This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Twins injury news and transactions.
SS Kaelen Culpepper
Injury: Mild left hamstring strain
IL date: Sept. 16
Expected return: Late September or 2027
Status: Left Sept. 15 game against Yankees after trying to beat out a double play in the bottom of the sixth. Club hopes he can return before season is over. (Last updated: Sept. 16) More >>
OF Trevor Larnach
Injury: Right wrist soreness
Expected return: Day to day
Status: Had an MRI on Sept. 14; participated in baseball activities Sept. 15. (Last updated: Sept. 15)
OF Byron Buxton
Injury: Right hip impingement
IL date: Aug. 30 (10-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 27)
Expected return: 2027
Status: Will undergo season-ending surgery on Sept. 18. Expected to be ready for 2027 season. (Last updated: Sept. 11) More >>
RHP Pablo López
Injury: “Significant tearing” in UCL in right elbow
IL date: Feb. 26 (60-day IL)
Expected return: 2027
Status: Threw on the field pregame Aug. 28. Is throwing from 45 feet and is on a three-times-a-week throwing program. (Last updated: Aug. 28) More >>
RHP Mike Paredes
Injury: Left oblique strain
IL date: July 26 (retroactive to July 23; transferred to 60-day IL on Aug. 1)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Started a throwing program on the field throwing from 60 feet. (Last updated: Aug. 28) More >>
RHP Mick Abel
Injury: Right elbow inflammation
IL date: April 20 (retroactive to April 17; transferred to 60-day IL on July 10)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Underwent surgery July 1. Began playing catch from 60 feet the week of Aug. 24. (Last updated: Aug. 28) More >>
RHP Cole Sands
Injury: Right elbow strain
IL date: July 28 (transferred to 60-day IL on July 31)
Expected return: 2027
Status: Underwent arthroscopic surgery and a PRP injection on Aug. 4 and will not pitch again in 2026. (Last updated: Aug. 4) More >>
RHP David Festa
Injury: Right shoulder impingement
IL date: March 25 (transferred to 60-day IL on April 2)
Expected return: 2027
Status: Underwent surgery on July 29 to address impingement in his shoulder and recurrence of some thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms; will not pitch again in 2026. (Last updated: July 30) More >>
LHP Anthony Banda
Injury: Left lat strain
IL date: June 29 (transferred to 60-day IL on July 11)
Expected return: 2027
Status: Underwent surgery to repair injured lat and will not pitch again in 2026 (Last updated: July 9) More >>