Mick Abel took an elbow setback, and the MN twins now have a clearer reason to wait on his return. He is slated for an MRI, the next step that will show how far the problem has moved and how soon any comeback can be mapped.
Mick Abel and the MRI
The change in his status is the story. A pitcher who was expected to work back now has an elbow issue serious enough to send him for further imaging, which pushes the timeline from simple recovery talk into evaluation first.
An MRI is the point where symptoms turn into a closer look at structure. For Abel, that means the focus shifts away from when he might be available and toward what the elbow actually shows once the scan is done.
Elbow setback for Mick Abel
That is the complication here. The setback came while he was in a return context, so the new development does more than add discomfort; it changes the path back by requiring another layer of medical review before anyone can treat his comeback as straightforward.
For the MN twins, that leaves one player in limbo and one answer still pending: how severe the elbow issue is once the MRI is complete. Until then, Abel’s status is unsettled, and the only concrete move is the scan itself.
