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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

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.

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.

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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Good usage of receipts. The nice part about this site is we like varying opinions. That's a good thing. As it relates to these guys, I definitely thought that both could get MLB time this year, but: As for E-Rod, the Twins were going to start the season with Buxton, Wallner, Bader, Larnach... and Martin and Keirsey were going to be called up first. They wouldn't call up E-Rod to be a backup. Maybe if there was a major injury. As for Raya, he was behind Lopez, Ober, Ryan, SWR, Paddack, Zebby, Festa, and probably Morris, Lewis... and even a guy like McCaughan early in the year. In other words, if the point where Raya was going to be a key contributor, things would have had to go very wrong.

Nope.

Image courtesy of William Parmeter (photo of the FCL Twins) It makes me sad that the FCL season will be completely over for this year by end of day Tuesday. With the draft moving from early June to mid-July, there isn't TRANSACTIONS With Ryan Jeffers going on the paternity list, Mickey Gasper has been called back up to the Twins. The Twins announced on Saturday morning that they have officially signed Bruin Agbayani (6th round) and Jonathan Stevens (16th round). That means they signed all 21 of their 2025 draft picks. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 9, Worcester 5 Box Score A quick look at the final score, it'd be hard to believe that this game was tied 2-2 through the first six innings. Worcester took a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh, but it was (almost) all Saints after that. The Saints got on base first in the second innings. Payton Eeles led off with a single. With one out, Jonah Bride singled. Eeles scored on a single to left by Will Holland. With two outs, Austin Martin singled to drive in Eeles with the second run. Jose Urena started, and he tossed four scoreless innings on three hits and two walks. He had four strikeouts. He also hit a batter. Cory Lewis came in to start the fifth frame. In three innings, he gave up three runs (one run per inning) on five hits and three walks. He had three strikeouts. Trent Baker pitched a scoreless eighth inning. With a 9-3 lead going to the ninth, Michael Tonkin came in and gave up two runs on a hit batter and a home run. Down 3-2 at the 7th Inning Stretch, Noah Cardenas got things started by being hit by a pitch with one out. Austin Martin singled to right. Luke Keaschall, who played second base for the first time in his rehab stint, hustled to beat out a potential double play and keep the inning alive. Edouard Julien then crush a ball to the opposite field for his 11th home run and to give the Saints a 5-3 lead. In the eighth inning, Eeles led off by crushing a homer to right-center field. Later the same inning, Will Holland hit a slow roller toward third base. The ball was thrown away and went out to right field. Jonah Bride scored. Holland just kept running and when the right fielder had a throwing error, Holland came around to score the team's eighth run. Noah Cardenas followed with his sixth home run in 19 games and 55 at-bats since joining the Saints. Julien led the way. He went 2-for-4 with his seventh double, 11th homer, and three RBI. Eeles was 2-for-4 with his second homer. Martin was 2-for-5 with two RBI. Defensive Play of the Game 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 3, Springfield 2 Box Score Connor Prielipp was on the mound again, and he was really solid. He reached 62 pitches and tossed the first 4 1/3 innings. He gave up no runs on three hits and a walk. He also struck out five batters. Joel Cesar pitched really well in relief. He got all five batters out that he faced, two on strikeouts. The Wind Surge grabbed the game's first lead with a run in the bottom of the third. Ben Ross scored on a fielding error to make it 1-0. Two innings later they doubled their lead when Jorel Ortega scored on a sacrifice fly by Walker Jenkins. 10-0 Mike Paredes came on for the seventh and gave up a solo homer to top Rangers prospect Sebastian Walcott which cut the Wichita lead in half. However, in the bottom of the seventh, the Surge responded by replacing that run. With one out, Kaelen Culpepper walked. He went to second base on a balk that Frisco manager Carlos Cardoza did not agree with and was tossed for it. Culpepper stole third base and when the catcher through the ball into left field, the shortstop scored the insurance run. It proved to be a run they needed as Paredes gave up another run in the eighth to make it 3-2. Paredes worked the ninth inning as well, didn't give up a run, and earned his second save of the season. Paredes gave up two runs on six hits in the outing. Wichita didn't have much offensive Surge in this game. In fact, they managed just three hits total. They were helped by four walks and two hit batters. Culpepper, leading off again, got on base with a walk, was hit by a pitch, and doubles for the second time with the Surge. The stolen base was his fourth. The two other Wichita hits were also doubles, Rubel Cespedes's 17th and Kyler Fedko's 14th. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 7, Ft. Wayne 0 Box Score It has been a struggle of late for Alejandro Hidalgo. Two starts ago, he gave up three runs on two hits and three walks in just 2/3 of an inning. In his last start, he gave up seven runs on eight hits and a walk. However, in this game, he had a much-needed fantastic outing. The 22-year-old went 4 2/3 innings of shutout baseball and gave up three hits and two walks. 44 of his 66 pitches were strikes (66.7%). He also struck out five batters. Chase Chaney came on in relief and got the final out of the fifth inning and then worked four more innings to earn his sixth Kernels win of the season. He gave up just three hits, walked none and had four strikeouts. The Kernels got things going with a three-run second inning. The inning started with back-to-back walks. Justin Connell drove in Poncho Ruiz with a single for the game's first run. Maddux Houghton flew out deep enough to advance the runners to second and third. Luke Napleton drove in Andy Lugo with a ground out. Then Kyle DeBarge doubled to drive in Connell and give the team their third run. In the bottom of the fifth, DeBarge walked and stole his 52nd base. He advanced to third base when the throw went into center field. He scored on a Kyle Hess ground out. In the sixth frame, Billy Amick led off with a double. He scored on an Andy Lugo single to make it 5-0. They didn't really need it, but they added some insurance in the bottom of the eighth with two more runs. Ruiz was hit by a pitch and went to third on an Andy Lugo single. Ruiz scored on a fielding error. Houghton singled to load the bases, and Napleton drove in the seventh run with a sacrifice fly. DeBarge went 1-for-3 with two walks, a double and his 52nd steal. Lugo was 2-for-3 with a walk. Defensive Play of the Game... You don't run on Luke Napleton! Check out our new sister site, Padres Mission and see who their top 20 prospects are. MUSSEL MATTERS Fort Myers 6, Lakeland 0 Box Score The team scored six runs, but when you give up zero runs, we are most-likely going to start with the pitching. In this game, the Mussels sent Michael Ross to the mound, and he was really good. The Twins 18th-round pick a year ago out of Samford gave up just one hit and walked one over six shutout frames. The walk and the single both happened in the top of the sixth. He got the first 15 batters of the game out. He had five strikeouts. As impressive, 49 of his 63 pitches were strikes. That's a 77.8% strike percentage. Manager Seth Feldman turned the game over to his bullpen. Lefty Brennen Oxford gave up two hits over his two scoreless innings. Ruddy Gomez struck out one batter to finish out the shutout. In the bottom of the third, the Mussels got on the board. Caleb McNeely started the inning with a single and stole second base. He scored when Yohander Martinez reached on a throwing error. In the fourth frame, Peyton Carr got things going with a one-out double. With two outs, Blaze O'Saben walked. McNeely then came through with a single to drive in Carr. It remained a 2-0 game until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Mussels put a big four-spot on the scoreboard. Martinez led off with a walk, and Jefferson Valladares singled. Dameury Pena reached on a fielder's choice and a throwing error. That brought Yasser Mercedes to the plate, and he reminded us of why we still love his tools and power-speed combo. The 20-year-old blasted a shot to the top of the berm in left field to put the game out of reach. Caleb McNeely went 2-for-4, scored a run and drove in a run. Jefferson Valladares went 2-for-4. Defensive Play of the Day... the Mighty Mussels turned a 5-4-3, around-the-horn Triple Play in the 8th inning on Saturday night. COMPLEX CHRONICLES FCL Twins 4. FCL Tigers 3 Box Score We’re just going to start at the end because things got a little crazy in Fort Myers. As the game went to the top of the ninth inning, the Twins held a 4-2 lead. After pitching some of their more experienced pitchers the first eight innings, they turned the game over to their “closer” Anderson Ramos. The 19-year-old entered the game with six saves. He had 38 strikeouts (and 17 walks) in his 28 1/3 innings. The inning started with a walk and a single. Another single drove in a run and made it 4-3. Ramos walked another batter to load the bases with still nobody out. Then came the biggest play of the game. Tigers prospect Javier Osorio hit a line drive to shortstop Ramiro Dominguez who threw to second baseman Irvin Nunez, who threw it to third baseman Yilber Herrera, who threw it to Ramos, who threw it to Dominguez, and threw it to Ramos to record the second out of an important double play. Still hanging on to the one-run lead and with a runner on first base, Ramos issued another walk. However, he struck out the next batter to end the game and send the Twins to the Best of Three championship series against the FCL Blue Jays. But how did we get to that point? Well, the Twins took the lead with a three-run second inning. That inning began with walks by Irvin Nunez and Merphy Hernandez. After a strikeout, Isaac Pena walked to lead the bases. Yilber Herrera followed with a line drive single that drove in two runs. After a pitching change, Edouardo Beltre doubled to drive in the third run. However, Herrera was thrown out at home. Sam Rochard started and threw the first four innings. He gave up zero runs on one hit and two walks. He also struck out five batters. The right-hander signed with the Twins in early June out of the independent Frontier League. He turned 25 earlier this week. Will Armbruester came in next. The 24-year-old signed with the Twins at the end of April out of the Frontier League as well. He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk over two innings. He walked one and struck out two. Both runs came in the fifth inning. 24-year-old Brent Francisco worked a scoreless seventh inning despite a hit and a walk and a hit batter. He signed with the Twins from the independent Washington Wild Things on May 20th. Xander Hamilton walked one and had three strikeouts in a scoreless eighth frame. Hamilton was the TWins 14th round pick in 2023 out of Appalachian State. He pitched in five games in 2023. Last year, he pitched in 35 games for the Mighty Mussels and another seven games in Cedar Rapids. He had 70 strikeouts in 57 innings total, plus nine saves. Hamilton spent much of the 2025 season on the Injured List. And, here is Ramos’s interesting pitching line. He gave up one run on two hits and three walks in the ninth inning. The Twins offense struggled a bit outside of the three-run second inning. They managed just five hits but added eight walks. They had people on base, but went just 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine runners on base. Herrera went 1-for-2 and walked twice in addition to his two-run single. Dominguez went 2-for-4 with a double. Beltre doubled as well. Nunez and Hernandez each walked twice. Jayson Bass was the one hitter who had both a single and a walk. The FCL Blue Jays topped the FCL Astros 4-3 in 10 innings. The Twins and Jays will play Game 1 of their Best of 3 series on Sunday morning in Dunedin. They will play Game 2 in Fort Myers on Monday. If a Game 3 is needed, it will be played on Tuesday in Fort Myers. DOMINICAN DAILIES DSL Twins 2, DSL Angels 8 Box Score The Twins gave up runs in each of the first four innings and then gave up a three-spot in the seventh inning. Rainer Marin fell to 0-3 on his season. He gave up one run in each of the first four innings. He gave up four runs (3 earned) on five hits and a walk. Jensi Infante came in and allowed an inherited runner to score. He gave up one additional run on one hit, but he also hit two batters in his 1 1/3 innings. Aaron Carranza gave up three runs on two hits, two walks and a hit batter over 1 2/3 innings. Juan Figaro got the final four outs without allowing another run. The Twins scored single runs in the fourth and ninth innings. With one out in the top of the fourth, Jose Barrios was hit by a pitch. He stole second and with two outs scored on a Joyner Perez single. Jhomnardo Reyes tripled to lead off the ninth inning. He scored on a ground out by Darwin Almanzar. Reyes led the offense. He had two of the team’s five hits. It was his eighth triple of the year. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter of the Day Edouard Julien (St. Paul): 2-for-4, 2B(7), HR(11), R, K Yilber Herrera (FCL Twins): 1-for-2, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI, K Pitcher of the Day Michael Ross (Fort Myers): 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 63 pitches, 49 strikes (77.8%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Saturday. #1– Walker Jenkins (Wichita) - 0-for-2, BB, SF, RBI, K (played CF) #2 - Luke Keaschall (Minnesota) - Rehab in St. Paul - 1-for-4, BB, R, 2-SB(8) (played 2B) #3 - Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita) - 1-for-2, BB, HBP, 2B(4), R, SB(4) (played 2B) #5 - Connor Prielipp (Wichita) - 4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 62 pitches, 44 strikes (71.0%) #14 - Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-3, 2 BB, 2B(17), R, RBI, SB(52) (played 2B) #16 - Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, 2B(10), R, 3 K (played 1B) #19 - Eduardo Beltre (FCL Twins) - 1-for-5, 2B, RBI, K #20 - Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) - 0-for-4, 2 K (DHd) SUNDAY PITCHING PROBABLES Worcester @ St. Paul (2:07 PM CT) - RHP Connor Gillispie (4-1, 6.35 ERA), Frisco @ Wichita (1:05 PM CT) - RHP Darren Bowen (2-5, 5.22 ERA) Fort Wayne @ Cedar Rapids (1:05 PM CT) - RHP Jose Olivares (4-3, 3.99 ERA) Lakeland @ Fort Myers (11:05 AM CT) - RHP Eli Jones (2-8, 5.94 ERA) FCL Twins @ FCL Blue Jays (Best of 3, Game 1, 11:00) - TBD DSL Twins - No Game Scheduled CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 52-54 St. Paul Saints: 45-54 Wichita Wind Surge: 51-44 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 56-38 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 42-51 FCL Twins: 39-20 (playoffs, 1-0) DSL Twins: 15-24 Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss Saturday’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! 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Not yet. I think they're going to long-play his rehab, if possible. He only had 7 MLB games and then missed 2+ months. Definitely don't want to rush him back.

Lower tier for now, but definitely very intriguing. Needs more strikes, but I'm guessing he's getting more velocity and movement on his pitches, so it could take some time to harness it (and some never do)... But from a pure "stuff" standpoint, And frankly, listening to @Jamie Cameronand @Jeremy Nygaardspeak on the most recent Destination: The Show podcast. Bohorquez is borderline Top 20 for them. I update my personal Twins prospect rankings (Top 200ish) every month. Bohorquez is now #21 for me.

Thank you for catching all my DeBarge and El DeBarge references. I thought I was a big fan in the mid-80s (of El DeBarge), but I think it was just one really good son.

No change. Still fully expect both to sign. Probably just some logistical things, maybe travel schedule, etc?

They can also use the 5% overage if needed without penalty. They'll have to. But again, no doubt that they'll sign.

He's not too old for anything. He's probably 25. He missed 1 1/2 seasons due to Tommy John surgery, so the timetable has to look a little different.

Image courtesy of David Malamut (photos of Kyle DeBarge) The Twins and all four of their affiliates played on Saturday Lots of good content for you below. TRANSACTIONS On Wednesday morning, the Twins announced the RHP David Festa was being placed on the Injured List with shoulder inflammation. RHP Travis Adams was again added to the big-league roster to take the spot. A day after claiming catcher Jhonny Pereda off of waivers, the Twins released Diego Cartaya from the Saints roster. The 23-year-old from Venezuela was a consensus Top 100 prospect before the 2022 and 2023 seasons Before the 2023 season, Baseball Prospectus ranked him #19 overall, Baseball American ranked him #18 overall, and MLB Pipeline ranked him the #14 prospect in baseball. This offseason, the Dodgers were signing everyone again, as they are wont to do. On January 3, Cartaya became a roster casualty when the Dodgers DFAd him. Six days later, the Twins sent a DSL pitcher to the Dodgers and took a shot on a guy coming off of a rough age 22 season but just one year removed from being a Top 20 global prospect. As fans, I think we would encourage the front office to do the same thing the next time a similar situation happens. Cartaya started the season by going 2-for-25 (.080) with 18 strikeouts, and before April was complete, the Twins DFAd the backstop, he cleared waivers, and was outrighted to the Saints. In 13 games since coming off of the 40-man roster, he went 3-for-34 (.088) with 22 strikeouts. He has spent most of his time on the Development List which is unfortunate since Jair Camargo got injured early this season and had Tommy John surgery. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul, Worcester Box Score Postponed by Rain. The plan is to play two games on Thursday. It marked their 14th rainout of the season, tops in both minor-league baseball and MLB. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 0, Springfield 3 Box Score A reminder that baseball can be a very humbling sport. On Tuesday night, the Wind Surge scored 12 runs on 18 hits (including seven home runs). On Wednesday night, the Wind Surge were shutout and managed just three hits, all singles. They struck out 11 times. Rubel Cespedes went 1-for-2 with a walk. Kyler Fedko went 1-for-3 with a walk. Nate Baez had the other hit. Christian MacLeod started and had six strikeouts in four innings of work. He gave up two runs on three hits and a hit batter. MacLeod threw 50 strikes in 57 pitches, an impressive 70.2% Jaylen Nowlin came on and gave up one run on two hits and a walk. In 1 2/3 innings, he had three strikeouts. Aaron Rozek came on and kept an inherited runner from scoring. The southpaw tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings. He gave up two hits, walked none and had three strikeouts. Unfortunately, this game marks the end of Gabriel Gonzalez’s 13-game hitting streak and 24-game on-base streak. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 5, Ft. Wayne 4 Box Score The Kernels played a matinee game in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. They fell behind early but stayed in striking distance so that they could walk it off in the bottom of the ninth. Tanner Hall started and gave up two runs on one hit and two walks in 2 2/3 innings. He hit a batter and had three strikeouts. Lefty Wilker Reyes went the next 2 1/3 innings and gave up one run on four hits. He had two strikeouts. Jeremy Lee worked the next two innings and gave up one run on three hits. He struck out three batters without walking anyone. Samuel Perez came on and tossed two scoreless innings… while the Kernels mounted their comeback. Down 3-0 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, the Kernels started their comeback. Caden Kendle led off the inning with a walk. Maddux Houghton singled to right and advanced to second on the throw to third base. Justin Connell walked to load the bases. Kyle DeBarge lined a single to left field to drive in two runs. Fast-forward to the bottom of the eighth. The Kernels were down 4-2. Billy Amick led off with a single to left. Brandon Winokur followed with his 18th double to drive in Amick and make it 4-3. However, they were unable to drive in Winokur from second base. Perez was terrific, keeping the Kernels in the game. Heading to the bottom of the ninth down by a run, it was Kendle who got things started with a leadoff double. Houghton walked. Poncho Ruiz grounded out, but the runners were able to advance to second and third with one out. The lineup turned back over to the top, and Kyle DeBarge stepped to the plate. He lined a single to right field that drove in Kendle with the tying run, and Houghton crossed the plate as the winning run. Things haven’t seemingly come as easy for DeBarge in the second half, but on this day, he went 3-for-4 and drove in four of the team’s five runs including that walk-off winner. Kendle went 1-for-3 with a walk and his 17th double. Jaime Ferrer donned the catcher’s gear behind the plate. After twice getting hit by pitches, he may have been thinking of just wearing the gear to the plate too. Justin Connell walked twice and stole a base. MUSSEL MATTERS Fort Myers 1, Lakeland 4 Box Score Christian Becerra started for the Mussels and gave up two unearned runs on two hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings. He had four strikeouts. Matt Gabbert came in and gave up one run on three hits in 1 1/3 innings. Ruddy Gomez worked the final two innings. He gave up one run on two hits. He hit a batter and had four strikeouts. The Mussels did very little with their bats on Wednesday. The top player was “Mussels Batter #7.” Byron Chourio started the game in left field and batting seventh. He went 2-for-2 with a double. He was later pinch run for by Angel Del Rosario who went 1-for-1 with a triple. Later, Yohander Martinez came on and went 1-for-1 with a double and the lone RBI. That spot went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a triple and the RBI. The rest of the Mussels lineup combined to go 2-for-29 (.069). Rayne Doncon hit a double. COMPLEX CHRONICLES FCL Twins, FCL Orioles Box Score Postponed by Rain. The plan is to play two games on Thursday. It is the final day of the FCL regular season. So why are they playing a doubleheader? Here are the top of the standings in the FCL South Division going into Thursday: FCL Twins 37-20 FCL Orioles 35-22 (2 games back). I wonder if the Twins won the first game if they would still play the second game. I would suspect that they still will have to play it. The playoffs are made up of four teams, the three division winners and one wild card team. In the East division, the Astros already claimed that title. In the North division, the Tigers hold a one-game lead over the Blue Jays with one more game to play. They don’t play each other. One of them will win the division. Going into Thursday, the Blue Jays and Orioles both have 35 wins. If the Twins lost both of the games, it’s possible that they would lose the tiebreaker to the Orioles. However, if they lose two games, they will have a record of 37-22. If the Jays win, they will have a record of 36-23. So, I believe that the Twins have clinched a playoff spot, it’s just a matter of if it’s as the Division winner and #1 seed (based on best record in the league) or they will be the wild card and be the #4 seed. (If you’re reading into this like me, it likely means that it is very likely that the Twins and Orioles will play a semi-final game on Saturday. Regardless, they will have Friday off and begin the playoffs on Saturday. If they win on Saturday, they would play the other semi-finals winner on Monday and again on Tuesday. If needed, a Game 3 would also take place on Tuesday. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter of the Day Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-5, 4 RBI, K (game-winner) Pitcher of the Day Aaron Rozek (Wichita): 3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 34 pitches, 23 strikes (67.6%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Wednesday. (By the way, we have a new Top 20 which will be unveiled here tomorrow.) #1– Walker Jenkins (Wichita) - 0-for-4, 3 K (played CF). #4 - Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita) - 0-for-4, K (played 2B) #9 - Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, 2B(18), RBI (played 3B) #10 - Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) - 3-for-5, 4 RBI, GW RBI, K (played SS) #12 - Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, R, K (played 1B) #13 - Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita) - 0-for-4, 2 K (played LF) #18 - Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) - 0-for-3 (catcher) #19 - Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, K (played 2B) THURSDAY PITCHING PROBABLES The Minnesota Twins have an off day on Thursday before heading back to Target Field to take on the Washington Nationals this weekend and the Boston Red Sox early next week. Worcester @ St. Paul (DH at 5:07 PM CT) - RHP Darren McCaughan (5-3, 5.17 ERA), RHP Pierson Ohl (0-1, 3.44 ERA) Frisco @ Wichita (7:05 PM CT) - RHP C.J. Culpepper (0-0, 1.62 ERA) Fort Wayne @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 PM CT) - RHP Cole Peschl (4-1, 3.48 ERA) Fort Myers @ Lakeland (4:00 PM CT) - RHP Adrian Bohorquez (2-3, 5.13 ERA) FCL Orioles @ FCL Twins (DH @ 9:00 AM CT) - TBD DSL Rangers @ DSL Twins (10:00 AM CT) - TBD CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 49-53 St. Paul Saints: 44-51 Wichita Wind Surge: 48-44 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 54-37 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 39-51 FCL Twins: 37-20 DSL Twins: 14-22 DRAFT and NDFA PICKS On Wednesday morning, the Twins took the below photo of their 2025 draft class and non-drafted free agent signings. How many can you name? As of Wednesday night, the Twins had signed 19 of their 21 draft picks (and five non-drafted free agents). The two players who are yet to sign are Bruin Agbayani, their sixth-round pick out of high school in Hawaii. He's committed to Michigan. The other player is 17th round pick Jonathan Stevens, a guy who never did pitch at Alabama. He was cut a couple of times. He impressed at the Cape Cod League this summer. Two players that do have some leverage and who both are likely to sign for more than their slot values. I anticipate that both players will sign, but until they do, it's OK to be a little nervous. (Think you can pick Jason Reitz out of the group?) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss Wednesday’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

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What's the rush? Gonzalez has 215 PAs in Wichita. Jenkins has 149, and Culpepper has 89. Culpepper is 22. Gonzalez is 21. Jenkins is 20. That's not to say that they couldn't be and they might be just fine with moving up, I just don't see any rush. If they move up, it's likely the organization has to release 2-3 guys from St. Paul. And it's not about those 2-3 players as it is about doing what's right for the 3 players who we all hope are a big part of their future. And, if the Twins sell several pieces, there's no reason that they couldn't call them up directly from Double-A.

Sabato is not fast. However, I noted before the season that he seems to be in the "best shape of" well, at least of his pro career. He's moving so much better.

First, a reminder to make your vote heard by ranking your Top 20 Twins prospects here. The Twins salvaged the final game in Colorado, so now they get to take on Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers in California the next three days. Three of the four full-season affiliates played games on Sunday afternoon. Wichita starts at 6:05 tonight, so this article will be updated when that game goes final. TRANSACTIONS St. Paul activated infielder Ryan Fitzgerald from the injured list. According to the Transactions page, Mickey Gasper’s ‘roster status changed.” What does that mean? It could mean any number of things, but we learned soon after that he is with the Twins, on their taxi squad. Ryan Jeffers’ wife could be having the couple’s second baby anytime over the next week. They want Gasper to be available at any time so that Jeffers can be with his wife. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 6, Louisville 1 Box Score After getting shellacked in Louisville on Saturday night, the Saints responded with a very well-played game on Sunday afternoon to take the series finale. Jose Urena threw well, tossing three zeroes on the board to start the game. He gave up four hits and walked a batter but was able to wiggle out of things. Cory Lewis entered the game to start the fourth inning and provided five strong innings. He gave up one run on three hits and a walk. He also struck out six batters. Erasmus Ramirez pitched a scoreless ninth to close the door. Ryan Fitzgerald returned to the lineup, and in his first at-bat, he launched a long home run to give the Saints a 1-0 lead in the second inning. In the fourth inning, Fitzgerald singled to drive in Carson McCusker who had ld off the inning with a double. Then in the sixth inning, McCusker was on second base with Fitzgerald at the plate again. This time Fitzgerald struck out, but the ball was in the dirt, so he ran toward first, and when the catcher threw the ball errantly, McCusker scored the team’s third run. In the eighth inning, Aaron Sabato ripped a one-out triple. Due to a pitching change to a left-hander Anthony Prato pinch hit for Fitzgerald. And Prato did what Prato does. He got hit by a pitch and then stole second base. With runners on second and third, Jose Miranda hit a three-run homer to give the Saints a five-run cushion. Luke Keaschall went 2-for-5 and stole two bases. Fitzgerald was 2-for-3 with his seventh homer and two RBI. Jose Miranda went 2-for-4 with his fifth homer and three RBI. McCusker scored twice. He was 1-for-3 with a walk and his 17th double. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 4, Springfield 7 Box Score Wichita fell behind early thanks to some unearned runs, but then they fell even further behind and were unable to catch up. Connor Prielipp made the start for the Win Surge. He went four innings without giving up an earned run. He gave up three hits, walked none, and had three strikeouts. Unfortunately, in the third inning, a single was followed by an error on a sacrifice bunt attempt. After a strikeout, another single loaded the bases. A sacrifice fly was followed by another single. The final out was on a caught stealing but the third run scored on the same play. Ricky Castro came in and worked two innings. He gave up three runs in the fifth frame and then a scoreless sixth. Joel Cesar struck out two batters in a scoreless seventh inning. Cole Percival gave up a run in the eighth inning. The Wind Surge went scoreless through the first five innings. Walker Jenkins led off the top of the sixth inning with a single. Gabriel Gonzalez followed with another single. With one out, Kyler Fedko hit his 13th double which drove in Jenkins with the first run. Gonzalez scored on a sacrifice fly by Nate Baez. Down 7-2 with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Kaelen Culpepper crushed a two-run homer, his fourth since joining the Surge. Gonzalez was 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch. Jenkins was 2-for-5. Culpepper's home run was his lone hit in five at-bats. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 5, Wisconsin 4 (10 innings) Box Score The Kernels took an early lead with a four-run fourth inning. Wisconsin gradually worked their way back into the game and tied it up and sent it to extra innings. Fortunately, just one extra inning was necessary. The bottom of the fourth began with singles from Danny De Andrade, Poncho Ruiz, and Kyle Hess. Hess’s single drove in De Andrade for the first run. Jaime Ferrer drove in Ruiz with a sacrifice fly. After a pitching change and a second out, Luke Napleton homered to make it 4-0. Jose Olivares started and gave up just one hit over five scoreless innings. He had three walks and struck out five batters. Kade Bragg worked the sixth inning. He gave up two runs on two hits. Herbert Perez’s 12th home run drove in both runs. Jeremy Lee pitched a scoreless seventh inning, but in the eighth, he gave up a walk, a steal and a single to decrease the lead to just 4-3. Nick Trabacchi came on with two outs and a runner on first. He gave up a walk and a single that tied the game. The game was tied 4-4. Trabacchi worked a scoreless ninth and the game went to the tenth inning. Hunter Hoopes kept the Rattlers from scoring in the top of the inning. The bottom of the 10th inning began with Kyle DeBarge on second base. He stole third base, his 49th steal of the season. With one out, Brandon Winokur singled for the walk-off win. Napleton went 2-for-4. His home run was his first with the Kernels. Winkour had two hits including the game-winner. MUSSEL MATTERS Fort Myers 9, Daytona 3 Box Score Aside from one rough inning for each team, this was a pretty well-pitched game. The difference was that the Mussels poor inning resulted in three Tortuga runs. The Mussels big offensive inning produced eight runs and gave Fort Myers a fairly comfortable lead. Anatomy of an Eight-Run Inning Bryan Acuna walked. Byron Chourio flew out. Peyton Carr singled, Acuna to third. Yohander Martinez walked. Jose Rodriguez walked. Acuna scored. 1-0. Javier Roman force out at second. Carr scored. 2-0. Dameury Pena singled. Martinex scored. 3-0. Rayne Doncon doubled. Roman and Pena scored. 5-0. Wild Pitch. Yasser Mercedes walked. Bryan Acuna walked. Byron Chourio walked. Doncon scored. 6-0. Peyton Carr singled. Mercedes and Acuna scored. 8-0. Yohander Martinez flew out. Michael Ross made the start for Fort Myers. He tossed four scoreless innings and gave up just one hit and one walk. He struck out four. Dylan Questad worked a scoreless fifth inning, but in the sixth, he gave up two singles and a walk before being removed in favor of lefty Zander Sechrist. Three batters later - a sacrifice fly, a double, and a sacrifice fly - all three inherited runners scored and cut the lead to 8-3. Sechrist went two innings and gave up two hits and two walks. Jason Stasiowski came on for the eighth. He walked the first batter and then went behind the mound, clearly affected by the 105 degree “feels-like” temperature at Hammond Stadium. After getting some water, he got back on the mound and got a double play ball. But again, feeling the heat, he was removed from the game and Julio Bonillo got the final four outs of the game. The Mussels scored their nine runs on nine hits and 13 walks. Yes, thirteen! Fort Myers native Peyton Carr led the offense. He went 3-for-4 with a walk and two RBI. Dameury Pena went 2-for-3 with two walks. Yasser Mercedes, Bryan Acuna, Byron Chourio and Jose Rodriguez each had two walks. Doncon and Mercedes each doubled. DOMINICAN DAILIES The Dominican Summer League All Star game was played on Sunday morning. Haritzon Castillo was the only DSL Twins player on the American League’s roster. He entered the game as a pinch hitter in the 8th inning and walked. He came around to score one of four runs the AL squad scored that inning in their 10-8 win. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter of the Day Peyton Carr (Fort Myers): 3-for-4, BB, R, 2 RBI, K Pitcher of the Day Jose Olivares (Cedar Rapids): 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K, 70 pitches, 46 strikes (65.7%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Sunday. #1– Walker Jenkins (Wichita) - 2-for-5, R, CS (played CF) #2 - Luke Keaschall (Minnesota) - Rehab St. Paul - 2-for-5, 2 SB #4 - Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita) - 1-for-5, HR(4), R, 2 RBI, 2 K (played SS) #5 - Connor Prielipp (Wichita) - 4 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 51 pitches, 34 strikes (66.7%) #9 - Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 2-for-4, IBB, GW RBI (played SS) #10 - Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-3, BB, 2 K, 2-SB(49) (played 2B) #13 - Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita) - 2-for-3, R, HBP, CS #17 - Cory Lewis (St. Paul) - 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 74 pitches, 45 strikes (60.8%) #19 - Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, R, K (played 3B) #20 - Payton Eeles (St. Paul) - 0-for-4, BB, K (played SS) THE WEEK AHEAD The Minnesota Twins will head from Colorado to LA where they will take on the Dodgers Monday through Wednesday. Thursday is a day off, and then Friday they will host a three-game series against the Nationals. Worcester @ St. Paul - The Saints will be hosting the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate. No Roman Anthony. No Marcelo Mayer. But Kristian Campbell and Jhostynxon Garcia will be. Check out our sister site Talk Sox for more on the Red Sox, and see which other prospects are currently with the WooSox. Frisco @ Wichita - The Wind Surge will be hosting Rangers top prospect Sebastian Walcott and the RoughRiders for six games. Fort Wayne @ Cedar Rapids - The Kernels will be hosting one of baseball’s top prospects this week when they welcome Leo DeVries and the Padres Midwest League affiliate. Be sure to check out our sister site, Padres Mission, to see which other TinCaps players are among their top prospects. Fort Myers @ Lakeland - The Mussels will head north to take on the Tigers Low-A affiliate. FCL Twins - The Twins will play one game on Monday and two against the Orioles on Tuesday. The FCL doesn’t schedule games on Wednesdays, but the Twins and Orioles will be playing another makeup game. On Thursday, the Twins and Orioles will play a regularly-scheduled game. That is the end of the FCL season. The Twins have a good chance to make the playoffs with a strong week. DSL Twins - The Twins are scheduled to play one game on Monday and another on Tuesday. The DSL rarely has games on Wednesdays. They return to action on Thursday morning. On Friday, they will take on the Marlins, and they’ll finish the week against the Angels on Saturday. CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 48-51 St. Paul Saints: 44-50 Wichita Wind Surge: 47-43 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 53-36 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 39-49 FCL Twins: 35-19 DSL Twins: 12-22 Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss Sunday’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Image courtesy of William Parmeter (photo of Yohander Martinez) Your Vote Counts! Take a few minutes and help us determine the updated Minnesota Twins Top Prospect rankings. You can rank your top 20 and submit it here. TRANSACTIONS The Twins activated Zebby Matthews from the Injured List, and he started for the team on Saturday night in Colorado. To make room on the 26-man roster, Travis Adams was optioned to St. Paul. Diego Cartaya was also activated from the Saints Development List. Cedar Rapids placed Misael Urbina on the Injured List with a left hand contusion. Rayne Doncon’s rehab assignment was transferred from the FCL to the Mighty Mussels. In Friday night’s Minor League Report, Tom noted that Kaelen Culpepper left the Wichita game early. He was back at the top of the Wind Surge lineup on Saturday. Many of the Twins 2025 draft picks (and players they will be signing as non-drafted free agents) will be traveling to Fort Myers on Sunday. Presumably, the players will arrive and settle in. At some point, probably early, on Monday, they will take their physicals. I would expect we'll start hearing signing bonuses moments after the players put pen to paper. If you missed it, I chatted with ninth-round pick Justin Mitrovich, a right-handed pitcher from Elon University, on Friday about getting drafted, his amateur days, what he throws and what he's looking forward to in pro baseball. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 4, Louisville 15 Box Score Marco Raya has been incredibly good for the Saints for the last month or so. Saturday night was not representative of that. Raya gave up seven runs (5 earned) on six hits (including two homers) and four walks. He had three strikeouts. It was a surprising turn after a 1-2-3 first inning that included two strikeouts. He wasn’t helped by his defense, including a throwing error of his own on a pickoff play. Jarret Whorff came on for the fifth inning. He got two outs, but gave up six runs on five hits (including two more home runs) and a walk. Pierson Ohl got the final out of the fifth inning. He gave up two runs over his 2 1/3 innings. Michael Tonkin struck out two batters in a scoreless eighth inning. In the top of the third inning, right after the Bats took their 3-0 lead, the Saints came back with three runs over their own. With one out, Anthony Prato singled and Luke Keaschall walked. Payton Eeles followed with a double that scored both runs. Austin Martin walked. Eeles scored on an Edouard Julien single. The Saints added a run in the top of the ninth to cut the deficit to 11 runs, but that was as close as they got. With one out in that inning, Prato, Keaschall and Eeles walked. After a pitching change, Martin walked to drive in Prato with the final run. Prato had two of the four Saints hits. Eeles fourth double was the lone extra base hit. The Saints also worked 10 walks. Keaschall and Martin each walked three times. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 5, Springfield 4 Box Score The Wind Surge jumped out to an early lead. They led 5-1 through the middle innings and then held on at the end for the Win. Kaelen Culpepper led off the game with a fly ball to deep right-center field. The fielder impressively got to the ball, and really should have caught it, but it dropped and Culpepper reached second. Walker Jenkins followed with a line-drive single to right to put runners on first and third. Gabriel Gonzalez lined a ball up the middle to tipped off of the pitcher’s glove and went to the second baseman for an easy double play. However, Culpepper scored the game’s first run. The Surge powered their way to two runs in the second inning. Kyler Fedko led off by hitting his 18th home run. Two batters later, Rubel Cespedes lined his seventh homer over the right-field wall to make it 3-0. Still leading 3-1 after four innings, Walker Jenkins hit a two-out triple. He scored on a line-drive single to right by Gonzalez. Then in the top of the sixth, Cespedes started things with a two-out walk. Nate Baez doubled him to third. Jorel Ortega walked to load the bases. Culpepper followed with a walk to drive in the team’s fifth run. That was it for the Wind Surge offense, at least in terms of scoring runs. Let’s jump to the pitching. Minnesotan John Klein made the start and gave up just one run through the first four innings. He gave up four hits, walked one and recorded an impressive six strikeouts. He was consistently hitting 95 mph with the fastball. Jacob Wosinski came on and pitched a scoreless fifth inning. Then Aaron Rozek came in and tossed the next three innings. He was charged with three runs on four hits and a walk. He struck out three batters. With the lead down to just one run, John Stankiewicz earned his fourth save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning. Walker Jenkins went 3-for-5 with his first triple. Rubel Cespedes went 2-for-2 with two walks, his 16th double and his seventh home run. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 0, Wisconsin 10 Box Score I think it’s fair to say that this was not the Kernels’ finest performance of the year. The pitching wasn’t terribly good. Alejandro Hidalgo started and in three innings (plus two batters in the fourth), he gave up seven runs (5 earned) on eight hits and a walk. Samuel Perez allowed the inherited runner to score but gave up none of his own runs over two innings. Logan Whitaker gave up one run on two hits over two innings. He had two strikeouts. Wilker Reyes gave up two runs on three hits and a walk over the final two innings. He struck out three batters. Kyle DeBarge and Brandon Winokur each had a single, the lone Kernels hits. Andy Lugo and Luke Napleton each walked. Winokur stole his 21st base. MUSSEL MATTERS Fort Myers 5, Daytona 4 (10 innings) Box Score Fort Myers fell down 4-1, worked their way back, tied it up and won it in extra innings. It was a great way to celebrate Walker Jenkins bobblehead day! Dasan Hill, the lanky lefty drafted one year ago, has really struggled to throw strikes of late. That was on full display on Saturday night. Hill went the first three innings, and despite giving up three hits and SIX walks, he gave up just two runs. Of his 66 pitches, just 30 were strikes. Concerning? Sure. Yet, somehow, he has been able to limit damage most of the time. Jason Doktorcyzk came on and gave up two runs over four innings, both came in the fourth inning. Matt Gabbert pitched scoreless innings in the eighth and ninth. The Mussels actually took the first lead with a run in the first inning. After a walk and a single, Caleb McNeely grounded into a double play, but it scored Byron Chourio with the first run. Down 4-1 in the fifth, Angel Del Rosario hit a ground-rule double and scored on a single by Jefferson Valladeres. Down 4-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Bryan Acuna started things with a one-out walk. Peyton Carr singled to right to put runners on first and third. Blaze O’Saben drove in Acuna with a single to make it 4-3. Angel Del Rosario beat out a potential double play which allowed Carr to score the tying run. Lefty Brennen Oxford worked a scoreless top of the 10th inning. It is more impressive when a wild pitch pushed the Manfred Man to third base before there was one out. Oxford struck out the next two batters before getting the third out on a ground ball. The bottom of the 10th inning began with Acuna on second base. Carr walked, but the next two batters got out without advancing the runners. Fortunately, with two outs, Yohander Martinez came through with a single that drove in Acuna with the winning run. Along with the game-winner, Martinez added his sixth double of the season. Acuna hit his first Mussels double to go with his walk. Valladeres went 2-for-4. Byron Chourio went 1-for-3 with two walks. COMPLEX CHRONICLES FCL Twins 2, FCL Red Sox 3 Box Score In the bottom of the first inning, the Twins put two on the board. With one out, Jay Thomason walked. He stole second and third, and after Daiber De Los Santos walked, Thomason scored on a wild pitch. Jayson Bass walked. With two outs, an Irvin Nunez single drove in De Los Santos with the second run. That was about it for the Twins offense. Over the next eight innings, they managed just two hits (Carlos Silva and Jayson Bass). Silva was hit by a pitch, and Luis Fragoza was plunked twice. The rehabbing-Thomason walked two more times, and De Los Santos walked once more. Thomason stole three bases. Over his past two rehab games, he has four walks and five steals. Hendry Chivilli made the start for the Twins. He walked one in the first but no runs allows. He walked two in the second inning, but again worked out of it without a run scoring. The third inning began with a double and a walk at which point Xander Hamilton came into the game. After a walk, he struck out the next two batters. Unfortunately, a slow roller toward short was an infield single and the run charged to Chivilli. Hamilton struck out two more in a perfect fourth inning. Leonardo Rondon came in for the fifth frame. He gave up two runs on two hits, both runs scoring on a home run. Anthony Narvaez recorded four outs without giving up a run. DOMINICAN DAILIES The Dominican Summer League All Star game will be played starting at 9:00 am central time. In the AL vs NL game, there are 37 players on each roster. Almost inexplicably, the lone Twins representative is infielder Haritzon Castillo. The 17-year-old from Venezuela is hitting .310/.441/.483 (.924) with six doubles, three triples, a homer and 26 RBI in 26 games. He signed with the Twins in February for about $950,000. There are certainly others who are worthy of a spot on the All Star squad. Maybe Carlos Taveras would have been on the roster. Unfortunately, he was placed on the 60-Day IL recently. Taveras signed for $1.2 million this spring. Of the hitters who have played in more than half of the team’s 34 games this season, seven of them have an OPS over .800. On the mound, Santiago Castellanos and his upper-90s fastball at age 16 would represent the Twins well. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter of the Day Rubel Cespedes (Wichita): 2-for-2, 2-BB, 2B(16), HR(7), 2 R, RBI Pitcher of the Day John Klein (Wichita): 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 74 pitches, 45 strikes (60.8%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Saturday. If you haven't already, be sure to take a few minutes to rank your top 20 Twins prospects here. #1– Walker Jenkins (Wichita) - 3-for-5, 3B(1), R (played CF) #2 - Luke Keaschall (Minnesota) - Rehab St. Paul - 0-for-2, 3 BB, R (DHed) #4 - Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita) - 1-for-4, BB, R, RBI (played SS) #6 - Dasan Hill (Fort Myers) - 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 6 BB, 2 K, 66 pitches, 30 strikes (45.5%) #9 - Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-3, SB(21) (played SS) #10 - Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, 2 K (played CF) #11 - Marco Raya (St. Paul) - 4 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 79 pitches, 52 strikes (65.8%) #12 - Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4 (played 3B) #13 - Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita) - 1-for-5, RBI (DHd) #15 - Eduardo Beltre (FCL Twins) - 0-for-2 (DHd) #18 - Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) - 0-for-4, K (Catcher) #19 - Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, K (played 2B) #20 - Payton Eeles (St. Paul) - 1-for-4, BB, 2B(4), R, 2 RBI (played SS) SUNDAY PITCHING PROBABLES Minnesota @ Colorado (2:10 PM CT) - RHP Joe Ryan (9-4, 2.72 ERA) St. Paul @ Louisville (12:05 PM CT) - RHP Jose Urena (0-2, 5.17 ERA) Wichita @ Springfield (6:05 PM CT) - LHP Connor Prielipp (0-3, 3.50 ERA) Wisconsin @ Cedar Rapids (1:05 PM) - RHP Jose Olivares (4-3, 4.36 ERA) Daytona @ Fort Myers (11:05 AM) - LHP Michael Ross (2-4, 3.88 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 47-51 St. Paul Saints: 43-50 Wichita Wind Surge: 47-42 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 52-36 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 38-49 FCL Twins: 35-19 DSL Twins: 12-22 Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss Saturday’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! 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