OF Kyler Fedko, 25, St. Paul: Unlike the other players mentioned, Fedko doesn’t show up on top prospect lists. A 12th-round pick in 2021 out of UConn, he has emerged as a guy who could reach the big leagues after he worked on improving his bat speed.
In 114 games, mostly at Wichita, he hit .266 with 26 homers, 22 doubles, 76 RBI, 83 runs and 33 stolen bases. He draws a lot of walks, owning a .376 on-base percentage, and he’s posted a .921 OPS in his first 29 games at AAA.
Three months after Pablo López went on the injured list because of a strained muscle in his right shoulder, the righthander is set to rejoin the Twins roster Friday at Kansas City.
The Twins haven’t announced it because they need to make a roster move to activate López from the IL, but López completed his Class AAA rehab assignment after he made three minor league starts. He pitched 5⅔ innings in his last outing, so he should be without any restrictive pitch count limitations in his big-league return.
Joe Ryan is scheduled to pitch Saturday and Bailey Ober is slated for Sunday. The Twins will have six healthy starters when López is activated, but manager Rocco Baldelli didn’t anticipate using a six-man rotation for the remainder of the year.
“Is it possible that we run a six-man for a period of time? Sure,” Baldelli said. “But we’re not running a six-man rotation, probably, for an extended period of time indefinitely. I’d say it’s very unlikely that would last to even close to the end of the year. It might be just for a short period of time.”