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\n\tTRANSACTIONS \n\tFort Myers placed infielder Bruin Agbayani<\/a> on the 7-Day Injured List. Previously, he had missed about a month with a thumb injury.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tRHP Dylan Questad<\/a> began his rehab assignment with the FCL Twins.\n<\/p>\n \n\tSaints Sentinel \n\tThe Saints lost a frustrating endeavor on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n \n\tRunners left on base\u2014the ire of players, coaches, and fans alike. That mysterious curse struck the Saints once more on Sunday, as the team went just 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position, and only plated two runs, despite putting a runner on base to start a frame in six of their nine innings.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tOn-base madness took a backseat to the starter. Taj Bradley pitched for the first time since his May 5th outing in Washington. With his pectoral injury evidently under control, the righty worked 1 2\/3 inefficient innings, walking two while allowing a pair of hits. He threw 42 pitches and topped out at 97.8 MPH with his fastball.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tHendry Mendez continues to wallop AAA pitching, as his two hits pushed his batting average at the level to .395. Perhaps even more fascinating has been the lefty\u2019s ability to walk more than strikeout (currently at a nine-to-eight rate). He completed this trick across all of 2025; can he repeat it at the highest level of the minors? So far, the results have been encouraging. And he won\u2019t turn 23 until after the season ends.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Clippers are an affiliate in the Guardians system. Known to specialize in switch-hitting middle-infielders, Cleveland once again claims a youngster with such skills: Angel Genoa. The 47th-overall prospect in MLB singled once in four at-bats.\n<\/p>\n \n\tWind Surge Wisdom \n\tThe Wind Surge needed just four hits to win on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n \n\tYou, the attentive reader, may wonder how they did so, while scoring six runs along the way. Here\u2019s how: walks and errors. Nine and three of them, respectively. Evidently, one of San Antonio\u2019s Missions was not to play clean, orderly baseball.\n<\/p>\n \n\tJhony Brito<\/a> started for San Antonio on MLB rehab. He breezed through three clean frames before starting trouble in the fourth. A pair of walks begat a run-scoring fielding error, which was soon worsened when Brito threw away a pickoff attempt, scoring a second unearned run.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tShould a pitcher\u2019s fielding error count as an earned run? The argument both ways makes sense. We\u2019re digging deep into the technicalities of what \u201cearned\u201d should mean in this context, yet it does feel right that a pitcher should be penalized for a mistake under his control.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tGarrett Spain homered in the eighth to put a third run on the board; Andrew Cossetti<\/a> doubled in Jorel Ortega<\/a> to quickly make it a fourth score.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe final two runs score in the ninth when wunderkind prospect Ethan Salas<\/a> fired a ball wildly into left field in an attempt to nab Spain stealing third. Instead, both Spain and the trailing runner, Caleb Roberts<\/a>, safely trotted home.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe aforementioned Salas is not the uber-prospect he once was, but he still ranks as the 52nd-best youngster in baseball, according to MLB.com<\/a>. He singled twice in five plate appearances.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tKernels Nuggets \n\tThe Kernels lost a high-scoring affair on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n \n\tBrandon Winokur continued his hot-hitting ways with a two-run homer in the first. The 21-year-old hit a paltry .198\/.323\/.358 in April before exploding to hit .364\/.453\/.564 in May, with just three hitless days in the month. That\u2019ll play.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tCedar Rapids\u2019 second homer of the day off the certainly not Nominative Determinist Jamie Hitt<\/a>, was a three-run shot by Yasser Mercedes, his first as a Kernel.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tMercedes has actually improved his OPS since his promotion, jumping from 1.081 as a Mighty Mussel to 1.198 as a Kernel. It\u2019s been a tremendous season for the 21-year-old in his 40-man decision year.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tOn a day not for faint-hearted hurlers, Paulshawn Pasqualotto<\/a> authored a fantastic relief outing. The righty whiffed four across 2 \u2153 scoreless innings. His season ERA is now 1.59.\n<\/p>\n \n\tA.J. Preller\u2019s dealing ways have left the Padres\u2019 system weak on talent. As a result, the best prospect in the game for the TinCaps was Kavares Tears<\/a>, ranked 26th in their system. He doubled and singled in four trips to the plate.\n<\/p>\n \n\tMussel Matters \n\tThe Kernels erupted in the ninth to win on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n \n\tQuinn McDaniel, hitting machine, scored the first run with a double cracked into the right-center gap.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tThen? Nothing. Perhaps an odd baserunner. A rain delay. Bradenton took the lead in what felt like one of those times a team simply ran out of gas before they could repeat their scoring ways. Their first hit since McDaniel\u2019s double didn’t arrive until the ninth inning.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tBut what an inning it was. JP Smith<\/a> II singled and was pinch-run for by Jayson Bass\u2014remember this. Ramiro Dominguez<\/a> sent Bass to third but was thrown out at second attempting to stretch his hit as far as possible. No matter: Ryan Sprock<\/a> walked, Irvin Nunez<\/a> singled, Quentin Young<\/a> walked, and Bryan Acu\u00f1a singled to give Fort Myers the lead.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tA Harry Genth<\/a> walk and Dameury Pena<\/a> single made it a 5-2 game. That ushered Bass to the plate with the bases loaded. He was brought in for his legs, but he made the biggest impact with his bat: the lefty demolished one so thoroughly that even the pitcher had no choice but to stand on the mound and watch in pained awe as the ball flew over the fence.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tMarauders\u2019 third baseman Murf Gray<\/a> is ranked as the Pirates\u2019 17th-best prospect. He singled once in three at-bats.\n<\/p>\n \n\tTWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY \n\tPROSPECT SUMMARY \n\tMONDAY\u2019S PROBABLE STARTERS \n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Interested in learning more about the Minnesota Twins’ top prospects? Check out our comprehensive top prospects list that includes up-to-date stats, articles and videos about every prospect, scouting reports, and more!<\/p>\n
Twins RHPs Taj Bradley<\/a> and Cody Laweryson<\/a> were both sent to start their rehab assignments with the Saints in Columbus.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
St. Paul 2, Columbus 3
Box Score<\/a>
Taj Bradley: 1 \u2154 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
HR: None
Multi-hit games: Hendry Mendez<\/a> (2-for-5, RBI), Aaron Sabato<\/a> (2-for-4, 2B)\n<\/p>\n
Wichita 6, San Antonio 3
Box Score<\/a>
Eli Jones<\/a>: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
HR: Garrett Spain<\/a> (10)
Multi-hit games: None\n<\/p>\n
Cedar Rapids 8, Fort Wayne 11
Box Score<\/a>
Miguelangel Boadas<\/a>: 2 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
HR: Brandon Winokur<\/a> (5), Yasser Mercedes<\/a> (1)
Multi-hit games: Marek Houston<\/a> (3-for-4, 2B, 2 R, BB), Brandon Winokur (2-for-5, HR, R, 5 RBI), Yasser Mercedes (2-for-5, HR, 2B, 3 RBI)\n<\/p>\n
Fort Myers 9, Bradenton 2
Box Score<\/a>
Justin Mitrovich<\/a>: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
HR: Jayson Bass<\/a> (4)
Multi-hit games: Quinn McDaniel<\/a> (2-for-5, 2B, R, RBI), Bryan Acu\u00f1a<\/a> (2-for-4, RBI)\n<\/p>\n
Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day \u2013 Paulshawn Pasqualotto
Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day \u2013 Yasser Mercedes\n<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects performed:
#5 \u2013 Eduardo Tait<\/a> (Cedar Rapids) – 0-1, K
#7 \u2013 Marek Houston (Cedar Rapids) – 3-4, 2B, 2 R, BB, K
#10 \u2013 Gabriel Gonzalez<\/a> (St. Paul) – 1-4, BB, 2 K
#12 \u2013 Andrew Morris<\/a> (Twins) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
#13 \u2013 Hendry Mendez (St. Paul) – 2-5, RBI, K
#14 \u2013 Quentin Young (Fort Myers) – 0-3, R, BB, K
#15 \u2013 Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) – 2-5, HR, R, 5 RBI
#19 \u2013 Khadim Diaw<\/a> (Cedar Rapids) – 1-5, 2B, K
#20 \u2013 Kyle DeBarge<\/a> (Wichita) – 0-4, 2 K\n<\/p>\n
FCL Braves @ FCL Twins (11:00 AM) – TBD\n<\/p>\n