Seth Stohs

Image courtesy of William Parmeter (photo of Merphy Hernandez) TRANSACTIONS It’s a rarity, but on Friday, there were no transactions in the organization. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul, Iowa (Postponed by rain) Box Score I feel like I haven’t seen any rain for a month. But over the past 24 hours in Des Moines, they have had more than two inches of rain and it’s still coming down. So, Friday night’s game has been postponed, and the teams will attempt to play two games on Saturday. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 1, Corpus Christi 0 Box Score It was a little cooler in Wichita on Friday than it was on Thursday. At game time on Thursday, the temperature was 104. On Friday night at first pitch, it was down to just 103 degrees. Wisely, the two teams decided to play a quick game. Wind Surge pitchers were fantastic. Preston Johnson made the start and tossed five shutout innings. He gave up just one hit, walked none, and had five strikeouts. Sam Armstrong came in next and struck out three batters over three scoreless innings. He gave up three hits. Hanging on to a 1-0 lead, Paulshawn Pasqualotto earned the save with a perfect ninth inning. Wichita pitchers gave up just four hits in the game. Wichita hitters recorded just four hits in the game. They also walked four times and twice were hit by pitches. In the fourth inning, Brandon Winokur and Garrett Spain walked. With two outs, Jake Rucker came through with a line-drive single to center field. Rucker went 2-for-2 with a walk and the lone RBI. Spain had a single and a walk. KERNEL NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 0, Wisconsin 6 Box Score One night after the Kernels shut out the Timber Rattlers, Wisconsin returned the favor by shutting out Cedar Rapids. Justin Mitrovich started and gave up one run on four hits over four innings. He walked three and had seven strikeouts. Merit Jones came in and gave up four runs (2 earned) on three hits and two walks over 3 2/3 innings. He had four strikeouts. Mike McKenna came in and gave up an unearned run on three hits over the final 1 1/3 innings. He also had a balk and a wild pitch. The Kernels had just five hits and two walks in the game. They also struck out 13 times, nine of them credited to Ethan Dorchies who tossed 6 2/3 innings for the Rattlers. Jayson Bass went 1-for-2 with two walks. The team was 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position and left eight on base. The Rattlers are the High-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. For more on the Brewers, Rattlers and the Milwaukee organization, check out fellow DiamondCentric site, Brewer Fanatic. Most of their Top 20 prospects have spent time in Wisconsin this season but are now up in Biloxi including outfielder Braylan Payne who played in Cedar Rapids on Thursday and was promoted to Biloxi on Friday. #2 Prospect Luis Pena is a Top 20 global prospect and 2026 draft pick, and #16 Prospect Sawyer Strosnider are with the Rattlers. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers 10, Clearwater 12 Box Score First the game was delayed. They started 66 minutes after the scheduled start time. And then they played the longest, nine-inning game of the season, three hours and 26 minutes. When the Threshers scored seven runs in the top of the fifth, it gave them a 12-4 lead. To that point, they had scored in each of the first five innings. To the Mussels' credit, they didn’t give up. Even in the bottom of the ninth, there was a short time when the game-tying run was at the plate. But the comeback came up shy. The Mussels scored 10 runs on 12 hits and seven walks. They also were 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts. Merphy Hernandez has become an intriguing prospect. On Friday night, he went 3-for-4 with a walk and four stolen bases. He now has 39 steals this season. Ramiro Dominguez went 2-for-4 with two walks and his 23rd and 24th doubles. He stole his 23rd base. Isaiah Lane was 2-for-5 with his third double and third triple. Luis Fragoza went 1-for-2 with two walks and his 11th and 12th steals. Charlie Scholvin went 1-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base. The only other extra base hit was off the bat of Vahn Lackey, his second triple. He also accomplished his first Golden Sombrero, his first four-strikeout game. While he will shortly be making the move north to Cedar Rapids (and rightfully so), he has hit just .200/.365/.350 (.715) with two doubles, two triples and five RBI. Cristian Hernandez made his second Mussels start. The 21-year-old gave up three runs on five hits in 1 2/3 innings. He struck out one batter. Brent Francisco came on and gave up four runs on five hits and a walk over 2 2/3 innings. Brad Rudis gave up five runs on four hits and a walk in 1 2/3 innings. Adam Falinski came in and gave his team what they needed, three shutout innings. Of note, as I expected when the Twins traded Jhomnardo Reyes to the Orioles for Dean Kremer, the Twins promoted Yovanny Duran from the FCL Twins to the Mighty Mussels. In seven games, he has hit .231/.344/.423 (.767) with two doubles and a home run. He also has five walks to four strikeouts. Certainly not huge numbers, but having watched several of his plate appearances, he is holding his own. Jordan Smith has him hitting leadoff now, and he’s earned it with quality plate appearances. Defensively, he had two outfield assists on Friday night. And he won’t turn 19 until November 3rd. COMPLEX CHRONICLES DSL Twins 18, DSL Phillies 19 Box Score Most of the time when your offense starts the game with innings scoring three, three, five, and six, there’s a decent chance you’re going to win. Weird stuff can happen in the DSL. The DSL Phillies scored 11 runs in the first innings and then they scored four in the fifth inning and three more in the top of the sixth. The Phillies scored their 19 runs on 14 hits and 14 walks. The Twins scored 18 runs on 17 hits and five walks. Phillies defenders committed four errors. The Twins defense had five errors. Yosangel Braffit started and was charged with five runs in the first inning and got just one out. Aldwin Morillo came on and gave up six runs (5 earned) on three hits and three walks and he got just one out. Arthur de la Cruz came in and got the final out of the first inning. Braffit came back in for the second inning and went two scoreless innings. Like the rule or not, this is what it is meant for. And remember, the DSL players are six promotions from the big leagues. Stats are fairly meaningless. It’s all about development. Braffit could struggle, sit back down, think, get coached, overthink, and then go back on the mound and work on things. Miguel Martinez came in. He gave up one run on one hit and two walks and recorded just two outs. Jesus Moreno gave up four runs on three hits and three walks in 1 1/3 innings. Herkyn Taveras came on and worked the final two innings. He gave up three runs (1 earned) on four hits and a walk. Jhon Gonzalez went 4-for-5 with his fifth triple. He scored twice and drove in five runs. Jeferson Abreu went 2-for-4 with a walk, his eighth double, and his fifth home run. Fabian Ulloa went 2-for-4 with three runs and three RBI. Daiyer Barboza was 2-for-5. Abel Sosa was 2-for-5 with two RBI. Enmanuel Merlo was 2-for-4. Luis Duarte went 1-for-2 with two walks. Jendy Martinez went 1-for-3 with a walk and was hit by a pitch. He scored three runs and drove in two runs. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Merphy Hernandez (Fort Myers): 3-for-4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 4 SB (39) Jhon Gonzalez (DSL Twins): 4-for-5, 3B(5), 2 R, 5 RBI, Pitcher(s) of the Day Preston Johnson (Wichita): 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 54 pitches, 42 strikes (77.8%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects. See how they did today. UPCOMING PROBABLES Saturday, August 15 St. Paul @ Iowa (DH @ 4:08 pm CT) - LHP Kendry Rojas (2-0, 3.72 ERA), RHP Trent Baker (3-3, 5.40 ERA) Corpus Christi @ Wichita (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Cory Lewis (1-7, 3.97 ERA) Wisconsin @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 pm CT) - LHP Cesar Lares (0-5, 13.00 ERA) Clearwater @ Ft. Myers (5:05 pm CT) - RHP Ramiro Villanueva (0-4, 4.96 ERA) FCL Twins - Season Complete. DSL Tigers @ DSL Twins (9:00 am CT) - No Game CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 60-63 St. Paul Saints: 66-50 Wichita Wind Surge: 45-65 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 44-66 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 61-49 FCL Twins: 33-26 DSL Twins: 17-33 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

Yeah, this is a fairly important point to make... Dude is a moron. Rocco and Falvey and the team and the clubhouse must have cared the year before he got there when they won 101 games.

Image courtesy of William Parmeter (photo of Luis Fragoza) TRANSACTIONS The Twins activated Byron Buxton as their 27th man for the Field of Dreams Game in Dyersville, Iowa. After the game, it was announced that catcher Alex Jackson was DFAd. Hopefully he will clear waivers and remain in the organization. The Saints released RHP Eduardo Salazar, and RHP Alejandro Hidalgo was placed on the Development List. The Twins signed RHP German Marquez to a minor-league deal. The 31-year-old former All Star had been released by the San Diego Padres last week. When he debuted with the Rockies in 2016, he was one of the youngest players in the big leagues. Pitching in Colorado makes it difficult to know just how good he was. From 2017-2022, he was worth 15.8 bWAR. Since then, he has fought injuries and the struggles of returning from a major injury. Over the past four seasons, he has been worth a total of -1.3 bWAR. Between 2023-2024, he pitched in just five total games. He was 3-16 with a 6.70 ERA in 126 1/3 innings in Colorado. He signed a deal with the Padres this spring and went 4-2 with a 5.26 ERA in 13 games (53 innings). Side Note: This is the type of signing that the Twins should consider over the next three weeks. While there can’t be any more trades of players on 40-man rosters, teams can make trades of minor leaguers for minor leaguers. They can also sign players to minor league deals. Is Marquez good? Not really. Can he eat innings in St. Paul and in Minnesota if needed? Sure. And if he turns out good? By having him in the organization before September 1st, he can be eligible for the playoffs. If he’s really bad? He costs them pretty much nothing. If he’s somewhere in the middle, he can opt out. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 3, Iowa 10 Box Score I would guess that a lot of Twins fans, especially those who follow prospects, were hoping that Walker Jenkins would have just stayed in Dyersville, Iowa. So, on Thursday night, when Walker Jenkins led off a game in Iowa with an opposite field home run, maybe a few people thought that he had received The Call. He hadn’t. He was with the Saints in Des Moines. Unfortunately, the Iowa Cubs scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning and ran away with this one. Down 10-1 in the eight, Hendry Mendez lined a homer over the wall in right field to cut the deficit to a touchdown with an extra point. The Saints were unable to get any closer. Ricky Castro started and was charged with six runs on five hits and a walk. He gave up three home runs and only got two outs in the first inning. C.J. Culpepper came in to get out of the first inning. He gave up one run in 2 1/3 innings. He had five strikeouts. Matt Bowman gave up two solo home runs over two innings of work. Garrett Acton gave up a run on three walks in the sixth. Marco Raya and Julian Merryweather each had 1-2-3 innings. Jenkins led the Saints offense. He went 3-for-5 with his seventh home run. Cody Morissette went 2-for-4. Mendez went 1-for-3 with a walk and his seventh homer. Gabriel Gonzalez walked twice. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 5, Corpus Christi 1 Box Score The Caden Kendle train continues to role. On Thursday night, he got the scoring started with a two-out, first-inning home run. In the second inning, Kyle DeBarge and Graham Brown walked. With two outs, Marek Houston drove in DeBarge with a single. Brandon Winokur walked to load the bases. That brought Kendle to the plate, and he came through again with a two-run single to give his team a 4-0 lead. Riley Quick made the start, and it was easily his best start since joining the Wind Surge. He gave up one run on four hits in four innings. He walked two and had four strikeouts. Chris Vallimont came on and struck out six batters over four scoreless, hitless innings. He walked two batters. Hunter Gregory struck out one batter in a perfect ninth. Garrett Spain homered for the third time in his last two games in the seventh inning to give the team a 5-1 lead. That gives the minor-league Rule 5 pick 21 homers this season. Kendle went 2-for-4 with his sixth Surge homer and three RBI. In 26 Double-A games, the former fifth-round pick is hitting .400/.469/.674 (1.143) with eight doubles and six home runs. Houston went 2-for-5 and stole his 23rd base. Andrew Cossetti walked three times. Graham Brown walked twice. Kernels Nuggets Cedar Rapids 4, Wisconsin 0 Box Score More high-quality pitching for the Kernels and specifically another tremendous outing for Adrian Bohorquez. The young right-hander tossed five shutout innings. He gave up one hit, walked two, and he had four strikeouts. Michael Ross came on and got a four-inning save. He gave up two hits, walked none and had three strikeouts. The Kernels didn’t score until the fifth inning. Quinn McDaniel led off the inning with his seventh Kernels double. With two outs, Byron Chourio switched places with him, recording his first Kernels double. Chourio scored on a Jacob McCombs single to center to make it 2-0. Jump to the eighth inning. With one out, Yasser Mercedes doubled. With two outs, JP Smith walked and stole second. Danny De Andrade walked to load the bases. McDaniel came up and drove a single past a diving second baseman. Mercedes and Smith scored to make it a 4-0 game. The Kernels scored their four runs on seven hits and four walks. McDaniels was 2-for-4 with his seventh double and sixth stolen base. McCombs was 2-for-4 with his 16th stolen base. Smith went 1-for-2 with two walks and his second steal. Yasser Mercedes went 1-for-3 with his 18th double and 33rd stolen base. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers 10, Clearwater 4 Box Score After two scoreless innings, the Mussels scored in each of the next six innings. This was a solid all-around game for the Mussels, power, speed and some pitching in key moments. Matt Barr started and gave up three runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings. He struck out three batters. Lefty Matthew Becker came in and struck out four batters over 1 2/3 scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and walked a batter. Jake Covey came on and gave up a hit, hit a batter, and recorded a strikeout. Hendry Chivilli came in for the ninth inning. He gave up one run on two hits and a hit batter. The Mussels scoring started with two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the third inning. Colby Turner and Carson Tinney hit singles. Luis Fragoza came up and drilled his 12th home run of the season to give the team a 3-2 lead. With two outs in the fourth, Merphy Hernandez walked, stole second and scored when the throw went into the outfield. Yes, he is that fast. The Mussels loaded the bases in the fifth inning with nobody out. With two outs, Isaiah Lane picked up his teammates with a line-drive single to center to drive in two runs and give the team a 6-3 lead. In the sixth inning, it was all Merphy Hernandez again. With one out, he hit his third home run. The team doubled the Mussel in the seventh inning. Luis Fragoza hit his second home run of the game, and two batters later, Quentin Young hit a homer to make it 9-3. The Mussels added one more run in the eighth inning. Hernandez doubled and went to third on a passed ball. He scored the 10th run on a groundout. Fragoza went 2-for-2 with two walks, his 12th and 13th home runs, three runs scored and four RBI. He is now hitting .314/.377/.588 (.965) with 17 doubles, 13 homers and 50 RBI in 56 Mussels games. Hernandez went 2-for-3 with a walk, his fifth double, his third home run. He also stole his 35th base in 47 games for Fort Myers. Both players started their seasons with 10 games with the FCL Twins. Quentin Young went 2-for-4 with his 15th home run. Carson Tinney went 1-for-3 with two walks. Colby Turner and Isaiah Lane each had a single and a walk. COMPLEX CHRONICLES DSL Twins 9, DSL Rockies 13 Box Score If only the game would have ended after the top of the 7th… The DSL Twins had worked their way to a 7-2 lead. Unfortunately, the Phillies scored six in the seventh and fifth in the eighth. Yolcar Garcia started for the Twins. He gave up two runs on three hits and a walk in three innings. He had one strikeout. Alam Soriano came on and tossed three scoreless innings. He gave up one hit, walked one and struck out three batters. Jeremy Jimenez came in to start the seventh. He recorded just one out and was charged with six runs (4 earned) on two hits, two walks, and a hit batter. Failin Placencio came on with the bases loaded and allowed all three runners to score. And, he gave up two of his own runs on one hit andfour walks. He recorded three outs. Wisarly Reinoso came in with two runners on in the eighth inning and allowed both inherited runners to score. Before getting two outs, he gave up another three runs on four hits and a walk. The Twins did a nice job of putting up crooked numbers. They scored two runs in the third inning, both on wild pitches. The top of the fourth inning began with a walk, a hit batter, and a walk, but even despite a double play the Twins were able to score two more runs, both on RBI singles. Jhon Gonzalez hit his first home run as a professional leading off the top of the fifth. That gave the team a 5-2 lead. Then in the top of the seventh, Gonzalez led off with his 11th double. After a walk and a wild pitch, he scored on a sacrifice fly. They added one more to make it 7-2. Daiyer Barboza led off wand went 2-for-4 with two walks and three RBI. Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with a walk, his first homer and his 11th double. Misael Rodriguez went 2-for-3, and he stole his 10th base. Jefferson Abreu was 1-for-2 with two walks. Jendy Martinez stole his 20th base of the year. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Luis Fragoza (Fort Myers): 2-for-2, 2 BB, 2-HR(13), 3 R, 4 RBI Walker Jenkins (St. Paul): 3-for-5, HR(7), R, RBI, K Merphy Hernandez (Fort Myers): 2-for-3, BB, 2B(5), HR(3), 3 R, RBI, K, SB(35) Pitcher(s) of the Day Adrian Bohorquez (Cedar Rapids): 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 63 pitches, 38 strikes (60.3%) Riley Quick (Wichita): 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, HBP, 4 K, 68 pitches, 41 strikes (60.3%) Chris Vallimont (Wichita): 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 64 pitches, 41 strikes (64.0%) Michael Ross (Cedar Rapids): 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 40 pitches, 28 strikes (70.0%) 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 (St. Paul) - 3-for-5, HR(7), R, RBI, K (batted first, played CF) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (Minnesota) -1-for-4, 2 K (batted ninth, played SS) #4 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 2-for-5, R, RBI, K, SB(23) (batted first, played SS) #5 - RHP Riley Quick (Wichita) - 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 4 K, 68 pitches, 41 strikes (60.3%) #7 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 1-for-3, BB, HR(7), R, 2 RBI, K. (Batted fifth, played LF) #8 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 0-for-4 (batted third, played catcher) #9 - 1B/OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 0-for-2, 2 BB (batted sixth, played 1B) #11 - C Carson Tinney (Fort Myers) - 1-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R, K (batted third, DH) #12 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 0-for-4, BB, 2 K, (batted second, played 3B) #18 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 2-for-4, HR(15), R, RBI, K (batted sixth, played SS), #19 - OF Yasser Mercedes (Cedar Rapids) - 1-for-3, BB, 2B(18), R, SB(33), K (batted second, played CF) UPCOMING PROBABLES Friday, August 14 St. Paul @ Iowa (7:08 pm CT) - RHP Trent Baker (3-3, 5.40 ERA) Corpus Christi @ Wichita (6:35 pm CT) - TBD Wisconsin @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 pm CT) - RHP Justin Mitrovich (2-0, 2.41 ERA) Clearwater @ Ft. Myers (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Cristian Hernandez (0-0, 0.00 ERA) FCL Twins - Season Complete. DSL Phillies @ DSL Twins (10:00 am CT) - No Game CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 60-63 St. Paul Saints: 66-50 Wichita Wind Surge: 44-65 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 44-65 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 61-48 FCL Twins: 33-26 DSL Twins: 17-32 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

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That's true... so in reality, maybe they should have just traded Jenkins for Minter since he's unproven and Minter is proven.

Skenes, Crews, and Langford were college guys, and Max Clark hasn't been hurt nearly as much as Jenkins. He'll get up here

It wouldn't have. The Angels made Neto available only in an attempt to get a top, top prospect. It wasn't to trade Neto, it was to see if they could get a team to give up a top, top prospect. Of course, they asked for Walker Jenkins. Every team would. Geez, the Mets probably asked for Jenkins in the initial AJ Minter conversations.

On his Instagram account, Twins outfielder Kyler Fedko announced that his season has come to an end. He recently tore his ACL and had surgery in the Twin Cities. Fedko was the Twins 12th round draft pick in 2021 out of the University of Connecticut. He had a breakout season in 2025 between Double-A and Triple-A. In 130 games, he hit .258/.368/.487 (.855) with 25 doubles, 28 homers and 38 stolen bases. He has played all three outfield spots and even quite a bit of time at first base. In 75 games this year for St. Paul, he hit .274/.362/.545 (.907) with 17 doubles, 17 homers and 10 stolen bases. In mid-June, the Twins DFAd James Outman, Fedko was given an opportunity for the role. It isn't an easy role. Maybe one start every 10 games, late inning defense and pinch running. Fedko made some nice plays defensively and his baserunning literally led to a couple of wins. he got 16 at-bats and was not able to get a hit. In 19 plate appearances, he walked twice and had a sacrifice RBI. He was optioned to the Saints on July 10th. Last Sunday (8/2), he was 1-for-4 with a walk, his 17th double and two RBI in a game. In the bottom of the ninth, he moved from center to left field. With two outs, the Storm Chaser batter slapped a ball down the left-field line. Fedko ran toward the ball. As he started slowing down to grab the ball in the corner, he went down. The camera angle did not allow viewers to see what happened or a replay or anything. Ben Ross ran over to the ball from center and threw it in. Kaelen Culpepper raced out from shortstop, and Walker Jenkins rushed over from right field. Brian Dinkelman and a trainer hurried. Fortunately, there is an opening in left field. A couple of field maintenance vehicles came out before an amped-up golf cart backed up to Fedko and drove him off the field. Fedko is a man of deep faith, something that will certainly help him through the long process. Join us in wishing Kyler Fedko a successful recovery. View full rumor

Image courtesy of Kason Huckabay, Wichita Wind Surge (photo of Chris Vallimont) TRANSACTIONS There were no announced transactions in the Twins organization on Saturday. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 9, Louisville 4 Box Score The Saints jumped out to an early lead thanks to two big innings. They led 9-1 after three innings. Their offense did nothing more, but it was more than enough to hang on for another Saints win. The Saints took the lead in the bottom of the second inning. Hendry Mendez and Kala’i Rosario started the inning with walks. Then Cody Morissette drove an inside-the-park home run to make it 3-0 Saints. After two outs, Walker Jenkins came to the plate and hit a triple. Ben Ross immediately followed by launching his 11th home run with the Saints. With one out in the bottom of the third inning, Mendez doubled and Rosario walked. Morissette flew out this time for the inning’s second out. However, Tanner Schobel drove a single to center to drive in Mendez with the sixth run. David Banuelos followed with his fifth home run of the season to make it a 9-1 game. Trent Baker went 3 2/3 innings and gave up only an unearned run. He gave up one hit, walked one and had seven strikeouts. Alejandro Hidalgo came on and gave up one run on one (solo homer) over 1 1/3 innings. He struck out three batters. Ruddy Gomez gave up two runs on three hits in two innings. He had four strikeouts. Woo-Suk Go struck out two batters over two perfect innings. The Saints scored their nine runs on eight hits and seven walks. Ben Ross went 2-for-5 with his third triple and 11th homer. Walker Jenkins also had two hits in five at-bats, including his third triple. Mendez was 1-for-3 with a walk and his 10th double. David Banuelos was 1-for-3 with a walk and fifth homer. Morissette’s home run was his ninth homer with the team (first inside-the-parker, I believe.). WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 5, NW Arkansas 2 Box Score The Surge jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings. From that point, the game was 2-2, but that means that Wichita won. With one out in the top of the first, Khadim Diaw got things started with a double. Brandon Winokur was hit by a pitch. Garrett Spain singled to left field to drive in Diaw with the first run. Winokur scored the second run on a ground out by Caden Kendle. Wichita added a third run in the top of the second. With one out, Jaime Ferrer singled and scored on a Jorel Ortega double. Chris Vallimont started and tossed four shutout innings. He gave up four hits, walked one and had four strikeouts. Darren Bowen pitched the fifth inning. He gave up one run on one hit and one walk. Spencer Bengard gave up one run on three hits in the sixth inning. Jaylen Nowlin pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Mitch Mueller tossed two scoreless innings to record his second Surge save. The Surge maintained the multi-run lead throughout thanks to adding on later in the game. In the sixth inning, Garrett Spain hit a solo homer, and in the eighth inning, Caden Kendle homered. Khadim Diaw went 2-for-3 with a walk and his sixth and seventh Surge doubles. Spain was 2-for-4 with his 17th home run. Ortega’s double was his first this season. Caden Kendle’s homer was his third since joining the Surge. Marek Houston went 0-for-2 but walked three times and stole his 21st base. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 7, Peoria 0 Box Score Justin Mitrovich put together arguably his best start of the season. The 2025 draft pick tossed six shutout innings. He gave up two runs on one hit while striking out four batters. Lefty Cleiber Maldonado struck out two in a perfect seventh inning. Brian Zeldin tossed two scoreless innings. He gave up two hits, one walk, and struck out two batters. Emmanuel Rodriguez had his best game during his rehab stint. He went 3-for-5 with a double. Jose Salas added his third double. Quinn McDaniel had a huge game. He went 3-for-4 with his fourth and fifth doubles and his third home run. Byron Chourio went 2-for-4 with his second Kernels homer and four RBI. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers 6, Bradenton 1 Box Score The Mussels scored four runs in the third inning and two more in the fifth frame and that proved more than enough to grab the Saturday night win. With one out in the top of the third, Bryce Fowler was hit by a pitch. Next, Carson Tinney and Ramiro Dominguez walked. With two outs, Yovanny Duran doubled to left to drive in two runs Quentin Young followed with another two-run double and the Mussels led 4-0. In the fifth, Tinney led off with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch. Dominguez walked. Aidan Teel followed with an RBI double to make it 5-0. Quentin Young drove in the sixth run with a sacrifice fly. Fort Myers scored their six runs on seven hits and eight walks. Aidan Teel went 2-for-5 with his third and fourth doubles. Ramiro Dominguez was 1-for-2 with three walks. Carson Tinney went 1-for-3 with two walks. Duran’s double was his first with the Mussels. Young’s double was his 10th of the season, and he drove in half of the team’s runs. Charlie Scholvin was hit by a pitch twice. Ramiro Villanueva started and tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings despite giving up two hits and walking three batters. He had one strikeout. Eric Hammond came in and gave up one run on three hits and a walk over the next 3 1/3 innings. He struck out four batters. Nick McAuliffe struck out four and walked one over two scoreless, hitless innings. Michael Hilker gave up a hit in a scoreless ninth inning. COMPLEX CHRONICLES Game 1: DSL Twins 7, DSL Rockies 6 (9 innings) Box Score These DSL games are normally seven innings, and obviously doubleheader games are both seven innings, so note that this game had a couple of extra innings. The Rockies scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning to take a 6-4 lead. Jendy Martinez started the inning at second base as the “Manfred Man.” With one out, Abel Sosa ripped a double to left to put runners on second and third. After an infield pop out, Jeferson Abreu crushed a three-run homer over the wall in left field to give his team a 7-6 walkoff win. The Twins scored their seven runs on 14 hits and just two walks. All nine batters had at least one hit in the game. Martinez went 2-for-5 with his second triple and three RBI. Sosa went 2-for-5 with his fifth and sixth doubles. Enmanuel Merlo was 2-for-4 with a walk and his fourth double. Luis Suarez was 2-for-4 with his fourth double. And the game’s hero, Jeferson Abreu was 2-for-5 with his third home run and three big RBI. Yosangle Braffit started and gave up only an unearned run on three hits and a walk over four innings. He had four strikeouts. Miguel Martinez gave up three runs on four hits and a walk in the fifth inning. Failin Placencio recorded two outs in the sixth, one on a strikeout, but he walked three and was replaced by Jeremy Jimenez. He tossed 2 1/3 innings, facing the minimum seven batters. Jesus Moreno came in for the ninth and gave up two runs (1 earned) on two hits. He had three strikeouts. Game 2: DSL Twins 8, DSL Rockies 5 Box Score The second game was also played at the Twins/Phillies complex in Boca Chica, but the Rockies were the home team in it as it was a makeup game. Regardless, the Twins found a way to sweep the team. In this game, the Twins offense was scoreless the first two innings and then scored in each of the next five innings to take an 8-5 win. The Twins scored their eight runs on nine hits and five walks. Also, two batters were hit and the Rockies committed three errors. Jendy Martinez led the offense from the top of the order. He went 2-for-3 with a walk, was hit by a pitch, and hit his 11th double. Luis Suarez had the other multi-hit game. He went 2-for-3 with a walk, his fifth double, and his first triple. In the sixth inning, Misael Rodriguez connected for his first professional home run. Enmanuel Merlo went 1-for-3 with a walk and his fifth double. Luis Duarte also hit his third double. Angel Martinez went the first three innings. He gave up no runs on one hit and one walk and one hit batter. He added three strikeouts. Sebastian Echavarria gave up two runs on two hits and two walks in the fourth inning. Wisarly Reinosa gave up a hit in a scoreless inning. Aldwin Morillo gave up three runs (2 earned) on one hit and three walks in his inning. Herkyn Taveras recorded his third save. He walked one but struck out the three other batters he faced. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Jendy Martinez (DSL Twins): 4-for-8, BB, 2B(11), 3B (2), R, 3 RBI, SB(18) Quinn McDaniel (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-4, 2-2B(5), HR(3), 3 R, 1 RBI, K Pitcher(s) of the Day Justin Mitrovich (Cedar Rapids): 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 77 pitches, 51 strikes (66.2%) Chris Vallimont (Wichita): 4 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 65 pitches, 46 pitches (70.8%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. Help us update the Top 20 prospects list now that the trade deadline is passed. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (St. Paul) - 2-for-5, 3B(3), R, 2 K, SB(11) (batted first, played CF) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (Minnesota) - 0-for-1, BB, HBP, R, K (batted seventh, played SS) #4 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - Rehab in Cedar Rapids: 3-for-5, K (batted second, DH) #5 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 0-for-2, 3 BB, 2 K, SB(21), 2 CS(4), (batted first, played SS) #10 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 1-for-3, BB, 2B(10), K (Batted fifth, played LF) . #13 - C Carson Tinney (Fort Myers) - 1-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R, K (batted second, Catcher) #14 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 2-for-3, BB, 2B(7), (batted second, DH) #15 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 0-for-3, R, K (batted third, played CF) #17 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 1-for-4, 2B(10), 3 RBI, K (batted sixth, played SS), UPCOMING PROBABLES Sunday, August 9 Louisville @ St. Paul (2:07 pm CT) - LHP Aaron Rozek (2-1, 3.22 ERA) Wichita @ NW Arkansas (2:05 pm CT) - RHP Preston Johnson (0-3, 4.76 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ South Bend (6:05 pm CT) - LHP Cesar Lares (0-4, 12.95 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Bradenton (11:00 am CT) - TBD FCL Twins - Season Complete. DSL Twins (9:00 am CT) - No Game CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 58-60 St. Paul Saints: 66-46 Wichita Wind Surge: 41-64 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 41-64 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 57-48 FCL Twins: 33-26 DSL Twins: 13-31 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

In 2013, the Twins used their fourth-round draft pick to select Stephen Gonsalves. Not to be confused with one of the paranormal investigators on Ghost Hunters. This Gonsalves was a 6-6 left-handed pitcher from San Diego's Cathedral Catholic High School. He was an All-American who represented USA baseball in several competitions. After signing with the Twins, he had 39 strikeouts in 28 1/3 innings split between the GCL and Elizabethton. While many prospects start each season at a new level. Gonsalves seemingly was always on the opposite schedule. He would earn a mid-season promotion to a new level. While at times it may have felt like a slow-play, it seemed to work. He continued to put up numbers up and down the minor league system. From 2013-2019, Gonsalves was frequently written about on the pages of Twins Daily. At year's end, he was always up for consideration for Twins Daily Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year. In 2014, he was Honorable Mention: Elizabethton Twins/Cedar Rapids Kernels (4-3, 3.02 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 65.2 IP, 54 H, 21 BB, 70 K) In 2015, he finished second to Jose Berrios (who also won in 2014): Cedar Rapids Kernels/Fort Myers Miracle: 24 GS, 13-3, 2.01 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 134.1 IP, 95 H’s, 53 BB’s, 132 K’s. In 2016, he was the Starting Pitcher of the Year: Ft. Myers Miracle/Chattanooga Lookouts: 24 GS, 13-5, 2.06 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 140.0 IP, 86 H, 57 BB, 155 K. In 2017, he was again named the Starting Pitcher of the Year: Chattanooga Lookouts/Rochester Red Wings 3.27 ERA, 110.0 IP (19 starts), 9.7 K/9, 2.5 BB/9, 1.136 WHIP In mid-August of 2018, Gonsalves got The Call.. His first two games were on the road. I was able to attend his first Target Field start. Before the game, media is not allowed to talk to the day's starting pitcher. He was sitting at his locker, headphones in., listening to music. He looked up once and saw me in a group talking to another player. A nod of acknowledgement was plenty. During the game, I talked to his parents for a little while. They were so proud. His mom said, I wish I could go to the clubhouse after the game and give him a big hug. His dad looked at me and said, "Well, you can do that for us, right?" Eh? After the game, I was part of the media scrum chatting with Gonsalves about his start at his locker. When that was done, I shook his hand and told him about the hug comment. I chuckled, and then he said, "Ah, come on Seth, bring it in." So, we did an awkward bro-hug. Gonsalves was always willing to do a podcast interview or a story quote. He enjoyed being at the ballpark, and I think he always appreciated those who took the time to promote the minor leaguers, and interview minor leaguers, and make them people instead of just stat lines and box scores. He appreciated the opportunity and the fans that cheered him on. One year after he was named minor league starting pitcher of the year, we invited him and Mitch Garver to come to the Twins Daily Winter Meltdown. They showed up with their significant others. We didn't promote that they had shown up, but there were people who went up to them, and they understood the importance of the fans and being fans. Gonsalves was a Top 100 prospect before his debut. He pitched in the Arizona Fall League. He's gone through Tommy John surgery. Almost literally, he has gone through everything that a ballplayer can go through He got seven appearances with the Twins in 2018. Then he didn't get back to the big leagues until 2021 when he pitched in three late-season games for the Red Sox. That was his last big-league game. Along the Twins, he spent time in the Red Sox, Cubs and Rockies organizations. He also spent time the last few years playing in Mexico. If you look at his minor league baseball reference page, you'll see that Gonsalves ended his career with 20 MLB strikeouts. He accumulated 871 strikeouts in the minor leagues. And, he had seven strikeouts in the Fall League. And in Mexico, he ended with 103 strikeouts. Add them up, and he ended his career with 1,001 strikeouts. One final story that my brother reminded me of when I mentioned that Gonsalves had retired. We talked about how he just got it, he understood the role of the fans, and he wanted them to have a positive experience. One year at the Diamond Awards, my brother and I spent a little time chatting with the Gonsalves family. My brother is an outdoorsman and enjoyed talking to Stephen about spear fishing in the ocean when he was younger. At one point, a couple came up to Gonsalves and excitedly asked if they could get their picture taken with him. Moments later, the couple got their picture, thanked him and walked back to a nearby group. My brother asked him, "What's that like?" Gonsalves responded, "That is pretty cool. It never really gets old." At that point, they heard the couple who just had their photo taken with the lanky lefty telling their group, "Oh, this is so great. Where else could we go and get our picture taken with Max Kepler." Gonsalves put his head down, smiled and shook his head. Stephen, congratulations on the career, the good and the not-so good, and all the milestones. To the next phase, raising the three kids with your lovely bride. View full rumor

On Friday night, the Savannah Bananas came to Target Field with their fun-filled brand of Banana Ball. As they always do, they incorporated some friends into their game. Joe Mauer came to welcome the Bananas to town and throw out the ceremonial first pitch. In the seventh inning, Brian Dozier was introduced to the crowd over about 39,000. He acknowledged them, and they gave him a long and loud ovation. Dozier ultimately struck out on a fifth-pitch fastball, but he smiled and waved to the crowd. The Bananas will play at 8:00 pm on Saturday night and 3:00 pm on Sunday at Target Field. If you go to any of the games and want to share pictures and stories here. View full rumor

Image courtesy of Jeff Hanisch-IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect You won't find too many photos of players in big-league uniforms in the Twins Minor League Reports. We are thankful for the photographers in the various minor-league cities who help us get photos of the minor leaguers in their minor league uniforms. However, once in a while it's good to remember what goal each and every minor league baseball player aspires to, and that's to get to the big leagues. On Friday, Kaelen Culpepper got that opportunity. He found out the night before. Let his family know so they could make arrangements to get to Milwaukee. He met the team in Milwaukee and found himself in the Twins lineup, playing shortstop and batting seventh. And in his second at-bat, he crushed a ball for his first hit, his first home run, his first run scored, and his first RBI. TRANSACTIONS There were several transactions throughout the organization. The Twins placed RHP Joe Ryan on the injured list and recalled RHP Zebby Matthews. The big news was that the Twins called up shortstop Kaelen Culpepper to make his big-league debut. To make room on the 26-man roster, infielder Tristan Gray was optioned to St. Paul. To make room for Culpepper on the 40-man roster, RHP Taylor Rashi was DFAd. Just days after being DFAd and subsequently released, the Twins brought RHP Cody Laweryson back on a minor-league contract and assigned him to the Saints. He’s on the Injured List with a right shoulder impingement. Down in Ft. Myers, RHP Jake Covey joined the Mussels from the FCL Twins roster. To make room, RHP Dylan Questad was released. The 21-year-old from Waukesha was the Twins fifth-round pick in 2023 from Waterford High School. In the 2024 FCL, he posted a 10-48 ERA . In 2025 at Fort Myers, he went 4-7 with a 6.87 ERA. He then went to the AFL and had a 15.19 ERA in 5 1/3 innings. He pitched to a 11.81 ERA over 15 games with the Mussels. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 4, Louisville 1 Box Score There wasn’t much offense at CHS Field on Friday night. The Saints had just five hits in the game, but they had a couple of really big hits. The Bats, well, they did even less. The Saints got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the fourth inning. With Matt Wallner on base, Aaron Sabato drilled his 21st home run to make it 2-0. Two innings later, Ben Ross was on base when Wallner drilled his 21st Saints home run of the season and gave the Saints a 4-0 lead. Meanwhile, the Saints pitchers were nearly unhittable, literally. Kendry Rojas made the start for St. Paul and faced just nine batters over three perfect innings. He had five strikeouts. Ricky Castro came in to start the fourth inning. With one out, he issued a walk but quickly got out of that inning. That was the lone baserunner over three scoreless innings. You see what was going on. However, in the top of the seventh, Castro gave up a leadoff, line-drive single. It was immediately followed by another single. Castro then coaxed a double play that scored a run, but it was followed by a strikeout and the threat ended. Next up was Jack Anderson. He gave up a two-out single in the eighth inning and a two-out walk in the top of the ninth inning, but he gave up no runs and held the team’s 4-1 win for the final two innings. Wallner was 2-for-2 with a walk and was hit by a pitch. He hit his 21st home run and stole his sixth base. He now has 60 RBI. Sabato hit his 21st homer and he’s got 64 RBI. Cody Morissette had the only other extra base hit, his 12th double. Noah Cardenas reached twice, on a single and a walk. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 3, NW Arkansas 6 (8 innings) Box Score The Surge jumped to an early lead but immediately gave it back. The Royals affiliate added two more and then the rains came. It was called with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, giving the Naturals the 6-3 win. Andrew Cossetti led off the top of the second inning with a walk. With one out, Kyle DeBARge singled him to second. With two outs, Jake Rucker drilled his sixth Surge homer of the season to give Wichita a 3-0 lead. Riley Quick was on the mound for the Surge. Given the early lead, Quick gave up a single and a walk. However, he got a strikeout and an infield pop out without runners advancing. However, he followed that with a second walk. Then came a two-out, two-run single. Even then, the Surge still had the lead. However, the next play involved both a fielding error and a throwing error which let one more run score and kept the inning going. One more single and the Surge found themselves down 4-3. To his credit, Quick was able to complete four innings. Two of the four runs ere unearned. He gave up four hits, walked two and had two strikeouts. Paulshawn Pasqualotto came on and was charged with two runs on three hits and a walk over two innings. He had three strikeouts. William Fleming struck out two batters in a scoreless seventh inning. Kyle Bischoff got two outs in the eighth inning before the rains came and the game was called. The Surge had six hits and two walks. Cossetti had both walks. Marek Houston hit his 10th double, and Brandon Winokur hit his first Double-A double. Cedar Rapids 15, Peoria 2 Box Score I know what you’re thinking. Same thing I was thinking. Did JP Smith hit another home run today? Well, we will get to that. In his first Midwest League start, Merit Jones tossed four shutout innings. He gave up two hits, walked three and had four strikeouts. The Kernels got on the board first in the top of the fifth when Yasser Mercedes drove in Jose Salas on a double. Emmanuel Rodriguez drove in Mercedes with a single to give the Kernels a 2-0 lead. Ross Dunn came in for the bottom of the fifth inning. He hit a batter, got a fly out, walked a batter, got a line out. The Cubs scored their first run on a Dunn throwing error. He then gave up an RBI single that tied the score at 2-2. Michael Ross came in and got the final out. The Kernels came back right away in the top of the sixth inning. With two on and two outs, Jose Salas hit his fifth home run since returning to the Kernels. Later in the inning, Rodriguez walked with the bases loaded to make it 6-2 Kernels. Teams like adding some insurance runs in the late innings. JP Smith led off the top of the ninth inning with a walk. With one out, Quinn McDaniel walked. Salas drove in a run with a double. With two outs, McDaniel scored the team’s eighth run on a wild pitch. Ricardo Pena and Yasser Mercedes walked to load the bases. After a pitching change, Rodriguez had another bases-loaded RBI walk. Eduardo Tait followed with a single to drive in the 10th run. That brought JP Smith to the plate, and brings us back to our question at the beginning of this section. To this point, the answer was No. But then… Following the Smith grand slam, Jayson Bass followed with his first Kernels home run. Michael Ross came up big. He worked the final 4 1/3 innings and gave up no runs, just one hit, just one walk, and he had four strikeouts. The Kernels had 15 runs on 12 hits, two hit batters, and 11 walks. JP Smith was 2-for-4 with two walks and his third home run. It was his third straight game with a homer and three homers in four Kernels games. Yasser Mercedes went 2-for-3, walked twice, was hit by a pitch, and hit his 17th double. Emmanuel Rodriguez was 1-for-3 with two walks and was hit by a pitch. Jose Salas was 2-for-4 with a walk, his second double, and his fifth home run. Ricardo Pena was 1-for-3 with two walks. Eduardo Tait went 2-for-6 with his 21st double. MIGHTY MATTERS Game 1: Fort Myers 6, Bradenton 4 Box Score I’ve never claimed to be cool. However, in the Mussels game, I found this strange, even if it really isn’t. Fort Myers scored zero runs in the top of the first. Bradenton scored one run in the bottom of the first. Fort Myers scored two runs in the top of the fourth, and then Bradenton scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth. The Mussels scored four runs in the top of the fifth. Apparently, neither team wanted to put a five on the scoreboard, so the Mussels won 6-4. Matt Barr made the start in Game 1. In three innings, he gave up four runs (2 earned) on four hits and two walks. He struck out two batters. Matthew Dalquist worked the final four innings without giving up any more runs. He gave up two hits, walked one, and he had three strikeouts. In the top of the fourth inning, Luis Fragoza led off with a single. With one out, Quentin Young came up and crushed a first-pitch home run. The ball left his bat at a 30-degree angle and at 115.8 mph and traveled 412 feet from home plate. Down 4-2, the Mussels came to the plate in the top of the fifth. With one out, Bryce Fowler walked. Isaiah Lane tripled to drive in Fowler. Carson Tinney walked. With two outs, Yovanny Duran came to the plate and hit his first Florida State League home run to give his team a 6-4 lead. He took a 2-2 sinker above the strike zone and lined it at 99.6 mph 382 feet. Lane went 2-for-4 and it was his second triple. Tinney walked twice. Fragoza and Fowler each had a single and a walk. Game 2: Fort Myers 3, Bradenton 7 Box Score There weren’t any obvious strange, random number sequences in the Game 2 summary, and frankly, it wasn’t as good of a game for the Mussels. Through 3 1/2 innings, they held a 3-1 lead, but the Marauders scored the final six runs in this game. The third Mussels run came in the top of the fourth inning when Aidan Teel stole second and Merphy Hernandez stole home. The Mussels took a 2-1 lead in the top of the second when Merphy Hernandez drove in Ramiro Dominguez and Irvin Nunez with a single. The Mussels scored their three runs on six hits and four walks. Teel was 0-for-1, but he walked three times. Dominguez was 2-for-3 with his 22nd double. He also had two stolen bases and has 21 on the season. Hernandez was 2-for-3.He stole three bases and has 33 on the season. Cristian Hernandez started and gave up an unearned run on one hit and two walks. He had five strikeouts. Adam Falinski gave up one run on four hits over 1 2/3 innings. Melvin Rodriguez went 1 1/3 innings and gave up five runs (4 earned) on five hits. Brent Francisco got the final two outs. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Jose Salas (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-4, BB, 2B(2), HR(6), 3 R, 4 RBI, K Pitcher(s) of the Day Kendry Rojas (St. Paul): 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 39 pitches, 27 strikes (69.2%) Merit Jones (Cedar Rapids): 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 63 pitches, 34 strikes (54.0%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. Help us update the Top 20 prospects list now that the trade deadline is passed. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (St. Paul) - 0-for-4, K (batted first, played CF) #2 - C Vahn Lackey (Fort Myers) - Game 2: 0-for-3, BB, 2 K (batted second, played catcher) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (Minnesota) - 1-for-4, HR(1), R, RBI (batted seventh, played SS) #4 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - Rehab in Cedar Rapids: 1-for-3, 2 BB, HBP, R, 3 RBI (batted second, LF) #5 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 1-for-4, 2B(10), K (batted first, played SS) #6 - RHP Riley Quick (Wichita) - 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 52 pitches, 31 strikes, 59.5% #7 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - 2-for-6, 2B(21), R, RBI, 2 K (batted third, catcher) #8 - LHP Kendry Rojas (St. Paul) - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 39 pitches, 27 strikes, 69.2% #10 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 0-for-4 (Batted fifth, played LF) . #13 - C Carson Tinney (Fort Myers) - Game 1: 0-for-2, 2 BB, R, K (batted third, DH) #14 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 0-for-4, K (batted second, DH) #15 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 1-for-4, 2B(1), 2 K (batted third, played CF) #17 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - Game 1: 1-for-3, HR(14), R, 2 RBI, K. (batted sixth, played 3B), UPCOMING PROBABLES Saturday, August 8 Louisville @ St. Paul (6:37 pm CT) - RHP Trent Baker (3-3, 5.80 ERA) Wichita @ NW Arkansas (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Chris Vallimont (1-3, 3.86 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ South Bend (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Justin Mitrovich (1-0, 3.55 ERA) Ft. Myers @ Bradenton (5:05 pm CT) - TBD DSL Rockies @ DSL Twins (DH @ 9:00 am CT) - No Game CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 58-59 St. Paul Saints: 65-46 Wichita Wind Surge: 40-64 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 40-64 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 56-48 FCL Twins: 33-26 DSL Twins: 13-31 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, St. Paul Saints (photo of Walker Jenkins) TRANSACTIONS The Twins released RHP Grant Hartwig from the Saints roster. The Twins also released DSL RHP Juan Germosen. It’s always a little surprising when a 17-year-old gets released, so it’s worth looking at. In seven games and just 5 1/3 innings, he had a 23.63 ERA (14 ER) on seven hits. He had a BB:K ratio of 16:3, which isn’t too good. The 4.31 WHIP isn’t encouraging. He made five appearances in June. He pitched just once in mid-July and recorded just one out. On Tuesday, he made his first appearance in three weeks. He faced four batters. He walked three and hit another. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 5, Louisville 4 Box Score The Saints won the first inning by a score of 4-2. They added on in the fourth frame and then held on at the end. C.J. Culpepper made a spot start for the Saints. He went three innings. He gave up two runs, both in the top of the first, on three hits and a walk. He had two strikeouts. Fairmont, Minnesota, native Brandon Williamson made a rehab start against the Saints. The Reds lefty gave up four runs on two walks and two hits, and he only recorded two outs. With one out in the bottom of the first, Walker Jenkins took a 1-0 cutter and hit it over the wall in left field to give his team a 1-0 lead. With two outs, Williamson walked Matt Wallner and Hendry Mendez. Ben Ross singled to drive in Wallner and push Mendez to third base. Mendez scored the go-ahead run on a balk. After a mid-AB pitching change, Kala’i Rosario singled to drive in Ross and make it 4-2. That’s where the score remained until the bottom of the fourth inning. Walker Jenkins came up and crushed a 1-0 changeup and hit it 108.2 mph at a 30-degree launch angle. It traveled well beyond the wall in right field and left CHS Field, landing 400 feet from home plate. The Saints had a 5-2 lead through four innings and needed the bullpen to hang on. Matt Bowman came in and tossed three scoreless innings. He gave up just one hit, hit one batter, and issued one walk. He also had zero strikeouts. Taylor Rashi pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Garret Acton gave up one run on two hits in the eighth but left with the Saints leading 5-3 and three more outs to go. Eric Orze got the ninth inning. He gave up one run on two hits but earned his third Saints save. The Saints scored their five runs on nine hits and 10 walks. Jenkins went 2-for-5 with his fifth and sixth homers. Rosario went 2-for-4 with his first Triple-A triple. Wallner went 1-for-2 with three walks. Mendez and Noah Cardenas each walked twice. Aaron Sabato had a walk and his 26th double. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 5, NW Arkansas 1 Box Score When teams think about piggybacking starters, this is the vision. It rarely plays out this well. Ty Langenberg started for the Wind Surge and was very good, very efficient. He tossed five scoreless innings and gave up just two hits. He had just two strikeouts, but he didn’t hurt himself with any walks. Sixty-eight percent of his 63 pitches were strikes. Cory Lewis came in and threw three scoreless innings before giving up a run in the bottom of the ninth frame. He gave up just two hits and one walk. He had five strikeouts. The Wichita bats came through with five runs on 10 hits, but they also came through in clutch situations and used their legs to force the action a bit. The Surge stole eight bases in the game without being caught. The Wind Surge took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Jorel Ortega singled to drive in Caden Kendle. That is how the score stayed until the Surge pushed four runs across in the top of the seventh inning. Kyle DeBarge singled to lead off the inning. He stole second and then stole third base. On that play, he scored on an errant throw by the catcher. With one out, Graham Brown singled, stole second. He went to third on a Marek Houston single who proceeded to steal second. Khadim drove in Brown with a single. Houston scored on a single by Brandon Winokur. Diaw scored on a single by Andrew Cossetti. Winokur was thrown out at third, but the team had a much more comfortable 5-0 lead. Brown batted ninth, but he went 2-for-3 with a walk. He hit his first Double-A double, the team’s lone extra base hit. Brown also stole two bases. Winokur was also 2-for-5 with his seventh stolen base. Diaw went 1-for-3 with two walks and his 10th Surge steal. DeBarge now has 25 stolen bases, and Houston stole his 20th base. KERNELS CHRONICLES Cedar Rapids 1, South Bend 4 (Completion of Suspended Game) Box Score The two teams began this game on Wednesday, but rains came and caused it to be suspended in the bottom of the third inning. The score was tied 1-1 at the time. Lefty Michael Carpenter made his first Kernels start. He gave up one run on one hit in the two, pre-rain innings on Wednesday. He had three strikeouts. The Kernels had a run. In the top of the second, newcomer JP Smith started where he left Fort Myers, absolutely mashing. He drilled his first Midwest League home run. When the game resumed on Thursday afternoon, Adrian Bohorquez took over on the mound. It’s been a rough season for the young right-hander, but his last couple of outings have been encouraging. And on Thursday, it was his best outing of the season. He struck out six batters over five shutout innings. He gave up two hits and walked two batters. Yehizon Sanchez came in for the bottom of the eighth inning. He gave up three runs on five hits in the inning to take the loss. The Kernels had just three hits in the game. Smith was 1-for-3 with a walk and a homer. Andy Lugo and Byron Chourio each had a single and a walk. Chourio was also hit by a pitch. Cedar Rapids 4, Peoria 2 (Regularly scheduled game) Box Score The regularly scheduled game also started out very quietly offensively, but this time, the Kernels were the team that put together a crooked number late in the game to take the win. With no score through three innings, JP Smith led off the top of the fourth with another long home run to give the Kernels the game’s first lead, 1-0. Reed Moring made the start for the Kernels. He was charged with two runs on two hits and a walk over six innings. He had six strikeouts to earn his first win. As impressive, he needed just 70 pitches to complete his six innings. He threw 70% strikes. With one out in the top of the sixth, Jayson Bass and Jose Salas were hit by pitches. Quinn McDaniel singled to drive in Bass. Then the pitcher attempted to pick off Salas, but he threw the ball away which allowed him to score the third run. With two outs, Miguel Briceno drove in McDaniel to make it 4-1. Cole Peschl struck out three batters in a scoreless, one-hit inning to record his second save. Briceno led the offense. He went 2-for-2 with a walk. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers, Bradenton (postponed) Box Score The rains came to Bradenton and made the field unplayable. The teams will attempt to play two games on Friday. COMPLEX CHRONICLES DSL Twins 8, DSL Nationals 6 Box Score The Twins had three crooked-number innings in the first five innings and then held on at the end for the win. Yosmal Garcia started and gave up just one run on two hits over the first four innings. He had three strikeouts and no walks. Enmanuel Mena came on and gave up two runs on four hits and a walk over the next 1 2/3 innings. He struck out three. Arthur De La Cruz got the final four outs. He gave up three runs (2 earned) on one hit and three walks. He had two strikeouts. Jendy Martinez went 3-for-3 with a walk and scored twice. He also stole his 16th and 17th bases. Jhon Gonzalez went 2-for-3 with his eighth double and three RBI. He stole his eighth and ninth bases. Anibal Beltre went 2-for-3. Enmanuel Merlo was 2-for-3 with a walk and his second triple. Jeferson Abreu hit his fifth double. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day Walker Jenkins (St. Paul): 2-for-5, 2-HR(6), 2 R, 2 RBI, K. Pitcher(s) of the Day Ty Langenberg (Wichita): 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 63 pitches, 43 pitches (68.3%) Adrian Bohorquez (Cedar Rapids): 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 68 pitches, 43 strikes (63.2%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. Help us update the Top 20 prospects list now that the trade deadline is passed. #1 - OF Walker Jenkins (St. Paul) - 2-for-5, 2 HR (6), 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K (batted second, played CF) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (St. Paul) - 1-for-5 (batted first, played SS) #4 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - Rehab in Cedar Rapids: 0-for-3, BB, K (batted second, DH) #5 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 1-for-5, R, 2 K, SB(20) (batted first, played SS) #7 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - Game 2: 0-for-3, K (batted second, catcher) #10 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) - 0-for-3, 2 BB, R, K (Batted fifth, played DH) #11 - 1B/OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 1-for-2, K (batted third, played 1B) #14 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 1-for-3, 2 BB, R, RBI, SB(10) (batted second, Catcher) #15 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 2-for-5, RBI, 2 K, SB(6) (batted third, played 3B) UPCOMING PROBABLES Friday, August 7 Louisville @ St. Paul (7:07 pm CT) - RHP Ricky Castro (2-1, 3.82 ERA) Wichita @ NW Arkansas (7:05 pm CT) - RHP Riley Quick (0-1, 9.64 ERA) Cedar Rapids @ South Bend (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Merit Jones (first MWL start) Ft. Myers @ Bradenton (DH @ 4:00 pm CT) - TBD, TBD CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 57-59 St. Paul Saints: 64-46 Wichita Wind Surge: 40-63 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 39-64 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 55-47 FCL Twins: 33-26 DSL Twins: 13-31 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

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Image courtesy of William Parmeter (photo of JP Smith) TRANSACTIONS Trades have been made. Assume more trades are coming. Now the transactions must be made to put the new guys on the 26- and 40-man rosters. To make room for LHP A.J. Minter on the roster, RHP Cody Laweryson was Designated for Assignment to make room on the 40-man roster. RHP Zebby Matthews was optioned to St. Paul to make room on the 26-man roster. Additionally, RHP Garrett Acton was activated from the 60-Day Injured List and optioned to St. Paul. Cedar Rapids catcher Enrique Jimenez was moved to the 60-Day Injured List. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 0, Omaha 4 Box Score On Saturday, the Saints were unable to get things going with their bats. They were unable to get to 24-year-old Henry Williams. He tossed six shutout innings. He made three starts in April for NW Arkansas. He gave up three runs in four innings in the first start. Almost three weeks later, he tossed five shutout innings. Five days later, he gave up one run on two hits over five innings. He has been in Triple-A since mid-May and pitched twice against the Saints. Combined, he had pitched six total innings over two appearances. He had given up eight earned runs. Sunday, nothing. Veterans Jose Cuas (2 innings) and Justin Topa (1 inning) worked the final three innings. Ricky Castro made the start and worked the first three innings. He gave up no runs on one hit. He walked none and had three strikeouts. Matt Bowman got the next two innings. He gave up one run on three hits. C.J. Culpepper gave up two runs on two hits over two innings. He had one walk and one strikeout. Eric Orze worked the eighth inning and gave up one run on one hit. The Saints had just four hits and a walk. Hendry Mendez had a single and a walk. They had no extra base hits. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 3, Springfield 4 Box Score What more can we say about Marek Houston and what he has done with the bat this season. In this game, he went 2-for-5 with his ninth double and sixth home run. Khadim Diaw went 2-for-4. Jake Rucker went 2-for-4 with his sixth double. Caden Kendle kept hitting. He hit his sixth double since joining the Surge. In the first inning, Houston doubled and went to third on a Diaw single. He then scored on a single to right field by Brandon Winokur to make it 1-0. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Riley Quick hung a slider to Ryan Campos, who didn’t miss it and tied the game with his 11th home run. Quick had a perfect second inning. His third inning began with a fly out. However, the next batter reached on an error. Then there was a walk, and then Quick threw a first-pitch fastball just above the knees and on the inner part of the plate. Jesus Baez quickly deposited over the wall in left field. Then there was a single and a balk. The second out came on a ground out, but then there was another walk. Quick’s day was done. Mitch Mueller came in and got a strikeout to keep two inherited runners from scoring. Mueller went 1 1/3 scoreless innings. He gave up two hits. Quick’s final line was four runs (3 earned) on three hits and two walks over 2 2/3 innings. He had just one strikeout. Ty Langenberg came on and tossed four scoreless innings in relief. He gave up just one hit, walked one, and he had four strikeouts. KERNELS CHRONICLES Game 1: Cedar Rapids 6, Peoria 5 (Completion of Suspended Game, 10 innings) Box Score On Friday night, tornado sirens, lightning and eventually a rainstorm suspended this game in the bottom of the third inning. Danny De Andrade was on first base, and Dameury Pena was batting with a 2-0 count. While the game was just one-third complete, there were already a few Kernels highlights. While it was written about in more detail in yesterday’s minor league report, Dasan Hill tossed three scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and struck out six batters. Most importantly, he walked none and their nearly 80% strikes. With one out in the bottom of the first, Eduardo Tait and Danny De Andrade hit back-to-back home runs. Justin Mitrovich took over on the mound for Hill. He gave up three runs on three hits and four walks over 2 2/3 innings. He struck out three batters. Michael Ross came on with two runners on base and left both stranded. He went 4 1/3 innings and gave up three runs (2 earned) on five hits. He had five strikeouts and no walks. He gets the loss thanks to the unearned run in the 10th inning. When the game restarted, Dameury Pena finished his at-bat with a single. Pena and De Andrade advanced to second and third on a ground out. Quinn McDaniel drove in a run with a groundout, and Andy Lugo singled to make it 4-0 Kernels. However, Peoria scored one in the fifth inning, and two runs in the sixth and seventh innings, to take a 5-4 lead. Following the 7th Inning Stretch, Dameury Pena singled. With two outs, McDaniel singled and Andy Lugo walked to load the bases. Miguel Briceno lined a single to left to drive in Pena with the tying run. McDaniel attempted to score as well, but he was thrown out at home. Pena went 3-for-5. Andy Lugo was 2-for-3 with a walk, was hit by a pitch and stole a base. Yasser Mercedes was 2-for-5 with a walk and his 29th steal. McDaniel was 2-for-5 Game 2: Cedar Rapids 2, Peoria 13 (Regularly Scheduled Game) Box Score The regularly scheduled game? Well, that did not go well. Lefty Ross Dunn made his second Kernels start since his return from surgery. He gave up one run on three hits over the first two innings. Cleiber Maldonado pitched the third inning and gave up three runs on two hits and three walks. Christian Becerra gave up two runs on two hits and two walks over his two innings. Guess how many strikeouts he had. That’s right. Two. Brian Zeldin gave up two runs on one hit and two walks. At that point, it was time for a position player. Graham Brown came on and gave up five runs on five hits and two walks in the seventh inning. Emmanuel Rodriguez played his first rehab game for Cedar Rapids. He should play again on Sunday and then head north to St. Paul. In this game, he played right field and went 2-for-3. Danny De Andrade went 2-for-3 with his 14th double. Byron Chourio knocked his first High-A hit and his first High-A home run, both with the same swing. MIGHTY MATTERS Fort Myers 8, Palm Beach 7 (10 innings) Box Score Sometimes you can do two things at once. For instance, with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, Mussels first baseman JP Smith crushed a long home run to give the Mussels a walk-off win. It was his 15th home run of the season. It was also the 104th home run for the Mussels this season, a franchise record. How did they get there? The Mussels fell behind early. Palm Beach scored in each inning from the second through the fifth. In total, they scored six runs over those innings. Ramiro Villanueva started and gave up two runs on two hits and two walks over two innings. Guess how many strikeouts he had. That’s right, three. Dylan Questad gave up an unearned run in the third inning on no hits and two walks and a wild pitch. He struck out two batters. Hendry Chivilli came in for the middle three innings. He gave up three runs (2 earned) on three hits and two walks. He struck out four batters. Down 3-1 going to the bottom of the third, the Mussels got on the scoreboard. Merphy Hernandez was hit by a pitch. He stole second and went to third on a throwing error. After a fly out, Vahn Lackey lost a bat, but he earned his first professional base hit, a broken-bat single that cut the deficit to 3-1. Lackey then stole second. Down 4-1 going to the bottom of the fourth, the Mussels got a huge hit and took the lead. Luis Fragoza led off with a walk. Smith doubled. Quentin Young walked to load the bases. That brought 2026 13th round pick Isaiah Lane to the plate. He lined a triple to the gap that cleared the bases and tied the game at 4-4. Hernandez drove in Lane with a single to give the Mussels their first lead. Hernandez then stole his 30th base for the Mussels (41 games). The Cardinals reclaimed the lead 6-5 in the top of the fifth inning. In the bottom of the seventh, the Mussels tied it again. Ramiro Dominguez doubled to lead off the inning. Lackey lined a single to right field, but Dominguez was thrown out at home on a perfect throw. Following a ground out, Colby Turner drove a double to the gap in left-center field to drive in Lackey and make it 6-6. (Turner also made a great catch earlier in the game) That’s how things stood through nine innings. Jake Murray struck out three batters over two scoreless, one-hit innings. Adam Falinski gave up one hit in a scoreless ninth inning. Jonathan Stevens came in for the top of the 10th inning. With a runner on second, Stevens started with a strikeout. A walk put runners on first and second. A passed ball pushed runners to second and third. Stevens got a fly out to center, just deep enough to score the Manfred Man. There was another single, but no more runs in the top of the 10th. Carson Tinney was the Manfred Man for the Mussels. The first two batters of the bottom of the 10th struck out swinging. Tinney took off for third on a wild pitch, and then the throw went into left field and Tinney scored the tying run. And then, JP Smith got a pitch and ended the game in style. Isaiah Lane went 2-for-3 with a walk, his second double, and the three RBI triple. JP Smith was 2-for-5 with his eighth double and 15th home run. Vahn Lackey went 2-for-4 and was hit by a pitch. Luis Fragoza hit his 16th double and also walked twice. Ramiro Dominguez hit his 20th double. Colby Turner hit his first career double. COMPLEX CHRONICLES DSL Twins 13, DSL Yankees 9 Box Score The Yankees went 1-2-3 in the top of the first inning, the Twins put together a 10-spot in the bottom of the first inning. What does that look like? Check it out: Daiyer Barboza walked. Jendy Martinez singled. Barboza scored on a wild pitch. Martinez stole second base. 1-0. Jhon Gonzalez reached on an error and then stole second. Abel Sosa walked to load the bases. Enmanuel Merlo was hit by a pitch. Martinez scored. 2-0. Gonzalez scored on a wild pitch. 3-0. Anibal Beltre walked to load the bases. Nolwer Barboz sacrifice fly. Sosa scored. 4-0. Pitching Change Luis Suarez singled. Merlo scored. 5-0. Misael Rodriguez was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Daiyer Barboza reached on an error. Beltre, Suarez, Rodriguez scored. 8-0. Jendy Martinez flew out. Jhon Gonzalez walked. Abel Sosa singled. Daiyer Barboza scored. 9-0. Wild pitch, Gonzalez scored. 10-0. Enmanuel Merlo walked. Pitching Change. Anibal Beltre flew out. 10 runs, 3 hits, 5 walks, 2 hit batters, 2 Yankees errors, 3 wild pitches, Enmanuel Mena started and threw a perfect first inning. The top of the second started with an error which led to five unearned runs. He struck out two in the inning, but his outing ended after giving up a three-run homer to Isaias Castillo. Yolcar Garcia came in and got the third out of the second inning. He went 2 1/3 innings and gave up just one hit. He had three strikeouts. Adrian Martinez pitched the fifth inning and gave up one run on four walks in the inning. Wisarly Reinoso pitched the sixth inning and gave up three runs on two hits and two walks. Jesus Moreno pitched the seventh inning. He gave up a hit and a walk, but he struck out two batters and completed the game. If you add up the runs that Twins pitchers allowed, you will get nine, one less than the Twins scored in the first inning. Fortunately, the Twins added two more runs in the bottom of the second. That inning began with two straight hit batters. Both runners advanced on a pop up to the first baseman. With two outs, Jendy Martinez doubled to drive in both runners. They scored one more with two outs in the sixth inning when Enmanuel Merlo singled and scored on a wild pitch. So the Twins scored their 13 runs on five hits and seven walks. There were also four hit batters. Jendy Martinez was the lone Twins hitter with a multi-hit game and an extra base hit. He was 2-for-4 with his 10th double. Abel Sosa hit a single and two walks. Enmanuel Merlo had a single, a walk, and was hit by a pitch. PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter(s) of the Day JP Smith (Fort Myers): 2-for-5, 2B(8), HR(15), 2 R, RBI, 2 K. Marek Houston (Wichita): 2-for-5, 2B(9), HR(6), 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K Pitcher(s) of the Day Ty Langenberg (Wichita): 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 53 pitches, 37 strikes (69.8%) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did today. Notice that the prospect rankings have been updated to include the Twins 2026 Draft picks. #2 - C Vahn Lackey (Fort Myers) - 2-for-4, HBP, R, RBI, K, SB(2), E(2), PB(2) (batted second, catcher) #3 - IF Kaelen Culpepper (St. Paul) - 0-for-4, 2 K (batted first, played SS) #4 - OF Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) - Rehab in Cedar Rapids: 2-for-3 (batted second, played RF) #5 - SS Marek Houston (Wichita) - 2-for-5, 2B(9), HR(6), 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K (batted first, played SS) #6 - RHP Riley Quick (Wichita) - 2 2/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, K, 51 pitches, 30 strikes (58.8%) #7 - C Eduardo Tait (Cedar Rapids) - Game 1: 1-for-5, HR(19), R, RBI, K (batted second, played DH), Game 2: 0-for-4 (batted third, catcher) #10 - OF Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) -1-for-3, BB (Batted fifth, played LF) . #11 - OF Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul) - 0-for-3 (batted sixth, played 1B) #13 - C Carson Tinney (Fort Myers) - 0-for-5, R, 3 K, (batted third, Catcher) #14 - C/OF Khadim Diaw (Wichita) - 2-for-4 (batted second, Catcher) #15 - 3B/CF Brandon Winokur (Wichita) - 1-for-4, RBI, 2 K, SB(6) (batted third, played CF) #17 - 3B/SS Quentin Young (Ft. Myers) - 0-for-3, BB, R 2 K (batted seventh, played 3B) UPCOMING PROBABLES Sunday, August 2 St. Paul @ Omaha (5:05 pm CT) - RHP Trent Baker (3-3, 6.29 ERA) Wichita @ Springfield (6:05 pm CT) - RHP Cory Lewis (1-4, 4.15 ERA) Peoria @ Cedar Rapids (1:05 pm CT) - RHP Ivran Romero (3-5, 7.60 ERA) Palm Beach @ Ft. Myers (11:05 am CT) - TBD CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 56-56 St. Paul Saints: 60-46 Wichita Wind Surge: 38-61 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 38-61 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 53-46 FCL Twins: 33-26 DSL Twins: 12-29 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