Trevor Larnach Scratched from Minnesota Twins Lineup

Friday night, the Minnesota Twins welcome the Milwaukee Brewers to Target Field for the first of a three game home set against their National League border rival. This, after beating the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, which finally broke up a losing streak that had reached a season-high six games.

Trevor Larnach scratched (Hand Contusion)

But pregame warmups did not go as expected for the 37-37 Twins, specifically for Trevor Larnach, who was originally written in as tonight’s designated hitter. Just two hours prior to first pitch, the left-handed hitting slugger was scratched with what is being relayed by Aaron Gleeman (The Athletic) as a “right hand contusion”.

Trevor Larnach was scratched from the #MNTwins lineup with a right hand contusion.

Ryan Jeffers replaces him as designated hitter.

— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) June 20, 2025

Larnach — who was scheduled to hit fourth in the Minnesota Twins lineup Friday — was hit by a pitch in the first inning of Thursday’s win in Cincy. Had he not been scratched, Trevor would have hit fourth tonight, behind Willi Castro and ahead of Carlos Correa.

With the the 28-year-old slugger now out, Correa moves up to clean-up in the newly constructed Twins lineup. Ryan Jeffers, who’s replacing Larnach at DH, will hit fifth. On the season, Trevor Larnach is hitting .252 with a .736 OPS (104 OPS+).

Minnesota Twins lineup will miss Larnach

Entering the weekend, the 5-year veteran out of Oregon State ranks second on the 2025 Twins in home runs (10) and third in RBI (35). There is no word yet on whether or not the Minnesota Twins are worried about Larnach’s status beyond Friday. As soon as more information is released, it will be added to this article.

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There’s really no good time for an injury, but this timing is especially bad. In his last 17 games (71 PA), Trevor Larnach is hitting .281 with an .822 OPS built on 4 doubles, 3 HR and 12 RBI. Let’s hope, for both his and the Twins’ sake, that this injury is nothing more than the minor injury it is currently being reported as.

Trevor Larnach has 173 career RBI. This is tied for the 435th most RBI by a player born in California.

Also born in California; Bret Boone (1,021 RBI), Trevor Plouffe (379 RBI) and Richard Nixon (0 RBI). pic.twitter.com/yPuiLlvZeT

— Twins Ribbies (@TwinsRibbies) June 19, 2025