Notable Free Agents: C Christian Vázquez
Biggest Question: Are they tanking or reloading?
As you may recall, the Twins put together quite the trade deadline fire sale, unloading (among many others) Carlos Correa, Jhoan Duran, Harrison Bader, Willi Castro, Ty France and seemingly 100 bullpen arms.
However, they kept Joe Ryan, Pablo López, Bailey Ober, Byron Buxton and Royce Lewis, each with multiple years of team control remaining. That’s already a better five-pronged nucleus than quite a few struggling teams can boast, and that’s without accounting for Luke Keaschall’s arrival, Kody Clemens’ breakout and the potential for Walker Jenkins, Emmanuel Rodriguez and Mick Abel to make a real impact in 2026.
It’s possible they’ll continue down the selling road by trading away Ryan and Co.
It’s also possible they’ll take the money they saved by shipping Correa back to Houston, reinvest it in beefing up the depleted bullpen and make a run back to the postseason.
Should be interesting to see whether their first big move of the offseason (if they make one at all) is a buying or a selling one.