Minnesota Twins Reportedly Rejected Trade For Gold Glover at Shocking Deadline

The Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros pulled off a trade deadline stunner on Thursday, as Minnesota shipped former All-Star and World Series champion Carlos Correa back to Houston, where he spent the first seven years of his career.

It was just one in a series of shocking moves that Minnesota made at the deadline, as they also traded closer Jhoan Duran, utility man Willi Castro and set-up man Griffin Jax.

The Astros are utilizing Correa at third base in the wake of an injury to Issac Paredes, who is out for the season with a hamstring injury.

As shocking as the trade was, it had a chance to be even bigger, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today:

The Twins had the opportunity to acquire Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker in their Carlos Correa trade talks, but passed, not wanting to take on the two years and $40 million left on his contract. It’s possible Walker is shopped this winter to make room for Isaac Paredes at first base.