What will the Twins do to address their bullpen this offseason?
Carlos Martinez, a former sports anchor for Fargo's local NPR affiliate, has been reporting on professional sports for over eight years. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Minnesota and is known for his sharp insights into the local professional teams.
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When last offseason began, the Minnesota Twins were looking to rebuild a bullpen that had recently been decimated. Months earlier, the front office had shipped away the team s top five relievers as part of a trade deadline teardown. The Twins headed into the offseason with little in the way of established relievers and followed that by doing little to add to the bullpen. Their biggest free agent signing last winter was a one-year, $2 million reunion with veteran southpaw Taylor Rogers. Predictably, the Twins bullpen was among the worst in the majors early last season as they cycled through a number of arms. Rogers was the only reliever who remained on the active roster all season. But the bullpen improved steadily around him and now, as the Twins enter the offseason, the question is how they will continue to build out that group. In years past, the Twins haven t invested much financially in the bullpen. But the Twins like their position group and seem to have a surfeit