Minnesota Twins GM Jeremy Zoll didn’t mention the Los Angeles Dodgers by name at the Winter Meetings. He didn’t have to. With a few matter-of-fact comments about “revamping the bullpen” and adding a power bat, he may have quietly yanked one of the more intriguing blockbuster paths right out from under Los Angeles.
Minnesota opened the offseason as a presumed seller, with Byron Buxton, Joe Ryan, and Pablo López all living in rumor columns. Instead, Zoll has now signaled that the Twins plan to keep that core in place and shop in the mid-tier aisle of free agency.