in the second, Andrew Cossetti dropped his first of the day way out to center field. 

A second Corpus Christi homer pushed the Hooks into the lead, but that concluded their offense for the day. The Wind Surge? Barely even started. In the fourth Aaron Sabato cranked his ninth homer of the season and Ben Ross singled in Rubel Cespedes to take the lead. 

One frame later, Cespedes switched scoring a run for knocking one in. Kyler Fedko added on in the sixth. Finally, in the seventh, Cespedes demolished his fourth homer of the season, and Cossetti concluded his offensive barrage with a massive shot to go back-to-back with his teammate. 

Cole Percival, Jacob Wosinski, and Michael Martinez combined for five scoreless innings in relief of Ohl. They punched out five and allowed two hits. 

Corpus Christi is connected to the Houston Astros. No longer the talent firestorm of a system that dominated MLB for years, they nonetheless offered their 10th-ranked player, outfielder Luis Baez, who went 0-4, with three strikeouts. 

Kernels Nuggets
Cedar Rapids 7, Peoria 6 (10 Innings)
Box Score
Cole Peschl: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
HR: Brandon Winokur (6), Caden Kendle (3)
Multi-hit games: Caden Kendle (2-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI)

The Kernels claimed victory in extras on Tuesday.

Somehow, Cedar Rapids only had four hits. Four. And they scored seven runs. How is that possible?

One of them, a Justin Connell double, plated Rayne Doncon in the second. Doncon reached base via a walk—the first of eight for the Kernels on the day. 

In the sixth, a Kyle DeBarge walk begat a Brandon Winokur home run. Cedar Rapids is halfway through their allotted hits for the day.

Considering how effective that play was, the Kernels ran it again the next frame, with Poncho Ruiz walking to place Caden Kendle as the man to leave the stadium. Cedar Rapids is 75% of the way through their allotted hits for the day.

DeBarge walked and stole two bases in the eighth before Jay Thomason brought him in with a sacrifice fly to tie the game.

Funny enough, Cedar Rapids’ final hit of the day came in the ninth with an ultimately harmless single from Kendle. So, how did they eventually win? How about a 10th inning that went fielder’s choice, groundout, intentional walk, and walk-off sacrifice fly. 

Paulshawn Pasqualotto pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings to lower his season ERA to 0.96.

Kyle DeBarge stole his 31st, 32nd, and 33rd bases of the season.

St. Louis’ 18th-ranked prospect—catcher Ryan Campos—singled in five at-bats. 

Mussel Matters
Fort Myers 5, Dunedin 4 
Box Score
Eli Jones: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
HR: Jefferson Valladares (3)
Multi-hit games: None

The Mighty Mussels won narrowly on Tuesday.

Early scoring proved to be the key to winning. Jefferson Valladares smoked his third homer of the year in the second, ushering in a scrappy three-run third which saw a flurry of singles, BBs, and one critical error give Fort Myers a 4-0 lead. Bryan Acuna collected his first A-ball hit in the melee. 

A fifth and final run came in the eighth thanks to a double steal.

Though starter Eli Jones had to battle through his start, Christian Becerra and Ruddy Gomez combined for four frames of one-run ball to carry the game to its conclusion. 

Rehabbing minor leaguer Walker Jenkins singled, walked, stole two bases, and struck out twice in four plate appearances. He played center field for seven innings.

The Dunedin Blue Jays don’t offer a tremendous collection of prospect talent; second baseman Sam Shaw is the best they have on hand. Ranked 24th in the organization, he doubled once in three at-bats. 

Complex Chronicles
FCL Twins 0, FCL Pirates 11
Box Score
Yoel Roque: 0 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
HR: None
Multi-hit games: None

The FCL Twins were smoked on Tuesday.

Yoel Roque failed to record an out in his start. Will Armbruester relieved him and performed admirably in recovering from the curt outing, netting seven outs with just one earned run. He whiffed three.

Two batters—Yandro Hernandez and Ricardo Perez—recorded a hit for the FCL Twins, both singles. The team also took four walks.

Eduardo Beltre stole his 10th base of the season, tying him for 11th-most in the FCL. 

Rehabbing minor leaguer, Yasser Mercedes, went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts 

Dominican Dailies 
DSL Twins 2, DSL Mets 3 (8 Innings)
Box Score
Jeicol Surumay: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
HR: None
Multi-hit games: None

The DSL Twins lost in extras on Tuesday.

Jeicol Surumay delivered three quality innings in his start, as he rebounded from allowing a run in the first, eventually finishing the day without another score on his ledger.

The DSL Twins plated a pair of runs in the fourth when Carlos Taveras tripled in a run before jogging home on a balk. 

Haritzon Castillo singled, walked, and stole a base. 

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Travis Adams
Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Andrew Cossetti

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Here’s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects performed. You can vote/rank your Top 20 Twins prospects now by clicking here. 

#1 – Walker Jenkins (rehab with Fort Myers) - 1-3, R, BB, 2 K
#6 – Kaelen Culpepper (Cedar Rapids) - 0-5, K
#9 – Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 1-5, HR, R, 2 RBI
#11 – Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) - 0-2, 3 R, 3 BB, K
#14 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita) - 2-4, R, BB
#16 – Eduardo Beltre (FCL Twins) - 0-1, BB
#18 – Yasser Mercedes (rehab with FCL Twins) - 0-3, 2 K
#19 – Carson McCusker (St. Paul) - 0-3, BB, 2 K
#20 – Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) - 1-4, 2B, R, BB, K

WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
St. Paul @ Indianapolis (12:35 PM) - RHP Marco Raya
Corpus Christi @ Wichita (12:05 PM) - RHP Darren Bowen
Peoria @ Cedar Rapids (12:05 PM) - RHP Ty Langenberg
Fort Myers @ Dunedin (5:30 PM) - RHP Jason Doktorczyk

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