747 OPS, leads the team in walks (16) and RBIs (18). 323 with four doubles, two homers, seven RBIs and nine runs in his past 10 games. Kepler, who has been red-hot since he returned from the IL on April 15, homered, walked, scored two runs and drove in two runs on Friday. Meanwhile, Kepler and Trevor Larnach are holding it down in the outfield. 265/.368/.796 with a team-high seven home runs. Mostly playing first base, Gallo is hitting. The Twins are loaded with left-handed hitters at the positions where Kirilloff can play, both at first base and in the outfield. But now the Twins must determine what to do with Kirilloff.Īs it stands, there’s very little opportunity to be had in the major leagues. Kepler homers in a hurry! 💥 // #MNTwins /LlZekH25EDīy its very nature, getting a healthy player back is a positive. Kenta Maeda is headed for the IL on Saturday and Tyler Mahle’s status is up in the air as the team sees how he responds to treatment for an elbow impingement for the next 3 to 5 days. Joey Gallo, Kyle Farmer and Max Kepler were placed on the IL after the season began while Kirilloff, Jorge Polanco and Royce Lewis began the season there. They were beaten up at the end of last season and again have been early this year. But him going back-to-back is a little bit of a milestone that I’m happy to see.” Ultimately, that’s going to be up to (president of baseball operations Derek Falvey) to decide what they want to do with him. “I’m kind of really excited because we’re getting to the point now where it becomes a baseball decision soon. “He’s been taking all the swings that we’ve asked him to do that we’ve needed to prepare himself for in-game competition,” Twins athletic trainer Nick Paparesta said. But at this point, the Twins, who have scored 33 runs in their past five games, are simply pleased to be in this position because of the severity involved in Kirilloff’s second wrist surgery. With multiple left-handed hitters performing well in the big leagues, including in Friday’s 8-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals, finding room for Kirilloff on the 26-man roster won’t be easy. The club either will activate Kirilloff off the injured list on the major-league roster or option him to Triple-A St. The Twins have until after Sunday’s game to decide what to do with Kirilloff, whose 2021 season also ended with wrist surgery. 343/.465/.714 with four home runs in 43 plate appearances. Kirilloff, who started his season on a rehab assignment after undergoing wrist surgery last August, entered Friday batting.
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