Insider Praises Minnesota Twins Offseason

The Minnesota Twins spent the majority of the offseason sitting on the sidelines. With Spring Training coming up quickly, though, they searched the couch cushions and found some last minute cash to spend. Now, after some work around the edges, the Twins appear ready to start their 2025 season.

Jim Bowden praises Minnesota Twins patience

After the Pohlads cut spending substantially before the 2024 season, money has been tight. While not everyone paying attention is happy with what Derek Falvey has done with the few dollars he has, but one MLB insider loves what this front office has done during the past few months… even if it was mostly nothing.

The Athletic’s Jim Bowden agrees.

“The Twins didn’t have any glaring weaknesses on their roster outside of a possible need for a right-handed-hitting outfielder, which they finally addressed with last week’s signing of Harrison Bader. Apart from that, they signed lefty reliever Danny Coulombe to a $3 million deal, added first baseman/DH Ty France on a non-guaranteed $1 million contract and made two small trades to acquire catchers Mickey Gasper and Diego Cartaya. Largely standing pat made sense for business reasons (ownership is exploring a sale of the franchise) but also baseball reasons: Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton and Royce Lewis all spent considerable time on the injured list last season, and if the Twins can keep their star trio relatively healthy this year, that should be enough to get Minnesota back to October baseball.”

Jim Bowden on the Twins offseason (The Athletic)

If your goal is to “stand pat,” then Bowden’s designation of the MN Twins doing the best job of it is probably fair. As they have made a habit of in recent seasons, Minnesota sat back. It’s only been over the last week that bullpen help, and outfield addition, and a first baseman were signed.