Dave St. Peter, as was tradition, got on stage this January during the Twins’ media luncheon to speak about a variety of business topics. Among them, ticket sales.

“This year our target is two million-plus tickets,” St. Peter said in one of his last appearances as the Twins president. “It’s my belief we can get there in 2025, and hopefully well beyond.”

Through the first nine home games, attendance figures haven’t been promising, and on Monday the Twins announced an attendance of 10,240 fans for a loss to the New York Mets, the lowest of any game at Target Field not played during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, when there were restrictions on the number of fans through the gates because of the coronavirus pandemic.

In three games against the Mets, a big-market team that attracts local fans wherever they play, the Twins announced crowds of 10,240, 12,507 and 19,721 attendees. The team is currently averaging 17,995 fans per game, which was 24th in the majors as of Thursday afternoon.

Of course, April in Minnesota is never the best month for attendance, and those figures should rise as the weather warms up. But that number lags behind where the Twins were a season ago, when they drew an average of 19,595 fans per game through their first nine home games.

Last year’s collapse down the stretch combined with a slow start to the season — the Twins have won two in a row but are 7-12 — has not done much to help the matter.

The Twins have not drawn two million fans in a season since 2019, the year they won 101 games. To reach that mark, the team would need to average around 24,692 fans across 81 games. Attendance hit 1,974,124 in 2023 and dropped to 1,951,616 last year.

Injury updates

The Twins placed Matt Wallner on the injured list on Thursday retroactive to April 16 with a left hamstring strain. The outfielder suffered the injury in Tuesday’s game against the Mets legging out an infield hit.

To fill Wallner’s spot on the roster, the Twins added Jonah Bride, acquired Wednesday for cash from the Miami Marlins. Bride, a 29-year-old infielder, was off to a slow start at the plate — 4 for 40 through his first 12 games before being designated for assignment.

Last season, however, Bride hit .276 with 11 home runs and 39 RBIs in 71 games with the Marlins, and his . 120 OPS+ is 20 percent better than the league-average hitter.

There could be more roster moves coming soon.

The Twins will need to assess utilityman Willi Castro after Thursday’s off day. Castro left Wednesday’s game early with oblique tightness, a move which manager Rocco Baldelli said was precautionary.

Shortstop Carlos Correa has been dealing with a wrist issue after tweaking it on Tuesday.

He appeared late in Wednesday’s game to play the field but did not hit. After the game, he said his wrist had been feeling better.

On the pitching side, the Twins announced rehab assignments for starter Pablo López (hamstring), who will pitch for Triple-A St. Paul on Saturday in Iowa, and Michael Tonkin (shoulder), who will start a rehab assignment on Friday at Class A Fort Myers.

Fellow reliever Brock Stewart (hamstring) has been rehabbing in Fort Myers, and pitching for the Mussels has struck out five of the six batters he has faced. He could be ready to rejoin the Twins’ bullpen soon.

And in Minneapolis, third baseman Royce Lewis, also dealing with a hamstring strain, was scheduled to do some light base running on Thursday. The Twins will have a better sense of a timeframe for Lewis, who got injured a month ago during a spring training game, based on how he responds this weekend.