After the fire sale at the MLB trade deadline, the impression was that the Minnesota Twins were trimming payroll ahead of the Pohlad family selling the team. The potential sale of the Twins has seemingly been in the background of most of their moves over the last year, and that is why Wednesday's announcement from the family comes as a major surprise. The Pohlad family announced that they are remaining the principal owners of the Twins moving forward.
This certainly wasn't the outcome most fans expected, but there is a wrinkle to the Pohlad family remaining the principal owners.