Twins' Lopez out 8-12 weeks with shoulder injury

Minnesota Twins right-hander Pablo Lopez is expected to miss 8-12 weeks with a Grade 2 strain successful his close shoulder.

The Twins said Wednesday nighttime that Lopez strained the teres large musculus successful his pitching shoulder, which forced him to exit his commencement Tuesday against the Athletics. The earliest helium volition beryllium capable to resume throwing is successful 4 weeks.

López pitched 5 innings and gave up 2 runs connected 4 hits, 3 walks portion striking retired 4 earlier leaving the commencement against the Athletics with what the squad called close enarthrosis tightness.

Lopez aboriginal said helium archetypal felt soreness successful the bottommost of the 5th inning.

"I tried to enactment escaped -- we had a agelong inning," helium said aft Tuesday's game. "Then I went retired determination and made my 3 warmup pitches (before the sixth) low-to-mid intensity, and I felt the aforesaid thing. If it felt that way, past if I effort to marque a max-effort propulsion to get the inning started, you wonderment what could happen."

Lopez is 5-3 with a 2.82 ERA this season.

He is successful his eighth large league season, and 3rd with the Twins. He was an All-Star successful 2023 and won a career-high 15 games past season.

Information from Field Level Media was utilized successful this report.