Twins Minor League Report (9/19): Connor Prielipp Completes 6 Innings

With Wallner out for the season this would be a great opportunity to have Rodriguez make his debut. Instead they bring up Keirsey again.

Prielipp's first fully healthy year has had its ups and downs, but it's good he ended with a quality start and generally solid outing. I don't think we'll see him in a major league game until at best, the middle/later end of next year though unless they want to rush him up and give him some bullpen experience. Lots of stuff he clearly still needs to work out, he has great quality stuff, but it feels like it doesn't quite feel like he gets the results that those pitches should be getting. Definitely needs to take some time figuring out how to efficiently utilize what he's got, he still gets lots of strikeouts but there's definitely some control/sequencing issues and batters are catching onto it and the higher ERA, WHIP and the 5.57 BB/9 he's had in St. Paul so far definitely show that.

Good on Paredes finally getting a chance in St. Paul and he definitely delivered exactly what could've been expected after his season in Wichita. Finally getting proper statcast data on his stuff is going to be interesting to be able to look at since his results have always been surprisingly solid as an under the radar arm. Obviously won't have a lot of data to look at with him given there's only 2 games left in St. Paul's season, but it's something I'll be curious to check out next season(maybe even spring training, i imagine they'll be desperate for bullpen options in general next season)

5 hours ago, DJL44 said:

With Wallner out for the season this would be a great opportunity to have Rodriguez make his debut. Instead they bring up Keirsey again.

There is always the possibility that the management doesn’t think Rodriguez is better than Keirsey.  Why else would have they taken on both Outman and Rodon if they had any faith in him 

Pitch counts are used by the Twins. Not innings. The amazement should be that a Twins pitcher could be efficient enough to get through 6 inning on an 85 pitch count 

I had high hopes for Prielipp to make it to the Twins' BP to help them advance in the postseason. But alas, he wasn't needed. His remaining healthy & having a good final outing is one of the few positives for the season. Happy that Miranda played 1B & had a good game. I agree that Emma should have been called up to get his feet wet & maybe spark a fire within him. Games don't count anyway. Keirsey needs regular ABs, but at this point, what does it matter?

6 hours ago, DocBauer said:

And if you don't add him to the 40 man, someone will probably grab him in the rule 5

I disagree with you on this point. Pitchers get taken more than hitters in the Rule 5 draft. On top of that, you almost never see a 26 year-old hitter taken. I predict Fedko won't be taken in that draft.

13 minutes ago, FlyingFinn said:

I disagree with you on this point. Pitchers get taken more than hitters in the Rule 5 draft. On top of that, you almost never see a 26 year-old hitter taken. I predict Fedko won't be taken in that draft.

That's true, and the twins system has a lot of solid pitchers in AA/AAA that would be eligible for Rule 5 this year. Those guys should be more of a priority to protect than him

Thank you for the report. Always interested in reading these posts.

Usually watch a fair part of the Saints games but skipped them last night.

9 hours ago, DocBauer said:

Right or wrong, the Twins wanted to see what they have in Roden...now injured of course...Martin, and Outman. Poor McCusker gets hus 3rd shot on the roster and is getting splinters in his backside for the 3rd time. 

For the last month of a disappointing, lost season, why not take a look at McCusker or Fedko in the mix as well? I can understand Rodriguez just coming back from injury and rehab and just letting him finish out the year at AAA at this point. But even though he finally broke out at 25yo, why not give someone like Fedko...pushing for a 30/30 season...a ML looksee?

He may or may not make it at the ML level. But there's some OB% ability there to go along with speed and some power, as well as positional flexibility. He just might be a 4th OF for 2026. And if you don't add him to the 40 man, someone will probably grab him in the rule 5 for those very reasons. And what kind of message does it send when a 25yo player having a breakout season doesn't get a shot? He's not a top prospect based on previous history, but how can you afford to just ignore your own internal talent? 25yo is not exactly ancient! 

But if they would have kept playing Outman and keep Fedko on the bench the way they have with McCusker, I guess I'd just rather just see him play daily at St Paul to finish out the season. 

But I really don't understand some of the recent roster decisions AT ALL.

I completely agree.  Fedko or Gonzalez.  So what if you have to remove someone from the 40 man roster.  There are plenty of candidates. 

IMO seems like late callups are a thanks for your minor league games and see ya down the road.

4 hours ago, old nurse said:

There is always the possibility that the management doesn’t think Rodriguez is better than Keirsey.  Why else would have they taken on both Outman and Rodon if they had any faith in him 

If they have decided that Rodriguez is worse than Keirsey then they need to trade him this offseason while he is still rated as a top prospect. Keirsey is not an MLB level player.

1 hour ago, JD-TWINS said:

Am not a big rules guy but my assumption is they would burn a year of control for an 8-9 game look?

If they option him once next season they gain back that control.

I think they’re still trying to prove that the Outman trade was a good idea.

How is Kyler Fedko the Twins #18 prospect?

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Oh, boy.  Seriously, folks, this is a bad system for hitters.  Jenkins and maybe no one else (Keaschall graduating) who will be a good MLB hitter.  Probably no one else.  You should see Milwaukee.

7 hours ago, DJL44 said:

If they have decided that Rodriguez is worse than Keirsey then they need to trade him this offseason while he is still rated as a top prospect. Keirsey is not an MLB level player.

Keirsey would be considered the prototypical AAAA player. Elite at the AAA level, miserable at MLB level. Rodrigues strikes out at 32 % in the minors.  That is a lot of swing and miss. Better pitchers will be able to hit the spot until he learns how to not miss it. If the Twins could manage some sort of blockbuster type trade with multiple players, but I doubt there is a straight up trade.  

3 hours ago, old nurse said:

Keirsey would be considered the prototypical AAAA player. Elite at the AAA level, miserable at MLB level. 

No, he’s just an average AAA player, not elite. He’s not good enough for MLB.