MN Twins Give Optimistic Update on Pablo Lopez Injury

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The Minnesota Twins lost yet again on Tuesday. The 2-1 failure was their second-straight loss start this four game set in Kansas City. It was their third straight overall and now, the Twins enter game three on Tuesday with an unfortunate 3-8 record.

But not only did the Twins’ bats fail to show up again, on a night where they got one of the better overall pitching performances on the young 2025 season, but they also lost their ace pitcher Pablo Lopez in the bottom of the 5th inning.

Minnesota Twins lose ace Pablo Lopez to injury

After recording the first two outs without allowing a runner, Pablo gave up a hit to Royals nine hitter, Kyle Isbel, then walked leadoff DH, Jonathan India. That resulted in a meeting at the mound that started with pitching coach Pete Mackey and ended with the 29-year-old veteran righty pointing to his left leg and leaving the mound with Twins trainers.

Losing Pablo Lopez would be absolutely devastating to a Minnesota Twins team that is already getting dangerously close to desperation mode, just two weeks into the 2025 season. Through 16.2 innings pitched, Pablo’s ERA is down to 1.62. He’s struckout 14 batters while allowing 15 hits and 2 walks.

Thankfully, if you take Rocco Baldelli at his word, the Minnesota Twins expect Pablo Lopez’ injury to be extremely minor and that an MRI on Wednesday will prove just that.

Lopez injury supposedly “very mild”

Officially diagnosed as a left hamstring strain, the Twins manager told reporters after tonight’s loss that Lopez’ injury is considered “very mild”. So much so that Minnesota is not planning any changes to their pitching staff unless something changes their minds between now and Pablo Lopez’ next start.

“He’s gonna get an MRI tomorrow to get it checked out because that’s what we always do in these circumstances. As of now, when I say mild, we think it is very mild. We’re gonna keep him on course, we’re not going to have any sort of change of plans of any kind right now. We’re just going to assess it and see what tomorrow shows us, and then we’ll know a little bit more and we can actually make a decision.”

Rocco Baldelli gives update on Pablo Lopez injury

Yes, some of the Twins’ young starting prospects have been dominating Triple A hitters early this season for St. Paul. That includes Zebby Matthews, who went 5 innings and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits with 9 strikeouts (80 pitches) for the Saints on Tuesday.

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But no matter how well your MLB ready prospects are playing down on the farm, the last thing you want to do is have to call them up to replace an injured ace. Especially when it’s not even April yet and your supposed 2025 playoff team is already on the verge of having its season fall apart.

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