MONDAY’S TRANSACTIONS

 TWINS DAILY MINOR LEAGUE CONTENT
–Walker Jenkins and Other Twins Top Prospects’ Injury Return Timelines
–Twins Minor League Report (5/4): With The Twins Affiliates on Sunday the Force Was
–Twins Daily Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Month: March/April 2025
–Twins Daily Minor League Report (5/3): Eduardo Beltre’s Grand Slam Leads FCL Twins to Opening Day Win!
–Twins Minor League Reliever of the Month: March/April 2025
–Twins Minor League Report (5/2): Sire Jeferson Morales Powers Saints
–Twins Daily Minor League Report (5/1): Tanner Schobel Celebrates Return to Top 20 Prospect Status with Huge Game for Wichita
–Twins Minor League Hitter of the Month: March/April 2025
–Twins Minor League Report (4/30): A Clean Sweep
–One Twins Prospect May Be Following in Luke Keaschall’s Footsteps
–Twins Minor League Report (4/29): David Festa Sinks the Clippers
–Minnesota Twins April Minor League Standouts: A New Pitching Prospect Emerges at Cedar Rapids
–Twins Minor League Week in Review (4/23-4/28): Winning Baseball is Fun

WEEK IN REVIEW

Triple-A: St. Paul Saints
Overall: 15-14 (6.0 Games Out of First)
Last Week: 4-1

The Saints secured their first series win in nine tries on the road against the Columbus Clippers. The week started with the Saints winning back-to-back games at Huntington Park for the first time in franchise history.

The team entered play this week with the lowest winning percentage by any minor league team in any ballpark over the last five years. They had won fewer than 30% of their games in Columbus.

Rain continued to impact the team. Saturday was scheduled to be a doubleheader but both games were cancelled. St. Paul will now play 148 games this season. 

Zebby Matthews went four innings on Sunday by allowing two runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out five. 

Will Holland returned to the Saints this week as he had fractured his left hand this spring. On Sunday, he cracked a two-out solo homer, his first of the season. 

Royce Lewis went 1-for-5 on Sunday with a single. On Friday, he finished 0-for-4. Overall, he went 4-for-23 on his rehab with one double. 

Also on Sunday, Michael Tonkin (on MLB rehab) tossed his best outing with the Saints going two shutout innings allowing one hit and striking out three.

On Friday, Jeferson Morales hit two home runs in a game for the first time in his career. 

David Festa set the tone early in the week for the Saints. He allowed a two-out, two-run homer in the first and settled in. He allowed just one other baserunner and retired the final 11 men he faced. He went six innings allowing two runs on three hits and struck out seven. 

The Saints backed up Festa with a three-homer night from Carson McCusker, Anthony Prato, and Mike Ford. 

What’s Next: The Saints return home to begin a six-game series against the Buffalo Bisons starting on Tuesday night at 6:37 PM CST. 

Double-A: Wichita Wind Surge
Overall: 15-12 (1.0 Games Out of First)
Last Week: 3-3

Wichita finished April with a 14-9 record, marking the best-ever record in April in team franchise history.

Mike Paredes begins his year by not giving up an earned run over 23 innings pitched out of the bullpen before an RBI single on Sunday. 

Also on Sunday, Kyler Fedko’s on-base streak ended at 21 games, standing as the current high across all of Double-A.

In Saturday’s loss, Michael Martinez, Jarret Whorff, and Joel Cesar combined to allow just an earned run on four hits throughout the final four and one-third innings of the night.

Ben Ross had a three-hit game on Friday and followed it up with his second homer of the season on Saturday.  

Aaron Rozek gave up just one run on four hits with five strikeouts over four and one-third innings of relief on Friday. 

Ricardo Olivar is up to a team-leading nine multi-hit games after a three-hit Friday night.

On Thursday, Wind Surge batters connected on four home runs over the first two innings led by Tanner Schobel’s multi-homer night. The four long balls are the most hit in a game so far this season.

Pierson Ohl made his first start of the season with Wichita. In four innings, he allowed three hits with five strikeouts. 

John Klein, Jaylen Nowlin, and John Stankiewicz combined to retire seven of the final eight batters in Thursday’s game.

Trent Baker, Paredes, and Cesar combined for the third shutout of the 2025 season for the Wind Surge on Wednesday. Paredes and Cesar retired the final 11 batters while Baker earned his first win of the season after pitching five innings with two hits, a walk, and four punch outs.

To start the week, Christian MacLeod made his second Double-A start of the season and allowed just two baserunners across the opening three innings. He was hit on the side of the head by a first-inning line drive but still completed three innings. 

What’s Next: Wichita continues their road trip with a six-game series against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Tuesday at 11:05 AM CST. 

High-A: Cedar Rapids Kernels
Overall: 17-9 (1.0 Game Out of First)
Last Week: 5-1

Jeremy Lee picked up his second win of the season on Sunday. He allowed one run over five innings while striking out four. 

Spencer Bengard followed Lee and pitched four shutout innings with two strikeouts. 

On Thursday, Nate Baez homered and Kevin Maitan had two extra base hits to lead the offense as the Kernels completed a four-run comeback.

Jacob Wosinski picked up a six-out save while striking out three to preserve the comeback victory. 

In a tied game in the bottom of the eighth inning, Kyle DeBarge blasted a go-ahead solo home run to put the Kernels on top for good in Wednesday night’s game. 

Chase Chaney pitched six complete innings, allowing two runs on four hits with two strikeouts en route to the first quality start for a Kernels pitcher this year.

Cedar Rapids got their week off to an explosive start. The Kernels’ offense scored ten runs on 13 hits, including home runs from Danny De Andrade and Gabriel Gonzalez.

The Cedar Rapids bullpen was dominant in the win. Gabriel Yanez, Logan Whitaker and Paulshawn Pasqualotto combined to not allow a run in 5 1/3 innings in relief, striking out four while allowing just three hits.

What’s Next: Cedar Rapids heads on the road for the first time in two weeks. They start a six-game series against the Beloit (Don’t call us Snappers) Sky Carp at 6:05 PM CST on Tuesday.

Low-A: Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
Overall: 14-13 (Tied for First)
Last Week: 2-4

Jay Thomason cracked two doubles as part of a multi-hit effort on Sunday. His OPS is .989 for the season. 

Miguel Briceno and Jefferson Valladares both hit their first home run of the season on Sunday. 

Dasan Hill left his start on Saturday after 1 1/3 innings without allowing a run. The team has yet to update as to why he left his start. 

On Friday, Fort Myers’ offense exploded for nine runs on 12 hits. Six players had multiple hits with Daniel Pena leading the way going 3-for-5 with a run scored. Every starter reached base at least once in the game. 

Jakob Hall made his second start and allowed one run on four hits in 4 2/3 innings with three strikeouts. 

Cole Peschl came on in relief on Thursday, striking out eight batters across 3 1/3 scoreless innings. 

On Wednesday afternoon, Mighty Mussels catcher Poncho Ruiz hammered a walk-off, two-run double to lift Fort Myers to a one-run victory. Ruiz reached base in all five of his plate appearances on the day, going 3-3 with two doubles and two walks.

Zander Sechrist kept Fort Myers in that game. He had a scoreless outing over the final 2 2/3 innings by scattering three hits and a walk while picking up a pair of strikeouts.

Jay Thomason launched his sixth home run of the season at 110.1 mph on Tuesday. His six homers were tied for the most in the Florida State League this season.

What’s Next: Fort Myers returns home for a six-game series against the Dunedin Blue Jays starting on Tuesday at 6:05 PM CST.

Rookie: FCL Twins
Overall: 1-1
Last Week: 1-1

The FCL Twins suffered their first loss of the season by a final score of 5-3 on Monday against the FCL Pirates. 

Leonardo Rondon started and allowed one unearned run on three hits over three innings. He struck out five and walked one. 

Anderson Ramos took the loss after allowing four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. 

Ramiro Dominguez and Ariel Castro both had their first double of the season. 

On Saturday, the FCL Twins won their first game of the season 4-3. 

Eduardo Beltre’s grand slam provided all the offense for the Twins in the win. 

Joel Garcia pitched two shutout innings to start the game. He struck out four of the six batters he faced and only allowed one hit. 

Mitch Mueller earned the win as the allowed one earned run on five hits over four innings. 

What’s Next: The Twins have two games each against the FCL Pirates, Orioles, and Red Sox during the coming week.   

 

PROSPECT SUMMARY
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Walker Jenkins (Wichita): On injured list

Luke Keaschall (Minnesota): On injured list

Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul): 1-5,1 R, 4 BB, 2 K

Charlee Soto (Cedar Rapids): On injured list

Connor Prielipp (Wichita): 2.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Marco Raya (St. Paul): 3 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 2 K

Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids): 5-23, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 4 BB, 8 K, 1 SB

Kaelen Culpepper (Cedar Rapids): 9-26, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 7 R, 2 BB, 3 K

Andrew Morris (St. Paul): 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids): 8-21, 1 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R, 1 BB, 5 K

Dasan Hill (Fort Myers): 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Cory Lewis (St. Paul): 4 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K

Tanner Schobel (Wichita): 6-28, 1 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, 1 BB, 8 K

Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 8-19, 1 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 8 R, 8 BB, 3 K, 3 SB

Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids): 3-8, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K

Yasser Mercedes (Fort Myers): 1-20, 1 RBI, 2 R, 4 BB, 8 K, 1 SB

C.J. Culpepper (Wichita): On injured list

Carson McCusker (St. Paul): 6-18, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 1 BB, 7 K

Kala’i Rosario (Wichita): 3-19, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB, 7 K

Yunior Severino (St. Paul): On injured list

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Hitter of the Week: Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids)
8-for-19 (.421/.593/.790), 1 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 8 R, 8 BB, 3 K, 3 SB

Pitcher of the Week: Cole Peschl (Fort Myers)
3 1/3 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 73 pitches (43 strikes, 58.9 strike%)

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