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Ted Schwerzler · Minnesota Sports Fan

Wed, Feb 12, 2025 ·

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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."

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.

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— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 14, 2024

So much of what the Twins intend to do this season remains reliant on the core they return from 2024. That's understandable though given the commitments already made to players like Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton, and Royce Lewis. Last season they got just 86 , 102 , and 82 games respectively from that trio.

Sure, Minnesota could have (and should have) spent substantially more on higher-tier upgrades. The spots they had available to do so were understandably limited though. Any chance for the Twins to win the division rests on the production and availability of players already on the roster.

Spring Training kicks off this week. It was the end of the time in Fort Myers last year that saw the bullpen get decimated. The team needs a clean bill of health as they head to St. Louis , and they need that to continue throughout the year.

This team is a solid club as currently constructed. Angst can still be sent towards the Pohlad family, and they can't leave soon enough. That doesn't change the fact that the front office didn't have significant heavy lifting to do.