Whether it's the Pohlad family, President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey, or General Manager Jeremy Zoll, the blame can be placed on all of them. The Minnesota Twins' front office has claimed that they are taking accountability for all the recent wrongdoings of the club. They want to turn this ship around and see the Twins become a playoff contender once again.
But in order to do that, the Twins need to spend money on talent. They signed veteran first baseman Josh Bell. They added left-handed reliever Taylor Rogers to a struggling bullpen. But is that enough to go on record and say that Minnesota is going to be good in 2026?
As of right now, the answer is no. Gabe Lacques and Bob Nightengale of USA Today handed out grades to every MLB team and how they fared this offseason. The Twins, to the surprise of no one, was handed a D+.
Minnesota Twins given harsh, but deserved grade for poor offseason movement
Settling with Joe Ryan ahead of arbitration was huge. Deciding to not trade him and Pablo Lopez is even bigger. The Twins deserve some credit for blocking out the noise and hanging on to their two best starting pitchers.
The retention of these two arms, plus those two aforementioned acquisitions are a great start for the Twins to succeed in 2026. But that simply cannot all they do before the season begins. Teams on par with the Twins, like the Orioles and the White Sox, both had successful winters to jumpstart a new beginning. Baltimore signed Pete Alonso and Ryan Helsley, while Chicago landed Munetaka Murakami, Anthony Kay, and Seranthony DomÃnguez. Those are some solid, respectable additions for teams that were not good last year.
We are a couple of weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting for Spring Training, which is ideally the time when a team has all of their active roster guys ready to go. Right now, the Twins look like a .500 team on paper at best. This should open the front office's eyes to do more. It's imperative that they do, or they'll be out of playoff contention earlier than we'd like.