Mike Paredes (oblique) lands on 15-day IL

The procedural move frees up a spot on Minnesota’s roster for newly acquired starter Dean Kremer. Paredes hit the injured list with a left oblique strain earlier this week.

Paredes suffered the injury while warming up in the bullpen before the contest. Kendry Rojas took over as Minnesota’s starter in his place. It certainly sounds like an injured list situation for the 25-year-old righty who holds an underwhelming 4.72 ERA and 19/13 K/BB ratio across 34 1/3 innings at the highest level this season.

No additional details at this time. It’s possible Paredes got hurt while warming up in the bullpen. Kendry Rojas took over as Minnesota’s starter in his place. It’ll be Connor Prielipp (blister) coming off the injured list to start Sunday’s series finale.

There was some speculation that rookie Connor Prielipp (blister) would be activated from the injured list to make this start, but that doesn’t appear to be happening. However, Prielipp figures to take the ball for Sunday’s series finale with Twins ace Joe Ryan being scratched due to arm fatigue. Paredes holds an underwhelming 4.72 ERA and 19/13 K/BB ratio across 34 1/3 innings at the highest level this season. He’s not a recommended fantasy option.

Paredes took the mound with a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, but gave up a solo homer to Trent Grisham with two outs in the frame to draw things back to even. He would retire Austin Wells on the next at-bat to end the inning, and returned to pitch a scoreless second inning. After a brief rain delay, Paredes returned to toe the rubber in the third inning and was again taken deep. This time, it was Ben Rice who got the best of Paredes, as Rice’s two-run homer put the Yankees up 3-1. Paredes would make it through the fourth inning without giving up a run, but was pulled after throwing 81 pitches. He’ll be hard to trust in fantasy for his next start which is scheduled for Thursday against the Guardians.

Paredes gave up eight hits, walked none and struck out two. He fell to 0-1 with the loss. Paredes allowed two home runs with both coming against Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman. The 25-year-old right-hander has a 4.26 ERA, but his 5.27 xFIP is a major red flag. Paredes is off the fantasy radar heading into his next start on the road against the Yankees next weekend.

Paredes left down 2-0, but the Twins came back and won the game. The 25-year-old rookie has a 4.05 ERA through three starts and two relief appearances. The plan likely was to return him to Triple-A this week with Mick Abel returning, but after Abel’s setback with his elbow, Paredes figures to keep his spot for now. Those in deep leagues could look at him as a streaming option in a home start against the Rockies next weekend.

Paredes gave up four hits, walked none and struck out two. The 25-year-old right-hander was making just his second start and he hasn’t thrown more than 65 pitches in any of his four appearances for the Twins. That doesn’t give Paredes much of a pathway to fantasy value. He’s lined up to start again for the Twins against the Diamondbacks this weekend.

The 25-year-old right-hander struck out one batter in the contest. He served up a solo homer to Michael Massey to lead off the fourth inning, then put two men on with two outs before turning the ball over to the bullpen in the sixth inning. Anthony Banda came on and immediately gave up a two-run double, charging both of those runs to Paredes’ ledger. He got just one swing and miss on 50 pitches on the night, posting an underwhelming CSW of 20 percent. Paredes now sports a 4.91 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and a 4/4 K/BB ratio over his first 7 1/3 innings in the big leagues. He remains an unappealing option for fantasy purposes for Wednesday’s matchup against the Tigers in Detroit.

It’s the first trip to the big leagues for the 25-year-old right-hander. Paredes had been pitching well at the Triple-A level, posting a 3.38 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and a 33/8 K/BB ratio over 34 2/3 innings in nine appearances (seven starts). It’s unclear if he’ll be utilized as a long man out of the Twins’ bullpen or if he’ll help cover for the injuries that the Twins are dealing with in their rotation.