The Twins selected Sabato's contract from Triple-A St. Paul on Monday.
Sabato slashed .273/.349/.528 with 25 home runs and a 41:119 BB:K over 113 games this season with St. Paul to earn his first big-league promotion. The 27-year-old first baseman could eat into the playing time of Royce Lewis, who is slashing just .184/.218/.248 over his last 33 games.
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Twins' Aaron Sabato: Returns from IL
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Double-A Wichita reinstated Sabato (oblique) from its 7-day injured list Tuesday.
Sabato started at first base and enjoyed a big night in his return to the lineup in Wichita's 16-2 win over Arkansas, going 3-for-5 with a home run, two base hits, four RBI and two additional runs.
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Twins' Aaron Sabato: Out with oblique injury
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Sabato was placed on the 7-day injured list at Double-A Wichita with an oblique injury, TwinsDaily.com reports.
Selected as the No. 27 overall pick in the 2020 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of North Carolina, Sabato batted .215/.336/.438 with 22 home runs and 75 RBI in 103 games last season between High-A Cedar Rapids and Double-A Wichita. He'll likely move to Triple-A when healthy as a depth player in the organization.
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Twins' Aaron Sabato: Reassigned to minors camp
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Sabato was reassigned Tuesday to the minor-league side of Twins camp, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.
Selected as the No. 27 overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft out of the University of North Carolina, Sabato batted .215/.336/.438 with 22 home runs and 75 RBI in 103 games last season between High-A Cedar Rapids and Double-A Wichita. He's had real trouble with strikeouts in his young professional career.
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Twins' Aaron Sabato: Lands on injured list
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Sabato was placed on the 7-day injured list at Double-A Wichita on Saturday for an undisclosed reason, Brandon Warne of Access Twins reports.
Sabato was promoted to Wichita in mid-August and has slashed .179/.283/.405 with five home runs, 18 RBI, 13 runs and two stolen bases over 23 Double-A games. It's not yet clear why he was placed on the injured list, and whether he'll be able to return prior to the end of the regular season remains to be seen.
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Twins' Aaron Sabato: Promoted to Double-A
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Sabato has been promoted to Double-A Wichita.
Sabato was hitting .226 with 17 home runs and a .799 OPS at High-A Cedar Rapids. Sabato has a high strikeout rate (31.9 percent) but does draw walks (14.5 percent). He'll likely need to make more contact at higher levels to succeed, but the 2020 No. 27 overall pick could continue to advance as a three-true outcomes masher.
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Twins' Aaron Sabato: Headed to minor-league camp
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Sabato was reassigned to minor-league spring training Saturday, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
Sabato began spring training as a non-roster invitee and went 0-for-9 with a run, a walk and six strikeouts across six Grapefruit League games. He appears likely to start the regular season at High-A Cedar Rapids after he slashed .253/.402/.613 with eight homers, 21 runs and 15 RBI across 22 appearances with the club last year.
