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Image courtesy of Ed Bailey (photo of Ty Langenberg) TRANSACTIONS On Thursday’s off day, the Twins announced that OF Austin Martin has been activated from the Injured List. To make room on the 28-man roster, OF Gabriel Gonzalez was optioned to St. Paul. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 2, Syracuse 6 Box Score In the bottom of the second inning, Tanner Schobel drilled a double that drove in Kala’i Rosario and Jake Rucker to give the Saints a 2-1 lead. However, the Mets scored the final five runs of the game to take a 6-2 win. Jack Anderson started and gave up five runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked one and had four strikeouts. Paulshawn Pasqualotto gave up one run on one hit and two walks in 1 1/3 innings. He had two strikeouts. C.J. Culpepper went two scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and a walk but struck out one. Alejandro Hidalgo tossed two scoreless innings. He also gave up two hits and a walk, but he had four strikeouts. Schobel went 2-for-4 and it was his 16th double that drove in two runs. Rosario went 2-for-4 which has him hitting .302 in his time with the Saints. Hendry Mendez went 2-for-5. He stole his fourth base. Jake Rucker went 0-for-0 in the game, but he walked four times. You can bid on these game-used Saints/Peanuts jersey! WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 3, Frisco 1 Box Score Wichita took an early 1-0 lead after one inning. It wasn’t a big offensive output, but they added on enough to hang onto a lead. Kyle DeBarge led off the bottom of the first inning by being hit by a pitch. He stole second, his 36th base. He went to third on a fly out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Winokur. With one out in the bottom of the third inning, Quinn McDaniel hit his first Double-A homer to make it a 2-0 game. Ty Langenberg made the start and was again very good. The former Hawkeye gave up just one run on six hits over six innings. He walked none and had four strikeouts. He gave up a run in the sixth inning. The Surge responded quickly. Khadim Diaw led off with his 11th Wichita double. He scored on a Winokur single to center to give the team a 3-1 lead. Spencer Bengard struck out three batters over two perfect innings. Kyle Bischoff walked one in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his sixth save. McDaniel was the lone Wind Surge batter with more than one hit. He was 2-for-3 with the home run. DeBarge reached twice. He was hit by a pitch and walked PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Quinn McDaniel (Wichita): 2-for-3, HR(1), R, RBI, K. Pitcher(s) of the Day Ty Langenberg (St. Paul): 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 72 pitches, 51 strikes (70.8%). PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects. See how they did today. #7 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 2-for-5, K, SB(4) (batted second, played DH) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 1-for-3, SF, 2 RBI, K, SB(11) (batted third, played SS) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 1-for-3, 2B(11), HBP, R (batted second, played catcher) UPCOMING PROBABLES Friday, September 11 Syracuse @ St. Paul (6:37 pm CT) - RHP Ryan Gallagher (5-6, 6.78 ERA) Frisco @ Wichita (6:35 pm CT) - RHP Riley Quick (0-2, 5.72 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 69-77 (Final Game 9/27) St. Paul Saints: 78-62 (Final Game (9/20) Wichita Wind Surge: 54-79 (Final Game 9/13) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 48-82 (Season Complete) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 68-60 (Season Complete) FCL Twins: 33-26 (Season Complete) DSL Twins: 19-35 (Season Complete) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Of course he should be back. It shouldn't even come up as a topic this offseason. The only scenario in which it would even make sense is if the Pohlad's sold the team and brought in all of their own front office and let the new front office pick their own manager.

Strategically chosen when the team was facing a left-handed pitcher.

I was going to start this article today with what is now the third paragraph. But then I took about a second and thought. Hmmm, the Mi TRANSACTIONS None. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 1, Omaha 6 Box Score Another tough night for the Saints and they find themselves looking up and seeing more teams between them and a playoff berth. Trent Baker started and struck out three batters over two scoreless, one-hit innings. However, Jack Anderson came in and gave up six runs (5 earned) on eight hits and two walks in his three innings. Paulshawn Pasqualotto finished the game strong. He had five strikeouts and no walks over three innings of two-hit, scoreless baseball. The Saints offense could only muster one run on six hits and two walks. Hendry Mendez was 2-for-4 and had the lone RBI. He was the only Saints player with a multi-hit game. Tanner Schobel went 1-for-2 with two walks. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 6, Tulsa 8 Box Score The top two batters in the Wind Surge accounted for 60% of the team’s hits, 60% of the team’s RBI, and 50% of the team’s run. Unfortunately, six runs was not enough for the Wind Surge on this night. Riley Quick made the start and gave up three runs on two hits over five innings. He walked four batters and had five strikeouts. Through the fifth inning, he had given up just one run. However, he faced two batters in the sixth inning and both got on base and came around to score. Ty Langenberg, the Surge’s top pitcher in August, pitched the next two innings. He was charged with five runs on six hits and two walks. Luis Quinones pitched a scoreless frame. The Surge had a three-run sixth inning to take a 3-1 lead at that time. However, the Drillers scored three in the sixth and four more in the bottom of the seventh to take a commanding 8-3 lead. Wichita attempted to come back, but three runs over the final two innings was not enough. Leadoff man Marek Houston went 3-for-5 with his 14th double. Caden Kendle hit behind him and was also 3-for-5. He added his 15th double and drove in three runs. Kyle DeBarge was the other Wichita player with a multi-hit game. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 4, South Bend 7 Box Score Similar to the Wind Surge, Cedar Rapids fell behind, gave up a couple of crooked-number innings and were unable to catch up at the end. Justin Mitrovich started and gave up three runs on six hits and a walk over the first four innings. He had three strikeouts. Brent Francisco gave up a run on three hits over the next two innings. Cleiber Maldonado gave up three runs on two hits and three walks and only recorded two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Michael Ross got the final four outs, two of them on strikeouts. Irvin Nunez had a really nice game. Playing third base, he went 3-for-4 with his second double and his second Kernels home run since joining the team recently. Vahn Lackey and Luis Fragoza each had a multi-hit game. Lackey had three singles in five at-bats. He also stole his sixth and seventh bases with the Kernels. Fragoza went 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch. He stole his third base. Yilber Herrera and Yasser Mercedes each hit their first Kernels triple. Unfortunately, the team went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine on base. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers 2, Clearwater 8 Box Score Clearwater got ahead early and kept adding on. They scored in five of their eight innings on offense. Jason Reitz went just 1 1/3 innings on Saturday. He gave up two runs on four hits and two walks. Jackson Sleeper gave up three runs on four hits and a walk in 1 2/3 innings. Callan Fang worked 3 1/3 innings and was charged with three runs on four hits, two walks, and a hit batter. He struck out six batters. Brian Strange got the final five outs, two on strikeouts. Mussels’ batters combined for two runs on five hits and three walks in the game. No one had a multi-hit game or an extra base hit. Merphy Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a single and his 51st stolen base. The center fielder also had two outfield assists. Bryce Fowler and Charlie Scholvin each had an RBI. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Irvin Nunez (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-4, 2B(2), HR(2), 2 R, RBI. Pitcher(s) of the Day Aaron Rozek (St. Paul): 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 75 pitches, 47 strikes (62.7%). PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects. See how they did today. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (Minnesota) - (Day Off, 9th Inning Defensive Replacement) #2 - C Vahn Lackey (Cedar Rapids) - 3-for-5, R, K, 2 SB(7), CS(1) (batted second, played catcher) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (Minnesota) - 2-for-5, 2B(5), 2 R, RBI (batted second, played SS) #4 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 3-for-5, 2B(14), 2 R, K (batted first, played SS) #5 - RHP Riley Quick (Wichita) - 5 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, WP, 76 pitches, 42 strikes) #6 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - 0-for-4, 3 K (batted first, played LF) #7 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 2-for-4, RBI (batted fifth, played DH) #8 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, SF RBI, 2 K (batted fourth, played DH) #9 - 1B/OF Gabriel Gonzalez (Minnesota) - 0-for-2 (batted eighth, played LF) #11 - C Carson Tinney (Fort Myers) - 0-for-3, BB (batted second, played 1B) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 0-for-3, BB, HBP (batted third, played catcher) #18 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 0-for-3, BB, K (batted fifth, played 3B) #19 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, HBP, 3B(1), K, (batted third, played RF) UPCOMING PROBABLES Sunday, September St. Paul @ Omaha (2:05 pm CT) - RHP Ryan Gallagher (5-6, 6.78 ERA) Wichita @ Tulsa (6:00 pm CT) - RHP Adrian Bohorquez (0-1, 0.00 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ South Bend (1:05 pm CT) - RHP Kolten Smith (0-5, 7.15 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Clearwater (11:00 am CT) - RHP Eric Hammond (1-4, 4.40 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 68-74 St. Paul Saints: 76-60 Wichita Wind Surge: 51-78 (Final Game 9/13) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 47-82 (Final Game 9/6) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 67-60 (Final Game 9/6) FCL Twins: 33-26 (Season Complete) DSL Twins: 19-35 (Season Complete) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

He could. That would be the reason... to get him 3-4 more games and 12-18 more at bats.

Guessing the catching assignments at the start of 2027. I'll assume Jeffers will go elsewhere, but he could be offered the Qualifying Offer (if that remains a thing). But I'll guess without. Twins: Caratini and a one-year, $8-10 million type of catcher. Saints; Cardenas, Cossetti Wind Surge: Diaw, Tait, Ruiz Cedar Rapids: Lackey, Tinney, Jimenez, Fort Myers: Prather, Caraballo, Nunez Depth: Luis Hernandez, Ian Daugherty, Jimmy Keenan. Alex Jackson had a really good season with the Twins. Even his offensive numbers were solid. But he would likely get a decent raise in arbitration. I could see them going to him and asking him if he'll sign for the same amount or a slight raise for next year. He is really solid defensively.

Image courtesy of Rob Thompson (photo of Walker Jenkins) August was a nice month for hitters across the Minnesota Twins minor league organization. Several members of the 2026 draft class began playing and did pretty well in Fort Myers. In addition, several prospects signed internationally in recent years made a name of themselves. That's why, before jumping into the Top 6 hitters of the month, spend a couple of minutes checking out how these nine Honorable Mentions did. Minor League Hitters of the Month Honorable Mentions Garrett Spain (Wind Surge): 24 G, 24-for-86, .279/.394/.512 (.906), 2-2B, 6 HR, 13 R, 15 RBI, 16 BB, 29 K. 8/10 SB. Vahn Lackey (Mighty Mussels/Kernels): 18 G, 17-for-67, .254/.433/.493 (.926), 3-2B, 2-3B, 3 HR, 16 R, 14 RBI, 2- BB. 19 L. 6/7 SB. Danny De Andrade (Kernels): 23 G, 21-for-79, .266/.376/.506 (.882) with 5-2B, 3B, 4 HR, 16 R, 8 RBI, 12 BB, 31 K, 1/1 SB. Byron Chourio (Kernels): 21 G, 18-for-60, .300/.386/.517 (.903) with 4-2B, 3 HR, 10 R, 15 RBI, 7 BB, 15 K, 6/6 SB. Ramiro Dominguez (Mighty Mussels/Kernels): 19 G, 19-for-68, .279/.393/.485 (.878) with 6-2B, 3B, 2-HR, 14 R, 15 RBI, 12 BB, 14 K, 7/8 SB. Carson Tinney (Mussels): 17 G, 14-for-60, .233/.395/.617 (1.012) with 2-2B, 7 HR, 23 R, 12 RBI, 15 BB, 20 K, 1/1 SB Merphy Hernandez (Mussels): 16 G, 19-for-58, .328/.418/.483 (.901) with 2B, 3B, 2-HR, 15 R, 12 RBI, 7 BB, 12 K, 18/23 SB. Colby Turner (Mussels): 19 G, 24-for-71, .338/.422/.521 (.943) with 5-2B, 3B, 2 HR, 14 R, 20 RBI, 8 BB, 15 K, 6/6 SB. Kala’i Rosario STP: 16 G, 14-for-53, .255/.339/.673 (1.012), 3-2B, 1-HR, 6-HR, 13 R, 7 RBI, 6 BB, 16 K, 1/1-SB Top 6 Twins Minor League Hitters in August 6th Place Infielder Isaiah Lane Fort Myers Mighty Mussels .346/.470/.596 (1.066) 17 G, 18-for-52, 4-2B, 3-3B, HR, 8 R, 13 RBI, 13 BB, 14 K, 3/5 SB. Several of the Twins 2026 draft picks are off to a fast start in the organization. The best performance of the month by a 2026 draft pick came from their 13th round pick, Isaiah Lane from Hope International University (NAIA). He had a year at Oklahoma. His sophomore season was at San Diego, and he was a preseason All-WCC player going into his junior season. However, in early February, he was no longer part of the Toreros roster and went to HIU where he put up huge numbers. Lane has played second base and shortstop primarily for the Mussels. In 17 games, he put up solid numbers and found himself hitting near the top of the lineup. Eight extra base hits is nice, but he showed his power/speed combination with the three triples. 5th Place Infielder Jake Rucker (26) Wichita Wind Surge .314/.443/.614 (1.057) 21 G, 22-for-70, 6-2B, 5-HR, 17 R, 17 RBI, 14 BB, 19 K, 2/3 SB Rucker missed time earlier in the season due to injury. He completed his rehab in Fort Myers with a series against his younger brother, and both did very well. Rucker was activated by the Wind Surge and just kept raking. Half of his hits were extra base hits. He walked a ton. And you know you’re getting great defense. Rucker is a veteran in the organization. He was the Twins seventh round pick in the 2021 draft. On September 1, he was called up to St. Paul. 4th Place First Baseman JP Smith (21) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (2 games), Cedar Rapids Kernels (24 games) .284/.434/.557 (.991) 26 G, 25-for-88, 3-2B, 7-HR, 20 R, 18 RBI, 22 BB, 18 K, 2/3 SB As always, the idea is generally that when I player moves up the organizational ladder, it should be more difficult. However, JP Smith looked comfortable and confident right from the start after his promotion to the Kernels. After hitting 15 homers for Fort Myers this season, he had six with the Kernels in just 24 games. His final Mussels homer was a walkoff in extra innings. He had a double in his first Kernels game and then homered in three straight games including a grand slam in that third game. Smith joined the Twins organization a year ago when they made him their 17th round draft pick out of Sacramento State. 3rd Place Infielder/Outfielder Luis Fragoza (19) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (10 games), Cedar Rapids Kernels (8 games) .389/.548/.667 (1.215) 18 G, 21-for-54, with 3-2B, 4 HR, 18 R, 12 RBI, 15 BB, 21 K, 7/7 SB. Coming into this season, the 19-year-old had a total of two home runs in his career. He hit one in the DSL in 2024, and he hit one last season in the FCL. He began the 2026 season with 10 games in the FCL, but he was moved up to Fort Myers quickly. Then in 59 games for the Mussels, Fragoza raked. He hit .322/.398/.607 (1.005) with 18 doubles and 14 home runs. He also had 15 stolen bases. Midway through the month of August, he earned a second promotion, this one to High-A Cedar Rapids. Things have been much more difficult for him, as you would expect of a player more than two years young than league average. 2nd Place Outfielder Caden Kendle (24) Wichita Wind Surge .333/.402/.701 (1.103), 22 G, 29-for-87, 8-2B, 8-HR, 17 R, 22 RBI, 8 BB, 28 K, 4/5 SB Sometimes something just clicks, and that certainly happened for Caden Kendle this season. He was the Twins fifth-round pick in 2024 out of UC-Irvine. The Twins were aggressive with him in 2025, pushing him directly to Cedar Rapids where he held his own. He hit .236 with a .705 OPS. He returned to the Kernels to start the season and quietly played well. For the Kernels, he hit .288/.406/.510 (.916) with eight doubles and five homers. He spent some time on the injured list, and when he came back, he was an all-new player. He was quickly promoted to Double-A Wichita and in July, he hit .423/.500/.606 (1.106) with seven doubles and two homers. He finished second to Marek Houston for Player of the Month. So, how did he follow it up? In 22 August games, he hit .333/.402/.701 (1.103) with eight doubles and eight home runs. And yet, here again you see him at #2 in the monthly rankings. Hey, it’s not easy to be named a Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Month. 1st Place Outfielder Walker Jenkins (21) St. Paul Saints .411/.488/.795 (1.283) 18 G, 30-for-73, 2-2B, 1-3B, 8-HR, 16 R, 13 RBI, 11 BB, 14 K, 7/9-SB. It’s been another season in which Walker Jenkins missed some time due to stints on the injured list, but in each case, he has come back strong. He was having a solid season coming into August. A decent case for calling him up to the big league a month earlier could ave made some sense. But for all prospects, the ideal scenario is for them to show certain things before being deemed “fully ready.” Remember, the goal isn’t to get them to the big leagues quickly, it’s to get them ready to stay there. To that point, Jenkins was seen as having good power potential, but we hadn’t seen a lot of that in games. Then came August. On August 2nd, his first August game, he had three hits at Omaha. His next game was two days later at CHS Field against the Louisville Bats. He had three more hits. Two days later, he homered twice, the first time he had done that in a game as a professional. On August 8th, he had two hits, including a triple. On August 11th, he was 1-for-3 in the Field of Dreams game. The next night in Des Moines, he had two hits. And then he followed that with a three-hit game and another home run. The following series was in Columbus. He had two hits in the first game. In the second game, he hit two home runs again. Three days later, he had another two-homer game. He was called up to the Twins on August 27th and made his debut at Target Field on the 28th. He ended his Saints month with an eight-game hitting streak during which he went 14-for-31 (.452) with five home runs. In his first week in the big leagues, Jenkins has had some great moments, and he's had some rough situations. To his credit, Derek Shelton continues to put him (and Kaelen Culpepper) in the lineup every day. Culpepper is thriving. Jenkins is struggling, but the tools are all there. He takes quality plate appearances, he seems to find barrels often, and we can dream on his potential. View full article

Image courtesy of Ed Bailey (photo of Andrew Cossetti) TRANSACTIONS Fort Myers moved RHP Matthew Dalquist to the development list. That makes room for RHP Thomas Burns to be added to the Mussels roster. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 2, Omaha 3 (10 innings) Box Score Kala’i Rosario got things going for the Saints with an opposite field home run, his eighth since joining the Saints. Lefty Aaron Rozek made arguably his best start of the season on Friday night He tossed six scoreless innings. He gave up four hits, walked three and had three strikeouts. Matt Bowman came in and gave up two runs on two hits and a walk. He struck out two batters. With one out in the top of the eighth inning, Matt Wallner reached on a two-base error and went to third on a groundout. Cody Morissette came through with an RBI single to make it 2-2. Marco Raya tossed two scoreless innings, the eighth and the ninth innings. He gave up two hits and a walk, but he struck out three batters. The Saints went scoreless in the top of the 10th inning. Julian Merryweather came in for the bottom of the 10th. They intentionally walked the leadoff man to set up a potential double play ball. However, the next batter sacrificed himself with a bunt that put runners on second and third with one out. Jacob Berry lined a ball into the gap in left-center field. Emmanuel Rodriguez raced it down and made a very nice sliding-diving catch. But it left no chance for a throw home and the Storm Chasers took the 3-2 win. Hendry Mendez went 2-for-4 with his 11th double. Cody Morissette went 2-for-4 with his 15th double and stole his ninth base. Noah Cardenas went 2-for-4. Tanner Schobel knocked his 15th double, and Tristan Gray hit his fourth double. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 4, Tulsa 7 Box Score A five-run sixth inning for Tulsa was more than enough for them to take the Friday night win. Preston Johnson started for the Surge. In four innings, he gave up one run on three hits. He walked three and struck out seven batters. Darren Bowen came on for the fifth inning and started the sixth. He gave up six runs on four hits and three walks in 1 1/3 innings. Kyle Bischoff allowed an inherited runner to score. He gave up a hit and walked two but got two outs to close out the sixth inning. Jaylen Nowlin and Mitch Mueller each threw a scoreless inning and struck out one batter. Andrew Cossetti went 2-for-3 with a walk. He hit his career-high 18th home run of the season. Jaime Ferrer hit his 13th double and drove in the team’s first run. In the eighth inning, Marek Houston hit his seventh Wichita home run, a two-run shot that ended the team’s scoring for the day. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 3, South Bend 14 Box Score South Bend jumped ahead early with a four-run first. The Kernels cut the deficit to 5-3 in the fifth inning. However, a seven-run seventh allowed the Cubs to run away with a win. Merit Jones started and gave up five runs on six hits and a walk over four innings. He had four strikeouts. Ivran Romero gave up five runs on four hits, two walks and a hit batter in 2 1/3 innings. Cole Peschl gave up four runs on six hits and a walk in one inning. Mike Hilker got the final two outs. The Kernels scored their three runs on seven hits and five walks. They had no extra base hits. Byron Chourio went 2-for-4 with a walk and two stolen bases. Yasser Mercedes walked twice. Irvin Nunez went 1-for-2 with a walk. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers 9, Clearwater 13 Box Score In a bit of a back-and-forth game, the Mussels scored a run in the top of the seventh that gave them a 6-4 lead. Unfortunately, they were outscored 9-3 over the game’s final two innings. With two outs in the top of the third inning, Colby Turner and Poncho Ruiz hit back-to-back singles. Isaiah Lane tripled to drive in two runs and give the team a 2-0 lead. Bryce Fowler led off the top of the fourth inning with a single and went to second when Yovanny Duran walked. With two outs, Charlie Scholvin drove in Fowler with a single. Turner singled to drive in Duran. Ruiz drove in Scholvin with another single, and the Mussels held a 5-1 lead. Leading 5-4, the Mussels added a run in the top of the seventh. Poncho Ruiz and Bryan Acuna walked, and a Bryce Fowler drove in Ruiz with the sixth run. Matt Barr started and gave up four runs on five hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings. Brad Rudis gave up one hit and one walk in a scoreless 1 2/3 innings. Thomas Burns came in for the bottom of the sixth inning to make his professional debut. The first two batters he faced hit singles. However, Burns got a ground ball double play and a strikeout to end the inning. Burns went out to start the bottom of the seventh inning. He walked the first three batters he faced before giving up a bases-clearing double. Adam Falinski came in and after a passed ball and a single, Burns' line was complete. He was charged with four runs on three hits and three walks. Heading into the eighth inning, the Mussels were down 9-6. However, in the top of the eighth inning, Charlie Scholvin and Colby Turner were hit by pitches to start the inning. Then Mussel manager Jordan Smith went to his bench and called on Jimmy Keenan. The non-drafted free agent came through with a three-run homer that tied the game at 9-9. It was his second home run. Falinski gave up five runs on five hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings. He had two strikeouts, but the two home runs certainly hurt. Aidan Russell came in and got the final out. Poncho Ruiz went 2-for-3 with a walk. Colby Turner went 2-for-4 with two hit batters. Bryce Fowler went 2-for-4 with a walk. Charlie Scholvin was 2-for-4 and was hit by a pitch. Isaiah Lane was 1-for-4 with two walks, his fourth triple, and two RBI. Yovanny Duran and Hideki Prather were both 1-for-3 with a walk and a double. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Andrew Cossetti (Wichita): 2-for-3, BB, HR(18), 2 R, RBI Pitcher(s) of the Day Aaron Rozek (St. Paul): 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 75 pitches, 47 strikes (62.7%). PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects. See how they did today. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (Minnesota) - 0-for-3, BB (batted ninth, played CF) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (Minnesota) - 1-for-3, BB, SB(1) (batted eighth, played SS) #4 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 1-for-4, HR(7), R, 2 RBI (batted first, played SS) #6 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - 0-for-5, K (batted first, played CF) #7 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 2-for-4, 2B(11) (batted fourth, played LF) #8 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-5, RBI (batted third, played Catcher) #9 - 1B/OF Gabriel Gonzalez (Minnesota) - 0-for-2, K (pinch hit, played LF) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 0-for-4, 3 K (batted third, played CF) #19 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-3, 2 BB, K, (batted second, played DH) UPCOMING PROBABLES Saturday, September 5 St. Paul @ Omaha (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Jack Anderson (5-4, 4.29 ERA) Wichita @ Tulsa (7:00 pm CT) - RHP Riley Quick (0-2, 5.79 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ South Bend (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Justin Mitrovich (2-1, 4.00 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Clearwater (5:30 pm CT) - RHP Jason Reitz (0-2, 2.76 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 67-74 St. Paul Saints: 76-59 Wichita Wind Surge: 51-77 (Final Game 9/13) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 47-81 (Final Game 9/6) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 67-59 (Final Game 9/6) FCL Twins: 33-26 (Season Complete) DSL Twins: 19-35 (Season Complete) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Image courtesy of William Parmeter (photo of Merphy Hernandez) TRANSACTIONS Fort Myers moved RHP Cristian Hernandez to the Development List. He started Game 1 of the Mussels doubleheader on Thursday and tossed three innings. RHPs Max Bayles and Tyler Bryan were assigned to the Mussels from the FCL Twins. Bayles was the Twins 7th-round pick in July out of Santa Clara. Bryan is a non-drafted free agent who pitched collegiately at the University of Houston earlier this year. The Twins signed him on July 22nd and he’s been hanging out, getting his work in at the Twins minor league complex. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 1, Omaha 7 Box Score Cody Morissette hit his 15th Saints home run, a solo shot in the top of the seventh inning. It was the lone run scored by the Saints. The Saints had seven of their hitters with one hit each. They had four walks (three of them by the two batters that went hitless). Aaron Sabato had a single and a walk. David Banuelos walked twice. Alan Roden had a single and was hit by a pitch. Veteran German Marquez was charged with six runs on six hits (including two home runs) over the first six innings. However, just two of the runs were earned thanks to three errors by infielders. Alejandro Hidalgo gave up one run on one hit (a solo homer) over two innings. He walked one and had two strikeouts. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 2, Tulsa 8 Box Score Cory Lewis started for Wichita and worked the first four innings. He gave up two runs (1 earned) on three hits and two walks. He also had six strikeouts. Hunter Gregory came on and gave up three runs on four hits (including two home runs) in the fifth inning. Sam Armstrong gave up three runs on two hits (both homers) and a hit batter over the final three innings. He had five strikeouts. In the top of the fifth inning, Khadim Diaw hit his third home run with Wichita to make it a 2-1 ballgame. In the top of the eighth inning, Brandon Winokur, Garrett Spain, and Kyle DeBarge singled to give the Wind Surge their second run. Of course, by that time, they were down 8-2. Khadim Diaw went 3-for-5 with his third home run. Brandon Winokur was 3-for-5 as well. Marek Houston went 2-for-5. Caden Kendle was 2-for-4. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 5, South Bend 7 Box Score The Kernels got a Quality Start from Reed Moring. The 2025 draft pick gave up two runs on five hits. He had seven strikeouts to go with zero walks. Sixty-one of his 81 pitches (75.3%) were strikes. Finnegin Wall gave up two runs (1 earned) on three hits and two walks in the seventh inning. The Kernels actually scored first. In the top of the first inning, Jacob McCombs scored on a double play ball. In the top of the fourth inning, Jose Salas tripled and then scored on a Byron Chourio single to tie the game at 2-2. The Cubs took the lead at 3-2 through seven innings. Salas started the top of the eighth inning with a single. He moved to second on a groundout and then stole third base. Irvin Nunez singled to drive in Salas and make it 3-3. Yilber Herrera followed with a single. After a pitching change and a strikeout, Vahn Lackey singled to left field to drive in Nunez. Herrera then scored on a wild pitch to give the Kernels a 5-3 lead. Wall faced one batter in the top of the eighth before exiting the game. Yehizon Sanchez came in and that runner scored to make it 5-4. Sanchez then gave up a three-run walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Cubs had a win. Yasser Mercedes went 2-for-4 with a walk. Salas was 2-for-5 with a triple. He also stole a base. Vahn Lackey was 1-for-3 with two walks, and he stole his fourth and fifth bases. MIGHTY MATTERS Game 1: Fort Myers 3, Clearwater 9 Box Score The Mussels fell behind early in Game 1 on Thursday. Cristian Hernandez started and gave up three runs on five hits and four walks over three innings. He struck out two. However, Melvin Rodriguez came in for the fourth inning, and he gave up six runs on four hits, a walk, and two hit batters and recorded just two outs. Rainer Marin got the final out of the fourth inning (after allowing two of three inherited runners to score. He also got two outs in the fifth inning, but he gave up a hit and three walks but no runs. Nick McAuliffe got the final out of the fifth inning. Max Bayles became the first 2026 draft pick to pitch in a game this season. He walked three but struck out one in a scoreless inning. The Mussels got on the scoreboard in the top of the third inning. Merphy Hernandez drove in Bryan Acuna with a single to center. At the time, it cut the deficit to 3-1. In the top of the sixth inning, Charlie Scholvin walked. Hernandez hit a double to push Scholvin to third base. Carson Tinney walked to load the bases. Scholvin scored on a wild pitch. With two outs, Quentin Young singled to drive in Hernandez with the third and final run. Hernandez went 2-for-3 with his sixth double. Game 2: Fort Myers 5, Clearwater 6 Box Score Game 2 was wonderful for the Mussels, well, for the first 6 1/2 of the seven innings. Matthew Dalquist started and tossed four scoreless innings. He gave up one hit, walked one and had six strikeouts. Tyler Bryan came on for his professional debut. In 1 2/3 innings, he gave up one hit and two walks but kept the Threshers scoreless. Hendry Chivilli got the final out of the bottom of the sixth. Colby Turner led off the top of the second inning with his third home run. Bryce Fowler followed with a single. With one out, Jimmy Keenan knocked his first professional home run to give his team a 3-0 lead. Ricardo Paez led off the top of the fifth inning with a walk. He went to third on a Merphy Hernandez double. Carson Tinney walked to load the bases. Isaiah Lane walked to make it 4-0. Colby Turner was hit by a pitch which made it 5-0. Heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. Chivilli was back on the mound. The leadoff man reached on an error. That was followed by a ground out. A walk was followed with a line-drive single to lead the bases. Another single and the Threshers were on the board, down 5-1. A wild pitch made it 5-2. Another single made it 5-3. That ended Chivilli’s day. Jake Covey entered the game. A stolen base put runners on second and third. A single to right drove in both runs and the score was tied at 5-5. Two more singles and the game was over, the Mussels being walked off 6-5. The Mussels scored their five runs on seven hits and five walks. Merphy Hernandez led the way again. He was 3-for-4 with his seventh double. He also stole his 49th and 50th bases. Ricardo Paez had a single and a walk. The Mussels went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position with six left on base. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Khadim Diaw (Wichita): 3-for-5, HR(3), 1 R, 1 RBI, K Merphy Hernandez (Fort Myers): 5-for-7, 2-2B(7), 2 R, RBI, 2-SB(50), CS(11) Pitcher(s) of the Day Reed Moring (Cedar Rapids): 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 81 pitches, 61 strikes (75.3%). PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects. See how they did today. #2 - C Vahn Lackey (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-3, 2 BB, RBI, K, 2-SB(5) (batted second, played catcher) #4 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 2-for-5, K (batted first, played SS) #6 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - 1-for-5, 2 K (batted first, played LF) #11 - C Carson Tinney (Fort Myers) - Game 1: 0-for-2, BB (batted second, DHd); Game 2: 0-for-3, BB, K (batted second, played catcher) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 3-for-5, R (batted third, played 3B) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 3-for-5, HR(3), R, RBI, K (batted second, played catcher) #18 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - Game 1: 1-for-3, RBI (batted fifth, played 3B); Game 2: 0-for-3, 3 K (batted sixth, played SS) #19 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 2-for-4, BB, 2 K, (batted third, played RF) UPCOMING PROBABLES Friday, September 4 St. Paul @ Omaha (6:35 pm CT) - LHP Aaron Rozek (3-5, 4.10 ERA) Wichita @ Tulsa (7:00 pm CT) - RHP Preston Johnson (1-3, 3.94 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ South Bend (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Merit Jones (0-1, 6.14 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Clearwater (5:30 pm CT) - RHP Matt Barr (0-1, 6.75 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 67-73 St. Paul Saints: 76-58 Wichita Wind Surge: 51-76 (Final Game 9/13) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 47-80 (Final Game 9/6) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 67-58 (Final Game 9/6) FCL Twins: 33-26 (Season Complete) DSL Twins: 19-35 (Season Complete) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Image courtesy of Mike Watters - IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect TRANSACTIONS Tuesday, September 1: With big-league rosters expanding to 28 players, the Twins called up RHP Garrett Acton and utilityman Ben Ross. To make room for Ross on the 40-man roster OF Kyler Fedko was DFAd. Joe Ryan went with the Saints to make a rehab start on Tuesday night. Matt Canterino was sent with the Cedar Rapids Kernels to South Bend to rehab. Catcher Poncho Ruiz was on a rehab assignment with the Mussels. Monday, August 31: Several moves were announced on Monday as well. RHP Woo-Suk Go cleared waivers and chose to become a free agent. RHP Luis Quinones came off the 60-Day Injured List Infielder Jake Rucker was promoted from Wichita to St. Paul. Infielder Danny De Andrade was promoted from Cedar Rapids to Wichita. Infielder Yilber Herrera was added to the Kernels roster from the FCL Twins. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 11, Omaha 2 Box Score The Tuesday Saints game was filled with stories, but ultimately, the Saints remained in playoff contention in the International League. Joe Ryan was on the mound to start for the Saints, his first rehab appearance. The plan was for him to pitch three innings, and that’s what he did. He gave up just one base runner, it just happened to be a solo home run by one of the Royals top prospects (per Royals Keep), Carson Roccaforte. But Ryan had four strikeouts and no walks. He threw 42 pitches and 29 of them were strikes. Ryan’s starting opponent for Omaha was fellow All-Star Tony Gonsolin. The other big story in this game was Emmanuel Rodriguez. I think it’s fair to say that he would like to be called up to the big leagues too. He led off this game with an infield single. In the second inning, he hit a double to the opposite field gap. In the fourth inning, he had a strikeout. In the top of the sixth inning, Rodriguez hit an RBI triple. In the top of the seventh inning, Rodriguez hit a home run to center to complete the cycle! Rodriguez went 4-for-5 with his sixth Saints double, his first triple, and his 11th home run. He scored three runs and drove in two runs. Ironically, or coincidentally (one of those two), the previous Saints cycle came exactly four years ago. It was completed by Matt Wallner. In the top of the first, Aaron Sabato hit his 23rd home run of the season, a three-run blast to give his team the early lead. Adam Morissette hit his 13th home run with the Saints in the third inning. Tristan Gray was the only other Saints hitter with more than one hit. He was 2-for-4 with a walk. Danny Banuelos hit his fourth double. Matt Wallner and Hendry Mendez each walked twice. Mendez had a single too. Ryan Gallagher came in to pitch the middle inning. In four innings, he gave up one run on six hits and two walks. He had six strikeouts. Matt Bowman struck out two batters over two perfect innings to close the door. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 2, Tulsa 3 Box Score The Wind Surge had a couple of solo home runs in the game, but the Drillers put a crooked number on the board, and that was the difference in this game. Wichita got on the board in the top of the first when Brandon Winokur knocked his 21st overall home run of the season. In the top of the fifth inning, Jaime Ferrer hit a solo home run, his 15th overall this season, to give the Surge a 2-1 lead. Adrian Bohorquez made the start for Wichita and went the first four innings. He gave up one run on one hit (a solo homer). He also walked three and had four strikeouts. Ty Langenberg worked the final four innings. He gave up two runs on three hits and two walks. He struck out three batters to take the loss. Khadim Diaw had two of the team’s four hits including his ninth Double-A double. Andrew Cossetti also hit a double. Winokur’s homer was his 11th with the Wind Surge while Ferrer hit his sixth with Wichita. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 4, South Bend 8 Box Score The Kernels offense scored runs in four different innings. South Bend only scored in three innings. The difference was that the Kernels scored one run in those four innings. The Cubs had three runs twice and also had a two-run inning. With two outs in the top of the first inning, Eduardo Tait hit his 22nd home run to give his team a 1-0 lead. In the top of the third inning, Yasser Mercedes led off with a double and moved to third on a ground out. Tait came through again with an RBI single to right and made it 2-0. Lefty Michael Carpenter started for the Kernels. He began with two scoreless innings. He actually got the first two batters of the third inning. However, he gave up three singles and a double and quickly the Cubs held a 3-2 lead, and Michael Ross was called in from the bullpen. In the top of the fourth inning, Ramiro Dominguez hit his third home run with the Kernels to tie the game at 3-3. Ross went 3 1/3 innings and was charged with the three runs in the fifth inning. He gave up three hits, walked none and had four strikeouts. With two outs in the top of the sixth inning, Yasser Mercedes drilled his 12th Kernels home run. Cody Peschl came in and gave up two runs on three hits in two innings. Both runs came on solo home runs. He struck out three batters. Tait went 2-for-5 with his 22nd home run. Maybe more noteworthy, he stole his first base of the season! Yasser Mercedes went 2-for-4 with a walk, his 22nd double, his 12th home run, and he stole his 37th and 38th bases. Andy Lugo hit his fifth home run. The Kernels scored their four runs on 10 hits and four walks. The team was just 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base. Check out our sister site North Side Baseball, a Cubs site similar to Twins Daily. South Bend is their High-A affiliate. The top prospect in the Cubs organization is 1B/OF Josiah Hartshorn. In this game, he was 2-for-3 with a walk and his 18th home run with the Cubs. The 19-year-old was the Cubs sixth round pick in 2025. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers 3, Clearwater 7 Box Score In his first pro start, Jui-Chieh Lin didn’t record an out. He was charged with five runs on four hits, two walks and a hit batter. On Tuesday, he made his second start. In the first inning, he struck out the first batter he faced. The next hitter reached on an error and then Lin walked two batters to load the bases with one out. However, he got an infield pop out and then a line out to right field. A scoreless first inning. His second inning started with a walk, and then he hit the next batter. Callan Fang came on and allowed the two inherited runners to score and three more runs scored. Fang got one more out in the third inning. Eric Hammond gave up two runs on two hits and two walks over 3 2/3 innings. He had six strikeouts. Aidan Russell made his first professional appearance and had two walks and two strikeouts over two scoreless, hitless innings. The Mighty Mussels got on the board with two runs in the top of the third inning. With one out, Merphy Hernandez lined a single off of the pitcher. He then stole second base, and then he stole third base too. Isaiah Lane came up and hit a long drive that hit high off the wall in left-center field, it got by the center fielder, and Lane raced all the way around the bases for an inside-the-park homer. It was his second pro home run. In the top of the sixth, Quentin Young scored on a Bryce Fowler single to make it 7-3. The Mussels had six hits and four walks. No one had a multi-hit game. Lane was 1-for-3 with a walk to go with his home run. Young went 1-for-2 with two walks. Hernandez stole his 47th and 48th bases. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul): 4-for-5, 2B(6), 3B(1), HR(11), 3 R, 2 RBI, K Pitcher(s) of the Day Ryan Gallagher (St. Paul): 4 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 64 pitches, 43 strikes. PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects. See how they did today. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (Minnesota) - 0-for-4, BB, 2 R (batted ninth, played CF) #2 - C Vahn Lackey (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, BB, K (batted second, played catcher) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (Minnesota) - 2-for-5, R, 3 RBI (batted eighth, played SS) #4 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 0-for-4, K (batted first, played SS) #6 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - 4-for-5, 2B(6), 3B(1), HR(11), 3 R, 2 RBI, K (batted first, played CF) #7 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 1-for-3, 2 BB, RBI, K (batted fifth, played DH) #8 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 2-for-5, HR(22), R, 2 RBI, SB(1), (batted third, played DH) #9 - 1B/OF Gabriel Gonzalez (Minnesota) - 0-for-1, R, K (PR, LF) #11 - C Carson Tinney (Fort Myers) - 1-for-3, HBP, 2 K (batted second, played catcher) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 1-for-4, HR(11), R, RBI, 2 K (batted third, played SS) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 2-for-4, 2B(9) (batted second, played catcher) #15 - RHP Ryan Gallagher (St. Paul) - 4 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 63 pitches, 44 strikes #18 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 1-for-2, 2 BB, R, K (batted sixth, DHd) #19 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 2-for-4, BB, 2B(22), HR(12), 2 R, RBI, K, 2 SB(38) (batted first, played CF) UPCOMING PROBABLES Wednesday, September 2 St. Paul @ Omaha (12:05 pm CT) - RHP Ricky Castro (3-3, 5.36 ERA) Wichita @ Tulsa (12:05 pm CT) - RHP Chris Vallimont (2-4, 4.68 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ South Bend (6:05 pm CT) - LHP Cesar Lares (1-6, 11.45 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Clearwater (5:30 pm CT) - RHP Cristian Hernandez (0-0, 3.86 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 67-72 St. Paul Saints: 75-57 Wichita Wind Surge: 51-74 (Final Game 9/13) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 47-78 (Final Game 9/6) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 67-56 (Final Game 9/6) FCL Twins: 33-26 (Season Complete) DSL Twins: 19-35 (Season Complete) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Image courtesy of Rob Thompson (photo of Kala'i Rosario) TRANSACTIONS The Saints activated Ian Daugherty from the Development List. RHP Jason Reitz was activated from the Injured List for the Mussels. In addition, OF Ricardo Paez was promoted from the FCL Twins to the Mussels. Kernels OF/1B Jayson Bass was placed on the temporary inactive list. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 8, Toledo 1 Box Score This was a low-scoring affair until the bottom of the fifth inning when Matt Wallner bashed a grand slam to give the Saints some space. They added more. Kala’i Rosario led off the top of the second inning with his fourth Saints home run. After two were out, David Banuelos hit his seventh home run of the season to make it 2-0. Jack Anderson started for the Saints. He gave up one run on four hits and a walk over 4 2/3 innings. He hit 68 pitches and then Matt Bowman came on to get the final out of the fifth inning. He also worked a scoreless sixth inning.Garrett Acton tossed two innings and struck out four batters. Marco Raya pitched a perfect ninth inning to finish out the win. They didn’t need it, and obviously they didn’t know that they didn’t need it, so the Saints kept adding on. With one out in the fifth inning, Banuelos was hit by a pitch. Alan Roden singled, and Gabriel Gonzalez lined a single to left to load the bases. That brought Matt Wallner to the plate, and he took a 2-0 sinker on the inning third of the plate and deposited it over the wall in right field to make it a 6-1 game in favor of the Saints. It marked his 24th home run with the Saints this season as he continues to add to his franchise-leading single-season home run record. In the bottom of the seventh, Wallner came to the plate with Gonzalez at second base after a walk and wild pitch. Wallner lined a single to the opposite field to drive in Gonzalez and make it 7-1. In the bottom of the eighth, Kala’i Rosario came up and hit his second home run of the night and fifth with the Saints. It was a laser at about 112 mph. That gave the Saints an 8-1 lead that they held onto. Wallner was 2-for-3 with a walk, his 24th home run and five RBI (which gives him 70 for the season). Gonzalez went 2-for-3 with a walk. Rosario hit two homers over four at-bats. Banuelos was 1-for-2 with a walk, a hit by pitch, and his seventh home run of the season. Playoff Update: With 19 games left in the season, the Saints are 2.0 games out of the lone second half playoff spot. Home Run Record Update: The Saints have hit 228 home runs this season. The current International League record for single-season home runs by a team is 231. The Saints have 19 games left. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 1, Arkansas 11 Box Score Before the game, Andrew Cossetti was presented the Wind Surge 2026 Harmon Killebrew Award for Community Service. That truly is an honor. In the bottom of the second inning, Cossetti gave his team a 1-0 lead with his 17th home run of the season. After that, the Travelers scored the next, and final, 11 runs of the game. Cory Lewis started. In a season-high 4 1/3 innings, he gave up two runs on four hits and a walk. He had five strikeouts. Hunter Gregory came in and gave up two runs on three hits over 1 2/3 innings. Jaylen Nowlin came in for the seventh inning. He gave up five runs (4 earned) on two hits, three walks, and a hit batter. He recorded just two outs. Kyle Bischoff got the final out of the seventh and worked a scoreless eighth inning. Catcher Luis Hernandez came in to pitch the top of the ninth inning. He gave up two runs on four hits in the inning. Khadim Diaw was back in the lineup. He went 2-for-4 with his eighth double. It marks his 17th multi-hit game since joining Wichita. Garrett Spain went 2-for-4. He's had 25 multi-hit games. Kyle DeBarge went 2-for-4 and stole his 34th base on the season. DeBarge has 24 multi-hit games this season. With Kade Anderson called up by the Mariners, the clear top pitching prospect in the Mariners system is Ryan Sloan. He started this game for Arkansas. He gave up one run on five hits over six innings. He had six strikeouts to zero walks. Like Anderson, you can find Sloan among the top 10 prospects in all of baseball. Marek Houston was out of the Wind Surge lineup for the second straight game. He hasn't played since being ejected in the eighth inning on Thursday. Home Run Record Update: Cossetti's home run gave the Surge 171 homers this season. That ties the franchise's record for homers in a season. The Surge have seven more games to play. Did you Know? Walker Jenkins became the 50th former Wind Surge player to make his MLB debut. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 4, Lake County 10 Box Score Kolten Smith has certainly not been himself since he joined the Kernels, but it’s been especially rough his past three starts. In this game. He tossed a scoreless first inning and completed the first inning for the first time in three starts. However, he gave up four runs in the second and four more runs in the third inning. In total, he gave up eight runs on seven hits (2 homers) and five walks in 2 1/3 innings. Just 36 of his 71 pitches were strikes. Ivran Romero came in and went the next 4 1/3 innings. He came in with the bases loaded and got out of the inning without allowing any of the inherited runners to score. He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk. He struck out two batters. Cleiber Maldonado got the next four outs, three of them on strikeouts. Catcher Irvin Nunez came in and pitched the ninth. He had a 1-2-3 inning with two ground balls and a line out to center. While they found themselves down 8-0 after three innings, the Kernels hitters didn’t give up. In the bottom of the fourth inning, JP Smith led off with a walk. Luis Fragoza singled him to center. The runners advanced on a balk. Following a walk, Byron Chourio and Ramiro Dominguez each drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to make it 8-2. In the bottom of the sixth, Fragoza led off with a single. With two outs, a Dominguez single drove him in. That made the deficit 9-3. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Yasser Mercedes clobbered a 2-2 hanger beyond the wall in left field, and completely out of the stadium. It left the bat at 110 mph. Mercedes went 3-for-5, and that was his 10th home run with the Kernels. Fragoza went 2-for-4. Byron Chourio hit his fourth double. Tait fouled for the 23rd time this season. On Sunday, the Kernels will play their final home game of the 2026 season. They are scheduled to play six games in South Bend next week to close out their season. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers, Bradenton (postponed) Box Score For the second straight night, conditions at Hammond Stadium, specifically the rain, caused an unplayable field. Friday’s game was cancelled. The two teams will attempt to play a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. They will be the final two home games for the Mussels this season. Fort Myers is scheduled for six games in Clearwater next week to conclude their season. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Matt Wallner (St. Paul): 2-for-3, BB HR(24), R, 5 RBI Kala’i Rosario (St. Paul): 2-for-2, 2 HR(5), 2 R, 2 RBI, K Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-5, HR(10), R, RBI, 2 K Pitcher(s) of the Day Jack Anderson (St. Paul): 4 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K Garrett Acton (St. Paul): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects. See how they did today. (Click on player links in this section to see Twins Daily articles that the player has been tagged in.) #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (Minnesota) - 1-for-3, 2B(1), RBI(1), SB(1) (batted ninth, played CF) #2 - C Vahn Lackey (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4, BB, 3 K (batted second, placed catcher) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (Minnesota) - 0-for-4, R, K (batted seventh, played SS) #8 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-4, 2B(23), K (batted third, played DH) #9 - 1B/OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 2-for-3, BB, 2 R (batted second, played LF) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 0-for-4, K (batted third, played SS) #13 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 2-for-4, 2B(8) (batted second, played DHd) #19 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 3-for-5, HR(10), R, RBI, 2 K (batted first, played CF) UPCOMING PROBABLES Sunday, August 30 Toledo @ St. Paul (2:07 pm CT) - LHP Aaron Rozek (3-3, 3.94 ERA) Arkansas @ Wichita (1:05 pm CT) - RHP Riley Quick (0-2, 4.76 ERA) Lake County @ Cedar Rapids (1:05 pm CT) - LHP Cesar Lares (1-6, 11.45 ERA) Bradenton @ Ft. Myers (DH @ 11:05 am CT) - RHP Eric Hammond (1-4, 4.40 ERA), TBD CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 64-72 St. Paul Saints: 74-56 Wichita Wind Surge: 51-72 (Final Game 9/13) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 46-77 (Final Game 9/6) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 67-55 (Final Game 9/6) FCL Twins: 33-26 (Season Complete) DSL Twins: 19-35 (Season Complete) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

Image courtesy of Malamut Photography (photo of Byron Chourio) TRANSACTIONS I’m not sure if you have heard yet, but the Minnesota Twins called up OF Walker Jenkins to the big leagues (officially on Friday). To make room on the 26-man roster OF Alan Roden was optioned to St. Paul. To make room on the 40-man roster, RHP Woo-Suk Go was Designated for Assignment. RHP Paulshawn Pasqualotto was promoted to St. Paul for the second time this season. RHP Finnegan Wall moved from the FCL Twins roster to the Cedar Rapids Kernels. The Kernels placed RHP Brian Zeldin on the 7-Day Injured List. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 1, Toledo 4 Box Score To say this wasn’t a great game for the Saint is probably an understatement. Well, the pitching wasn’t actually too bad. German Marquez provided the Saints with innings in this game. He gave up four runs, but he gave the team six innings. He gave up eight hits, walked four and had four strikeouts. C.J. Culpepper struck out two batters over two scoreless innings. Julian Merryweather gave up two hits but no runs in a scoreless ninth frame. He had one strikeout. The Saints went scoreless through the game’s first eight innings. They did score a run in the bottom of the ninth when Tanner Schobel drove in Kala’i Rosario with a fielder’s choice grounder. The Saints scored their one run on five hits and four walks. They were 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left nine on base. That’s understandable when a team strikes out 19 times. All 10 Saints batters that played in the game struck out at least once. Four Saints batters struck out three times. Kala’i Rosario went 2-for-4 with his second double. He also stole his second base. Tristan Gray had the only other extra base hit, his third Saints double. Emmanuel Rodriguez was 0-for-2 but walked twice. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 3, Arkansas 5 Box Score Chris Vallimont made the start for the Surge. The veteran gave up one run on three hits and a walk over four innings. He struck out four batters. Sam Armstrong went the next four innings. He gave up four runs (3 earned) on seven hits. He struck out six batters and walked none. Darren Bowen walked two and had a strikeout in a scoreless ninth inning. The issue was that, like the Saints, the Wind Surge scored in just one of nine innings. Down 4-0 going to the bottom of the seventh inning, Wichita scored three runs after the 7th Inning Stretch. Jaime Ferrer led off the seventh by being hit by a pitch. Graham Brown followed with his third Double-A home run which cut the deficit in half. With two outs, Jake Rucker walked. Brandon Winokur singled him to third. Rucker scored on a Garrett Spain single to make it 4-3. That’s as close as they got. Wichita had three runs on six hits and four walks. Caden Kendle went 2-for-2 with a walk. Brown’s home run was his third Double-A homer. Spain and Andrew Cossetti each had a single and a walk. They were just 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 8, Lake County 3 Box Score The Kernels fell behind early in this game. Justin Mitrovich started and gave up one hit, walked three and hit one batter. He recorded just two outs, one on a strikeout, but he was already at 39 pitches, so he came out with the bases loaded. Finnegan Wall came in with the bases loaded and walked the first batter he faced before getting the first inning’s final out. All three runs were charged to Mitrovich. Wall went 2 1/3 innings and gave up no runs of his own. He gave up three hits and walked a second batter. Not a bad first professional appearance, especially with what he came into. Down 3-0 after one inning, the Kernels bullpen was really good the final eight innings. Yehizon Sanchez and Brent Francisco each tossed two scoreless innings. Sanchez gave up one hit, hit one batter, and walked one. He struck out two batters. Francisco gave up four hits and had four strikeouts. Cole Peschl and Michael Hilker each tossed a scoreless innings. Peschl had one strikeout and Hilker had two strikeouts. The Kernels got on the scoreboard in the second inning. With two outs, Ramiro Dominguez walked. He advanced a base on a Byron Chourio single. Irvin Nunez reached on an error to load the bases. Jacob McCombs then reached on another fielding error which allowed two runs to score. In the bottom of the third inning, JP Smith knocked his sixth home run since joining the Kernels earlier in the month. He had 15 home runs with Fort Myers. The solo homer tied the score at 3-3. The middle innings were quiet, but the Kernels took their first lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. Chourio started the inning with a single to left. He stole second and went to third base on a throwing error. Chourio scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of McCombs. The Kernels broke things open in the bottom of the eighth inning, doubling their scoring output from the previous seven innings. Eduardo Tait led off with a single. He went to third on a Smith single and a throwing error. With one out, Jayson Bass singled in Tait to make it 5-3. With two outs, Chourio stepped to the plate and launched a three-run homer to make it 8-3. Batting eighth, Chourio went 3-for-4 with his third home run, three runs scored and three runs driven in. He also stole his sixth base. McCombs went 2-for-3 with his fifth triple. Smith was 2-for-3 with a walk and his sixth Kernels homer. The photo of Byron Chourio at the top of this article is one of nearly 4,000 photos that Dee Malamut of Malamut Photography took at last night's Kernels game in Cedar Rapids. You will see Dee at most Kernels home games, and we are lucky enough to be able to use some of his great photos. And, if you're planning on going to Cedar Rapids, or maybe at Twins Fest, you can order some photos from Dee himself. Check out the home page and find links to the 2026 games (and further back). You can also use the search functionality and type in names of current or past Kernels players and find their photos. The current Kernels roster has Top 20 prospects like Vahn Lackey, Eduardo Tait, and Yasser Mercedes. Marek Houston, Riley Quick, Khadim Diaw, Enrique Jimenez, Brandon Winokur are Top 20 prospect who were with the Kernels earlier this year. Caden Kendle and Adrian Bohorquez were in Cedar Rapids until recently. Want to see more Chourio, or JP Smith photos, check out Friday's Kernels game photos. And if you're a fan of minor leaguers from other organizations, you might be able to find them. For instance, Royals outfield prospect Carson Roccaforte was recently promoted to Triple-A Omaha. A search of the Malamut Photography site shows us that he's posted 30 photos of a Top 10 Royals prospect. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers, Bradenton (Cancelled) Box Score The Mussels game on Friday night (and the postgame fireworks) was cancelled when rains made Hammond Stadium unplayable. With the season winding down, the game was cancelled rather than postponed as it won’t make a difference for the playoffs. Saturday and Sunday are the final two home games for the Mussels 2026 season. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Byron Chourio (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-4, HR(3), 3 R, 3 RBI, SB(6) Pitcher(s) of the Day Finnegan Wall (Cedar Rapids): 2 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 64-71 St. Paul Saints: 73-56 Wichita Wind Surge: 51-71 (Final Game 9/13) Cedar Rapids Kernels: 46-76 (Final Game 9/6) Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 67-55 (Final Game 9/6) FCL Twins: 33-26 (Season Complete) DSL Twins: 19-35 (Season Complete) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article

It's not a huge deal. I did go back and watch the first one. He didn't do much. In fact, I recall tweeting something like, "That was the most laid back, calm ejection I'd ever seen."

I mean, "Speed" is absolutely his game. He's young, thin and fast. That said, he's got maybe four homers this year and a couple went a long way. But definitely he's a solid centerfielder and has a good arm. Lots of growing and developing to do, but he's been productive each of his pro seasons. 3 years, 3 levels.

I didn't go back to the video, but he struck out in the bottom of the 7th, and then the third base ump tossed him, I believe, when he was one his way back out to the field. I'm guessing it isn't anything to worry about, but it is worth noting.

Image courtesy of Malamut Photography (photo of Ramiro Dominguez) I was going to start this article today with what is now the third paragraph. But then I took about a second and thought. Hmmm, the Minnesota Twins are calling up their top prospect on Friday. Maybe that should be the introductory paragraph. It was clear that Jenkins would be a big leaguer. It was always a matter of when, and not if. Even this year, he had a couple of stints on the Injured List, first with a hamstring strain and later a shoulder issue. That delayed him, but when he played, he did everything. Well, almost everything. The one thing he had really not shown yet was in-game power. Sure, he hit some homers, and some of them went a long way. And then came August. Jenkins played in 18 games for the Saints. He had multi-hit games in 11 of them. He had his first three multi-homer games this month. He hit eight home runs including five of them in the past six games. In August, he hit .411/.488/.795 (1.283) with two doubles, a triple, eight homers and 13 RBI. He also walked 11 times and had seven stolen bases. There’s no way to know how Jenkins will perform in his first month in the big leagues, but he should be coming into the league with a lot of confidence. I know he’s no longer a Twins pitching prospect, but lefty Dasan Hill was a nice addition to the Twins organization the past couple of years. He had a big breakout season in 2025, and despite struggles in 2026, remained a very intriguing prospect. The Twins were able to acquire RHP Jeff Hoffman in large part due to including Hill in the trade package. On Thursday, Hill posted a video on YouTube. In it, he mentioned his love for the Twins organization, teammates and coaches and trainers and everyone. He had an immediate reaction to the trade, clearly still reeling from the surprise. He then talked about his transition over to the Blue Jays organization. He’s excited, of course. He also broke down a recent outing that he had. I definitely encourage people to take the 13ish minutes to watch his YouTube video. TRANSACTIONS The recently-signed veteran RHP Ron Marinaccio was placed on the temporarily inactive list. Infielder Ramiro Dominguez was promoted from Fort Myers to Cedar Rapids. RHPs Rainer Marin and Aidan Russell were promoted from the FCL to Fort Myers. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 3, Toledo 9 Box Score The Twins made the decision to call up Walker Jenkins from the Saints. Emmanuel Rodriguez has been showing all of his skills and tools in recent weeks as well. On Thursday night, Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with his fifth double and his 10th home run. He played left field, and it will be interesting to see if he gets to the big leagues too before the season ends. Tanner Schobel went 2-for-3 with a walk and his sixth home run, a two-run shot in the fifth inning. Tristan Gray went 2-for-4. Those three accounted for six of the team’s seven hits. Matt Wallner walked twice. The Wind Surge went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position, but it didn’t matter on this night. Ricky Castro started for the Saints and was charged with five runs on five hits. In 3 1/3 innings, he walked three and had six strikeouts. Alejandro Hidalgo gave up two runs on two hits in 1 1/3 innings. He had four walks and two strikeouts. Eric Orze calmed things with 2 1/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Marco Raya gave up two runs on one hit and two walks in his inning. He struck out three batters. Woo-Suk Go struck out two in a perfect ninth inning. If the Twins were to need to make a 40-man roster move on Friday, Go could be gone. In nine games with the Saints, he is 2-1 with a 12.54 ERA. In 9 1/3 innings, he’s given up 13 earned runs on nine hits and 11 walks. The 28-year-old also struck out nine batters. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 4, Arkansas 8 (10 innings) Box Score The Surge took an early lead in the third inning. From there it was back and forth. Through nine innings, the game was tied 3-3. Arkansas scored five runs in the top of the 10th frame to take the commanding lead. The Kernels scored in the bottom of the 10th but fell far short. In the bottom of the third inning, Marek Houston notched a one-out single. With two outs, Brandon Winokur’s ninth Surge homer gave Wichita a 2-0 lead. On Thursday night, Winokur set his career high with his 18th home run. On Friday, he added to that total with his 19th overall home run of the season. Ty Langenberg got the start for Wichita and continued to pitch well. He gave up one run on two hits and a walk over five innings. He had five strikeouts. Wichita added a run in the bottom of the seventh inning, but they could have had more. Jaime Ferrer and Graham Brown started the inning with singles. Quinn McDaniel drove in Ferrer with a double to make it 3-1. Runners were on second and third base with nobody out. Unfortunately, the next two batters struck out, and a ground out ended the inning. Spencer Bengard came in and gave up just one hit and one walk over two scoreless innings. He struck out two batters. Jaylen Nowlin gave up two runs (1 earned) on one hit and two walks in the top of the eighth which tied the game at 3-3. Mitch Mueller came on and pitched a scoreless ninth inning. He went out for the tenth inning and faced five batters. He got no outs. He gave up five runs (3 earned) on two hits and two walks. Kyle Bischoff came on and got three outs, two on strikeouts. He also walked one batter. Brandon Winokur drove in the Wichita Manfred Man to make it 8-4, but that was as close as it got. Winokur went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs, all with two outs. Kyle DeBarge went 2-for-4 and stole his 32nd and 33rd bases of the season. McDaniels’ double was his second with Wichita. For the second time since joining Wichita, Marek Houston was ejected. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 10, Lake County 11 Box Score Through four innings, the Kernels found themselves behind by a score of 8-3. By the end of the seventh inning, Cedar Rapids had a 10-8 lead. Unfortunately, a three-run eighth inning gave the Captains a one-run lead that they held onto. Merit Jones started and was charged with eight runs (7 earned) on nine hits and four walks. Michael Ross came in and worked the final five innings. He gave up three runs on three hits and two walks. He struck out four batters. Byron Chourio led off the bottom of the first inning with a single. He stole a base and Vahn Lackey walked. With two outs, Danny De Andrade hit his 14th home run to give his team the early 3-2 lead. Andy Lugo led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a walk. Ramiro Dominguez walked to the plate. He had flown out in his first at-bat with the Kernels, in the second inning. Wearing the #2 on his white Kernels jersey, he lined a first-pitch fastball over the wall in left field. It hit the foul pole and cut the Kernels deficit to three. The bottom of the sixth inning began with walks by JP Smith and Danny De Andrade. With one out, Irvin Nunez was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Then, with two outs, #2 stepped to the plate again. On a 2-1 pitch, Dominguez crushed another ball. There was no question if it was fair or foul, and it was no question if it was deep enough. He turned a three-run deficit into a one-run lead with the blast. Dominguez ended the day 2-for-4 with six RBI. In 90 games for Fort Myers, he hit nine homers. A quick search on this site for articles in which Ramiro Dominguez is tagged brings back 18 results including a reminder that he was the Twins Daily 2025 FCL Hitter of the Year. As noted, the Kernels gave up three runs in the eighth and took the tough loss. We reached out to the Kernels, but we have not yet heard back from them at the time of publication. We wanted to address the rumors that the Kernels are thinking about giving Dominguez the number 3 on his uniform for the game on Friday. There were also some reports that first baseman JP Smith offered to give up #46 to Dominguez right before Merit Jones offered him uniform #51. We’ll be sure to follow up. No, not really. Danny De Andrade went 3-for-3 with two walks, his 14th home run and four RBI. Byron Chourio went 2-for-5. Vahn Lackey had his first hitless game since joining the Kernels. He was 0-for-1 with four walks. The photo at the top of this article is one of nearly 5,000 photos that David Malamut of Malamut Photography took at last night's Kernels game in Cedar Rapids. David can be seen at most Kernels home games, and we are lucky enough to be able to use some of his great photos. And, if you're planning on going to Cedar Rapids, or maybe at Twins Fest, you can order some photos from David himself. You can check the home page and find links to the 2026 games (and further back). You can also use the search functionality and type in names of current or past Kernels players and find their photos. The current Kernels roster has Top 20 prospects like Vahn Lackey, Eduardo Tait, and Yasser Mercedes. Marek Houston, Riley Quick, Khadim Diaw, Enrique Jimenez, Brandon Winokur are Top 20 prospect who were with the Kernels earlier this year. Caden Kendle and Adrian Bohorquez were in Cedar Rapids until recently. Want to see more Ramiro Dominguez photos, check out Thursday's Kernels game photos. And if you're a fan of minor leaguers from other organizations, you might be able to find them. For instance, on Thursday, Brewers slugging prospect Andrew Fischer hit three homers, his 41st, 42nd and 43rd of the season. A search of the Malamut Photography site shows us that he's posted 85 photos of the Brewers 2025 first-round pick. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers 4, Bradenton 2 Box Score The Mussels got off to an early lead and then held on for the win. Merphy Hernandez led off the bottom of the first inning with a triple. Carson Tinney followed with a walk. With one out, Isaiah Lane drove in Hernandez with a single. Bryce Fowler led off the second frame with a double. Quentin Young followed with an RBI single to left to make it 2-0. The third inning began with a Tinney walk. Colby Turner hit a ground rule double to advance Tinney to third base and then scored on a passed ball. Walks by Lane and Fowler loaded the bases. Young hit a fly ball to center field, deep enough to drive in Turner with the team’s fourth run. Cristian Hernandez started and gave up one run on six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked one and had six strikeouts. Rainer Marin gave up two hits and a walk over 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Adam Falinski gave up one run on three hits and two walks in his two innings. Nick McAuliffe tossed two scoreless innings to record the save. Lane was the lone Mussel batter to record a multi-hit game. He was 2-for-3 with a walk. Fowler’s double was his second, and Turner’s double was his fifth of the season. Tinney went 1-for-3 with two walks. Merphy Hernandez went 1-for-2 with three walks and his second triple. He stole his 45th and 46th bases of the season. That pushed him past Ben Revere in 2009 for second-most steals in franchise history (dates back to 1992). It is fairly unlikely that Hernandez will surpass the current leader and jump into the #1 spot. That belongs to outfielder Anthony Felston who, in 1998, stole 86 bases for the Miracle. Felston was the Twins 34th round pick in the 1996 draft out of the University of Mississippi. Felston stole 86 bases and was caught 26 times in 114 games in his age-23 season. Hernandez will not turn 20 until mid-December and has 46 bases in 56 Mussels games. (It’s also important to note that the Miracle were the organization’s High-A affiliate until the 2021 season when it became the Low-A affiliate.) A quick search of Twins Daily, brings back these articles in which Hernandez was tagged. COMPLEX TOPICS The Florida Complex League and the Dominican Summer League seasons are complete. On Thursday, The FCL Twins Yovanny Duran was named an FCL All Star outfielder. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-3, 2 BB, HR(14), 2 R, 4 RBI, SB(1) Ramiro Dominguez (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-4, 2-HR (2), 2 R, 6 RBI Murphy Hernandez (Fort Myers): 1-for-2, 3 BB, 3B(2), R, K, 2 SB(46) Brandon Winokur (Wichita): 3-for-5, HR(9), R, 3 RBI Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul): 2-for-4, 2B(5), HR(10), R, RBI Pitcher(s) of the Day Ty Langenberg (Wichita): 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects. See how they did today. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (Minnesota) - Did Not Play. Called up to Twins. #2 - C Vahn Lackey (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-1, 4 BB, R, SB(2) (batted second, played catcher) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (Minnesota) - No Game. #4 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 1-for-4, R, K, ejected in 8th (batted first, played SS) #5 - RHP Riley Quick (Wichita) - Did Not Play. #6 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - 2-for-4, 2B(5), HR(10), R, RBI (batted second, played LF) #7 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 1-for-4, 2 K (batted fifth, played DH) #8 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-5 (batted third, played DH) #9 - 1B/OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 0-for-4, K (batted third, played 1B) #11 - C Carson Tinney (Fort Myers) - 1-for-3, 2 BB, R, K (batted second, played Catcher) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 3-for-5, HR(9), R, 3 RBI (batted third, played CF and SS) #18 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 1-for-3, 2 RBI, SF, SB(8) (batted seventh, played SS) UPCOMING PROBABLES Friday, August 28 Toledo @ St. Paul (7:07 pm CT) - RHP German Marquez (0-0, 7.71 ERA) Arkansas @ Wichita (6:35 pm CT) - RHP Chris Vallimont (2-3, 4.86 ERA) Lake County @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 pm CT) - RHP Justin Mitrovich (2-1, 3.08 ERA) Bradenton @ Ft. Myers (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Matthew Dalquist (3-3, 4.66 ERA) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 64-70 St. Paul Saints: 73-55 Wichita Wind Surge: 51-70 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 45-76 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 67-55 FCL Twins: 33-26 (Season Complete) DSL Twins: 19-35 (Season Complete) Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss today’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related! View full article