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Pablo Lopez To Miss Multiple Months With Teres Major Strain

By Anthony Franco | June 5, 2025 at 11:45am CDT

June 5: The Twins formally placed Lopez on the injured list and recalled Festa today, per a club announcement.

June 4: The Twins announced that Pablo López suffered a Grade 2 strain of the teres major in his throwing shoulder. He’s expected to miss eight to 12 weeks. He’ll be shut down from throwing entirely for at least a month before he goes for reevaluation.

López left last night’s start against the A’s after five innings. He reported shoulder discomfort while throwing his warm-up pitches in advance of the sixth. The Twins immediately acknowledged that an injured list stint was inevitable. They were awaiting the results of today’s imaging before making that move. It’s unfortunately significant enough that it’ll cost him the majority of the remaining schedule.

This is the same injury and degree of strain which rotation mate Joe Ryan sustained last August. Ryan went down early in the month and missed the remainder of the season. It didn’t carry into the offseason, and he has returned as strong as ever this year. That’s a source of long-term optimism for López, but it doesn’t change the significant hit to the rotation over the next few months.

It’s the righty’s second, and far more notable, IL stint this year. López had a minimal absence in April due to a hamstring strain. The injuries have interrupted a characteristically strong performance. He sports a 2.82 earned run average across 60 2/3 frames. It would have been his first career sub-3.00 showing if he maintained it all year. He has fanned nearly a quarter of opponents while allowing two or fewer runs in nine of his 11 appearances.

Minnesota has one of the top rotations in the league. They’re fifth in MLB with a 3.43 ERA while ranking eighth with a 23.2% strikeout rate. López, Ryan, Bailey Ober and Chris Paddack have all performed well. The final spot has been the only weak point. Simeon Woods Richardson was optioned out after allowing more than five earned runs per nine. Zebby Matthews replaced him in the rotation last month. He made his fourth start of the season tonight and carries a 5.21 ERA over 19 innings. He’s missing plenty of bats, though, so he’s a more exciting fifth starter than Woods Richardson has been.

David Festa will get the first crack at plugging López’s rotation spot. He was scratched from a start at Triple-A St. Paul this evening, as first noted by Declan Goff of SKOR North. Festa traveled to Sacramento to meet the big league team. Dan Hayes of The Athletic writes that he will likely go in tomorrow’s series finale to give the rest of the starters an extra day of rest.

The 25-year-old Festa ranked as one of the sport’s better pitching prospects when he was promoted last summer. He allowed a 4.90 ERA over his first 14 MLB appearances. He made a trio of starts early in the season while López was sidelined by the hamstring. Festa managed an impressive 15:5 strikeout-to-walk ratio while allowing only three runs through 13 innings. He has pitched well through six Triple-A starts, turning in a 2.83 mark with a near-31% strikeout rate. Hayes notes that he was sidelined for much of May by biceps inflammation, but he has looked sharp in two appearances since returning. He fired five scoreless frames with five strikeouts in his most recent start.

Festa is a high-upside injury replacement. Woods Richardson remains on optional assignment as a depth arm. The rotation depth is a silver lining, but it’s fair to wonder how this impacts the team’s deadline approach. López won’t be back at least into August and could be shelved into September. The Twins are in the thick of a congested AL Wild Card race and six games behind the Tigers in the division.

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  1. Champ world champion Texas Rangers

    2 months ago

    Want Tyler Mahle back?

    Reply
    • mp9

      2 months ago

      Nop we good!
      Festa can take the advantage & make his way in the rotation + Zebby

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      • ohyeadam

        2 months ago

        It’s nice to have depth we Twins fans can feel good about

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    • benhen77

      2 months ago

      Imagine Falvey would be too gunshy after the last Mahle trade, but, yeah, a little.

      Reply
  2. solaris602

    2 months ago

    On the bright side he should be fresh as a daisy for the stretch run.

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    • Acoss1331

      2 months ago

      Twins are going to need to be in the hunt for a playoff spot. This lowers their chances some, in my opinion.

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  3. Lloyd Emerson

    2 months ago

    And with that, the Minnesota Twins will be sellers in this season’s trade market.

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    • Chrome 8550

      2 months ago

      No doubt. Somebody is always hurt on the twins. Steroids will do it everything or peds.

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  4. bigalcathey

    2 months ago

    Sheesh. My fantasy team can’t catch a break. 2-3 month absence for P Lopez. Just lost Smith-Shawver last week. Reynaldo Lopez has thrown 5 innings this year. Profar and Alvarado suspended for ringworm, I mean dope. Nola on the shelf. The fragility of these players knows no bounds. Oh forgot to mention Chisolm and Amaya.

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    • raregokus

      2 months ago

      No one cares

      2
      Reply
      • bigalcathey

        2 months ago

        No one cares that you don’t care.

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        • Unclemike1526

          2 months ago

          What do you mean, What do I mean?

          Reply
    • Boston’s Alignment

      2 months ago

      The suffering is real.

      2
      Reply
    • Perksy

      2 months ago

      I am have him on the Fantasy team as well. In the last year of his contract. If I release him I get a penalty so have to hold onto him for the remainder of the year.

      1
      Reply
  5. cwizzy6

    2 months ago

    Call the Brewers.

    1
    Reply
  6. mlb fan

    2 months ago

    It’s plainly obvious why many teams won’t sign pitchers to long term, expensive deals.

    1
    Reply
  7. Unclemike1526

    2 months ago

    One name to cross off the Cubs list. Check.

    Reply
  8. dasit

    2 months ago

    2022: 32 starts 180 IP
    2023: 32 starts 194 IP
    2024: 32 starts 185 IP

    in today’s game that pretty much guarantees an injury

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    • Boston’s Alignment

      2 months ago

      Overworked Teres Major.
      It’s a phenomenon.

      Reply
  9. joefleury

    2 months ago

    I wish the Twins would take a flier on Trevor Bauer. Low risk and high reward. Nothing against Festa who I think can be a legit starter, but if the Twins lose Ober or Ryan their chances are pretty low to make the playoffs in that division. Bauer could be signed on the inexpensive side without having to trade away prospect capital. He gets a bad rap but I have been following him outside of what the media says and I think he is not as bad as they make him out to be. He is a student of the game and I could see him teaching a lot to the young starters on how to pitch and train. I know people will jump all over this because he comes across as a villain, but I think he would help this team a lot. AJ Perzynski was also a villain but knew how to win and provided a spark that got the Twins in the playoffs and helped the White Sox win a World Series. I see some similarities between the two.

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    • Rsox

      2 months ago

      Bauer has a guaranteed contract in Japan, why throw that away for a minor league contract here?

      Reality says Trevor never sets foot on a major league mound again because regardless of the outcome of his case no team is dying on the hill of giving him a second chance

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      • martras

        1 month ago

        Bauer’s definitely got a tough row to hoe to get back to MLB. He’ll be 35 next year. I wouldn’t say there’s a 0% chance as his case is being bolstered by victories in the courtroom and by his decidedly less harsh persona in the public eye.

        Bauer’s contract contains a clause allowing him to leave the Bay Stars for MLB if a team comes calling, but I don’t know as anybody is ready to see it today.

        As far as his results for the Bay Stars this year, there’s reason to believe he’s been a little snakebit. He got better throughout the year in 2023 as well. It’s just tough to say how good he might be in MLB.

        I think it’ll happen next year if it’s ever going to happen.

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    • BuyBuyMets

      2 months ago

      Why do people assume that at age 34, Bauer would step right in and be the same pitcher he was at 29 and 30?
      He’s playing at basically a AAA level and he has a 3.20 ERA. That’s in relation to the entire league’s ERA of 2.68. His strikeouts per nine has fallen sharply so far this year to.under one per inning.
      There’s little doubt he could be an asset to a team in need of pitching, but people act like he’s an older Paul Skenes.

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    • BuyBuyMets

      2 months ago

      The Twins had Mauer on the sidelines. They were thrilled to get a haul for A.J. and be able to play a far superior catcher.
      For better or worse, the Twins organization does not take to demonstrative or “colorful” players A.J. and Dougy Mientkiewicz were not missed much either in the lineup or the clubhouse.

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      2 months ago

      The fact remains that Bauer couldn’t keep his mouth shut publicly while the MLBPA were trying to help him. That’s something any lawyer would advise while their client to do while they’re being investigated. He’s burned his bridge with the union no matter how much he has changed now.

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  10. Rsox

    2 months ago

    Lopez is probably done for the season. At best a September return but it may be better for team and player to just let him rehab til next spring

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  11. GenoSeligPrieb

    2 months ago

    The Brewers have arguably 9 MLB-capable SPs, and huge holes at SS and 3B. Just sayin’…

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  12. Old York

    2 months ago

    It doesn’t appear to be a life-threatening condition so no need for Thoughts and Prayers.

    Reply
  13. bwmiller79

    2 months ago

    big loss for the Twins, he has been off his last three, all season really, and has still managed to post up some wins and respectable numbers. Gritty pitcher.

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