As of Wednesday afternoon, the Minnesota Twins still hadn’t announced who would be pitching for them a day later in their series finale against the Athletics, but they had made their pitching plans clear for Triple-A St. Paul, where Saints fans will be treated to a double dose of rehabbing major leaguers Thursday.

Pablo Lopez will make his long-awaited first rehab start for the Saints on Thursday and will be followed to the mound by Simeon Woods Richardson, who will make his second rehab appearance.

The plan for Lopez, who has been out since suffering a Grade 2 teres major strain on June 3, is to throw three innings or 45 pitches, whichever comes first, head athletic trainer Nick Paparesta said. Should that go well, he would likely progress to another rehab start in which he throws aroun

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