Mick Abel, 24, traveled with the Minnesota Twins to Chicago and is expected to make his Twins debut on Saturday. The Twins acquired Abel at the trade deadline in the deal that sent closer Jhoan Duran to Philadelphia. Abel made his major-league debut earlier this year with the Phillies and posted a 5.04 ERA across 25 innings in six appearances. Since joining the Twins organization, Abel has a 1.75 ERA across three starts for Triple-A St. Paul and struck out 11 batters in his most recent outing. The Twins have asked him to test a sweeper, and he has begun deploying it in two-strike counts.
I'm really looking forward to it, It's been nothing but good vibes here, (since) when I first got here, so I've been looking forward to it for a while.
I think it was definitely a shock more than anything, as much as I could have prepared for it, Definitely still a shock to the system. It's an exciting opportunity. I'm just ready whenever.
It was in the back pocket for the first couple bullpens here and then my first home start in St. Paul, I deployed it for the first time. It was only in two-strike counts, but I'm much more comfortable with it now.
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