{"id":133309,"date":"2025-06-26T21:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/133309\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T21:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:32:10","slug":"watch-twins-2020-1st-round-pick-aaron-sabato-is-one-step-closer-to-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/133309\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Twins 2020 1st round pick Aaron Sabato is one step closer to MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Sabato recently earned his first career call up to Triple-A in his fourth season of playing Double-A baseball. KSTP Sports spoke with Sabato soon after his call up.<\/p>\n<p>***Click the video box above to watch a short story on Aaron Sabato\u2019s call up to the St. Paul Saints***<\/p>\n<p>Sabato was drafted in the 1st round of the 2020 MLB Draft by the Twins and has yet to debut in the majors. After finishing up a recent game with the Wichita Wind Surge, the Twins\u2019 Double-A affiliate, Sabato got the call up to the St. Paul Saints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge step in my career and I was super excited,\u201d Sabato told KSTP Sports.<\/p>\n<p>In 141 plate appearances with the Wind Surge this season, Sabato had 9 home runs, 26 RBIs and was batting .305 with an OPS of .973.<\/p>\n<p>Sabato spent most of the 2024 season with the Wind Surge. However, he began this season with the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, the Twins\u2019 Single-A affiliate, to rehab from an injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince being drafted, it\u2019s definitely been some ups-and-downs,\u201d Sabato said. \u201cI\u2019ve battled some injuries in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his first 10 games with the Saints, Sabato\u2019s recorded 12 hits and 2 home runs. He\u2019s made an immediate impact in the Saints\u2019 lineup, especially with his first Triple-A home run: a 426-foot grand slam to help the Saints snap their 7-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He&#8217;s arrived. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MNTwins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MNTwins<\/a> 2020 1st rounder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SabatoAaron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SabatoAaron<\/a> goes where few have gone. A grand slam OVER the batter&#8217;s eye. 1st Triple-a HR. Just the 8th player to do so, 6th Saints player, &amp; just the third Saints player since becoming a Triple-A affiliate. 111.7 mph exit velo, 426 feet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VuCTkMpdCA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VuCTkMpdCA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 St. Paul Saints (@StPaulSaints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StPaulSaints\/status\/1935881501691854947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sabato told KSTP Sports he is taking in the accomplishment by staying present and not looking too far ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/aaron-sabato\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Sabato<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/minnesota-twins\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Twins<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/mlb\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/st-paul-saints\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Paul Saints<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/twins\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Sabato recently earned his first career call up to Triple-A in his fourth season of playing Double-A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[6970,5,822,60,3190,4,5855,148],"class_list":{"0":"post-133309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-twins","8":"tag-aaron-sabato","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-minnesota","11":"tag-minnesota-twins","12":"tag-minnesotatwins","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-st-paul-saints","15":"tag-twins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114751808938464543","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}