He played four rehab games with the Gulf Coast League Twins, beginning Tuesday, as the designated hitter, batting .286 with a homer and three RBIs. He moved up to Fort Myers on Monday, and the plan is for him to work his way back to Triple-A Rochester.
"He hasn't played in a long time, so we have to get him ramped back up," Twins general manager Terry Ryan said. "We'll get him some at-bats down there, and then we'll move him up top [to Rochester]."
Ryan added that Pinto has a chance to be brought up by the Twins as a September callup depending on how he fares.