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Honestly? Maybe Joe Ryan. Seems like a legit sell high spot

Something has gotta give with the pitching on the Twins 40 man roster. I can’t conceive that they will enter the spring expecting Zebby, Abel and Festa to all open in Triple-A. There’s going to be at least one trade from the SP group.

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You add a guy like that to a system that already has Walker Jenkins, and suddenly the idea of a fast-tracked youth driven rebuild feels a lot more plausible.

Hard to overstate the magnitude of MLB draft lottery this week for the Twins. They can get a good player wherever they end up, but if they get the #1 pick (22% chance) they'll have a shot at Roch Cholowsky, who's been called the best college SS prospect since Tulowitzki.

What to Make of the Minnesota Twins' 82-Win Projection from FanGraphs? Are the Twins a better team than many of us believe, or is this projection a mirage?

Are the Twins closer to contention than downtrodden fans believe? Today at @twinsdaily.com I reflected on the team's 82-win projection from @fangraphs.com in a search for optimism: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

Ha, that's fair. It is quite dreary

Not normally a turn-based RPG guy so it took me a while but I finally gave Expedition 33 a try and, yeah, I instantly got the hype. This game has fully consumed me. Everything is top tier: the combat, the world, the story, and especially the MUSIC!

In some ways the constant whining about the Pohlads feels very tired and played out. At the same time, there's no real way to talk about this team without starting there. The message from Falvey has been crystal clear: we are at the mercy of ownership.

It has been 111 days since the Pohlads announced they were in the process of adding two "significant" limited partners into the Twins ownership group. Zero further detail since.

At this point I'm operating under the assumption Buxton will be traded. There's just too much smoke around this "maybe willing to waive his NTC" stuff from a guy who was once so vocally not willing. Reminds me of leadup to the Correa trade.

Have to disagree with the assertion from Passan here. Maybe it's "fascinating" for fans of other teams who are eager to scoop up our good players, but interest in the Twins has never been lower for myself and almost everyone I know. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Just a mega-bummer watching Byron Buxton and Justin Jefferson, two of the top 5 most talented/exciting MN sports stars of our generation, waste good years of their primes on bad teams with no support.

Yeah but not on the 40-man

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The Twins Have Work To Do on Their Mess of a 40-Man Roster The current collection of players doesn't really fit together at all.

Trying to make sense of the Twins' current roster as the offseason gets underway. They've got work to do! twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

Who are they replacing Duran and Jax with? Aside from maybe Prielipp, a guy who's almost never been healthy, they have no one poised to make that leap.

I agree that one reliever on his own is replaceable. But an entire bullpen?

This was the Twins 40-man roster entering spring training this year. Really depicts the amount of turnover in just 8 months.

Nearly half the roster has been cleared out. Julien and Gasper hanging by a thread.

When I was in 7th grade I wrote a short fiction story for my English class. The teacher was so impressed with it he grilled me about whether my parents helped me write it, then read it glowingly in front of the whole class.

Knew that day what I was destined to do!

Among the 743 MLB hitters to log 200 PA since 2021, Alex Jackson ranks 722nd in OPS (.537) and Ryan Kreidler ranks dead last (.383).

These are the two position players the Twins have brought in so far this offseason.

Having Pereda, Fitzgerald, Gasper, Julien, Kreidler, McCusker and Outman all occupying Twins 40-man roster spots is tough work. Maybe not one MLB-caliber player in the bunch, and they're all old.

Here's an updated look at the Twins projected 2026 roster and payroll after their latest moves. Still in line to spend under $90M.

Will the Minnesota Twins Reverse the Pablo López Trade This Offseason? The first Pablo Lopez trade is a perfect example of what the Twins could try to accomplish by dealing him now.

When the Marlins traded Pablo Lopez to the Twins, they were dealing from a strength atop the rotation in pursuit of the star hitter they needed.

It worked out well! Now the Twins might be trying to do the exact same... twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

I think there's a good chance they trade him but would be stunned if they non-tendered. They clearly believed in him; no one had more starts in the top 4 lineup spots last year.

He wasn't great but many were much worse. Including Roden.

Total. Clemens would rank 7th at 1.5. And, fair point, but he also has a lot less playing time than many of these guys. And I think his D will grade out much more favorably at 1B than 2B

DiamondCentric's Top 50 MLB Free Agents, Plus Contract Projections The hot stove is now fully aglow. Here are our panel's top 50 free agents for the 2025-26 MLB offseason, along with our best guesses at the contracts they'll receive.

In my humble opinion, the best offseason MLB free agent resource you will find: diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/...

Envisioning a 2026 Role for All 7 New Additions to the Twins 40-Man Roster Get familiar with the players who are likely to infuse next year's Twins team.

The Twins added 6 players from their system to the 40-man roster yesterday, and acquired another via trade.

Here's how all 7 could factor in for the team as soon as next year: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

That's kinda what intrigues me about Clemens. Nice to have a little athleticism at the position, esp if they're going to have none at - say - shortstop

Realistically, who are the Twins going to sign from this list that is going to be significantly better than Clemens, who was worth 1.4 WAR last year? (Listed WAR in graphic is for the past 2 years.)

It Sounds Like Kody Clemens Will Be the Twins' Starting First Baseman Derek Falvey made it clear that he's leaning toward Kody Clemens as the primary starter at first next year.

It sounds like the Twins are pretty committed to having Kody Clemens as their starting 1B next year.

Cheap move? Yeah. But ... I don't hate it?

Here's why: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...