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Watch: Matt Wallner kicks off rehab assignment with a homer for Triple-A Saints
Minnesota Twins right fielder Matt Wallner hits a single against the New York Mets in the first inning at Target Field in Minneapolis on April 15, 2025. Jesse Johnson / Imagn Images

Watch: Matt Wallner kicks off rehab assignment with a homer for Triple-A Saints

Originally posted on Minnesota Twins on SI
By Nolan O'Hara  |  Last updated May 22, 2025 8:13 PM ET

Rain may have pushed it back a day, but Matt Wallner started his rehab assignment with the St. Paul Saints with a bang.

The Minnesota Twins outfielder hit a solo homer in his second at-bat of the Saints' game against the Norfolk Tides Thursday night at CHS Field in St. Paul, Minn. Wallner sent a fastball from Tides pitcher Thaddeus Ward 362 feet into right-center field — his 37th homer for the Saints, just 11 off the franchise record — which came off his bat at 95.8 mph.

Wallner said he was on track to begin his rehab assignment on Wednesday, but that matchup with Norfolk was postponed due to rain as was Tuesday's — the Saints and Tides are playing a doubleheader Thursday and will have another Saturday. Wallner has been out for the Twins since April 15 after suffering a hamstring strain that day against the New York Mets.

Before going down with the injury, Wallner played 18 games for the Twins and was slashing .263/.474/.847 with five doubles, two triples, a homer and three RBIs. Wallner was 1 for 3 as of the seventh inning of the Saints' game Thursday with the homer and a strikeout. The Saints trailed 8-1 in the seventh. The game was still in progress at publication time.

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