TODAY: The Twins officially announced that Keaschall has been placed on the 10-day injured list. His roster spot will be taken by Clemens, as the trade between the Twins and Phillies has now been officially announced.
APRIL 25: Twins rookie infielder Luke Keaschall suffered a non-displaced fracture in his right forearm during tonight’s win over the Angels. The team announced the injury to reporters (including Phil Miller of The Minnesota Star-Tribune and Dan Hayes of The Athletic).
Keaschall was hit by a Kyle Hendricks pitch on the inside of the arm. He stayed in the game to run the bases but was lifted for Mickey Gasper the next time through. Keaschall started tonight at designated hitter, so it wasn’t clear that he suffered an injury until the pinch-hit appearance. It halts a scorching start to the 22-year-old’s big league career. Keaschall has hit .368 with a .538 on-base percentage through his first 26 plate appearances. He has walked five times with just a pair of strikeouts.
Manager Rocco Baldelli quickly bumped Keaschall to the third spot in the Minnesota batting order. This was his fourth consecutive start there. The righty-hitting infielder has raked since entering pro ball as a second-round pick in 2023. He’s a .297/.415/.470 hitter over 662 minor league plate appearances. The bat has quickly put him among the sport’s top 50-100 prospects.
The Twins have been without Royce Lewis all season after a Spring Training hamstring strain. They lost Willi Castro to an oblique strain yesterday. Brooks Lee returned from an IL stint not too long ago. That pushed the scuffling Jose Miranda back to Triple-A. Minnesota has needed to look outside the organization to patch some of the holes. They acquired Jonah Bride from the Marlins last week and are reportedly in agreement to bring in Kody Clemens from the Phillies.
Keaschall is probably headed for an extended stay on the IL. The Twins will presumably shuffle most of their depth infielders through the DH spot, with Clemens an option to play second base on days when Edouard Julien works as the designated hitter.
FYCK
This should help him fit in with the rest of his teammates.
Seriously what the heck.
Right. Because getting hit by a pitch is a moral failing
It was just a poor attempt at humor given the Twins many health issues.
It’s wasn’t a poor attempt at humor. It was a successful attempt at humor.
It’s a joke Man U “literal” people need to get a life getting so but hurt over a millionaire
Well, kmk1986, you’re so literal that you also need to realize they are professional baseball players, not just any “millionaire”
On a positive note…..how bout them Tigers?
There wasn’t much to the pitch. It was an 87 MPH pitch on a check swing.
On the Angels broadcast, no one really noticed.
The pitcher who threw the pitch that caused the lost time injury should immediately be suspended and remain so for as long as the injured player is unable to perform at the MLB level.
Shut up
Whit Merrifield’s secret account?
Jacksson13: Right, because a HBP is an intentional attempt to cause injury.
What an astonishingly dumb comment.
The pitch was not very far off the plate and it was a check swing.
I really hope this was satire man
Satire is usually funny.
You must be new here… Jacksson13 is notorious for this schtick.
Now do Freddie Freeman’s shower
Heavens to Betsy!
Au contraire…Heavens to Veronica!
Twins getting hit hard with a lot of injuries and bad luck. Keaschall and Wallner are essentially carrying the team so with Keaschall being injured, I can only assume the team’s offense will decline significantly.
It was fun watching his start, & then him leaving town. 👍
Wallner himself has already been on the IL for a week or so.
Buxton has 6 HRs and Larna h is also heating up.
lol never thought I’d see larnach carry a team but he’s been surprisingly decent albeit small sample
It’s certainly ironic that Buxton is the not (yet) injured Twin hitter.
I can’t believe simulators and people said Minnesota was the favorites, lol. They must be those young, lacking common sense people.
That sucks for a guy with such a good start to his career.
Talk about snake bitten! Why are the baseball gods so angry with the Twins? On the bright side, at least it’s a broken bone and shouldn’t keep him out too long. Or will the gods strike again and we find out tomorrow he’ll be getting a visit from Tommy John?!
Not sure if you knew this but he’s actually still coming back from the Tommy John surgery he had last fall. He’s barely cleared to play second base.
Tigers are way better anyway
Stuff happens. Imaginary gods and mystical forces have nothing to do with it.
Even the healthy Twins get hurt:(
Look at the positive side….how bout them Tigers? Lol
Kyle Hendricks can’t break a pane of glass at this stage of his career, yet he somehow broke Keaschall’s forearm.
Yeah, that’s weird. Keaschall shudda just caught it and threw it back. Like we used to do playing wiffleball
Good thing they never traded him for Eric Fedde at the all star break last year. Wouldn’t have been worth it, he’ll be a quality guy for a while
They broke their new toy! Hope they kept receipt