Minnesota Twins Hot Stove Rumors 2023

9:43 AM EDT, Thu March 30, 2023

Twins lose relievers Jeff Hoffman, Danny Coulombe via release and trade

The Twins lost a couple of veteran relievers when Jeff Hoffman was granted his release and Danny Coulombe was traded to Baltimore for cash considerations.

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Joe Ryan trades the Pacific for Minnesota's Land of Lakes

Twins righthander Joe Ryan, a Bay Area native, is as happy to catch a fish as he is to catch a wave.

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Yankees 2023 Season Preview: Isiah Kiner-Falefa

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/ Will IKF get usurped by either of the youngsters hot on his heels? When the Yankees acquired Isiah Kiner-Falefa as part of the spring 2022 trade with the Twins, it was confirmation of what had become the expectation of the Yankees that offseason. They were going to sit out the impressive shortstop free agent market that winter in favor of a “stopgap.” While fans may have hoped the Yankees would address the shortstop spot with someone bigger, the front office decided not to, almost certainly in large part because of who was on the horizon....

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2023 Preview: Twins

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/ The Twins will look to recapture that AL Central crown behind surprise returnee Carlos Correa. The Minnesota Twins got off to a strong start in a rather pedestrian AL Central last season, but a September swoon down the stretch saw the team end up with a 78-84 record. It was quite a fall from sitting in first place at the trade deadline, only to finish 14 games behind the Cleveland Guardians. After lengthy discussions, and multiple agreements that ultimately fell through with other clubs (Giants and Mets), the Twins were able to...

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Yankees 2023 Season Preview: Kyle Higashioka

Photo by Sarah Stier/ Can Higashioka provide a solid season in a likely backup role in 2023? After the spring 2022 trade that sent Gary Sánchez to the Twins went down, it appeared that the Yankees’ starting catcher job was all Kyle Higashioka’s. Sure, the Yankees got another backstop in Ben Rortvedt in the deal, but his bat from his time in the majors was even less impressive than Higashioka’s below-average numbers. When Rortvedt then got hurt during spring training, the Yankees made another move for a catcher, needing someone else of possible major league...

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The Twins’ improved depth is already looking extremely important

Kyle Farmer will be an important depth piece for the Twins this season. | Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The front office did its job this offseason, making some extremely fortuitous moves The story of the 2022 Minnesota Twins centers around early overachievement by a mediocre pitching staff, some midseason regression to the mean, a pile of unfortunate injuries, and a September collapse that plummeted them to third place in the A.L. Central. Between last year’s trade deadline and this offseason, the Twins front office has addressed the pitching staff in a variety...

Matt Belisle is set to enter free agency in 2019

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Zach Duke hits free agency again in 2019

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Veteran 2B Brian Dozier enters free agency

31-year-old second baseman Brian Dozier enters free agency after splitting the 2018 season between the Twins and Dodgers About Major League Baseball: Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic professional sports league in the United States and con