Wallner is not in Wednesday's lineup against the Reds.

EDGE Analysis

This breaks a string of eight straight starts for Wallner. He hit .423 with one home run, four runs and five RBI in 26 at-bats over that stretch. Andrew Stevenson is picking up a rare start in left field.

Wallner is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays.

EDGE Analysis

Though the Twins are facing off against a right-hander (Tyler Glasnow) in the series opener, the lefty-hitting Wallner will retreat to the bench, ending a stretch of 15 consecutive starts for the rookie. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli may just want to give Wallner a day off to hit the reset button after going hitless with eight strikeouts against four walks over his last five starts.

Wallner went 3-for-6 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored in Monday's win over the Guardians.

EDGE Analysis

Wallner knocked an RBI single in the seventh inning before capping off the Twins' 20-run outburst with a two-run shot in the ninth. He drove in three runs against the Rangers on Aug. 25 but had gone 3-for-24 (.125) with just one RBI in eight games since then. After Monday's big performance, Wallner is slashing .235/.354/.503 with 18 extra-base hits and 29 RBI through 181 plate appearances.

Wallner went 2-for-4 with a triple, a double, three RBI and three runs scored in Friday's win over Texas. He was also hit by a pitch.

EDGE Analysis

Wallner knocked a three-run triple in the first inning and later scored two more runs. He had been stuck in a 3-for-15 skid with eight strikeouts and no RBI since belting a grand slam Aug. 15 before snapping out of the funk Friday. Wallner is now slashing .244/.350/.528 with 16 extra-base hits and 25 RBI through 143 plate appearances.

Wallner isn't in the Twins' lineup Thursday against the Rangers, John Shipley of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

EDGE Analysis

The lefty-hitting Wallner will sit out Thursday while southpaw Andrew Heaney starts on the mound for Texas. Jordan Luplow, Michael Taylor and Max Kepler will start in the outfield from left to right while Wallner rests.

Wallner is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Brewers.

EDGE Analysis

Though the lefty-hitting Wallner started in both of the past two games when the Twins opposed left-handed pitchers, he'll curiously bow out of the lineup Wednesday versus Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes. Jordan Luplow will instead draw the start in left field in place of Wallner, who has struck out at a 36.1 percent clip and is batting .200 in August but has provided value with four home runs, one stolen base, 13 RBI and 10 runs.

Wallner (hand) is starting in right field and batting eighth Sunday against the Pirates.

EDGE Analysis

Wallner sat out Saturday with a bruised hand after being hit by a pitch Friday, but he'll rejoin the starting nine for Sunday's series finale. The 25-year-old has an .811 OPS through 16 games this month but is hitting just .220 with a 34.5 percent strikeout rate.

Wallner (hand) will sit Saturday against the Pirates.

EDGE Analysis

Wallner was initially included in the Twins' lineup, but the team elected to give him one more day after he left Friday's series opener after getting hit in the hand. X-rays came back negative, but he'll rest his bruised digits Saturday while Joey Gallo handles left field.

X-rays on Wallner's right hand came back negative, Bobby Nightengale of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

EDGE Analysis

Wallner departed Friday's game against the Pirates after a pitch he swung at struck him in the hand. He's managed to avoid a serious injury, though, and is considered day-to-day. "We got lucky," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said, "and we'll take that."

Wallner has been diagnosed with a right hand contusion after exiting Friday's game versus the Pirates following a hit by pitch, Bobby Nightengale of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

EDGE Analysis

Wallner was struck on the hand after a swing at a pitch in the seventh inning. It is not clear at this point whether he has had an X-ray yet or whether he needs one. Wallner went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored before departing.