Minnesota Twins Receive Worthy Offseason Grade
To say the offseason has gone poorly for the Minnesota Twins would be putting it lightly. Not only are they coming off a failed sale of the team, but the front office has also been shaken up. Tom Pohlad is now calling all the shots, and he’s missing many of the ones he has already taken.
Last summer, the Pohlads mandated a teardown of the roster. The result was a shocking exodus of established veterans, leaving the organization with significant rebuilding work to do this winter.
With less than two weeks until pitchers and catchers report, there is still plenty of uncertainty surrounding what, if anything, has been accomplished. We’ll quickly find out how tenable the situation is once Grapefruit League action begins.
Former GM Trashes Minnesota Twins Offseason
Derek Falvey and Thad Levine are now both former Minnesota Twins general managers, and it’s hard to argue they aren’t better off for it. Jim Bowden of The Athletic, himself a former general manager, certainly isn’t sugarcoating the Twins’ offseason.
The Twins have had a dismal offseason. Their only significant moves were signing first baseman Josh Bell, reliever Taylor Rogers and catcher Victor Caratini. Those pick-ups helped their roster depth but likely won’t improve their win-loss record. And now they’ll enter spring training without longtime baseball head Derek Falvey, after announcing on Friday that he and the team were “mutually parting ways.”
Jim Bowden – The Athletic
Bowden handed Minnesota a “D” grade and projected them to finish fourth in the AL Central.
It would be hard to believe Falvey’s departure was truly mutual. He had operated within this penny-pinching structure long enough to understand exactly how it worked. Just weeks after Tom Pohlad took over, Falvey appeared to have seen enough and decided to walk away.
While Bowden acknowledged that Minnesota added some veteran talent, the question of how much impact those additions will actually have is fair. It’s entirely plausible that two of the three veterans, Caratini signed to a two-year deal included, could be moved at the trade deadline.
The Minnesota Twins are banking heavily on the health of Byron Buxton, Pablo López, and Joe Ryan. Beyond that, they are hoping for significant contributions from prospects or otherwise unproven talent. That isn’t a strategy, and a lack of depth was already exposed last season.
Time for MN Twins to Add Isn’t a Good Thing
In keeping with the tone-deaf messaging that has become synonymous with the Pohlads, new team leader Tom Pohlad has repeatedly suggested there is still time to add this offseason. While that may technically be true, the available talent simply isn’t there. Payroll is projected to land just over $100 million, and Pohlad has made it clear he believes that figure should stop being a talking point.
Tom Pohlad to the media on Friday:
— Ted (@tlschwerz) February 1, 2026
“Yes, our payroll is down from last year. I think there are still some investments to be made between now and Opening Day. I’d also say, at some point, I’d love to get off this payroll thing for a second. Let’s judge the success of this year on…
The opportunity to add meaningful impact talent has already passed. Any remaining belief that ownership would suddenly change course likely vanished after the 2023 payroll teardown, despite the franchise achieving postseason success not seen in decades.
If the Twins give general manager Jeremy Zoll the green light to add a reliever for $1–2 million, ownership can claim they weren’t wrong. But it won’t change the outcome. This has still been a dismal offseason, one in which nearly every possible misstep was made.
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