Matt Wallner came out of Wednesday\u2019s game with the Yankees complaining of a sore back, Baldelli said. Turns out, it was more serious than that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an oblique strain, and he\u2019s going on the [injured list],\u201d the manager said. \u201cIt was something we were hoping might be a day or two. But he\u2019s going to miss some time. I think ultimately it very likely closes the book\u201d on the season for the 27-year-old Forest Lake native.<\/p>\n
Wallner ends his season with career highs in homers (22), walks (46) and strikeouts (114), not to mention triples (three) and stolen bases (four). He also finishes with a .202 batting average, a career worst, and a .776 OPS. There\u2019s also a lingering sense of disappointment that he didn\u2019t become a reliable run-producer, hitting .177 with runners in scoring position, and only once hitting a home run with more than one runner on base. He has only 40 RBI on the season.<\/p>\n
The Twins recalled outfielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr. from Class AAA St. Paul.<\/p>\n
Etc.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Two Twins scouts departed the organization Friday. Freddie Thon, an East Coast crosschecker who also scouted Puerto Rico, left the organization to pursue opportunities with other teams. Walt Burrows, who oversaw players in the Pacific Northwest, Canada and Alaska, announced he is retiring after 10 years in the organization and more than 30 years total. Thon was the signing scout for Jose Miranda.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jonah Bride homered and drove in four runs, lefthander Connor Prielipp pitched six innings for his first Class AAA victory and the Saints beat host Memphis 7-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Wallner came out of Wednesday\u2019s game with the Yankees complaining of a sore back, Baldelli said. Turns…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-156544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156544","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=156544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}