Minnesota Twins Have Reportedly Listened to Trade Offers For All-Star Pablo Lopez

On the surface, that's very surprising considering that Lopez is the ace of the staff. Why would the Twins, a team that narrowly missed the playoffs and has aspirations of competing, do that? Well, when you look under the hood, it's easy to see why. Lopez is owed a very modest $63-ish million over the next three years, making him imminently more affordable that someone like Blake Snell (5/$182) or Max Fried ($218 million). Corbin Burnes could sign a deal worth $240 million or more, which makes Lopez's deal seem like a steal. That could turn several teams to the trade market and raise the price of a return for Lopez.

It's the same reason why the Seattle Mariners are known to be listening to offers for All-Star pitcher Luis Castillo.

The 28-year-old Lopez is a seven-year veteran of the Miami Marlins and Twins, going 54-49 lifetime with a 3.91 ERA. He's coming off a year in which he went 15-10 with a 4.08. Lopez made the All-Star Game with Minnesota in 2023 and started Game 1 of the American League playoffs that year also.

The Twins currently have Lopez, Joe Ryan, Simeon Woods-Richardson, Chris Paddack, Bailey Ober and Zebby Mattews as rotation options heading into spring training.