Twins Have Shown Interest In Seranthony Domínguez

The Twins have shown interest in free agent right-hander Seranthony Domínguez, reports Darren Wolfson of KSTP. However, Wolfson also notes that this was last month and brief. Domínguez remains unsigned, so it’s possible the Twins circle back to him as the offseason progresses.

Minnesota certainly has to do something about its bullpen. The 2025 club fell back in the standings in the summer, which prompted the front office to get into seller mode. They leaned hard into selling from the relief corps. Controllable arms Jhoan Duran, Griffin Jax, Louis Varland and Brock Stewart were all sent packing, alongside rental arm Danny Coulombe.

That left the Twins with a hodgepodge bullpen for the stretch run, consisting of waiver claimees and veteran journeymen. Minnesota’s relievers had a collective 4.93 earned run average over August and September, which was better than just three other clubs in the majors.

Coming into the offseason, it was expected that Minnesota would continue as sellers, perhaps trading big leaguers like Joe Ryan or maybe even Byron Buxton. Instead, the club is planning to hold those guys and will attempt to return to contention this year.

That’s admirable but there’s work to be done to improve a club that finished 70-92 last year. Internal improvements would go a long way but external additions will also be necessary. The bullpen is largely unchanged from the end of 2025. Their most notable pick-up of the offseason so far has been to acquire Eric Orze, who has just 43 1/3 innings of big league experience, from the Rays.

Domínguez, 31, has had a fairly quiet offseason in terms of public rumors. The only other club connected to him so far is the Red Sox, who reportedly had interest in him over a month ago. It’s possible that his market picks up soon. Pitchers and catchers will be reporting to spring training in less than a month in some cases, depending on the team and if players are participating in the World Baseball Classic.

Also, many of the top relievers have come off the board. Edwin Díaz, Devin Williams, Robert Suarez, Ryan Helsley, Phil Maton, Tyler Rogers, Brad Keller, Pete Fairbanks, Kyle Finnegan, Kenley Jansen and many others have been signed. Domínguez is one of the better arms still out there, alongside David Robertson, Liam Hendriks, Justin Wilson, Michael Kopech and others.

Domínguez has been able to get decent amounts of strikeouts and grounders in his career but also with some control issues. He averages in the upper 90s with his four-seamer and sinker while also throwing a slider, sweeper and changeup. He added a splitter and a curveball last year and threw the split 16.6% of the time, scrapping the change and the slider, according to Statcast.

He divided 2025 between the Orioles and Blue Jays, logging 62 2/3 innings with a 3.16 ERA. He struck out 30.3% of batters faced and kept the ball on the ground at a 43.1% pace but also gave out free passes to 13.8% of opponents. He then made 12 appearances for the Jays in the postseason with a 3.18 ERA, though with more walks than strikeouts.

The Twins are dropping the payroll a bit relative to 2025 but seem to have some powder dry, thanks to the money they saved by trading those aforementioned relievers as well as Carlos Correa at the deadline. RosterResource estimates the Twins for a payroll just north of $100MM this year, well below last year’s $142MM Opening Day figure, per Cot’s Baseball Contracts.

Some reporting has suggested the Twins could look to end up in the $115MM range by the end of this offseason. That would likely leave enough to sign Domínguez in a vacuum but they presumably will want to add multiple relievers, while the righty should have interest from other clubs.