Tom Froemming

The doctor was in. Jason Doktorczyk, that is. Dr. K struck out 10 batters over five innings of work for Fort Myers tonight. Find out everything else that happened in the Minnesota Twins minor league system Friday. Image courtesy of © Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK (photo of Luke Keaschall) CURRENT W-L Records St. Paul Saints: 7-9 Wichita Wind Surge: 6-7 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 7-5 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 6-7 TRANSACTIONS 2B/DH Luke Keaschall promoted to Minnesota. UTIL Mickey Gasper optioned to St. Paul. RHP Matt Canterino designated for assignment. RHP Michael Tonkin sent on rehab assignment to Fort Myers. Fort Myers placed RHP Billy Oldham on the full-season injured list. Keaschall’s promotion became official today. For more on what to expect from the Twins rookie, check out this morning’s article from Jamie Cameron. Gasper was a feel-good story, but hit .111/.273/.111 (.384 OPS) in 22 plate appearances over 10 games for the Twins. Canterino was first added to the 40-man roster back in November of 2022. His arm talent is undeniable, but the 27-year-old former second-round pick has seldom been healthy enough to pitch. He had shoulder surgery about a month ago and will miss all of 2025. It’ll be curious to see if he gets claimed off waivers. My uneducated guess is he clears waivers and re-signs a two-year minor league deal with the Twins. We’ll see. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 11, Iowa 8 Box Score The I-Cubs jumped out to a 5-1 lead by the end of the third inning, but the Saints exploded for eight runs over the next two frames. Carson McCusker delivered the haymaker, a three-run homer hit 106.1 mph to dead center. It was his third home run of the week. Luke Keaschall? Who needs ‘em!? The Saints lineup tallied 11 runs on 12 hits, drew a handful of walks and was 6-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Anthony Prato played center field and had a three-hit night. McCusker and Yunior Severino each had a pair of hits. Jeferson Morales hit his second home run of the season and drew two walks. Randy Dobnak had a rough night, surrendering five runs over his four innings pitched. Saints pitchers combined to issue nine walks and the lineup combined for 16 strikeouts, but St. Paul still managed to win this one. That’s tough to do! WIND SURGE WISDOM Tulsa 7, Wichita 6 Box Score Wichita got things going early, as back-to-back singles by Ricardo Olivar and Rubel Cespedes were followed by a Kala’i Rosario home run to give the Wind Surge a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. They tacked on another trio of runs in the fourth inning, as Aaron Sabato swatted a two-run dinger and Tyler Dearden made it back-to-back bombs. Sabato was 4-for-4 tonight. Burnsville native Aaron Rozek struck out eight batters while not issuing a walk over five innings. The only two runs he surrendered were on solo homers. Jaylen Nowlin was the first man out of the bullpen and stumbled. He hit a batter, walked two more and then gave up a game-tying grand slam. Ouch. The score remained tied at 6-6 until the bottom of the ninth inning. Tulsa got three consecutive singles off Cody Laweryson to walk it off. Tough loss. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 8, Peoria 3 (suspended in the top of the fourth inning) Box Score The Kernels were lighting up the scoreboard early in this game, but the rain rolled in in the top of the fourth inning. Cedar Rapids had already built an 8-3 lead by then, thanks in large part to Nate Baez, who was 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs. Both Billy Amick and Khadim Diaw also had multiple hits. Kernels starter Alejandro Hidalgo may have gone at least one more inning had it not been for the delay. He gave up three runs in three frames but also struck out four batters. They’ll pick this game back up tomorrow at 5 pm, then play another seven-inning contest after a 45-minute break between games. MUSSEL MATTERS Bradenton 6, Fort Myers 1 Box Score Jason Doktorczyk looked great in the first inning, retiring the side in order with a pair of strikeouts. Shortstop Angel Del Rosario committed an error to open the second inning, and things unraveled from there. Three hits, a hit batter and another error later, Bradenton had a 3-0 lead. Doktorzyk, a ninth-round pick in 2024, recovered from that rocky second inning to put together an impressive start. The 6-foot-6 right-hander struck out 10 batters and did not issue a walk over five innings pitched, throwing 49 of his 71 pitches for strikes (69%). He heavily featured his changeup, throwing that pitch 24 times, per Statcast. Doktorzky only gave up four hits — all singles — and the three runs scored against him were all unearned. Michael Tonkin, who is recovering from a shoulder injury, made his first rehab appearance for Fort Myers. He struck out three batters over two innings and gave up an unearned run on a pair of hits. Tonkin topped out at 93.1 mph, which is closer to what his fastball averaged last season. He threw 19 of his 24 pitches for strikes. The Mussels lineup was hitless through seven innings, but Jose Rodriguez capped an at-bat in which he fouled off three two-strike pitches with a home run. Byron Chourio added a single in the ninth inning for the only other Fort Myers hit. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day: Jason Dokrorczyk, Fort Myers (5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K) Hitter of the Day: Aaron Sabato, Wichita (4-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI) PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 2. Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul): 0-for-5, RBI, 2 K 3. Luke Keaschall (Twins): 2-for-4, 2B, SB, R, RBI 8. Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-3 13. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 0-for-3 15. Yasser Mercedes (Fort Myers): 0-for-2, 2 BB, K 17. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-2, 2 R 18. Kala’i Rosario (Wichita): 2-for-4, HR (2), SB (3), R, 2 RBI, 2 K 19. Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-2, 2B, 2 R 20. Ricardo Olivar (Wichita): 1-for-4, BB, R, K TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS St. Paul at Iowa, 3:08 pm CT: Darren McCaughan Wichita at Tulsa, 1 pm CT: Connor Prielipp Wichita at Tulsa, 6 pm CT: Darren Bowen Cedar Rapids at Peoria, 5 pm CT: Continuation of Friday's game Cedar Rapids at Peoria, Game 2: Tanner Hall Fort Myers vs. Bradenton, 5:05 pm CT: Dasan Hill View full article

The Minnesota Twins are calling up prospect Luke Keaschall. With several players injured, the Twins are turning to one of their top prospects for help. Keaschall just made his Triple-A debut this season and is still somewhat limited defensively due to hsi recovery from Tommy John surgery, but there’s nothing limited about his approach at the plate. About as professional a hitter as you could find in the minors, Keashcall has responded well to every test the Twins have given him to date. View full video

The Minnesota Twins entered the bottom of the eighth inning up 3-0. Typically that’s a recipe for success, but the Mets got to Griffin Jax and tied the game. It felt like it was going to be another painful loss, but instead the Twins responded. Jhoan Duran and Cole Sands bought the lineup some more time and Ty France plated Byron Buxton on a walk-off single in the 10th inning. Down on the farm, Carson McCusker hit a pair of homers in what was a blowout loss for the Saints and the Mighty Mussels pitching staff flexed its muscles. View full video

The Minnesota Twins beat the Mets 6-3 Tuesday night at Target Field, but both Matt Wallner and Carlos Correa exited due to injury. We can’t have nice things. Zebby Matthews dominated for the Saints and Brock Stewart looked good in his first rehab appearance for Fort Myers. Other players discussed in tonight’s recap include Byron Buxton, Bailey Ober, Ryan Jeffers, Brooks Lee, Michael Carpenter, Carson McCusker, Billy Amick, Byron Chourio, Travis Adams, Luke KEaschall, Emmanuel Rodriguez and Tanner Schobel. View full video

This episode highlights some fun facts included in my most recent zine (link below), but opens up with some Minnesota Twins news items and minor league stats. Players discussed include Charlee Soto, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Tanner Schobel, Edouardo Beltre, Travis Adams, Alex Speas, Tanner Schobel, Spencer Bengard, Byron Chourio View full video

The Minnesota Twins finally put together a complete team game Sunday at Target Field and beat Detroit 5-1, avoiding a sweep. Sminon Woods Richardson delivered a solid start and the bullpen was nearly perfect for four innings. Byron Buxton provided the spark at the plate, hitting a home run in the first inning and later adding a hustle double. Edouard Julien also homered, and wore the new celebration item: A Spartan warrior’s helmet. There’s more discussion on that game plus all of the minor league action from Sunday. View full video

The Twins lost again Saturday, falling to the Tigers 4-0. Rough. Have we seen the last of Jose Miranda on the Twins now that Brooks Lee is healthy? I have news items, injury updates, transactions and results to go over in addition to discussing strong performances from Dasan Hill and Kyle DeBarge. View full video

I haven't seen a specific target date set, but I imagine he'll continue to see a decent amount of time at DH for the next couple weeks at least. He did play second base on back-to-back days prior to DHing yesterday, so that's encouraging.

Young Charlee Soto is a golden ticket! He turned in another impressive start for the Kernels in what was an evening full of big dubs across the minor league system. All four Twins affiliates tasted victory Friday night. A sweet sweep! Image courtesy of David Malamut (photo of Charlee Soto) CURRENT W-L Records St. Paul Saints: 5-5 Wichita Wind Surge: 4-3 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 4-3 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 3-4 TRANSACTIONS The Twins recalled RHP David Festa from St. Paul. Austin Martin placed on the Saints 7-day IL with a hamstring strain. LHP Gabriel Yanez promoted from Cedar Rapids to St. Paul. RHP Logan Whitaker promoted from Fort Myers to Cedar Rapids. RHP Cole Peschl assigned to Fort Myers. Darren Wolfson reports the Twins will re-sign Darren McCaughan, who elected free agency yesterday, to a new minor league deal. SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 6, Omaha 4 Box Score Luke Keaschall is on the board! He slugged his first Triple-A home run in the bottom of the third inning on a center cut hanging slider. Keaschall is rising to the challenge at the top level of the minor leagues, showing little signs of struggle despite this only being his second full pro season. He also had a single, a walk and a sac fly tonight. Keaschall has a .415 OBP and .834 OPS in 10 games so far with the Saints. Brooks Lee started at shortstop, continued to look comfortable moving around and played the entire game. He singled in the first inning, drew a walk in a seven-pitch plate appearance in the third, struck out in the fourth and grounded out in the sixth but busted it up the line to avoid a double play. It feels like Lee could re-join the Twins any day now. The Saints trailed this game 4-2 entering the bottom of the fourth inning, but an RBI single from Anthony Prato and a Keaschall sac fly tied things up in the bottom of the frame. Carson McCusker blasted an impressive two-run homer in the sixth inning that proved to be the difference. He’s off to a blistering start, boasting a 1.067 OPS so far this season. Manager Toby Gardenhire had to turn to his bullpen to cover this entire game and that unit stepped up. The St. Paul pen combined to strike out 15 batters tonight, with Alex Speas and Kyle Bischoff leading the way with five Ks each in their two innings of work. Speas topped out at 99.5 mph and Ryan Jensen — who started tonight but is typically a reliever — touched 99.1 mph. WIND SURGE WISDOM Wichita 4, Midland 1 Box Score The Wichita lineup struggled to take advantage of opportunities, but thankfully the pitching staff was on point. The Wind Surge collected 11 hits and six walks but could only convert that to four runs due to going 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position. The Surge staff allowed a fair amount of traffic themselves, but after starter Trent Baker allowed one run over four innings, the bullpen trio of Michael Martinez (one inning), Angel Macuare ( 2 2/3 innings) and Joel Cesar (1 1/3 innings) shut out the RockHounds. Tanner Schobel continued his hot start by going 3-for-4 with a walk. Jake Rucker and Andrew Cossetti also had multi-hit games. Kyler Fedko hit his first homer of the season KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 6, Beloit 4 Box Score Charlee Soto picked up his first strikeout when he needed one most. After allowing a leadoff double in the second inning, the Sky Carp bunted the runner over to third. Soto got ahead of the next hitter 0-2, but was still trying to finish him off three pitches later. Then Soto unleashed a 99 mph fastball above the zone to pick up a huge strikeout. The next hitter flew out to left field, ending the threat and the inning. Soto struck out the next five hitters consecutively, looking both as dominant and confident as I can ever recall. He needed only 66 pitches to complete five innings, throwing two-thirds of them for strikes. The leadoff double in the second inning was the only base runner he allowed. With six strikeouts tonight, Soto now has 11 Ks in nine shutout innings so far this season. He’s Twins Daily’s top pitching prospect in the system for a reason, but seeing him meet this new challenge of High-A with such success early is impressive. Logan Whitaker followed Soto and surrendered four runs in his one inning of work. The Twins 19th-round pick in last year’s draft was making his 2025 and High-A debut, but beginner’s luck was nowhere to be found. Cedar Rapids got the go-ahead run into scoring position in both the sixth and seventh innings but could not score. Caden Kendle, who hit his first homer of the season earlier in the game, hit a one-out double in the eighth. Instead of the Kernels’ lineup failing to deliver for a third-straight inning, Misael Urbina promptly delivered a go-ahead RBI double. Later in the inning, Brandon Winokur hit a two-out double of his own to deliver an insurance run. Rayne Doncon exited this game in the bottom of the second inning. He appeared to be in pain after fouling back a pitch. Doncon eventually exited with a trainer, and it was later reported as a back injury. Kaelen Culpepper also did not complete this game, but that’s consistent with how he’s been handled so far. Culpepper missed part of spring training, so he’s not playing complete games yet. MUSSEL MATTERS Fort Myers 6, Tampa 3 Box Score The Mussels were on the board before they recorded an out tonight. Byron Chourio led off the bottom of the first inning with an eight-pitch walk before Dameury Pena singled to left field. Yasser Mercedes capped an eight-pitch at-bat of his own with a double he hit 107.1 mph into center field and off the wall. A great way to get things started, and Fort Myers kept tacking on. In all, the Mighty Mussels lineup provided six runs of support for starting pitcher Eli Jones. Jones was pitching out of the stretch for most of the first three innings, but managed to only give up a pair of runs despite the Tarpons getting their leadoff man on in each of those first three frames. Jones got some big strikeouts, and racked up six Ks while topping out at 95.2 mph. Cole Peschel, who just joined the Mighty Mussels today, covered the final four innings and only yielded an unearned run. Fort Myers bats with multi-hit games included Mercedes, Dameury Pena and Jefferson Valladares. Jay Thomason had a double, two walks and stole three bases. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day: Charlee Soto (Cedar Rapids): 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K, 66 pitches, 44 strikes (66.7%) Hitter of the Day: Caden Kendle (Cedar Rapids) 2-for-4, 2B, HR (1), 2 R, 1 RBI PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 3. Luke Keaschall (St. Paul): 2-for-2, HR (1), BB, 2 R, 2 RBI 4. Charlee Soto (Cedar Rapids): 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K, 66 pitches, 44 strikes (66.7%) 7. Kaelen Culpepper (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-3, 2B 8. Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-4, 2B, BB, K, 1 R, 2 RBI 13. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-4, 2B, BB, K, R 15. Yasser Mercedes (Fort Myers): 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI 16. Rayne Doncon (Cedar Rapids): 0-for-1, K (exited with a back injury) 17. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-3, 2 BB, K 18. Kala’i Rosario (Wichita): 0-for-4, 3 K 19. Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-4 TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS Cedar Rapids vs. Beloit, 1:05 pm CT: Alejandro Hidalgo St. Paul vs. Omaha, 2:05 pm CT: Randy Dobnak Wichita vs. Midland, 4:05 pm CT: Connor Prielipp Fort Myers vs. Tampa, 5:05 pm CT: Dasan Hill View full article

The Minnesota Twins committed a pair of painful, embarrassing errors that the Royals took advantage of. Not only did the Twins lose the game 2-1, but they also may have lost Pablo López, who exited with an apparent hamstring injury. Down on the farm, there are highlights to share of Zebby Matthews, Brooks Lee, Tanner Schobel, Darren Bowen, Dylan Questad and Dameury Pena. View full video

After falling 4-2 at Kansas City Monday night, the Twins are now 3-7 to start 2025. I should have a more witty way to get this recap started, but sometimes the facts say all you need to say. Image courtesy of © William Purnell-Imagn Images Box Score Starting Pitcher: Simeon Woods Richardson 5 2/3 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 1 HER, 107 pitches, 63 strikes (58.9% strikes) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Woods Richardson -.155, Carlos Correa -.132, Christian Vázquez -.099 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Rocco Tossed Rocco Baldelli often presents himself as more corporate than coach, but he’ll stand up for his guys and chew out an ump when the situation calls for it. In the bottom of the sixth inning, home plate umpire Nic Lentz called a pitch clock violation on Simeon Woods Richardson. It was on a 3-2 count, so the call resulted in a walk. Prior to the pitch, it looked like there may have been some issues with the PitchCom device between Woods Richardson and catcher Christian Vázquez. Woods Richardson stepped off the rubber, but was not granted a disengagement by the umpire, for whatever reason. That delay cost them some time on the clock, but it seemed clear that the righty still started his delivery with two seconds to spare. Like most situations, whether he was right or wrong, the ump stuck to his original call. I’m sure Baldelli knew he had no chance of changing the call, but he couldn’t just let that slide. It was Baldelli’s 17th career ejection but first since 2023. Just Put It In Play (No, Not Like That!) Monday continued an odd trend for the Twins lineup, where they put the ball in play but have nothing to show for it. It’s an encouraging shift in organizational approach, but it’s difficult to get too excited about it when the results aren’t there. Twins hitters posted the highest strikeout rate in the league back in 2023 at 26.6%. They managed to slash that all the way down to 21.3% last year, which was one of the lowest 10 K rates across baseball. The Twins entered tonight at 23.2 K% so far in 2025, slightly above league average. While contact has not been a major issue this season, production is a different story. The Twins entered tonight ranked 29th in on-base percentage and 27th in slugging. They only struck out five times tonight but that only translated to seven hits and two runs. There were eight balls the Twins hit in excess of a 95 mph exit velocity tonight that resulted in outs. They had five batted balls with an expected batting average over .500 that were outs. These things are bound to happen, but when you’re struggling it’s just more salt in the wound. The league, as a whole, is running a .285 BABIP so far this season, a rough number that could indicate the ball is slightly deader than in the past few campaigns. It's too early to be sure either way on that front, but not too soon to wonder about the efficacy of the Twins' approach. Woods Richardson Eclipses 100 Pitches The Twins needed some length from their starter tonight. In the early going, it didn’t appear that was going to happen, as Woods Richardson threw 66 pitches over the first three innings. To his credit, the junior member of the Twins rotation grinded through 5 2/3 innings. It wasn’t a great start, but he did throw a career-high 107 pitches. Not exactly heroic stuff, but it beats most of what his rotation mates have delivered so far this season. He only eclipsed 100 pitches once in his 28 starts last season. It’s early April, not mid-August. Bullpen fatigue shouldn’t be such a topic of focus this early, but here we are. This was only the second time in 10 games that a Twins starting pitcher recorded an out in the sixth inning. Ode to the Mop-Up Man Pablo López technically leads the Twins in innings pitched with 12, but that’s just because the mop-up role has been a revolving door. If we treat that spot on the pitching staff as one player instead of three, the mop-up man has accounted for 13 innings. Randy Dobnak opened the year in the role and provided 5 1/3 innings in his one outing. His reward was being DFA’d. Darren McCaughan took over the role and provided another 5 1/3 innings over three games pitched. He was DFA’d this morning to make room for a fresh arm, Scott Blewett. Blewett finished off tonight’s game for Woods Richardson, covering the final 2 1/3 innings. He, much like Dobnak and McCaughan, pitched great. That trio of mop-up men have combined to throw 13 innings and have only surrendered two earned runs on eight hits and three walks. We salute you, mop-up men. Thank you for your service … but don’t get too comfortable. Spring Training Vibes To my eye, the level of energy the Twins are bringing into these games feels similar to what you’d typically see in spring training. This feels like a group of guys trying to get work in, going through the motions and trying to remove a winter’s worth of rust. It’s not as if their opponents have been playing with an October intensity, but they’ve consistently flet more awake and alive than the Twins. While it’s true that the baseball season is a marathon, you don’t see many marathon runners walk the first mile and a half. It’s not as if the Twins have prioritized rest, either. Sure, Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton have been taken out of a few games early, but both have also started all 10 games for the Twins so far this season. That’s typically a recipe for success, but instead it’s an example where even a piece of good news can be viewed negatively when you’re in a slump. Had Correa and/or Buxton missed time during this poor season-opening stretch, at least we’d have an excuse to point toward. Correa and Buxton have stunk so far. They’re going to play better than this, but the question is for how much of the season are they both going to be in the lineup together? Sure, the Twins are missing some other guys, but it feels like they need to maximize the periods in which both Correa and Buxton are on the field together. That’s not happening. Postgame Interview Bullpen Usage Chart THU FRI SAT SUN MON TOT Varland 20 0 16 15 0 51 Blewett 0 15 0 0 31 46 Alcalá 11 0 23 0 0 34 Topa 0 0 17 10 0 27 Durán 0 0 8 13 0 21 Sands 0 0 11 10 0 21 Jax 0 0 0 17 0 17 Coulombe 0 0 0 8 0 8 View full article

The Minnesota Twins rode a six-run fourth inning to victory Saturday. Jose Miranda hit a three-run homer and the bullpen delivered five shutout innings. Down on the farm, a couple of the top lefties in the system made debuts — Connor Prielipp making his Double-A debut and Dasan Hill making his pro debut for Fort Myers. Also, Rayne Doncon hit a big home run for Cedar Rapids. View full video

A couple of premium left-handed pitching prospects were making significant debuts tonight. Connor Prielipp made his Double-A debut for Wichita while Dasan Hill made his pro debut with Fort Myers. Come see how those two did and check out what else happened across the system Saturday. Image courtesy of John Vittas- Fort Myers Mighty Mussels CURRENT W-L Records Minnesota Twins: 3-5 St. Paul Saints: 2-3 Wichita Wind Surge: 0-1 Cedar Rapids Kernels: 2-0 Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 1-1 TRANSACTIONS None SAINTS SENTINEL Today’s Saints game was postponed due to rain. That will be made up when St. Paul returns to Columbus later this month. WIND SURGE WISDOM Springfield 6, Wichita 2 Box Score Connor Prielipp made his Double-A debut tonight, but he wasn’t on the mound for too long. We’re accustomed to that being the case, of course, but it’ll be interesting to see how the Twins manage him this year. Prielipp only needed four pitches to record the first two outs of the game, but Springfield made him work before he got out of the first inning. The next four Cardinals batters reached safely, they scratched across a run and squeezed 21 more pitches out of Prielipp. In the second inning, Prielipp retired the side in order, striking out the first two batters. He went back out for the third inning, but hit the leadoff man, his second hit batsman of the game. That was it for the Wind Surge lefty. He went two innings and threw 47 pitches. The Wichita lineup couldn’t get much of anything going. Tanner Schobel and Ricardo Olivar led off the second inning with back-to-back singles. The next batter, Jorel Ortega, hit into a double play and the Wind Surge recorded just one more hit up until the ninth inning, a leadoff single in the sixth by Walker Jenkins. Noah Cardenas drew a one-out walk in the ninth before Schobel hit a double. Olivar then grounded out, but it was enough to bring Cardenas home and end the shutout bid. Ortega followed that up with a wind-aided popup double the left fielder couldn’t handle to give Wichita their second run. The ninth-inning rally was halted there, however, as the Wind Surge dropped their first game of the season. KERNELS NUGGETS Cedar Rapids 6, Wisconsin 4 Box Score With Cedar Rapids trailing 1-0, Brandon Winokur and Billy Amick drew back-to-back one-out walks, prompting a pitching change. Rayne Doncon quickly fell behind 0-2, but took a ball in the dirt and managed to foul off a pitch way inside. Wisconsin tried to jam Doncon again, but he crushed a breaking ball like he knew it was coming, slugging a three-run homer. The Timber Rattlers wrestled the lead back in the bottom of the fifth. They tallied a pair of runs off Kernels starter Alejandro Hidalgo, who went four innings in his first start since September of 2023. Jeremy Lee, the first man out of the pen for Cedar Rapids, gave up two more runs in his inning of work. From there, the pen had it on lock. Gabriel Yanez and Paulshawn Pasqualotto both delivered two shutout innings. That bought the Cedar Rapids lineup some time to mount a second comeback. In the top of the seventh, a pair of singles by Caden Kendle and Kyle DeBarge, followed by a wild pitch, put two runners in scoring position. Winokur managed to tie the game at 4-4 with an RBI groundout. The top of the eighth started with a pair of walks followed by a hit-by-pitch to load the bases with no outs. Another wild pitch brought home Doncon to put the Kernels up 5-4 and Kendle later added an RBI groundout to tack on an insurance run. Cedar Rapids was 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position, but the one hit was Doncon’s home run. Sometimes one’s all you need. Kaelen Culpepper, who was removed in the eighth inning of Friday’s game, did not play today. MUSSEL MATTERS Fort Myers 6, Springfield 4 Box Score Dasan Hill made his pro debut and did not disappoint. The Twins drafted the lanky lefty in the second round (69th overall) in the 2024 Draft. Still only 19 years old, it was no guarantee we’d see him break camp with a full-season squad, so it’s a treat just to have him out on the mound this early. That he was completely dominant is a cherry on top. Hill struck out seven batters in four innings of work, got 13 swinging strikes, and topped out at 97.6 mph. He did not walk a batter. The only hit he surrendered was a solo home run. The Texas native threw 34 of his 50 pitches for strikes. The Mighty Mussels lineup helped take the pressure off of Hill by scoring three runs in the top of the second inning. Poncho Ruiz singled and later scored on an error before Angel Del Rosario added a two-run single. All three runs came around with two outs in the inning. Jose Rodriguez hit his first home run of the season in the sixth inning, and the Mussels manufactured two more runs in the eighth. Yasser Mercedes drew a leadoff walk, stole second base, advanced to third on a throwing error, and eventually scored on a wild pitch. Fort Myers scored another run on a wild pitch later in the same inning. Jason Doktorczyk, 2024 ninth-round pick, also made his pro debut in this game. He struck out six batters over three innings, but also gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits, three walks and a hit batsman. Ivran Romero, who went undrafted after pitching out of the University of San Diego’s bullpen for four years, also made his pro debut tonight. He delivered two shutout innings while striking out three batters. Leadoff man Byron Chourio reached safety in three of his five plate appearances, hitting two singles to go with a walk. TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE DAY Pitcher of the Day: Dasan Hill (Fort Myers) 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Hitter of the Day: Rayne Doncon (Cedar Rapids) 1-for-3, HR (1), 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB PROSPECT SUMMARY Check out the Prospect Tracker for more. 1. Walker Jenkins (Wichita): 1-for-4, K 8 Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB, K 10. Connor Prielipp (Wichita): 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HBP, 47 pitches (31 strikes) 11. Dasan Hill (Fort Myers): 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 50 pitches (34 strikes) 13. Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-5 15. Yasser Mercedes (Fort Myers): 0-for-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, SB 16. Rayne Doncon (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-3, HR (1), 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB 17. Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-4, 2B, R, BB, 2 K 18. Kala’i Rosario (Wichita): 0-for-3, BB, 2 K 19. Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids): 1-for-4, R, BB, 2 K 20. Ricardo Olivar (Wichita): 1-for-4, RBI, 2 K TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTERS St. Paul at Columbus (2:05 pm CT): Randy Dobnak Wichita at Springfield (3:05 pm CT): Trent Baker Wichita at Springfield (Game 2): Aaron Rozek Cedar Rapids at Wisconsin (3:20 pm CT): Tanner Hall Fort Myers at Palm Beach (1:30 pm CT): Michael Ross View full article

The Minnesota Twins are finally in the win column! The earned a come-from-behind victory against the White Sox, finally getting some batted ball luck. Down in the minors, Zebby Matthews looked about as good as you could imagine in his first start of 2025 for the Saints and Austin Martin provided three defensive gems in left field. View full video