The Minnesota Twins introduced Friday that they’ve positioned infielder Miguel Sanó on the 10-day Injured Checklist with a proper hamstring pressure (retroactive to April 21), optioned infielder Travis Blankenhorn to the alternate coaching website and returned catcher Tomás Telis to the alternate coaching website.
To fill these three spots on the 26-man lively roster, the Twins have recalled infielder Nick Gordon and outfielder Alex Kirilloff, and chosen the contract of infielder Tzu-Wei Lin.
Gordon batted .200 (2-for-10) with one run scored in 11 spring coaching video games in 2021 and can be seeking to make his main league debut. In his most up-to-date minor league season, he hit .298 (87-for-292) in 70 Triple-A video games in 2019 and final appeared in a recreation on the minor league stage on August 2, 2019. Kirilloff, the Twins’ No. 2 prospect per MLB.com, was recalled because the 27th man for the doubleheader on April 14 vs. Boston and went Zero-for-Three in two video games earlier than being returned to the alternate website. Lin has performed in 101 profession main league video games throughout 4 seasons for the Pink Sox, hitting .223 (43-for-193) with 9 doubles, three triples, one residence run, 12 RBI and 27 runs scored. When he seems in a recreation, Lin will turn into the primary Taiwanese-born participant in Twins/Senators historical past.
Gordon will put on no 1 and Lin will put on quantity 37.