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The Minnesota Twins have done next to nothing all offseason, which shouldn\u2019t be a surprise. Even after Derek Falvey and Tom Pohlad proclaimed otherwise<\/a> during the MLB Winter Meetings.<\/p>\n Sure, Byron Buxton, Joe Ryan and Pablo Lopez are sticking around<\/a> (probably), but if this is what being a \u201cbuyer\u201d looks like, god save whatever poor baseball soul has to sit through an offseason of \u201cdoing nothing\u201d.<\/p>\n So far, the Minnesota Twins have signed first baseman Josh Bell<\/a>, catcher Victor Caratini<\/a>, and new\/old closer Taylor Rogers<\/a>. All three are expected to play major roles in 2026. But those moves don\u2019t move the needle on a team supposedly planning to \u201ccontend\u201d.<\/p>\n Minnesota Twins pretending to contend on superstar market?<\/p>\n If Derek Falvey and ownership were serious<\/a> about winning the AL Central and getting back to the postseason, they\u2019d find a few more pennies and bring in some talent that would actually get the fanbase excited.<\/p>\n Or\u2026 and hear me out here\u2026 they could PRETEND to be in on players that sign elsewhere! That way, fans will think they\u2019re trying to compete, and they WON\u2019T have to actually spend the money. GENIUS!<\/p>\n The farm system is ripe with talent<\/a> and could be leveraged to add established talent. It hasn\u2019t been thus far, but they want to constantly be tied to the \u201cwe tried\u201d movement.<\/p>\n The Milwaukee Brewers \u2014 another smallish market team \u2014 put their high-priced starter Freddy Peralta on the trade block this offseason, in order to get some return on their investment before his contract expires.<\/p>\n Shocker: He landed with the New York Mets and their billionaire baseball fan owner Steve Cohen \u2014 who throws money around like he\u2019s playing Monopoly with a cheat code.<\/p>\n Freddy Peralta could have been a MN Twin?<\/p>\n But here\u2019s where the Minnesota Twins come into the picture. Before Peralta was dealt to the Big Apple, Ken Rosenthal<\/a> (The Athletic) says other teams made a late push for his services, including the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n We have acquired RHP Freddy Peralta and RHP Tobias Myers from Milwaukee in exchange for RHP Brandon Sproat and minor league INF Jett Williams. <\/p>\n Welcome to New York, Freddy and Tobias! pic.twitter.com\/2svOj1XtbY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 New York Mets (@Mets) January 22, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n The Rangers, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants and Minnesota Twins all expressed varying degrees of late interest in Peralta before the Brewers dealt him to the Mets, league sources said.<\/p>\n The Athletic<\/a><\/p>\n Last season Peralta threw a career-high 176 2\/3 innings, posting a career-best 2.70 ERA (3.64 FIP)<\/a> \u2014 good for 5th in NL Cy Young voting. Freddy is a free agent following the 2026 season<\/a> and he is owed a reasonable $8 million this year.<\/p>\n However, the Twins committing multiple top 100 prospects to bring him here for one season, just so he can leave as a free agent in 2027 doesn\u2019t make a ton of sense.<\/p>\n And if we know one thing about this current iteration of the Pohlad-owned Twins, they weren\u2019t going to pay Freddy Peralta hundreds of millions of dollars on a new deal, even if he was interested in staying beyond 2026.<\/p>\n This is the Derek Falvey we remember<\/p>\n Maybe this is how we know that the Minnesota Twins really are back? Hear me out. It\u2019s been a little while since we\u2019ve seen Falvey pretend to show interest in a big-dollar trade\/FA assets, but this used to be a go-to maneuver for the 10th year Twins executive.<\/p>\n When the Falvey regime took over baseball operations back in 2016, the Twins quickly became synonymous with regularly \u201cbeing involved\u201d in free agent and trade conversations involving some of the league\u2019s biggest stars, but NEVER coming out as the winner.<\/p>\n Back then, we used to see Minnesota mentioned next to all sorts of available superstars. The 2017 Twins, for example, were \u201chighly interested<\/a>\u201d in Yu Darvish when he was available. Jake Arrieta was their supposed 1A, at the time.<\/p>\n Spoiler: They signed neither.<\/p>\n Then, Later that year, Falvey and then general manager Thad Levine were \u201ctop contenders<\/a>\u201d for a young Japanese superstar we were just starting to hear rumors about, named Shohei Ohtani. Yeah, they weren\u2019t able to land that fish, either.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019d let him do whatever he damn well pleases to come to Minnesota.\u201d \u2013 @Twins<\/a>\u2019 Thad Levine on Shohei Otani pitching vs. hitting. #MLBNHotStove<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/hOa2LNQaDE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 MLB Network PR (@MLBNetworkPR) November 13, 2017<\/a> <\/p>\n Related: Minnesota Twins Preparing for a Trade?<\/a><\/p>\n Eventually (around 2019), the Minnesota Twins actually did get serious \u2014 dealing for Josh Donaldson and Pablo Lopez, signing Nelson Cruz and eventually Carlos Correa (twice) \u2014 moves that would help spiral them into $500 million worth of debt.<\/p>\n Ultimately Peralta would have cost the Twins something like Emmanuel Rodriguez and Connor Prielipp. That\u2019s a pretty steep price to pay for a team that was NEVER going to write him a check to stay on a new contract, beyond 2026.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: Freddy Peralta<\/a> <\/p>\n More About: Minnesota Twins<\/a><\/p>\n Add MinnesotaSportsFan as a preferred source on Google. \t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ai5ejy.jpg\")
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