Trevor John Ikaikaloa Larnach (pronounced LAR-nick)...X: @trevorlarnach...His one middle name Ikaikaloa, is Hawaiian, meaning “strength”...Graduated from College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif...Rated as the 328th-best high school prospect by Perfect Game entering the 2018 draft...Three-year letter winner at College Park while also lettering in two seasons as a forward for the basketball team...First-Team All-League and Second Team All-State as a senior, First-Team All-State as a junior...Played three seasons at Oregon State University (see below) where he majored in sociology...Participated in 2020 Twins Winter Caravan and 2020 TwinsFest...If had a career other than baseball player, would be real estate agent...Participated in 2023 and 2024 TwinsFest at Target Field.
2023
Made Twins Opening Day roster for first time in career and was in Opening Day lineup on March 30 at Kansas City, batting fourth and playing leftfield...Went 2-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored...Split season between Minnesota and Triple-A St. Paul, spending five different stints with the Twins...Reached base safely for Twins in first 11 games from March 30-April 11, hitting .310 (13-for-42) with eight RBI, eight walks, a .420 on-base percentage and an .849 OPS in that span...Hit .161 (10-for-62) with 27 strikeouts and a .577 OPS in 20 games from April 12-May 4 and was optioned to St. Paul on May 5...Homered in back-to-back games for second time in career May 14 vs. Chicago-NL and May 15 at Los Angeles-AL (7 total RBI)...Placed on 10-day injured list with Twins on May 22 with pneumonia; played in three games on rehab assignment with St. Paul and reinstated on June 6...Reached in season-long 14-straight games for Saints from June 16-July 4, posting a .972 OPS in that span...Recorded a season-high four hits with Saints on Aug. 5 at Columbus...Recorded second multi-homer game of season on Sept. 6 at Louisville...Hit .403 (25-for-62) with seven doubles, four home runs, 17 RBI and a 1.183 OPS in 16 games from Aug. 29-Sept. 19 and was recalled by Minnesota on Sept. 20 (Carlos Correa - IL)...Hit first career pinch-hit homer on Sept. 29 at Colorado, a solo shot off Gavin Hollowell...Hit first career grand slam on Sept. 30 at Colorado, off Karl Kauffman...Marked the eighth grand slam for a Twin on season, tying a club record, previously done in 1961...Hit .261 (24-for-92) off fastballs, compared to .165 (15-for-91) off breaking pitches and off-speed pitches...However, had an xBA of .285 against off-speed pitches...Played 44 games (34 starts) in leftfield and 20 games (11 starts) in rightfield; did not commit an error in 91 total chances in the outfield.
2022
Was in Twins Spring Training, the third of career and optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on March 30...Played in five games for the Saints before being recalled by Minnesota on April 13...Tied career-high with three hits April 16 at Boston...recorded three hits again May 29 vs. Kansas City...Placed on 10-day Injured List on May 8 with a right groin strain...played in two games with St. Paul on rehab assignment and was reinstated May 22...Homered in back-to-back games for first time in career May 28-29 vs. Kansas City...Hit .333 (16-for-48) with six doubles, three home runs, nine RBI, nine walks, a .431 on-base percentage, a .646 slugging percentage and a 1.077 OPS in 16 May games...Placed on 10-day Injured List June 25 with a core muscle strain...was close to returning but suffered a setback and did not return...Ranked third on team in defensive runs saved with six, trailing Max Kepler (9) and Byron Buxton (8).
2021
Was an invite to Twins spring training and reassigned to minor league camp on March 23...Began season with Triple-A St. Paul and played in just three games for the Saints before having contract selected on May 7...Made major league debut on May 8 at Detroit, batting fifth and starting in rightfield...went 0-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch...Recorded first career hit on May 12 at Chicago-AL, a pinch-hit double off Liam Hendriks...Recorded first career three-hit game on May 16 vs. Oakland. all singles...tied season-high with three hits again on June 20 at Texas...Recorded first career home run and RBI on May 20 (Game 2) at Los Angeles-AL, a solo shot off Jose Suarez...On May 24 vs. Baltimore, hit a 461-foot solo homer that went into the Delta SKY360 Suite in centerfield...became the seventh batter to homer into the suite, joining ByungHo Park (April 16, 2016, 462 ft.), Miguel Sano (May 2, 2017, 466 ft.), Jake Cave (August 19, 2018, 457 ft.), Tyler Austin (Aug. 26, 2018, 451 ft.), Nelson Cruz (September 12, 2019, 454 ft.) and Josh Donaldson (Sept. 4, 2020, 441 ft.)... his 461-foot homer marked the fourth-longest by a Twins hitter on the season...Two of his batted balls (double on May 17 vs. CWS and homer on July 3 at KC) had an exit velocity of 116.0 mph, per Statcast...the exit velocities were tied for eighth highest by a Twins hitter on the season...Hit .292 (33-for-113) with six doubles, five home runs, 15 RBI, 11 walks and a .377 on-base percentage in a 33-game stretch from June 4-July 4...Optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on August 16 and spent remainder of season in minors...Played in 10 games for the Saints and was placed on the 7-day Injured List on Sept. 4 with a left hand contusion; missed rest of season...Hit .242 (43-for-178) with a .737 OPS against right-handed pitching with Twins and .183 (15-for-82) with a .525 OPS against lefties...His eight hit-by-pitches ranked sixth among major league rookies and are tied for the third most in a single season by a Twins rookie.
2020
Was an invite to Twins spring training...Added to 60-man Player Pool and spent season at alternate training site in St. Paul, MN...Ranked third best prospect in Twins system by Baseball America (40th overall prospect in baseball)…ranked Twins third best prospect by MLB.com (77th in baseball).
2019
Entered season ranked fifth best prospect in the Twins system by Baseball America...split season between Single-A Ft. Myers and Double-A Pensacola...named Twins minor league Player of the Week three times on season: May 12 with Double-A Pensacola (.440, 11-for-25, 2 doubles, 2 home runs, 5 RBI, 7 runs scored, 3 walks and a 1.260 OPS); June 2 with Single-A Ft. Myers (.524, 11-for-21, 2 doubles, 2 home runs, 7 RBI, and 1.427 OPS); and August 11 with Pensacola (.412, 7-for-17, 2 home runs, 5 RBI, 4 walks and a 1.289 OPS)…named MiLB.com Florida State League Player of the Month for May, hitting .371 (36-for-97) with 10 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 17 RBI, 16 walks, 15 runs scored and a 1.075 OPS in 26 games with Ft. Myers...named to both Florida State League Mid- and Postseason All-Star teams...promoted to Double-A Pensacola July 16...named outfielder on MiLB.com’s Twins organization All-Star team...named High Class-A All-Star by Baseball America after season with Ft. Myers...combined to hit .309 (147-for-476) with 30 doubles, one triple, 13 home runs, 66 RBI and an .842 OPS in 127 games between Ft. Myers and Pensacola...among all Twins system, ranked first in hits, second in doubles, fourth in RBI, fifth in walks and third in batting average (min. 200 AB’s)...among all minor league baseball full season leaders, ranked tied for fourth in average, fifth in OBP (.384), and eighth in OPS...named Florida State League Most Valuable Player, the first Twins minor leaguer ever to win the award...named Sherry Robertson Award winner as Twins minor league Player of the Year...named third best prospect in Twins minor league system by Baseball America following season.
2018
Began first professional season with Rookie-Elizabethton...hit safely in each of his first five games, hitting .450 (9-for-20) with a double, four runs scored and nine RBI...promoted to Single-A Cedar Rapids August 7 and went 3-for-4 with a double and a walk in his first game with the Kernels...named Twins minor league Player of the Week August 25, hitting .391 (9-for-23) with two doubles, one home run, three RBI, three walks and six runs scored in six games.
