Twins value depth signings Bader and Coulombe despite offseason holding pattern for payroll
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Twins value depth signings Bader and Coulombe despite offseason holding pattern for payroll

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins collapsed down the stretch last season, a lack of productive replacements for several key injured players serving as one of the culprits. The Twins finalized one-year contracts on Friday with outfielder Harrison Bader and reliever Danny Coulombe to strengthen two key position groups. “When we’ve come up a little bit short or not played the way we wanted to, it’s felt like our depth got tested in a way that we couldn’t quite fill the holes the way we needed to,” president Derek Falvey said during a video news conference. No one ever has a full line change worth of players, where you still feel like you could compete at the highest possible level, but I do think that we feel like now we have a lot of working parts on our roster that, if something happens somewhere, you can kind of plug in different directions.” Falvey confirmed executive chairman Joe Pohlad approved the additional spending. “Now we’ve clicked off some of those needs.” The 30-year-old Bader, whose deal includes a mutual option for 2026, started 108 games in center field for the New York Mets last season.

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