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Mets return home to host Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.

The big news for the farm system on Friday was that Twins star Royce Lewis would be joining the St. Paul Saints on Saturday to kick off a rehab assignment, Wichita starter Marco Raya twirled a gem though, and recently signed prospect Kevin Maitan went yard for a big one with the Kernels. Check in...

It was a busy day on the farm for the Minnesota Twins. With a near-perfect game taking place for the Kernels, and more than a handful of key prospects launching the ball, something was happening at each level. The Saints took a ridiculous number of walks and won in their resumed game. Image court...

Catcher Patrick Winkel was the bright spot in the Saints lineup on Tuesday, as they lost 7-5 to the Lousiville Bats. Read up on Winkel's successful game, and how he sees this as a turning point in the season. 

TRANSACTIONS Yesterday the Twins optioned IF/OF Austin Martin back to the St. Paul Saints, making room for SS Carlos Correa. Today the parent club activated RHP Jhoan Duran and designated for assignment RHP Matt Bowman in a corresponding move. The Saints transferred C Chris Williams to the Develo...

Festa tied the Saints' single-game strikeout record set in 2021 by Griffin Jax.

We are still incredibly early in the season. Over the rest of the week, there will be several pitchers making their first starts of the season for their Twins’ affiliate, but there are already lots of storylines to follow. While we don’t really have any reason to look at the standings for a coupl...

Saint Paul, Minnesota – It was not pretty but the Saints got it done. With assistance from a breakthrough moment from Diego Castillo and strong performances from Jordan Balazovic and Caleb Thielbar, the Saints got past the Iowa Cubs 5-2 in front of 3,028. The Saints improved to 6-5 on the season....

TRANSACTIONS RHP John Stankiewicz transferred from Cedar Rapids to Wichita OF Trevor Larnach assigned to Fort Myers on a rehab assignment SAINTS SENTINEL St. Paul 5, Iowa 2 Box Score Top prospect David Festa took the ball for St. Paul on Thursday and it wasn’t a lengthy outing. Working just 2 2/3...

TRANSACTIONS The Twins sent LHP Caleb Thielbar and RHP Josh Staumont on rehab assignments with the St. Paul Saints. In other organizational moves yesterday that included LHP Brent Headrick being placed on the 7-day IL with a forearm strain and the recalling of IF Jose Miranda to the Twins, OF Wal...