The Minnesota Twins made it an interesting, contested series against the Houston Astros.
However, the reigning World Series champions ended up prevailing and will be playing in their seventh consecutive American League Championship Series starting on Sunday.
The Twins did make it a good battle.
Now that their season is over, some of the players that were injured or limited will get a chance to examine their ailments and will establish a course of action to heal them, together with the team.
Twins insider Do-Hyoung Park detailed two specific cases: Alex Kirilloff and Carlos Correa.
“Health-related takeaways: – Alex Kirilloff didn’t specify his injury, but he said surgery on the shoulder is on the table, and he doesn’t expect a lengthy recovery. – No surgery on Carlos Correa’s heel. He’ll just get it treated according to doctors’ plans,” he tweeted.
Health-related takeaways:
– Alex Kirilloff didn’t specify his injury, but he said surgery on the shoulder is on the table, and he doesn’t expect a lengthy recovery.
– No surgery on Carlos Correa’s heel. He’ll just get it treated according to doctors’ plans.
— Do-Hyoung Park (@dohyoungpark) October 12, 2023
Kirilloff could go under the knife, but the expectation is that he is ready and healthy for the start of the 2024 campaign.
Correa, one of the leaders of the team, has been affected by a heel injury recently.
Per Park, however, he won’t be undergoing surgery and will likely be good to go well before the start of spring training.
Correa, who had a good postseason for the Twins, was also hit by a pitch recently, affecting his hand.
He didn’t miss any games with the ailment, though.
A proven postseason winner, Correa had a 1.038 OPS in four games against the Astros – his former team – with three doubles.
He also had a .929 OPS in the Wild Card round as Minnesota swept the Toronto Blue Jays.
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