{"id":765593,"date":"2026-07-30T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/765593\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T18:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:00:20","slug":"why-twins-could-still-trade-catcher-ryan-jeffers-amid-yankees-rays-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/765593\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Twins could still trade catcher Ryan Jeffers amid Yankees, Rays interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Twins<\/a> plan to be buyers at this year’s trade deadline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recently, Twins general manager Jeremy Zoll said<\/a> the organization planned to add to the roster.<\/p>\n

This comes one year after the Twins traded 11 players in a massive firesale.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, Minnesota’s postseason chances are not guaranteed. They are three games behind the Chicago White Sox<\/a> for first place in the AL Central, and 1.5 games back of a Wild Card spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Players like right-hander Joe Ryan and catcher Ryan Jeffers could help surge the Twins into the postseason. But Jeffers, an impending free agent, may have a lot of interest in the trade market.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The truth about the Twins is that they’re not going to add just to back up a mandate from owner Tom Pohlad that they compete. They’re going to be judicious,” ESPN’s Jeff Passan <\/a>wrote. “Jeffers still could go, but just not necessarily for prospects. If there’s a big-league-for-big-league trade to execute, Minnesota won’t hesitate.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Yankees are <\/a>\u2018leading candidate<\/a>\u2019 to trade for Twins<\/a>\u2019 Ryan Jeffers<\/a><\/p>\n

Teams like the New York Yankees<\/a> and Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> could use an upgrade at catcher, and Jeffers fits the bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has nine home runs and a .928 OPS in 47 games this year. In 58 at-bats against lefties, Jeffers is hitting .310\/.437\/.500 with 13 walks compared to just eight strikeouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Minnesota could capitalize on Jeffers’ strong season without giving up on its playoff hopes if it can acquire Major League talent in return, as Passan detailed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More MLB news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Twins plan to be buyers at this year’s trade deadline.\u00a0 Recently, Twins general manager Jeremy Zoll…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[5,822,60,3190,4,148],"class_list":["post-765593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-twins","tag-baseball","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-minnesotatwins","tag-mlb","tag-twins"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117010236974558746","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}