Twins option Woo-Suk Go to Triple-A, start Kendry Rojas tomorrow

The Twins optioned Woo-Suk Go to Triple-A and will start Kendry Rojas in Wednesday’s game, a move that says as much about trust as it does about depth. Minnesota is giving Rojas a real turn, not just a courtesy look, after already using him in the bullpen earlier this season.

Go’s path back to the minors has already run through several stops. Minnesota acquired him from the Detroit Tigers for cash considerations on July 5, and Sports Forecaster lists his contract as having been purchased from Triple-A St. Paul two days later. MLB.com’s transactions page also shows Go had been assigned to the Toledo Mud Hens in 2025, a reminder that he still has to turn a changing transaction log into a sustained run of production if he is going to lock down a role for Minnesota.

Rojas is the more telling part of the decision. MLB.com identified the hard-throwing left-hander as the Twins’ No. 10 prospect in April, when the club recalled him from Triple-A St. Paul and used him in the bullpen alongside another high-end arm, Connor Prielipp, as part of an early look at future pitching help. He came off the injured list and rejoined the Twins on June 21 after an elbow-inflammation stint, and the club has stayed close enough to him to give him another meaningful assignment now.

The Triple-A line supports that choice. In nine appearances for St. Paul this season, Rojas went 2-1 with a 4.24 ERA over 23.1 innings, striking out 24 and posting a 1.50 WHIP. Those numbers are not overpowering on their own, but they are good enough to show Minnesota a left-hander who can miss bats and, for at least one turn, be asked to do more than survive the inning.

For Go, the option sends him back to a level where the Twins can ask for cleaner results and a longer runway. For Rojas, the start is another sign that Minnesota sees him as one of the arms it can actually lean on when the major league staff needs a stabilizing answer.