DETROIT >> Before the Twins took the field on Saturday morning for their 12th game of the season, they placed star shortstop Carlos Correa on the injured list. With it, he became the 11th Twin on the IL — and that’s not counting players on the minor league injured list, like Brooks Lee and Trevor Larnach, who could have been impacting the major league team right now.

“It’s tough. It’s part of the game, though. It’s what we signed up for. There’s going to be tough times. There’s going to be really good times,” Correa said. “You’ve got to stay level-headed through it all and keep battling to try to get back with your teammates and that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”

The good news for the Twins is they believe Correa’s right intercostal strain is not a “severe” injury, manager Rocco Baldelli said. Baldelli called it mild in nature but said they will wait to see how his symptoms play out this week before they can determine a timeline for the star.

Correa said he had been battling an illness for the past week, coughing and blowing his nose frequently, which he said made him feel kind of tight on his sides. When he dove to catch a ball in Friday’s game, he felt more discomfort and experienced it while swinging, as well.

After a strikeout in the third inning on Friday, Correa left the game. He described the pain he was feeling on Saturday as “not crazy,” but it was clear that he wasn’t going to be able to play for some time, meaning the Twins will need to navigate for the time being without their most productive hitter.

“I was talking to my wife last night. I was like, ‘What sucks the most is this is the first April in my career that I’ve felt good,’” Correa said. “Hopefully, it’s nothing too long and I can get back in there soon.”

Camargo gets the call

Jair Camargo was on FaceTime with a friend on Friday night when he got a call from Triple-A St. Paul Saints manager Toby Gardenhire. It was an unusual time for Gardenhire to be calling, to be sure, so the catcher told his friend to wait. Gardenhire was phoning to deliver the news Camargo had waited for his entire life.

While it was surprising news — both of the team’s catchers Ryan Jeffers and Christian Vázquez are healthy — it was also the fulfillment of a dream come true for the 24-year-old, who slugged 21 home runs in 90 games for St. Paul last season.

“Obviously, when you’re doing good things, especially in the minor leagues, you’re waiting for that time. But the more you think about it, the longer it takes,” Camargo said. “So I was like, ‘You know what? I’m just going to stop thinking about that. Whenever it comes, it’s going to show up, and then you enjoy it.’”

While the Twins are unlikely to carry three catchers for long, Camargo was already on the 40-man roster, and Baldelli said the move frees up their catchers and will allow for Jeffers to take some at-bats as the designated hitter.

Briefly

>> The Twins designated Michael Tonkin for assignment on Saturday, just days after he rejoined the team. Tonkin was originally drafted by the Twins in 2008 and last pitched for them in 2017.

He pitched two innings on Friday before the Twins DFA’d him to bring up a fresh arm.

That was Matt Bowman, who was added to the roster on Saturday ahead of the team’s doubleheader.