The Minnesota Twins were a perennial playoff contender from roughly 2001 to 2010. After that, they fell on some hard times, but then surprised in 2017 by making it to the Wild Card Game and then won 101 games in 2019. They had a great 2020 in the short season but followed that up with a disappointing last place finish last year. Their restructuring of the entire roster started last year when they dealt Jose Berrios and Nelson Cruz, among others. But it was kicked into high gear as soon a the lockout ended. Here’s what they did:
3/12: Traded Mitch Garver to the Rangers for Isaiah Kiner-Falefa and Ronny Henriquez
3/13: Traded Josh Donaldson, Kiner-Falefa and Ben Rortvedt to the Yankees for Gary Sanchez and Gio Urshela
3/13: Traded Chase Petty to the Reds for Sonny Gray and Francis Peguero
3/20: Signed Joe Smith
3/21: Claimed Jhon Romero off waivers
3/22: Signed Carlos Correa
3/28: Signed Chris Archer
4/7: Traded Taylor Rogers, Brent Rooker and Cash to the Padres for Chris Paddack, Emilio Pagan and a PTBNL
Those are the big moves they made.