Three key offseason questions facing Twins after free-falling out of playoff picture
MINNEAPOLIS — Six weeks ago, the Minnesota Twins had the American League’s fourth-best record at 70-53, with playoff odds around 90 percent. Instead of spending this weekend scoreboard watching for playoff seeding, debating their October roster decisions and trying to avoid getting sprayed with champagne in the clubhouse, here’s a much earlier than expected look at three big-picture offseason questions facing the Twins. Shortly after last season’s playoff run ended, Twins officials indicated the payroll would drop in 2024, putting in motion the step-by-step dismantling of roster quality and fan morale culminating in this mess 10 months later. Slashing payroll by $30 million directly led to the front office’s low-wattage and largely unsuccessful offseason moves, as well as a trade deadline that provided zero help. There aren’t many methods to shed major payroll, because the Twins have only five players guaranteed more than $5 million in 2025.
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