Adalberto Mejia was hooked up to a machine before Wednesday's game to help with his recovery after suffering a strained wrist on Tuesday on the final pitch he threw to the Indians.
The discomfort he felt was not elbow related, and there is optimism that he will make his next scheduled start on Sunday against the Tigers, but they won't be sure until he throws in the bullpen. Head trainer Tony Leo told Molitor to wait one more day before having him start to ramp up for that start.
"He's doing better today," Molitor said. "I was hoping we would have a little better indication of what Sunday might bring. But Tony Leo has asked to buy a little more time. He's really encouraged about the opportunity for him to go ahead and throw on Sunday.
"But the day after you are not going to do much. Provably long toss tomorrow and bullpen on Friday. So we are going to buy a little bit more time than the original 24 hours that we talked about."
Mejia, 2-0 with a 2.01 ERA, is expected to play some catch on Thursday then attempt to throw in the bullpen on Friday. For now, the Twins have TBA listed as the start on Sunday.
Here are the other pitching matchups for the Detroit series:
Friday: Ervin Santana vs Jordan Zimmerman
Saturday: Kyle Gibson vs Francisco Liriano