{"id":126852,"date":"2025-09-07T15:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126852\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T15:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:39:08","slug":"twins-place-ryan-jeffers-on-7-day-il-designate-brooks-kriske","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126852\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins Place Ryan Jeffers On 7-Day IL, Designate Brooks Kriske"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Twins announced that catcher Ryan Jeffers<\/a> has been placed (retroactive to September 5) on the seven-day injured list for concussion-related injuries.\u00a0 Right-hander Brooks Kriske<\/a> was designated for assignment in another move, and the two open roster spots will be filled by Triple-A call-ups Pierson Ohl<\/a> and Carson McCusker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jeffers hasn\u2019t played since he left Thursday\u2019s game after taking a foul ball off his mask.\u00a0 The move to the seven-day IL will allow him at least a full week to recover from any lingering symptoms, and gives the Twins a bit of roster flexibility so they aren\u2019t short-handed behind the plate.\u00a0 Jhonny Pereda<\/a> was already called up from Triple-A on Friday, and Pereda and Mickey Gasper<\/a> will assume catching duties while Jeffers is sidelined.<\/p>\n

One of the few experienced Twins players that wasn\u2019t dealt at the trade deadline, Jeffers has hit .262\/.353\/.394 with nine home runs over 442 plate appearances this season.\u00a0 This translates to a 111 wRC+, which ranks Jeffers sixth of the 10 catchers who have played enough in 2025 to count as qualified hitters.\u00a0 Jeffers\u2019 power has dropped rather sharply over the last two seasons, yet the 2025 campaign has seen the backstop post career bests in both strikeout and walk rates.<\/p>\n

It was just over a month ago that Kriske was claimed off the Cubs\u2019 waiver wire, as Minnesota was looking to add some arms to a bullpen depleted by the team\u2019s many deadline moves.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Kriske\u2019s brief time in the Twin Cities didn\u2019t yield many positive results, as he was pounded to the tune of an 11.25 ERA over 12 innings, with almost as many walks (14) as strikeouts (15).\u00a0 The Athletic\u2019s Aaron Gleeman notes<\/a> that Kriske posted the second-highest ERA of any Twins pitcher in franchise history with at least 10 innings pitched.<\/p>\n

Kriske probably won\u2019t get a chance to improve on his standing, if he is released after clearing waivers.\u00a0 Because teams are always in need of pitching depth, there\u2019s a chance he could be claimed off waivers again, though Kriske\u2019s recent results may not drum up much interest.\u00a0 He also has a 9.56 ERA over 37 2\/3 career innings in the majors, but the right-hander posted far better numbers during his minor league career and during a two-season stint in Japan in 2022-23.\u00a0 Since Kriske has been outrighted before, he has the right to reject another outright assignment if he clears waivers, and instead opt for free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Twins announced that catcher Ryan Jeffers has been placed (retroactive to September 5) on the seven-day injured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[33280,49,48,69693,462,69694,69695,82],"class_list":["post-126852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-brooks-kriske","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carson-mccusker","tag-mlb","tag-pierson-ohl","tag-ryan-jeffers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}