For the past couple of seasons, the Minnesota Twins have been on the lookout for a true ace. While Jose Berrios has been shoehorned into the role the past couple of seasons, reality set in as the team barrelled its way back into serious contention last year and the Twins pitching staff fell apart prior to being swept by the New York Yankees.
While many are fixated on the Twins’ ability to spend like crazy this offseason, the option of trading to fill one of their four holes in the starting rotation remains in play. The benefit to this is that if the Twins can find a pitcher that is at a modest salary, they could turn around and use that money to go harder after higher caliber free agents such as Zack Wheeler or even Gerrit Cole or Stephen Strasburg.