Another Minnesota Twins Injury to Help Cement Their Collapse

The Minnesota Twins postseason hopes are fading fast. At this point, suggesting they are on life support would be putting it kindly. They lost to the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night, and the injury bug got them once again. This time Matt Wallner found himself on the shelf. In the bottom of the sixth inning Matt Wallner pinch hit for Kyle Farmer. He was called out on strikes, but swung multiple times throughout the at bat. When the inning turned over it was Trevor Larnach in left field, not Wallner. He may be cement bones, but his muscles aren’t made of rubber. Wallner grabbed at his left side on the way back to the dugout and an oblique injury immediately became a concern. Core muscle injuries can take a significant amount of time to heal depending on the severity. With just five games left in the regular season, Wallner’s season may be over. If this is the end of the road for Wallner in 2024, he’ll finish having played 75 games (one less than 2023). He put up a nearly exact match of the numbers he produced i