On Wednesday afternoon, the Minnesota Twins announced that they had claimed utilityman Ryan Kreidler off of waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 27-year-old became available on the waiver wire on Monday when the Pirates DFAd him in favor of outfielder Will Robertson. 

A native of northern California, Kreidler went to UCLA. In 2019, he was the fourth-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers. He moved fairly quickly up the organizational ladder and was called up in September of 2022 to make his debut. In 26 games that year, he hit .178 which, unfortunately is easily the best batting average he has put up in short big-league stints in 2023, 2024 and 2025. In 89 games over four years with the Tigers, he hit a combined .138/.208/.176 (.383) with one double and two home runs. 

In the big leagues, he has played 42 games at shortstop, 24 games at third base, 19 games in center field, five games at second base, and one game in left field. 

In 2023, he missed time with a knee injury and then later had surgery for a core-muscle injury. In 2024, he had surgery on the index finger of his throwing hand and missed significant time. 

In late August this season, the Tigers DFAd Kreidler, and he was claimed by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He spent a week on the Pirates big-league roster but didn’t get into a game. 

Will he remain on the Twins 40-man roster throughout the offseason? We shall see. However, he is were to be DFAd and cleared waivers, he will become a free agent. He is also out of options after this season. 

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Minor league transactions just kind of happen here and there throughout the offseason as needed. The Twins recently made a couple of moves. 

First, Erasmo Ramirez was able to elect free agency and did just that. Previously, Noah Davis, Darren McCaughan and Brooks Kriske elected free agency as well. 

RHP Sebastian Pulido was released. The 19-year-old pitched in just six games for the FCL Twins in 2025. In 9 1/3 innings, he had a 5.79 ERA, had five walks and struck out 11 batters. 

22-year-old Venezuelan right-hander Anthony Narvaez was also released. In 2025, he pitched in five games for the FCL Twins and seven games for Fort Myers. Combined, he worked 16 2/3 innings and had a 2.70 ERA, eight walks and 14 strikeouts. He signed with the Twins in March of 2022. He spent significant time on the injured lists each of the past three seasons. 

Tyler Stasiowski signed with the Twins in August of 2024 as a non-drafted free agent out of the University of California. He pitched in just three games late in the 2024 season. He spent the 2025 season with the Mussels. In 35 games and 47 innings, the 24-year-old posted a 6.70 ERA and had 22 walks and 45 strikeouts. He was released last week. 

Peyton Carr was the Twins 10th round pick in 2024 out of High Point University. He played in 84 games this season for Fort Myers and hit .226/.332/.322 (.654) with nine doubles, two homers and four homers. He moved up to Cedar Rapids late in the year and went 1-for-8 (.125) over three games. The hit was a double. The 23-year-old Fort Myers native was released as well. 

And finally, what will certainly be a surprise to no one, the Twins released LHP Matt Mikulski as well. In 2021, the Giants made him their second-round pick. That season at Fordham (his fourth season there), he went 9-0 and had 124 strikeouts in 68 1/3 innings. In 2022, he went 4-5 with a 6.95 ERA in 18 starts (22 games). Then in 2023 at High-A, he posted a 6.75 ERA and had 54 walks and 71 strikeouts in 66 2/3 innings. He made the move to the bullpen early that season. He repeated the level in 2024 and posted a 5.58 ERA with 41 walks and 55 strikeouts in 59 2/3 innings. At the end of spring training in 2025, the Giants released him. In late May, the Astros signed him. He posted a 16.88 ERA in three outings in the FCL. He moved up to High-A and posted a 5.68 ERA in 12 2/3 innings over nine appearances. 

And then the Twins and Astros began talking about Carlos Correa. On deadline day, the Twins sent Correa back to the Astros in exchange for the southpaw Mikulski. The Twins knew what they were getting, and that was a whole bunch of cost savings to Correa over the coming years. He posted a 10.13 ERA in six games with the Kernels and had 13 walks, two hit batters and seven strikeouts in his 5 1/3 innings in Cedar Rapids. Again, no surprised he was released.