The Minnesota Twins are without Pablo Lopez and Rocco Baldelli knows that means he needs more from his starting pitchers.

MacPhail had some good news for him personally — he was headed back to the big leagues and had a flight to Sacramento in just a couple hours. Of course, Festa’s opportunity came at the expense of Twins’ ace Pablo Lopez, who left his start against the Athletics a night earlier with what the Twins said Tuesday was a right lat strain.

Travis Adams has been promoted by the Minnesota Twins. He'll begin in the bullpen but could join the rotation soon.