The Twins announced that right-hander Taj Bradley has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to inflammation in his right pec muscle. The placement is retroactive to May 6. Right-hander Travis Adams was called up from Triple-A to take Bradley’s spot on the active roster.
It can be assumed that Bradley’s injury surfaced during his between-starts throwing sessions, as he came out of his last outing on Tuesday in seemingly good fitness. Bradley was slated to start for the Twins against the Guardians tomorrow, and the Twins could make another call-up as a replacement starter, or perhaps deploy a bullpen game (with Adams likely to earn multiple innings).
The severity of the injury isn’t yet known, but in any case is an unwelcome interruption to Bradley’s impressive start to his first full season in a Twins uniform. Bradley has a 2.87 ERA, 26.1% strikeout rate, and 8.5.% walk rate across eight starts and 47 innings. His 3.71 SIERA reflects that Bradley has gotten away with limiting the damage from a lot of hard contact allowed, but still, it has been a solid turn-around for a pitcher who seemed at a crossroads following a disappointing 2025 campaign.
Bradley joins Mick Abel and Pablo Lopez as Twins starters on the injured list, and Lopez’s season ended before it began when he underwent an internal brace surgery in February. Minnesota got another big injury scare when Joe Ryan‘s last start ended after only nine pitches, but Ryan is set to return to the mound today without any time missed due to the elbow discomfort. An off-day on Monday will allow the Twins to rest and reset their pitching staff, but since their next off-day isn’t until May 21, the Twins will need to cover at least one more of Bradley’s scheduled starts.
What goes up must come down.
Really sad to see this.
Hopefully for the Twins it’s a short stay. Bradley’s been really good for them this season and they don’t have many starters left
Every thing had to go right for the Twins to be competitive now they’re out of the race in May.