As the Minnesota Twins continue the 2026 offseason, the front office faces the elephant in the room: the urgent need to rebuild a competitive bullpen while operating under significant payroll constraints.
After a ho-hum start to offseason acquisitions, the bullpen still has to be addressed. Following the 2025 trade deadline, which saw the departure of core high-leverage arms, the bullpen currently resembles more of a blank slate than a solidified depth chart. On the free agent front, Derek Falvey is likely to revert to their Twins value mining strategy, targeting high upside veterans on short-term prove-it or bounce-back deals with versatile arms and specific analytical traits.