Once the managerial musical chairs ended, it’s been a relatively normal offseason for the Twins, with a few trades of minor leaguers before the Rule 5 draft deadline to add players to the 40-man roster
and tendering contracts to arbitration-eligible players. And now we wait for the winter meetings!
The Past Week on Twinkie Town:
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- Derek Shelton finalized the coaching staff, adding on former Twin LaTroy Hawkins as a bullpen coach. The hitting staff was somewhat revamped, with Keith Beauregard joining the staff as the hitting coach, replacing Matt Borgschulte, who was hired last year to replace David Popkins. Toby Gardenhire also got a promotion from AAA and is now the major league field coordinator.
- The Twins also made a few roster moves, trading for reliever Eric Orze and catcher Alex Jackson, along with a few additions and subtractions to the 40-man roster.
- After the dust settled on roster changes, the Twins tendered contracts to all the remaining arbitration-eligible players, including surprisingly to some, Trevor Larnach.
- James Fillmore reviews last week’s Twinkie Town Movie night, Angels in the Outfield. Join us this week for Bull Durham!
- Brandon Brooks has another look around the AL Central in his Rival Roundup!
- Zach Koenig puts together his Twins-themed version of the Breakfast Club.
- Voting has closed on Round 4 of Zach’s list of the Best Twins moments, but stay tuned for Round 5 come out soon!
Elsewhere in Twins Territory:
- Dan Hayes at The Athletic walks through the new additions to the Twins staff.
- Theo Tollefson at Zone Coverage looks at the Twins’ plans for Trevor Larnach after tendering him a contract last week.
- Bobby Nightengale at the Star Tribune profiles prospect Brandon Winokur, who has made significant strides this season at High-A and in the Arizona Fall League.
In the World of Baseball:
- Andrew Marchand at The Athletic has the details on the MLB’s agreements with ESPN, NBC, and Netflix totaling $800 million. These rights had become available when ESPN opted out of the remainder of their media rights agreement with MLB with $1.65 billion left.
- Anthony DiComo at MLB.com reports on why the Mets parted with Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien.
- Jorge Castillo at ESPN looks at who might be lining up for Pete Alonso’s services this offseason.
