The Minnesota Twins will give Byron Buxton T-shirts to the first 10,000 fans who arrive for Saturday afternoon's game against the Kansas City Royals in Minneapolis.

Abel, who went on the injured list April 20 with right elbow inflammation, touched 97 mph on the radar gun during a 37-pitch effort.

The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson from the Minnesota Twins for cash considerations.

MINNEAPOLIS – Defense has been a problem of late for the Twins, but on Friday night, they sparkled in the field and got enough timely hitting to beat the Royals, 5-3, at Target Field. However, in the process they once again lost center fielder Byron Buxton due to injury.

On Tuesday, Lewis ripped a 95 mph fastball for a solo homer in his second at-bat, a 114.1 mph laser off the bat. He flied out to the fence in center in his third at-bat (103.4 mph exit velocity) before later homering again.

Tristan Gray hit a grand slam in the fourth inning and the Minnesota Twins added four more runs in the fifth on the way to a 9-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

Minnesota Twins prospect Kaelen Culpepper could fix the team's leaky defense at shortstop.

Minnesota Twins starter Bailey Ober is blaming the baseballs from his start against Boston as the cause for his elbow injury.