Tom Froemming

FRIDAY’S RESULTS Toledo 3, St. Paul 2 Amarillo 3, Wichita 1 Lansing 10, Cedar Rapids 7 Fort Myers 4, Dunedin 0 DSL Rockies 11, DSL Twins 9 TRANSACTIONS There were so many transactions Friday that it needed to be its own article. More than 40 players across the system were involved in a transaction, one way or another. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day: Michael Carpenter, Fort Myers (4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K) Carpenter gave up a double to the second batter he faced tonight, but that was it. The second inning started out with new acquisition Enrique Jimenez (who came over from Detroit in the Chris Paddack trade) committing an error at first base. He made up for it immediately, though, as he started a 3-6-3 double play, combining with 2025 first-round pick Marek Houston on the twin killing. Houston played shortstop and hit leadoff, going 1-for-4 with a single, a run and an RBI. He also started an inning-ending double play in the fifth. Carpenter put together 1-2-3 innings in the third and fourth frames, ending his night on a high note with back-to-back strikeouts. The lefty was slider-heavy tonight, featuring that offering on 22 of his 52 pitches. He also threw 19 sinkers, eight changeups and three four-seamers, topping out at 94.1 mph. The Twins nabbed Carpenter in the 11th round of last year’s draft but paid him the sixth-biggest bonus of the class to lure him away from transferring to East Carolina after an insanely successful junior college career. Michael Ross followed Carpenter and was also excellent over the final five innings, finishing out the combined shutout. Ross, the Twins 18th-rounder from last year’s class, only yielded four hits and walked one batter while striking out four. He has a 2.93 ERA and 1.16 WHIP in 61 1/3 innings this season. He topped out at 94.5 mph tonight. Hitter of the Day: Khadim Diaw, Fort Myers (1-for-2, HR, BB, R, 3 RBI) The big blow in support of all that great Mussels pitching was a Khadim Diaw three-run homer in the first game of his rehab assignment. He played catcher for seven innings and, in addition to the home run, also drew a walk. Diaw suffered a fractured thumb and missed all of June and July. Prior to going down with the injury, Diaw was looking like a breakout prospect of 2025, hitting .302/.455/.431 (.886 OPS) in 38 games with Cedar Rapids. After hitting one home run in his first 51 professional games, Diaw now has four homers in his last 12 games played. That Diaw was right back behind the plate in his first rehab game was a pleasant surprise. I would have guessed they would have opted to ease him in by either slotting him in at DH or outfield. Hopefully he’ll be back with High-A Cedar Rapids before too long. STARTING PITCHING LINES John Stankiewicz (St. Paul): 1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 38 pitches (47.4% strikes) Connor Prielipp (Wichita): 2 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 65 pitches (60.0% strikes) Matt Gabbert (Cedar Rapids): 2 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 59 pitches (57.6% strikes) Michael Carpenter (Fort Myers): 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 52 pitches (67.3% strikes) Santiago Castellanos (DSL): 2 1/3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K HOME RUNS Wichita: Kala’i Rosario (14) Fort Myers: Khadim Diaw (1st with FTM, 4th overall) DSL: Joyner Perez (2), Dencer Diaz (1) MULTI-HIT GAMES St. Paul: Aaron Sabato (2-for-4) Wichita: Rubel Cespedes (2-for-4) Cedar Rapids: Kyle DeBarge (2-for-4, BB) DSL: Dencer Diaz (2-for-4, HR), Darwin Almanzar (2-for-4, 2B), Jose Barrios (2-for-4). ADDITIONAL NOTES Cory Lewis was the follower for St. Paul today. Though he only surrendered one run over 3 2/3 innings and struck out five batters, he also issued six walks. He’s up to 49 walks in 59 1/3 innings this year (7.4 BB/9). Gabriel Gonzalez and Kyler Fedko each got a hit in their respective Triple-A debuts with the Saints tonight. Lefty reliever Gabriel Yanez, who has spent the majority of this season in High-A, delivered three innings of shutout ball with five strikeouts and no walks for the Saints. In addition to Marek Houston, 2025 draftees Ryan Sprock, Shai Robinson and JP Smith II also made their professional debuts with the Mighty Mussels. Sprock, taken in the eighth round, went 1-for-3 with a walk. PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 1. Walker Jenkins (Wichita): 0-for-4 2. Luke Keaschall (rehabbing with St. Paul): 1-for-2, BB, HBP, 2 SB (11) 3. Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita): 0-for-4 5. Connor Prielipp (Wichita): 2 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K 8. Gabriel Gonzalez (St. Paul): 1-for-4, K 10. Marek Houston (Fort Myers): 1-for-4, R, RBI, 2 K in professional debut 11. Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 K 14. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-4, BB, 2 R 16. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-2, 2 BB, HBP, 2 R, RBI 17. Khadim Diaw (rehabbing with Fort Myers): 1-for-2, HR, BB, R, 3 RBI 19. Eduardo Beltre (Fort Myers): 0-for-3, BB CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 51-58 St. Paul Saints: 46-58 Wichita Wind Surge: 52-48 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 58-41 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 44-54 FCL Twins: 39-20 (season over) DSL Twins: 16-27 TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS St. Paul at Toledo, 6:05 pm CT: Trent Baker Wichita at Amarillo, 7:05 pm CT: Alejandro Hidalgo Cedar Rapids at Lansing, 6:05 pm CT: Jose Olivares Fort Myers vs. Dunedin, 5:05 pm CT: Dasan Hill DSL Twins at DSL Giants Black, 9 am CT: TBD View full article

Image courtesy of William Parmeter If there’s a silver lining to the Twins deadline fire sale, it’s that space opened up for dozens of players across the organization to be promoted. These promotions result in better pay, better lifestyle off the field and opportunities to impress on the field for these players. Joining the Twins in Cleveland were new trade acquisition Alan Roden, a corner outfielder formerly with the Blue Jays, along with seven others who were called up from Triple-A St. Paul: Right-handed pitchers Travis Adams, Pierson Ohl, Erasmo Ramirez and José Ureña along with infielders Ryan Fitzgerald and Edouard Julien plus outfielder/second baseman Austin Martin. It may not be the most head-turning crop of names, but it’s possible some of these guys make the most out of another opportunity in the big leagues. All that movement created space across the entire minor league system. A quartet of new trade acquisitions were assigned to St. Paul, but it seems likely we’ll see most of them on the Twins before long. That group includes right-handed pitchers Taj Bradley and Mick Abel, outfielder James Outman and left-handed pitcher Kendry Rojas, who is the only one of those four yet to make his Major League debut. In fact, Rojas only has five total appearances above High-A to his credit, so his assignment to St. Paul can be considered aggressive. There were also players within the org promoted to Triple-A: Left-handed pitchers Christian MacLeod and Gabriel Yanez along with outfielders Gabriel Gonzalez and Kyler Fedko. Gonzalez and Fedko are a couple of the feel-good stories of the system this year, as both have bounced back from forgettable 2024 seasons to be in the running for top Twins minor league hitter honors. Down in Wichita, the new names to the org joining the Double-A roster include right-handed pitchers Ryan Gallagher and Sam Armstrong, as well as outfielder Hendry Mendez. Also, former indy ball signing Eston Stull, a right-handed pitcher, was promoted to the Wind Surge from High-A and lefty Jaylen Nowlin re-joined the club after a stint with the Saints. Catcher Eduardo Tait, prized prospect of the deadline haul, joined Cedar Rapids. Other newly acquired pieces in High-A include left-handers Garrett Horn and Matt Mikulski. Also, right-handed pitcher Ivan Romero was promoted up to the Kernels from Fort Myers. Perhaps the most fun transaction of the day had little to do with the deadline activity. Shortstop Marek Houston, the Twins 2025 first-round pick, joined the Mighty Mussels to make his professional debut. Fellow 2025 draftees joining Houston in Fort Myers include eighth-round third baseman Ryan Sprock, 10th-round shortstop Shai Robinson, 11th-round second baseman Ryan Daniels and 17th-round third baseman JP Smith. Also, right-handed pitcher Will Armbruester was promoted up from the FCL, and undrafted free agent catcher Luis Hernandez joined Fort Myers. There was also good news regarding another player on the soon-to-be-updated Twins Daily top-20 prospect list: Catcher/outfielder Khadim Diaw. He began a rehab assignment with the Mighty Mussels. The 2024 third-round pick missed all of June and July. It wasn’t all positive news, unfortunately, as amid this rush of activity there was a trio of players demoted from Fort Myers to the inactive FCL roster (Daniel Pena, Javier Roman and Caleb McNeely), a pair of Kernels landed the Injured List (Tanner Hall and Andy Lugo), Rayne Doncon was placed on the Temporary Inactive List, Jefferson Villadares was put on the Development List and Luke Napleton and Blaze O’Saben were released. That’s over 40 players across the organization who were involved in a transaction Friday. View full article

When it was all said and done, the Minnesota Twins traded away 10 players from their MLB roster: Chris Paddack, Jhoan Duran, Harrison Bader, Brock Stewart, Danny Coulombe, Carlos Correa, Louis Varland, Ty France, Griffin Jax and Willi Castro. I'll talk more about the players they brought back via those trades, but today I just want to react to the news and take a look at what's left at the Major League level. View full video

The Minnesota Twins traded away star closer Jhoan Duran on Wednesday. They acquired Mick Abel and Eduardo Tait from the Phillies. Here are my thoughts on the trade and some info on the two new pieces coming over, including a few highlights. View full video

FRIDAY’S RESULTS Worcester 5, St. Paul 3 Wichita 3, Frisco 0 (5 innings) Cedar Rapids 4, Fort Wayne 3 (10 innings) Fort Myers 8, Lakeland 6 DSL Twins 14, DSL Miami 5 TRANSACTIONS With LHP Anthony Misiewicz placed on the Twins injured list, LHP Kody Funderburk was recalled by the Twins from St. Paul. RHP Cole Peschl was placed on the Kernels’ 7-Day IL. 3B Jay Thomason joined Fort Myers on a rehab assignment. RHP Matt Barr, LHP Matthew Becker, 2B Ryan Daniels and RHP Matthew Dalquist were assigned to the FCL Twins. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter of the Day: Kyle DeBarge, Cedar Rapids (2-for-5, walk-off single, SB) Cedar Rapids entered the bottom of the 10th inning trailing by a run, but luck was on their side. Leadoff man Andy Lugo sent a lazy dribbler up the middle that the Fort Wayne second baseman lost his footing while fielding. The infield single put runners at the corners with no outs. That same second baseman then had a potential double play ball hit to him that he booted for an error. The Kernels' bonus runner scored to tie the game, and they had two runners in scoring position with no outs. Despite first base being open, Fort Wayne decided to pitch to DeBarge. He ripped the second pitch of the at-bat through a drawn-in infield for a walk-off single. Hitting Honorable Mention: Jay Thomason, Fort Myers (1-for-1, HR, 3 BB, 2 SB) Thomason wrapped up a rough handful of games rehabbing with the FCL Twins and absolutely exploded in his first rehab game with the Mighty Mussels tonight. In addition to blasting a two-run homer, Thomason also drew three walks and stole two bases. He’s working his way back to Cedar Rapids, but Thomason has left quite a mark in Fort Myers this year, hitting .297/.465/.585 (1.050 OPS) with eight homers and 19 steals in just 38 games with the Mighty Mussels in 2025. Pitcher of the Day: Ty Langenberg, Cedar Rapids (6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K) Langenberg gave up singles on the first two pitches he threw tonight, followed by a stolen base to put two runners in scoring position with no outs. Langenberg buckled down and struck out the next three batters to end the threat and set the tone for the evening. More trouble came in the fourth inning, however, as Langenberg walked the leadoff man. A couple of one-out singles later and Fort Worth had scratched across the first run of the game. Langenberg responded once again, retiring eight of the next nine men he faced while racking up three more strikeouts along the way. Despite the strong outing in which he surrendered just the one run over six innings, the Urbandale, Iowa-product exited with the game in a 1-1 tie. Langenberg had a strong first full pro season in 2025 but stumbled out of the gates this year. He opened this campaign with a 7.79 ERA over his first nine games (32 1/3 innings). The 23-year-old right-hander has turned the corner since, as Langenberg has posted a 2.61 ERA over his last seven outings. While some of the other numbers don’t pop as much as the ERA — he’s posted 31 strikeouts against 17 walks during this positive stretch — tonight’s effort suggests there may be more improvement coming. Here’s hoping Langenberg can keep it rolling and finish 2025 strong. Pitching Honorable Mention: Bailey Ober, St. Paul (5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K) Ober has been sharp in both of his rehab starts with the Saints, though his velocity isn’t showing signs of climbing back to 2024 levels. He had a clean, efficient start but topped out at 91.6 mph and sat 90.5 mph with his four-seamer. While that’s not too far off the 91.7 mph mark, he averaged with that pitch last season, I’m sure the Twins would love to see him closer to that range. While we’re on the subject of high-profile Saints rehabbers, I should call out that Luke Keaschall had a scheduled day off Friday. STARTING PITCHING LINES Bailey Ober (St. Paul): 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 65 pitches (69.2% strikes) John Klein (Wichita): 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 71 pitches (64.8% strikes) Ty Langenberg (Cedar Rapids): 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 92 pitches (64.1% strikes) Jason Doktorczyk (Fort Myers): 4 1/3 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 90 pitches (60% strikes) Santiago Castellanos (DSL): 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K HOME RUNS St. Paul: Edouard Julien (10), Aaron Sabato (5th with STP, 14th of 2025) Wichita: Ben Ross (6) Cedar Rapids: Andy Lugo (3rd with CR, 7th of 2025), Justin Connell (2) Fort Myers: Jay Thomason (8th with FTM, 9th of 2025), Jose Rodriguez (8) MULTI-HIT GAMES St. Paul: Edouard Julien (3-for-4, 2B, HR), Payton Eeles (3-for-4, SB), Aaron Sabato (2-for-4, HR) Cedar Rapids: Kyle DeBarge (2-for-5, SB), Andy Lugo (2-for-4, HR) Fort Myers: Yasser Mercedes (3-for-5, 2B) DSL: Santiago Leon (2-for-4, 2B, BB, SB), Yovanny Duran (2-for-5, BB), Jose Barrios (2-for-6, SB) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 1. Walker Jenkins (Wichita): 1-for-2, 2 B, K 3. Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita): 1-for-3, K 8. Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita): 0-for-2 9. Marco Raya (St. Paul): 3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 59 pitches (57.6% strikes) 11. Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 0-for-4, 3 K 14. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-5, RBI, SB (51), 2 K 16. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-3, BB 20. Ricardo Olivar (Wichita): 1-for-1, BB CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 50-53 St. Paul Saints: 44-54 Wichita Wind Surge: 50-44 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 55-38 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 41-51 FCL Twins: 39-20 (regular season over, clinched postseason appearance) DSL Twins: 15-23 SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS St. Paul vs. Worcester, 6:37 pm CT: José Ureña Wichita vs. Frisco, 6:05 pm CT: Connor Prielipp Cedar Rapids vs. Fort Wayne, 6:35 pm CT: Alejandro Hidalgo Fort Myers vs. Lakeland, 5:05 pm CT: Dasan Hill FCL Twins vs. FCL Tigers, 11 am CT: TBD (FCL Semifinals Game 1) DSL Twins at DSL Angels, 9 am CT: TBD View full article

Walker JenkinsEmmanuel RodriguezLuke KeaschallKaelen CulpepperMarek HoustonCharlee SotoDasan HillAndrew MorrisConnor PrielippMarco RayaRiley QuickGabriel GonzalezQuentin YoungBrandon WinokurKyle DeBargeCJ CulpepperEduardo BeltreDanny De AndradeRicardo OlivarKhadim Diaw

Walker JenkinsEmmanuel RodriguezLuke KeaschallKaelen CulpepperMarek HoustonCharlee SotoDasan HillAndrew MorrisConnor PrielippMarco RayaRiley QuickGabriel GonzalezQuentin YoungBrandon WinokurKyle DeBargeCJ CulpepperEduardo BeltreDanny De AndradeRicardo OlivarKhadim Diaw

I'd be shocked if the Twins could get much of anything for Lewis right now. He has a .600 OPS over the last 365 days. Where's there a market for that? Contending teams will target guys playing well who can be expected to step right in and contribute. Rebuilding teams aren't giving up prospects for a reclamation project.

Image courtesy of William Parmeter (photo of Luke Keaschall, Walker Jenkins, Kaelen Culpepper) FRIDAY’S RESULTS St. Paul 3, Louisville 1 Springfield 4, Wichita 3 Cedar Rapids 5, Wisconsin 4 (10 innings) Fort Myers 8, Daytona 6 FCL Twins 4, FCL Red Sox 1 DSL Blue Jays Blue 12, DSL Twins 9 TRANSACTIONS RHP Bailey Ober and 2B Luke Keaschall were sent on rehab assignments to St. Paul. Ober is working his way back from a left hip impingement that sent him to the IL on July 2. He was remarkably sharp tonight, tossing four shutout innings while throwing an incredible 86 percent of his pitches for strikes (43 of 50 pitches). Ober’s four-seam fastball, which averaged 90.4 mph during his time with the Twins this season, sat 90.1 mph tonight and topped out at 91.6 mph. Keaschall suffered a right forearm fracture on a hit by pitch and was placed on the IL back on April 26. He served as the Saints’ DH tonight and went 1-for-5 with a clutch RBI single in the top of the ninth inning to give St. Paul a key insurance run. It’s noteworthy that Keaschall played the entire game, as it’s typical for a rehabbing hitter to exit early, even when they’re just DHing. RHP Noah Davis was activated by the Saints. The Twins acquired Davis from the Dodgers for cash considerations. He’s a right-handed pitcher with 23 career big league games to his credit, six of them starts. He had a 3.94 ERA and 1.22 WHIP with 38 strikeouts and 15 walks in 32 innings for the Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate this season. OF Emmanuel Rodriguez was placed on the 7-day IL with a right oblique strain. Sigh. The Saints played their 92nd game of the season tonight. Rodriguez has only been able to play in 43 of them. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter of the Day: Walker Jenkins, Wichita Jenkins provided half of Wichita’s hits tonight, including a clutch two-out, game-tying double in the top of the eighth inning. On an 0-2 pitch, Jenkins looked like he just slapped the ball the other way upon first glance, but the hit carried all the way to the warning track, allowing Jake Rucker to score from first base. The game remained tied into the bottom of the ninth inning, and with the first two Springfield hitters retired, it looked like Jenkins would have another chance in the top of the 10th inning. Unfortunately, that wasn’t meant to be. Springfield strung together a two-out rally with a single, wild pitch, walk and walk-off infield single to win. Jenkins went 3-for-4 tonight, tallying his first three-hit game of the season. He’s hitting .270/.405/.393 (.798 OPS) in 24 games with the Wind Surge this season. Pitcher of the Day: Santiago Castellano, DSL Twins If you want to be a truly hardcore prospect sicko, you can watch DSL Twins games on YouTube. Here’s a link to Friday afternoon’s stream, in which Castellanos got things started with three excellent innings. The video for these live streams is as barebones as it gets. There are two fixed cameras and no play-by-play, let alone any audio at all. Still, I applaud the organization for providing the opportunity for family and friends to be able to watch these guys play. Well, and us prospect sickos, too. While the overall presentation of these live streams is rudimentary, there’s a bevy of real-time statcast data included toward the bottom of the screen. You can see the pitch velocity, spin rate, induced vertical break, exit velocity, launch angle and distance of every single pitch/hit as it happens. That’s incredible! Back to Castellanos, with three one-hit innings of shutout ball Friday, he now has a 0.87 ERA and 0.97 WHIP in 20 2/3 innings on the season. He struck out three batters and walked one today, giving him 26 Ks and seven walks total (31.3 K%, 8.4 BB%). He was consistently hitting 94 mph with his fastball. Among his secondaries, there were some mid-80s changeups I thought looked good, especially for a pitcher his age. Speaking of which, let’s all wish Santiago a belated Happy Birthday! He turned 17-years-old yesterday. He was born in 2008 … let that sink in for a moment. I own multiple shirseys older than this kid. STARTING PITCHING LINES Bailey Ober (St. Paul): 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 50 pitches (86% strikes) C.J. Culpepper (Wichita): 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 46 pitches (54.4% strikes) Ty Langenberg (Cedar Rapids): 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 77 pitches (64.9% strikes) Michael Carpenter (Fort Myers): 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 37 pitches (59.5% strikes) Sam Rochard (FCL): 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 38 pitches (71.1% strikes) Santiago Castellanos (DSL): 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K HOME RUNS St. Paul: Carson McCusker (19) DSL: Joyner Perez (1) MULTI-HIT GAMES Wichita: Walker Jenkins (3-for-4, 2B) Cedar Rapids: Kyle Hess (2-for-4, BB) Fort Myers: Peyton Carr (2-for-2, 3B, 2 BB), Bryan Acuña (2-for-4, BB) FSL: Jayson Bass (2-for-3, SB) DSL: Santiago Leon (3-for-4, 3B), Jose Barrios (3-for-5, SB), Darwin Almanzar (2-for-4, 2B), Cristian Bonifacio (2-for-4, 2B) ADDITIONAL NOTES Kaelen Culpepper exited tonight’s Wind Surge game in the bottom of the fourth inning. I took a look back at his final plate appearance, which was to end the top of the third inning, and his final defensive play, which was in the bottom of the third, and saw no obvious signs of discomfort. PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 1. Walker Jenkins (Wichita): 3-for-4, 2B, R, RBI, K 2. Luke Keaschall (rehab with St. Paul): 1-for-5, RBI, K 4. Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita): 0-for-2 10. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-3, BB, RBI, SB (47) 12. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 0-for-5, 2 K 13. Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita): 1-for-3, 2B, BB, R 14. C.J. Culpepper (Wichita): 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 46 pitches (54.4% strikes) 15. Eduardo Beltre (FCL): 0-for-2, BB, HBP R, 2 SB (17) 18. Ricardo Olivar (Wichita): 1-for-4, RBI, K 19. Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-5, R, K 20. Payton Eeles (St. Paul): 1-for-4, K, SB (7) CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 47-50 St. Paul Saints: 43-49 Wichita Wind Surge: 46-42 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 52-35 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 37-49 FCL Twins: 35-18 DSL Twins: 12-22 TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS St. Paul at Louisville, 6:15 pm CT: Marco Raya Wichita at Springfield, 6:35 pm CT: John Klein Cedar Rapids vs. Wisconsin, 6:35 pm CT: Alejandro Hidalgo Fort Myers vs. Daytona, 5:05 pm CT: Dasan Hill FCL Twins vs. FCL Red Sox, 9 am CT: TBD View full article

I like tri-tater. That one is the leader in the clubhouse. Good point. I may have been thinking more with my stomach than my head. I gotta make sure to eat something before sitting down to write these things. I haven't heard anything, but he's waaay off my radar these days. Now that he's off the 40-man roster, it's even less likely any updates will be relayed.

FRIDAY’S RESULTS Iowa 8, St. Paul 7 (called in the eighth due to rain) San Antonio 7, Wichita 2 Cedar Rapids 4, Peoria 3 Cedar Rapids 6, Peoria 5 (called in the sixth due to rain) Fort Myers 4, Clearwater 1 FCL Twins 3, FCL Red Sox 2 FCL Twins, Game 2: Suspended in the third due to rain DSL Phillies 4, DSL Twins 1 TRANSACTIONS None. Wait … is that a real thing? Seems fake. It’s pretty rare to have a day with zero moves across the system. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Hitter of the Day: Jaime Ferrer, Cedar Rapids (2-for-3, 2 HRs, 2 R, 2 RBI) Ferrer was the meat of a home run sandwich for the Kernels. Yes, I’m trying to create some new baseball lingo. Home run sandwich rolls off the tongue better than back-to-back-to-back homers. OK, maybe it’s not my most inspired creative moment, but I’m trying here. We as a baseball community need to up our nomenclature! Let me know in the comments what suggestions you have to re-name back-to-back-to-back homers. Anyway … In the first game of the Kernels doubleheader, Andy Lugo opened the scoring in the second inning with a solo homer. Ferrer followed with a home run of his own, then Kendle provided a third-consecutive Cedar Rapids tater. Ferrer also went deep in his next at-bat, giving the Kernels a 4-1 lead with all of their runs scored on solo homers. The second blast Ferrer provided turned out to be the difference, with Cedar Rapids hanging on to win 4-3. After logging just one inning at catcher in his three seasons at FSU, Ferrer is trying to convert back to the position he was more familiar with prior to his collegiate days. He’s made 18 starts at catcher, 18 at first base, eight in right field, seven in left field and seven as the designated hitter this season. There have been several good pieces written on Ferrer’s journey in baseball while navigating Type 1 diabetes, including one from Jeff Johnson of the Cedar Rapids Gazette last month. He’s an easy guy to root for. Pitcher of the Day: Christian MacLeod, Wichita (5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K) MacLeod got ahead 0-2 of the first batter he faced tonight and ended up walking him. That seems like an awfully bad omen, but the 25-year-old lefty managed to get right and retired the next three batters in order. The leadoff man reached again in the second inning, but MacLeod managed to post another zero. San Antonio got the first two batters aboard in the third, and MacLeod ran out of magic. The Missions scratched across three runs on some dinks, dunks and an error committed by left fielder Ricardo Olivar. MacLeod allowed the leadoff man to reach again in the fourth, but struck out the next two batters on a total of eight pitches before getting the final out of the frame on a fly out. In his fifth and final inning, MacLeod retired not only the leadoff man, but also the side in order. While he was constantly pitching out of the stretch, it’s not like he gave up much loud contact tonight. All five hits MacLeod surrendered were singles. MacLeod has been quietly consistent for the Wind Surge this season. This was just the second time in 11 Double-A outings this year that he’s surrendered as many as three runs. Tonight’s outing increases his ERA to 2.25 over 40 innings with Wichita this year. He has a 2.97 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 9.2 K/9 in 78 2/3 career Double-A innings. Taking a look at the big picture, the only lefties currently on the Twins roster are Danny Coulombe, a logical trade candidate, and the recently-promoted Anthony Misiewicz, a 30-year-old crafty journeyman. Aside from those two, Kody Funderburk is the only other southpaw on the 40-man roster. If I had to pick an under-the-radar minor leaguer who could debut later this season, MacLeod would be on my shortlist. Maybe that says more about the Twins’ current stable lefties than it does MacLeod, but still. While MacLeod’s velocity is not impressive, he features a competitive spirit and a big, beautiful bender. It’s Kershaw-esque, at least in terms of appearance. STARTING PITCHING LINES Randy Dobnak (St. Paul): 4 2/3 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 90 pitches (65.6% strikes) Christian MacLeod (Wichita): 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 84 pitches (70.2% strikes) Cole Peschl (Cedar Rapids, G1): 5 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 66 pitches (72.7% strikes) Chase Chaney (Cedar Rapids, G2): 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 62 pitches (61.3% strikes) Christian Becerra (Fort Myers): 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 49 pitches (73.5% strikes) Sam Rochard (FCL Twins): 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 36 pitches (69.4% strikes) Juan Figaro (DSL Twins): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K HOME RUNS St. Paul: Edouard Julien (9), Jose Miranda (4). Wichita: Ricardo Olivar (11). Cedar Rapids: Jaime Ferrer 2 (3), Andy Lugo (2), Caden Kendle (5), Maddux Houghton (2). Fort Myers: Angel Del Rosario (2). DSL Twins: Ramiro Dominguez (3), Jayson Bass (1). MULTI-HIT GAMES Austin Martin (St. Paul): 3-for-4 Edouard Julien (St. Paul): 2-for-4, HR Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul): 2-for-4, 2B Ricardo Olivar (Wichita): 2-for-3, HR, BB Jaime Ferrer (Cedar Rapids, G1): 2-for-3, 2 HR Caden Kendle (Cedar Rapids, G1): 3-for-3, HR Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids, G1): 2-for-3 Maddux Houghton (Cedar Rapids, G2): 2-for-3, HR, 3B Angel Del Rosario (Fort Myers): 3-for-3, HR Cristian Bonifacio (DSL Twins): 2-for-3, 2B ADDITIONAL NOTES Weather disrupted three different games across the system tonight, with the Saints and Kernels both having a game called early and the FCL Twins having a game suspended and to be completed tomorrow. St. Paul: Carson McCusker was robbed of an outfield assist. He put his throw right on the money, but third baseman Jose Miranda was called for interfering with the runner. Saints broadcaster Sean Aronson referred to the call as both “terrible” and “horrendous.” I agree. Here’s a link to the replay, if you’d like to be annoyed. After adding three more hits tonight, Austin Martin has a .375/.477/.458 slash line (.935 OPS) in 21 games for the Saints this season. Wichita: There was no Walker Jenkins or Kaelen Culpepper in the Wind Surge lineup tonight. Culpepper will be participating in the All-Star Futures Game tomorrow. The game starts at 3 pm CT and is available to watch on MLB Network, MLB.TV, MLB.com and the MLB app. Cedar Rapids: Samuel Perez protected a one-run lead in the first game of today’s doubleheader to earn his second save of the season for the Kernels. Fort Myers: In his 56th game of the season for the Mussels, Yasser Mercedes stole his 25th base. He’s yet to be caught stealing in FSL action this season, though he did oddly get thrown out twice during a five-game rehab assignment with the FCL Twins. Go figure. FCL Twins: Jayson Bass’ home run was a walk-off shot. The 19-year-old has a .303/.425/.515 batting line in 13 games (a .940 OPS). He also stole his fifth base of the season today. PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 3. Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul): 2-for-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI 9. Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-3, 2B 10. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-7, 3B, RBI, K 12. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-7, R, RBI, 4 K 13. Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita): 1-for-4, K 15. Eduardo Beltre (FCL): 0-for-4 18. Ricardo Olivar (Wichita): 2-for-3, HR (11), BB, R, RBI, K 19. Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-7, RBI, 2 K 20. Payton Eeles (St. Paul): 0-for-3, BB, K CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 46-48 St. Paul Saints: 41-48 Wichita Wind Surge: 46-39 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 49-35 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 35-48 FCL Twins: 31-15 DSL Twins: 9-20 TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS St. Paul vs. Iowa, 6:37 pm CT: Connor Gillispie Wichita vs. San Antonio, 6:05 pm CT: C.J. Culpepper Cedar Rapids at Peoria, 7:05 pm CT: Ty Langenberg Fort Myers at Clearwater, 5:30 pm CT: Dasan Hill FCL Twins vs. FCL Red Sox, 9 am CT: TBD FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox: Completion of Friday’s game DSL Twins vs. DSL Tigers 2, 9 am CT: TBD View full article

Tom runs through the biggest changes he made to his Twins prospect list this month. In addition to some names moving up, there were also a handful of new names that cracked the top-50 list. Among the players discussed were Marco Raya, Gabriel Gonzalez, Kala’i Rosario, Kyler Fedko, Pierson Ohl, Andrew Cossetti, Aaron Sabato, and many more. View full video

Image courtesy of Ed Bailey, Wichita Wind Surge (image of Walker Jenkins) This holiday edition of the Minor League Report is a bit stripped down from what you’re used to here at Twins Daily. For more info on the individual games, click the links to the box scores in the results section below. RESULTS Gwinnett 4, St. Paul 3 Wichita 14, Tulsa 2 Cedar Rapids 6, Quad Cities 3 Bradenton 14, Fort Myers 1 FCL Twins: Postponed due to rain DSL Twins 16, DSL NYY Bombers 5 (completion of June 16 game) DSL NYY Bombers 9, DSL Twins 5 TRANSACTIONS Emmanuel Rodriguez’s rehab assignment was moved from the FCL Twins to the Mighty Mussels. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day: Marco Raya, St. Paul (6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K) Raya continues to show he’s put a disastrous start to the season behind him. Tonight, he completed six innings for the first time this season, and has now gone at least five frames in four of his last five starts. Things didn’t get off to an encouraging start, as Raya loaded the bases in the first inning. He worked out of the jam and experienced little turbulence from there. He helped his own cause by fielding his position very well tonight. He made a great play coming in off the mound to his right and started two double plays. Raya got nine swinging strikes and topped out at 96.2 mph. His feature pitch tonight was the sweeper, which he deployed 24 times, but he also threw 19 curveballs. Raya threw 52 of his 86 pitches for strikes (60.5 percent) and walked four batters, so it wasn’t all sterling, but tonight was another big step in the right direction. This was the first time Raya completed six innings since August 9, 2024, and the first time he has done so in Triple A. His ERA on the season is still ugly, but Raya has surrendered six earned runs over his last 24 2/3 innings, a 2.19 ERA. Hitter of the Day: Walker Jenkins, Wichita (2-for-3, HR, 3 BB, 2 R, 4 RBI, K) Not only did Jenkins crush a three-run homer to center field, but he was also only retired once in six trips to the plate tonight. After striking out in the first inning, Jenkins hit an RBI single in the second and his three-run homer in the third. At that point, Tulsa pitchers wanted nothing to do with him. He walked in the fourth, sixth, and ninth innings. Jenkins’ big game was part of a huge offensive outburst by the WInd Surge, as they scored 14 runs on 16 hits and nine walks. In 16 games with Wichita this season, Jenkins has hit .271/.419/.424 (.843 OPS), with 14 walks, 15 strikeouts and seven stolen bases. STARTING PITCHERS Marco Raya (St. Paul): 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K C.J. Culpepper (Wichita): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Cole Peschl (Cedar Rapids): 6 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Eli Jones (Fort Myers): 4 1/3 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 0 K Omar Montano (DSL, Game 1): 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Santiago Castelllanos (DSL, Game 2): 4 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K NOTES: C.J. Culpepper squatted for a moment on the mound a couple of times between pitches during the first inning. It’s difficult to even speculate why that might have been. Perhaps his legs were feeling stiff; maybe he had an uneasy stomach. Whatever the issue was, Wichita manager Brian Dinkleman decided he’d rather be safe than sorry. HOME RUNS Walker Jenkins (Wichita), second with Wichita and third of the season. Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita), first with Wichita, sixth of the season. Justin Connell (Cedar Rapids), first of the season. MULTI-HIT GAMES Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita): 3-for-5, 2B, HR, BB Walker Jenkins (Wichita): 2-for-3, HR, 3 BB Kala’i Rosario (Wichita): 2-for-6 Rubel Cespedes (Wichita): 2-for-5, 2B Andrew Cossetti (Wichita): 2-for-4, BB Ben Ross (Wichita): 2-for-4 Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-3, BB Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-4, SB (45) Caden Kendle (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-4, 2B Teilon Serrano (DSL): 2-for-5, 2B Yovanny Duran (DSL): 3-for-4, 2 3Bs, SB (1) Jhomnardo Reyes (DSL): 3-for-5, SB (3) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 1. Walker Jenkins (Wichita): 2-for-3, HR, 3 BB, 2 R, 4 RBI, K 3. Emmanuel Rodriguez (on rehab with Fort Myers): 1-for-3, 2B, BB, RBI, K 4. Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita): 1-for-5, BB, RBI, K 9. Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-3, BB, 2 R 10. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-4, SB (45), K 11. Marco Raya (St. Paul): 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K 12. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-4, K 13. Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita): 3-for-5, 2B, HR, BB, R, 2 RBI 14. CJ Culpepper (Wichita): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K 18. Ricardo Olivar (Wichita): 1-for-3, 2 BB, SB (9), 3 R, RBI, K 19. Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids): 0-for-4, 2 K 20. Payton Eeles (St. Paul): 0-for-4 CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 42-46 St. Paul Saints: 37-46 Wichita Wind Surge: 44-35 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 45-34 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 32-45 FCL Twins: 26-14 DSL Twins: 7-17 TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS St. Paul at Gwinnett, 6:05 pm CT: Randy Dobnak Wichita vs. Tulsa, 6:05 pm CT: Christian MacLeod Cedar Rapids vs. Quad Cities, 6:35 pm CT: Alejandro Hidalgo Fort Myers vs. Bradenton, 5:05 pm CT: Dasan Hill FCL Twins vs. FCL Red Sox, 9 am CT: TBD FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox, Game 2: TBD DSL Twins at DSL White Sox, 9 am CT: TBD View full article

CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 40-42 St. Paul Saints: 35-41 Wichita Wind Surge: 40-33 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 42-31 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 31-40 FCL Twins: 24-13 DSL Twins: 5-13 TRANSACTIONS Royce Lewis joined the Saints on a rehab assignment. He suffered a left hamstring strain on June 13. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 6, Louisville 5 Box Score Louisville manufactured a run in the top of the ninth inning to take the lead but the Saints were ready with a response. Payton Eeles led off the bottom of the ninth with a single, followed by a Jeferson Morales six-pitch walk. Will Holland managed to get a sacrifice bunt down on a 99.5 mph sinker to advance both runners into scoring position. Noah Cardenes didn’t have to do much to get the speedy Eeles in from third. Cardenes hit a weak grounder toward the shortstop that the third baseman cut off. He was out at first on a bang-bang play, but Eeles scampered home to score the tying run. After Anthony Prato was hit with a 100.6 mph fastball, Edouard Julien lined the second pitch he saw just over the leaping second baseman to give the Saints a walk-off win. It was Julien’s only hit of the night, but he’s been a standout performer in June. He has a .305/.436/.537 line so far this month for the Saints, a .973 OPS. Also tonight, Cory Lewis had by far his best outing of the season. Not only did he go five innings for the first time in 2025, he only gave up one run on two hits. He walked two batters and struck out six. As Cody Christie wrote about yesterday, Lewis has pivoted from a pitcher who mixes in a knuckleball to using that unique offering as his primary pitch. Of his 75 pitches tonight, Lewis threw the knuckler 41 times. Despite a lack of premium velocity, Lewis was able to baffle lower-level hitters without having to rely much on the knuckleball. That’s not been the case in Triple-A, and it’s great to see him finding a new way to be successful. Royce Lewis was 0-for-3 with a strikeout as the DH in the first game of his rehab assignment. WIND SURGE WISDOM Springfield 10, Wichita 7 Box Score Connor Prielipp got knocked around tonight, but his defense also let him down a couple times. Springfield loaded the bases with two outs, but what should have been an inning-ending groundout to third was an error instead. The Cardinals scored two runs on that error, then two more on a liner through the middle. Prielipp faced the minimum in the second inning, but gave up a leadoff single followed by a two-run homer in the third inning. While the error in the first inning definitely hurt, there were just a lot of balls in play. Springfield seemed to be seeing the ball well against Prielipp, who only struck out one of the 18 batters he faced tonight. The Wind Surge lineup battled back to tie the game at 7-7 in the bottom of the fifth. The score remained tied until the Cardinals tallied three runs in the top of the ninth inning. Kyler Fedko had a monster game, going 3-for-4 with two home runs, the first being a grand slam off top Cardinals pitching prospect Tink Hence. Fedko is up to 16 home runs in 64 games played this year after hitting just three in 76 games last season. He also drove in six runs tonight, giving him 44 RBIs. That’s up from just 21 last season. It’s a monster power breakout from Fedko, who is hitting .262/.380/.515 (.895 OPS). Walker Jenkins reached safely four times, going 2-for-3 with a pair of walks. He also stole his fifth base in 10 games with Wichita. KERNELS NUGGETS Game 1: Cedar Rapids 6, South Bend 5 Box Score This was a continuation of yesterday’s game, which was postponed in the third inning. The Kernels trailed 5-0 at that point. They didn’t take long to erase that deficit today. The Cedar Rapids lineup put together a great two-out rally in the bottom of the third inning. Misael Urbina drew an eight-pitch walk before singles from Kyle DeBarge and Brandon Winokur. Then Danny De Andrade blasted the first pitch he saw for an opposite-field game-tying grand slam. DeBarge put the Kernels up with an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jose Olivares took over on the mound for the Kernels when the game restarted today and was the only pitcher they needed to finish it off. The 22-year-old right-hander delivered six innings for the second straight outing, and held his opponent scoreless for the fifth time this season. He yielded just three hits, walked two batters and tallied seven strikeouts. Things got hairy in the ninth inning. Trying to protect a one-run lead, Olivares walked the leadoff man, then gave up a single. He responded by getting a massive strikeout followed by a ground out to first base and a fly out to left field to end it. Game 2: South Bend 12, Cedar Rapids 4 Box Score Kernels starter Jeremy Lee got off to a very rough start and Wilker Reyes couldn’t help out much as the first man out of the bullpen. The Cubs tallied all 12 of their runs in the first three innings. Billy Amick was 2-for-4 with a double and was the only Cedar Rapids hitter with a mutli-hit game. Kyle DeBarge stole his 41st base of the season. He’s 41-for-42 on stolen base attempts this season and has a total of 56 steals in 92 games. MUSSEL MATTERS Tampa 5, Fort Myers 3 Box Score Tampa scored all their runs in the first two innings, as Mussels starter Dylan Questad struggled to find the strike zone (again). He walked five batters in his three innings of work, hit another, and threw less than 50 percent of his pitches for strikes. While the rest of the Fort Myers pitching staff did great — two innings each from Brennen Oxford and Ivran Romero followed by a frame from Zander Sechrist — the lineup couldn’t get much going. Tampa starter Xavier Rivas struck out 13 batters in 5 2/3 innings without issuing a walk. Byron Chourio and Angel Del Rosario were the only Mighty Mussels with multi-hit games. Del Rosario also stole his 26th base of the season. COMPLEX CHRONICLES Postponed due to rain. Makeup on July 4. DOMINICAN DAILIES DSL Twins 15, DSL Tigers (1) 3 Box Score Among the methods in which the DSL Twins scored runs were a bases-loaded hit by pitch, two throwing errors and two wild pitches. Dominican Summer League baseball, ladies and gentlemen! The Twins also did some damage with their bats, of course. Cristian Bonifacio, a 17-year-old Dominican, hit his first pro homer. Carlos Taveras reached safely four times, going 2-for-3 with a double and a pair of walks. On the mound, Santiago Castellanos continued a stellar start to his pro career. The Venezuelan right-hander pitched four near perfect innings while striking out seven batters. He didn’t surrender any hits or walks, but he did hit a couple of batters. Castellanos has a 1.32 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 17 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings so far this season. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day: Jose Olivares, Cedar Rapids (6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K) Hitter of the Day: Kyler Fedko, Wichita (3-for-4, 2 HR, BB, 6 RBI, 3 R) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 1. Walker Jenkins (Wichita): 2-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R, SB (5), K 4. Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita): 1-for-4, BB, R, SB (1), 2 K 5. Connor Prielipp (Wichita): 3 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K 9. Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-8, R, K 10. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 3-for-7, 2 2B, BB, SB (41), 2 R, 3 RBI, K 12. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-8, 2B, R, RBI, 2 K 13. Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita): 1-for-4, BB, K 17. Cory Lewis (St. Paul): 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K 19. Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-8, GS HR, R, 4 RBI, 4 K 20. Payton Eeles (St. Paul): 2-for-3, BB, 2 R, K TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS St. Paul vs. Louisville, 4:07 pm CT: Marco Raya St. Paul vs. Louisville, Game 2: José Ureña Wichita vs. Springfield, 6:05 pm CT: Darren Bowen Cedar Rapids vs. South Bend, 6:35 pm CT: Cole Peschl Fort Myers at Tampa, 5:30 pm CT: Dasan Hill FCL Twins at FCL Red Sox, 9 am CT: TBD DSL Twins vs. DSL Marlins, 9 am CT: TBD View full article

CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 37-40 St. Paul Saints: 33-40 Wichita Wind Surge: 37-32 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 41-28 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 29-38 FCL Twins: 23-11 DSL Twins: 3-11 TRANSACTIONS Fort Myers activated OF Jose Rodriguez from the temporary inactive list. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 3, Toledo 2 (10 innings) Box Score How do we get this version of Marco Raya more often? He threw 51 of his 76 pitches for strikes. That’s 67 percent strikes from a guy who entered today’s game with a 58 strike percentage on the year. As a result, Raya had averaged 6.4 BB/9 entering this outing. Today, he only issued one walk. When Raya is sharp like this, it’s a sight to see. Over five innings, he only surrendered three hits and struck out eight batters. Raya topped out at 96.3 mph with his fastball, but featured his curveball, throwing that pitch 21 times and getting six swinging strikes. On the outing, Raya racked up 12 swinging strikes. Unfortunately, the St. Paul lineup couldn’t provide Raya with any support and Travis Adams surrendered a pair of runs the inning after Raya’s exit. Adams did eventually settle in, however, as he delivered four innings of two-run ball despite walking four batters. The Saints lineup eventually got it together, too. Yunior Severino led off the seventh inning with a walk, then Will Holland hit a double. After Diego Cartaya struck out, Edouard Julien was intentionally walked to load the bases. That proved to be an act of overconfidence, as Anthony Prato drew a five-pitch walk to push across the first Saints run of the game. Ryan Fitzgerald ended the potential rally by grounding into an inning-ending double play. With the Saints trailing by a run in the bottom of the ninth, Yunior Severino belted a leadoff, game-tying homer. The exit velocity on the opposite field blast was 105.0 mph and the projected distance was 420 feet, the second-longest home run hit across all of Triple-A today. Severino also boasted the hardest hit ball of the day at the level, a lineout he drove 110.7 mph. The dude is strong. In a 2-2 game in the bottom of the 10th inning, Toledo turned to Riley Unroe on the mound. On one hand, he’s a position player. On the other hand, he picked up a win on the mound against the Saints earlier in the week after recording the final six outs for Toledo. So I guess it’s difficult to view that strategy as ridiculous when it was recently effective. Unroe was able to retire the first batter he faced, but Aaron Sabato ended the nonsense by hitting a 45 mph lob that was about a foot outside the other way for a walk-off single. WIND SURGE WISDOM Arkansas 9, Wichita 2 Box Score This game got out of hand in a hurry. Wichita starter Darren Bowen gave up five runs in the first inning before Joel Cesar surrendered four more in the fourth, putting the Wind Surge in an early 9-0 hole. To make matters worse, the lineup went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position. Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-5 as the leadoff man and committed a fielding error at shortstop. Walker Jenkins hit third and was 1-for-4 with a double. Gabriel Gonzalez had yet another strong performance, going 3-for-4 with a walk. He’s hitting .358/.430/.473 (.902 OPS) in 27 games since being promoted to Wichita. KERNELS NUGGETS Beloit 3, Cedar Rapids 2 Box Score The Kernels had great scoring chances in both the eighth and ninth innings, but could not find a way to scratch across the game-tying run. Jaime Ferrer had the only Cedar Rapids RBI, as he drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the second inning. Their other run came when Caden Kendle stole third base and scored on a throwing error. The eighth opened with singles from Danny De Andrade and Misael Urbina. A Kyle Hess single loaded the bases with one out, but they failed to capitalize. Cedar Rapids also led off the ninth inning with back-to-back singles, this time coming from Poncho Ruiz and Justin Connell. They came up empty once again. On a more positive note, Cole Peschl continues to be a dependable arm. He gave up three runs on four hits, but also delivered 5 1/3 innings and didn’t issue a walk. Peschl has gone at least five innings in four consecutive starts. He's not exactly an ironman, but that kind of consistency seems to be becoming more rare these days. The newly-acquired Andy Lugo was the offensive star for Cedar Rapids. He was 3-for-4 with a double and stole two bases. Lugo, acquired from Boston in the Jorge Alcala trade, has hit .370/.452/.593 (1.045 OPS) in his first eight games in the org. Kyle DeBarge stole his 38th base of the season in this one. He’s now 38-for-39 in stolen base attempts over 62 games played this season. MUSSEL MATTERS Lakeland 8, Fort Myers 4 Box Score This was a back-and-forth affair with Lakeland delivering a knockout blow late. The Flying Tigers broke a tie to go up 5-4 in the seventh inning before breaking out with a three-run eighth inning. Billy Amick, in the fifth game of his rehab assignment, was 2-for-4 and played a full game at third base. He also had the two highest exit velocities of this game, hitting a double at 105.3 mph along with a 102.8 mph single. Former indy baller Blaze O’Saben was 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and a stolen base for the Mighty Mussels. Dameury Pena also had a multi-hit game and stole a base. Fort Myers starter Eli Jones surrendered four runs on seven hits over three innings while also walking three batters and hitting another. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day: Marco Raya, St. Paul (5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K) Hitter of the Day: Andy Lugo, Cedar Rapids (3-for-4, 2B, 2 SB, R) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 1. Walker Jenkins (Wichita): 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, K 4. Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita): 1-for-5, 2 K 10. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 0-for-5, K, SB (38) 11. Marco Raya (St. Paul): 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K 13. Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita): 3-for-4, BB, R 18. Ricardo Olivar (Wichita): 0-for-3, RBI, K 19. Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-5, K 20. Payton Eeles (St. Paul): 2-for-3, BB TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS FCL Twins at FCL Rays, 11 am CT: TBD DSL Twins at DSL Phillies White, 10 am CT: TBD View full article