The Twins selected Cotton's contract from Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

EDGE Analysis

Minnesota will swap Cotton into the bullpen in place of Cole Sands, who was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move. Cotton has previously covered 35 innings over 25 relief appearances for Minnesota, logging a 2.83 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 31:16 K:BB.