It happens often in the majors, a guy gets called up from Triple-A, eats some innings for the big league club and is immediately sent back to the minors because he won’t be available the next day.

It happened to Scott Blewett after his first appearance with the Twins. After finishing an 8-3 victory over Kansas City with a 1-2-3 ninth on Aug. 12, the right-hander was sent back to Class AAA St. Paul.

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was glad it didn’t happen after Blewett’s second appearance with the big league club this season. After the Twins fell behind Atlanta, 9-1, on Monday, Blewett came in and pitched three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and fanning three to give the Twins a pulse.

“He worked through that. After getting smoked (in the first two innings), he worked through it and got the job done for us,” Baldelli said. “Being able to give him some more opportunities will be good.”

Certainly the Twins need reliable bullpen arms after releasing left-hander Steven Okert and right-hander Trevor Richards this week. They picked up Michael Tonkin off waivers on Tuesday and the veteran right-hander was available for Wednesday night’s series finale against the Braves.

The Twins entered the game having lost 7 of 9 after closer Jhoan Duran got rocked in an 8-6, 10-inning loss on Tuesday.

“You’re always looking for guys to step up, and you don’t know if they’re going to do that from the very beginning of the year, at some point in the middle, or sometimes even September,” Baldelli said Wednesday. “You could start calling on a guy for a role or a spot and all of the sudden they start looking pretty good, pretty quick. That can happen, too.”

Maybe that could be Blewett, who, by his own accounting, is a much different pitcher than the one who made three appearances with the Royals in 2021 before bouncing around the minors and pitching last fall in Taiwan. He’s been 98 mph on the radar gun and hasn’t walked a batter in his two appearances with the Twins this month.

Throwing a fastball, splitter and slider, he has allowed two hits, struck out four in four innings. It’s a small sample size, but it’s a good one — and he’s throwing that heat for strikes.

“It’s probably the hardest I’ve thrown my entire career,” he said.

At midnight Sunday, major league active rosters will expand from 26 to 28, with a limit of 14 pitchers. Baldelli said he assumes the Twins will add a pitcher from St. Paul — Louie Varland and Josh Winder appear to be the most likely candidates — but the Twins need more from some of the bullpen arms already here.

Blewett might not have figured prominently in Minnesota’s plans when the Twins signed him to a minor league deal in January, but he’s here now and trying to make hay while the sun is shining.

Asked how he’s approaching his third stint with a major league club, Blewett nodded toward a quote on the wall of the Twins’ clubhouse, a quote from late hall of famer Kirby Puckett: “Don’t take anything for granted, because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.”

“This is the highest level in the world, so just being able to go out and take each opportunity as they come like a brand new one and not get too far ahead of myself is, I think, the best way to take it,” Blewett said. “The quote up there from Kirby Puckett probably says it best, you know? Live for today.”

Buxton close, Correa not

Outfielder Byron Buxton ramped up his rehab with more baseball activities on the field before Wednesday night’s game. He’s been on the injured list with hip soreness since Aug. 13 and missed his 15th consecutive game on Wednesday.

The Twins will send Buxton out on a rehab assignment with St. Paul before he returns to the big league club. When that will start remains up in the air.

“We’re still waiting for some clarity on that, but he’s doing fine,” Baldelli said, adding, “I think we should actually have a better feel for that in the next 24, 48 hours.”

Carlos Correa, doesn’t appear as close. Out since just before the all-star break with plantar fasciitis in his right foot, the all-star shortstop continues to rehab but hasn’t been able to run at full speed, a requirement for him starting a rehab assignment.

Good news for Paddack

A magnetic resonance imaging exam on Chris Paddack’s right arm revealed that his the forearm strain that’s had him on the IL since July 17 has completely healed.

He reported feeling 100 percent and will begin throwing long toss at about 60 feet, the club said.

That’s good news, but it also suggests Paddack won’t be available for the rest of the regular season. He returned from Tommy John rehab last fall to pitch in the postseason for the Twins, throwing 3⅔ scoreless innings against Houston in the Division Series.