The Red Sox are making roster moves in Minnesota.

Amidst their ongoing four-game set with the Twins, they placed Corey Kluber on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation on Wednesday, recalling David Hamilton from Triple-A Worcester to take his place. The 25-year-old infielder got the call Tuesday night, and joined the team on Wednesday morning.

Brandon Walter also arrived on Wednesday, and Alex Cora confirmed that left-hander is expected to make his debut in Thursday’s series finale, either as the starter or following an opener.

While the roster moves are, in part, due to injuries, they also highlight the depth that has eluded the organization over the last several years.

When the pitching fell apart in 2019, the available options on the farm were arms such as Mike Shawaryn (9.74 ERA, 14 games), Bobby Poyner (6.94 ERA, 13 G), and Josh Smith (5.81 ERA, 18 G). Shawaryn and Poyner haven’t pitched in the majors since. What should’ve been a defending-champions season devolved into a revolving door of mediocrity, and highlighted the blighted Boston organization, which landed all the way down at No. 30 in Baseball America’s organizational rankings that year.

It’s a stark contrast to the current situation. In need of some infield and pitching help, Baseball America’s No. 10 organization is calling up No. 26 (Hamilton) and No. 7 (Walter) in their Top 30 Prospects.

Acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in the Hunter Renfroe trade, Hamilton set a Double-A record with 70 stolen bases last season, and began his first season at Triple-A with a stolen base on WooSox Opening Day. Over 52 games, he’s 27-for-33 in stolen-base attempts, and is hitting .255 with a .825 OPS, and 53 hits, including nine doubles, three triples, and 11 home runs. He only homered 12 times in 119 Double-A games last year.

Walter went from virtual unknown in 2020, to standout in 2021. Needing Tommy John surgery in college tanked his draft chances, so the Red Sox picked him up in the 26th round of the 2019 draft. Then, the pandemic shuttered the 2020 MiLB season, so Walter came into 2021 as an organizational afterthought.

But between Low- and High-A that year, he compiled a 2.29 ERA across 25 games (14 starts), with an eye-popping 132 strikeouts across 89 ⅓ innings. Whereas Hamilton spent all of 2022 at Double-A, Walter pitched his way to a promotion at the end of May, but only pitched in two games before a bulging disc in his back ended his season.

The 26-year-old southpaw owns a 6.28 ERA across 13 games (12 starts) this season, though his WooSox pitching coach gave him a vote of confidence on Wednesday. “He’s been better than what his numbers are,” Paul Abbott told reporters, “He’s had some bad luck, and I hate using that excuse, but it really has been true.”

Unlike Walter, there’s no guarantee that Hamilton will actually take the field while he’s with the big-league team. He’s simply there as a depth option, as Pablo Reyes attempts to heal his abdominal strain without a trip to the injured list.

But after several years in the shallows, depth of this caliber is a welcome change.