The Minnesota Twins have selected the contract of Michael Tonkin to replace Travis Adams in the big league bullpen.

Brooks Lee hit a walk-off, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night in Minneapolis.

According to AccuWeather, the Minnesota area is under severe thunderstorm watch from 9:39 p.m. local time until 10:30 p.m. So if this is accurate, the earliest the game could resume is somewhere between 10:30 and 11 p.m. on Monday night. It could obviously be later if lightning is still in the area of Target Field.

The Twins made their first major sale of trade-deadline week Monday afternoon. Paddack, a right-handed starter in his fourth year with Minnesota, was dealt to the Detroit Tigers. The news was first broken in a story by Dan Hayes, Ken Rosenthal and Cody Stavenhagen for The Athletic.

Twins players greeted their team’s first official day as Trade Deadline sellers exactly the way manager Rocco Baldelli would have wanted: resiliently.

As the Tigers thrive atop the AL Central, the Minnesota Twins sit on the outside looking in in terms of the postseason, a Wild Card spot still likely should they catch fire in the second half of the season, but those chances are looking slim as of now.

Jeff Passan of ESPN reports there was an additional piece in the deal. Full trade, per ESPN sources: Detroit receives: RHP Chris Paddack and RHP Randy Dobnak Minnesota receives: C/1B Enrique Jimenez Dobnak is under team control through 2027.

The fourth-place Twins have no time to show that they can make a playoff run before this week's trade deadline.

Industry belief that one of Jhoan Duran and Griffin Jax will be traded (7/23): Alden Gonzalez of ESPN shared that his "sense" is one of Minnesota's big relief arms will move before Thursday's deadline, although he acknowledges asking price is very high ( via ESPN ). Top Prospect Tracker: Get up to speed on the state of the system, pre-deadline.

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