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Kernels place Quesada on DL
CEDAR RAPIDS - The Cedar Rapids Kernels placed catcher Michael Quesada on the disabled list Friday and received catcher B.K. Santy from Minnesota Twins extended spring training.
Quesada has a right wrist contusion, the result of being hit with a pitch in a game Wednesday night against South Bend. He is hitting .185 in nine games, with three RBIs.
Santy, 23, was a 30th-round draft pick of the Twins in 2012 out of the University of Washington. He hit .256 with 12 RBIs in 23 games lasts season for Rookie-level Elizabethton and .296 in 19 games in 2012 for the Gulf Coast League Twins.
Kane County catcher Carlos Escobar barely completes a run as Kernels catcher Michael Quesada catches the ball during the Kernels versus Kane County baseball game at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids on May 19, 2013.(Kaitlyn Bernauer/Gazette-KCRG9) ¬ ¬
Kernels catcher's Tyler Grimes(9) and Michael Quesada(15) celebrate after both scoring at the Kernels versus Kane County baseball game at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids on June 10, 2013. Outfielder Byron Buxton (not pictured) hit and got safely to second with the bases loaded, allowing three of his teammates to score.(Kaitlyn Bernauer/Gazette-KCRG9) ¬ ¬ ¬
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