Twins recall Andrew Morris from St. Paul after Laweryson injury
Morris reached Minnesota as Laweryson’s forearm strain opened a bullpen lane, and the Twins want his multi-inning arm right away.
Andrew Morris got the call from St. Paul, and the Twins need more than a placeholder. With Cody Laweryson going on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain, Minnesota recalled Morris on April 11 and prepared to use the 24-year-old right-hander as an innings bridge while the bullpen absorbs the loss.
The roster shuffle did not stop there. The Twins also brought up Ryan Kreidler and placed Royce Lewis on the injured list in the same wave of moves, with Laweryson’s IL stay made retroactive to April 9. For a club already sorting through early-season attrition, Morris is the pitcher who fits the most immediate need: someone who can cover multiple innings if the game calls for it, not just a one-batter emergency.
That role suits the profile Morris has built in the minors. Drafted by Minnesota in the fourth round in 2022 out of Texas Tech, he has logged 320.1 minor-league innings with 307 strikeouts and a 2.98 ERA overall. At Triple-A, he entered the recall with a 3.78 ERA over about 135.2 innings, and he opened 2026 in St. Paul with two starts totaling 7.1 innings, five strikeouts and a 1.23 ERA. He was also on the 40-man roster before the season, which helped make this path to Target Field possible.
Scouting reports have long pointed to Morris as a starter who can bend into a bullpen role when necessary. Baseball America and MLB Pipeline slot him around No. 13 in the Twins system and describe a five-pitch mix built around control, with a mid-90s fastball that can touch 99, an 84 to 86 mph slider, plus a cutter, changeup and curveball. That is the kind of arsenal Minnesota can lean on for length in the middle innings, especially when injuries force the club to conserve higher-leverage relievers.
Morris also brings proof that he can work deep into games. Baseball America noted that he went six-plus innings 11 times in 24 starts in 2024, a track record that makes this more than a one-day patch. For St. Paul, the recall pulls a frontline arm out of the rotation; for Minnesota, it is a clear test of whether Morris can turn a roster gap into a bigger role if the injuries keep piling up.
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