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Gray gets squeezed off of the Twins’ active roster as they had to make room for the promotion of top prospect Kaelen Culpepper on Friday. The 30-year-old has hit .225/.267/.324 with four homers, 29 RBI and a pair of stolen bases in 188 plate appearances with the Twins this season. He’ll continue to function as extra infield depth at the Triple-A level.

Gray gets the nod to replace an injured Byron Buxton (hip) on Minnesota’s active roster. The versatile 30-year-old has hit .232/.271/.333 with four homers and two steals in 182 plate appearances over a career-high 63 games in the big leagues this season.

Gray was hitting .232/.271/.333 in 182 plate appearances for the Twins. It seems like Ryan Kreidler will be the primary shortstop in Minnesota for the time being.

Gray’s fourth homer of the year, hit 384 feet to right, was also his second grand slam. He’s 12th on the Twins with 108 plate appearances but fifth with his 23 RBI. The 30-year-old is hitting .237/.290/.392 while functioning as the Twins’ starting shortstop of late. Some would prefer Kaelen Culpepper in that role right now, but Gray’s trying to prove that there’s no reason for a switch.

Gray was away from the team for the weekend while helping take care of something bigger than baseball. The 30-year-old is up with Gabriel Gonzalez heading back to Triple-A St. Paul to make room.

Congratulations to Tristan and his growing family. The infielder will miss up to three days, and likely return at the start of next week.

That means the team will need to promote someone from Triple-A St. Paul to take his place for the team’s weekend series against the Red Sox. It’s unlikely that they’ll want to bring back Royce Lewis so soon after his demotion, so it’s possible that Gabriel Gonzalez could get a cup of coffee with the big league club.

Gray took advantage of a wholly ineffective Max Scherzer and blasted a three-run bomb off Scherzer for his second homer of the season. The 30-year-old has done a nice job as a fill-in to open the season with a .273/.346/.591 slash over 22 at-bats.

Gray debuted with the Rays 2023 and returned to the organization last year after spending 2024 elsewhere. The Red Sox acquired him over the winter, but they traded him to the Twins in January when they realized they wouldn’t be able to sneak him through waivers. He’s 4-for-11 with eight RBI as Brooke Lee’s backup at shortstop this season, and though he hardly projects as a long-term regular, it’s worth wondering if he might be a better player than Lee against right-handers right now. It probably won’t matter much for fantasy purposes either way.

The Red Sox acquired Gray from the Rays in November, but they now need a 40-man roster spot to sign Ranger Suarez officially, so Gray will land in Minnesota. The 29-year-old is a good defender at multiple infield positions, but hit .207/.264/.369 in 122 plate appearances over three seasons with the Rays. He may fulfill the role in Minnesota that Willi Castro left behind, but he won’t bring near the same offensive value.

The 29-year-old Gray has struggled to establish himself in the majors while hitting .207/.264/.369 in 122 plate appearances over three seasons, but he has made nice gains in cutting his strikeout rate in Triple-A the last two years. He has a solid glove, especially at third, and ample power, so he’s decent enough infield insurance. He also has one option year left, which the Red Sox will probably take advantage of.