Mick Abel Injured, Twins Shuffle Rotation

0:00On April 20th, the Minnesota twins just placed rookie right-hander Mick Abel on the 15-day injured list with inflammation in his right elbow. This move is retroactive to April 17th, and they're shuffling the deck with prospect Kendri Rojas set to join the Major League roster tomorrow. Plus top prospect, Connor Prelipp added to the taxi squad. To cover Abel's start, Simeon Woods Richardson slides up from Wednesday to pitch tomorrow. Abel, a 24-year-old former 15th overall pick by the Phillies back in 2020, came to Minnesota last year in the trade that sent. Closer, honed Aran to Philly. He crushed spring training with a 2.05 ERA over 22 innings, then mixed it up early this season, hit hard at first, but shut down. The Tigers and Red Sox over his last 13 frames, sitting at a 3.98 ERA overall. Fans and analysts are bummed, because Abel earned his rotation spot fair and square, and his underlying metrics like FIP show he's been solid.

1:02This shakes up the twin staff, leaving Joe Ryan, Taj Bradley, Bailey Ober, and Woods Richardson as the locked-in starters for now. Looking ahead, candidates to fill the gap include Rojas, Prelipp, Zebi Matthews, who Abel beat out for the opening day gig, or even Andrew Morris from. The bullpen, Matthews has struggled at AAA with a 7.71 ERA, but he's still young at 25. We'll know more soon on how long Abel's out, if it's just minor inflammation, he could return as early as May 2nd. Keep an eye on Skipper Derek Shelton's update, before tomorrow's game against the Mets. That's where the real story drops next. From around the league, powered by AI, this is MLB News today.