{"id":85718,"date":"2025-08-30T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=85718"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:22:29","slug":"ready-lopez-set-for-final-rehab-start-with-hopes-to-return-to-the-twins-by-next-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=85718","title":{"rendered":"Ready!! L\u00f3pez set for final rehab start with hopes to return to the Twins by next weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"skip-to-main-content\" data-testid=\"article-header\">\n<h3 class=\"HeadlineWrapper-sc-afo90-0 hownWH Styles__HeadlineContainer-sc-19rm04l-0 dMKvOx\">L\u00f3pez hopes to make 3rd and final rehab start Sunday, rejoin Twins next weekend<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"Styles__InfiniteScrollViewContainer-sc-20yrlm-0 fghbcu\">\n<section class=\"Styles__VirtualScrollingContainer-sc-20yrlm-1 hGNTgH\" role=\"feed\">\n<div class=\"Styles__VirtualItemContainer-sc-20yrlm-2 cWLvZw\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-index=\"0\">\n<article data-testid=\"article\" data-isrecommended=\"false\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"Styles__StoryPartContainer-sc-1mfrmm0-0 hJBugI story-part video\">\n<div class=\"Styles__AspectRatioContainer-sc-1t1lmmv-0 jiNMQU\">\n<div class=\"Styles__AspectRatioContent-sc-1t1lmmv-1 fvEQJr\">\n<div id=\"media-pablo-lopez-records-five-strikeouts-wrapper\" class=\"Styles__VideoPlayerContainer-t94iyc-0 XOHMa\">\n<div data-projection-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"media-pablo-lopez-records-five-strikeouts-container\" class=\"MediaPlaybackDiv-sc-1d8ihxi-0 dqBhzV\">\n<div class=\"app\">\n<div id=\"media-pablo-lopez-records-five-strikeouts-container-198fa77820d-2\" class=\"media-player\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"MLB Media Player\"><button class=\"overlay click-to-play-overlay player-med\" tabindex=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"scrim\" src=\"https:\/\/img.mlbstatic.com\/mlb-images\/image\/upload\/ar_16:9,g_auto,q_auto:good,w_1024,c_fill,f_jpg,dpr_3.0\/mlb\/yc2u3q4kpagkqxxubeyc\" alt=\"Pablo L\u00f3pez records five strikeouts\" \/><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-metadata player-med\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Pablo L\u00f3pez records five strikeouts<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Styles__StoryPartContainer-sc-1mfrmm0-0 hJBugI story-part markdown\">\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 bevTZk\">\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS &#8212; It\u2019s not often that a Major League All-Star makes consecutive starts in Toledo, but that\u2019s what\u2019s on the docket for\u00a0Pablo L\u00f3pez.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Styles__StoryPartContainer-sc-1mfrmm0-0 hJBugI story-part markdown\">\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 bevTZk\">\n<p>The Twins\u2019 star right-hander will make his third and probably final Minor League rehabilitation appearance for Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday. And just like his second one, it will be a road game for the Saints against the Toledo Mud Hens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Styles__StoryPartContainer-sc-1mfrmm0-0 hJBugI story-part markdown\">\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 bevTZk\">\n<p>The plan is for L\u00f3pez to go five innings and about 75-80 pitches, and barring a setback, his next time on the mound would most likely come the following weekend for the Twins in Kansas City. He hasn\u2019t pitched in a Major League game since June 3 in West Sacramento, when he suffered a strain of the teres major muscle in the back of his right shoulder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Styles__StoryPartContainer-sc-1mfrmm0-0 hJBugI story-part markdown\">\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 bevTZk\">\n<p>\u201cThe whole goal is when I make my first start back with the team, it\u2019s not like, \u2018He\u2019s at 74 pitches, should we take him out,\u2019 four innings and two-thirds, stuff like that,\u201d L\u00f3pez said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Styles__StoryPartContainer-sc-1mfrmm0-0 hJBugI story-part oembed\">\n<div class=\"Styles__OEmbedContainer-oapuup-0 buNWrA social-embed tap-story\"><iframe class=\"story-player-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/stories?autoplay=false&amp;ec=none&amp;s=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fstories%2Fplayer%2F641154%3Fap%3D1%26storylocal%3Darticle-embed&amp;standalone=1\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms allow-modals allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Styles__StoryPartContainer-sc-1mfrmm0-0 hJBugI story-part markdown\">\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 bevTZk\">\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m OK with it. I still have to remember that it\u2019s been almost three months with a semi-major shoulder injury, so [we\u2019ll] take one more game to feel things out physically, mechanically, pitching-wise. Polish up some things.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Styles__StoryPartContainer-sc-1mfrmm0-0 hJBugI story-part markdown\">\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 bevTZk\">\n<p>L\u00f3pez returned to Minneapolis to work with the team\u2019s staff between starts, so he was in the clubhouse when the Twins returned home after a six-game road trip. He threw a bullpen session on Friday. 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