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  • Twins Minor League Report (9/24): Saints Come Marching In

    Ted Schwerzler

    By Ted Schwerzler

    Playing the last minor league game of the season for the Minnesota Twins affiliates, the St. Paul Saints came out Sunday afternoon looking to avoid inclement weather for the second consecutive day. With plenty of Twins trying to get in rehab action, there was more than enough to watch.

     

    Image courtesy of Rob Thompson, St. Paul Saints

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    SAINTS SENTINEL 
    Toledo 3, St. Paul 2
    Box Score
    After a rainout on Saturday evening, the St. Paul Saints took the field Sunday afternoon for their final game of the 2023 season. Although Chris Paddack was activated by the Twins, Byron Buxton, Joey Gallo, Nick Gordon, Brock Stewart, and Jorge Alcala all continued their rehab assignments.

    Patrick Murphy took the ball for Toby Gardenhire on Sunday and worked four innings. Murphy allowed seven hits and three runs while giving up a walk and striking out four. Brent Headrick then took over in relief for St. Paul.

    The Mud Hens took the lead with a run in the second inning, and then tacked on another pair in the third inning.

    St. Paul got on the board in the fifth inning, and it was because of Michael Helman’s hustle that they got two. Beating out an infield single, Helman was on when Jair Camargo stepped in and launched his 21st homer of the season. The two-run blast made it a 3-2 game with the Saints drawing closer.

    Taking over for the seventh inning, and looking to keep things close for St. Paul, was Ronny Henriquez . He worked a scoreless inning of relief while striking out one. Hunter McMahon got the eighth inning with the Saints still needing a run to tie things up. McMahon followed Henriquez’s lead and worked a scoreless inning of his own.

    Unable to score in the eighth inning, Cole Sands was on to hold the deficit in the ninth, and give the Saints a chance. He did his job working a scoreless inning, and St. Paul was down to their final three outs. Yunior Severino struck out for the fourth time on the afternoon to kick off the inning, and DaShawn Keirsey Jr. was a strikeout victim as well. Buxton stepped in with just one out left and worked a 3-2 count. His fly out to centerfield ended the game

    Gordon finished the day going 0-for-2 with a strikeout and a walk. Buxton finished 0-for-4 with a strikeout, and Gallo was 0-for-3 with a strikeout. The Saints finish their season with an 84-64 record.

    TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY
    Pitcher of the Day –Brent Headrick (St. Paul) - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
    Hitter of the Day – Jair Camargo (St. Paul) - 1-3, R, 2 RBI, HR(21)

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

    #1 - Brooks Lee (St. Paul) - 0-3
    #7 - Austin Martin (St. Paul) - 0-2
    #14 - Yunior Severino (St. Paul) - 0-3, 3 K
    #20 - Brent Headrick (St. Paul) - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

    Please feel free to ask questions and discuss Sunday’s game!

    A blogger for over a decade, passion for baseball and the Minnesota Twins runs deep. Whether at the ballpark or on the couch, I'm probably tweeting.
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    Blyleven2011

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    Our position players rehabbing  should just rehab all winter and be healthy for the spring  , I just don't think they have proven  they can help the major league club ...

    The club has done better without them ...

    Now Stewart could be of help on the pitching side ...

    Sad that the season has come to an end in the minor leagues  , but all good things must come to an end ...

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    jkcarew

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    1 hour ago, FlyingFinn said:

    Now where do all these rehabbing limbo guys go? To Florida as they are always playing games at least on the back fields there? Stewart to the Twins I am guessing.

    I would hope if they are planning on any of those guys being on the roster for the opening series, that they would be rehabbing by playing games with the Twins. No reason not to.

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    7 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

    I would hope if they are planning on any of those guys being on the roster for the opening series, that they would be rehabbing by playing games with the Twins. No reason not to.

    I can think of one big reason that you can't bring all of them (Stewart, Alcala, Buxton, Gordon, and Gallo) back to the Twins - you would end up DFA'ing/demoting guys who you are planning on playing in the postseason. What five moves do you want to make to bring all five back to the Twins?

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    Just now, FlyingFinn said:

    I can think of one big reason that you can't bring all of them (Stewart, Alcala, Buxton, Gordon, and Gallo) back to the Twins - you would end up DFA'ing guys who you are planning on playing in the postseason. What five moves do you want to make to bring all five back to the Twins?

    That’s why I said IF THEY ARE PLANNING ON HAVING ANY OF THEM ON THE ROSTER…

    If they want Stewart, then he should pitch some with the Twins…if they want Buxton, he should be getting real PA’s.

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    49 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

    That’s why I said IF THEY ARE PLANNING ON HAVING ANY OF THEM ON THE ROSTER…

    If they want Stewart, then he should pitch some with the Twins…if they want Buxton, he should be getting real PA’s.

    Unless there is a setback, Stewart will be with the Twins on Tuesday. I don't know about Buxton, but the Twins can afford to put him in the lineup for plate appearances now that they've clinched. As mentioned above, it is really difficult to option people or DFA them, since all the players on the active roster are candidates for postseason. I guess when Stewart is activated, they could either DFA Floro or option Funderburk. 

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    USNMCPO

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    16 hours ago, jkcarew said:

    if they want Buxton, he should be getting real PA’s.

    That will be a really difficult decision and I just don't think it should be. How long has it been since Buxton hit consistently? I know he is a leader on the team but he is not dependably a producer. The playoffs should be about winning and if Buxton can't get into a hitting groove with the games remaining he should not be on the playoff roster.

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    17 hours ago, stringer bell said:

    it is really difficult to option people or DFA them, since all the players on the active roster are candidates for postseason.

    Candidates, yes. Not necessarily likely in some cases. I mean…both Andrew Stevenson and Luplow are on the active roster currently.

    IL games can be played as well. I’m sure if they think Buxton is ‘ready’ (whatever that means), they won’t spend any time gnashing their teeth over the likes of Luplow or Stevenson.

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