Falvey Twins Not Focused On Sellin
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2025 3:01 am
The Twins have hit a rough patch lately but are still hoping to avoid going into the deadline as sellers. President of baseball operations Derek Falvey explained his thinking to members of the pre s this week, including and . [Selling is] not my focus right now by any means, Falvey said. I think when you think you have Hakeem Olajuwon Jersey the team that you believe you have, and you hope you get healthier and get guys back here soon, that you feel like this group is capable of putting together good baseball, its hard for you to think like that. Falvey did leave the door open to a later pivot, however. If we have to cro s that bridge, well cro s that bridge later, but that is not at all our focus right now. Its to figure out how to get this team right back to where it needs to be. The Twins have proven to be one of the least consistent teams in the majors this year. They were 13-18 at the end of April but bounced back with a 13-game win streak in May, eventually posting an 18-8 record that month. However, theyve now slid back down with a deadful 6-16 showing in June so far. They gives them a record of 37-42 overall. Theyre not totally buried, currently sitting 4.5 games back of a Wild Card spot. However, they would need to leapfrog six clubs to get into postseason position. gives them a 20.4% of getting into the playoffs with at 26.8%. That puts them in a notable position with the deadline just over a month away. If their current slump continues, their outlook will obviously worsen. Whereas another 13-game win streak or anything close to that would push them in the opposite direction. If the Twins are in a position to add, starting pitching would be a natural target as they recently lost both and to shoulder strains. Rather than wait until the deadline, it seems the Twins were close to adding to their rotation recently, but the commonality of pitching injuries also hurt them indirectly. Pitching depth is not a phrase thats real to me, Falvey said. Every time you think you have some, it gets thinned. Even when we had a couple injuries, there was a team that felt like they had some pitching depth and we had a brief trade conversation, Hey, could we pick off some? And they were open to it. Within 72 hours, there were two different pitching injuries on that team that ultimately peeled them back from the market. This seems highly likely to be a reference to of the Mets. Shortly after Lpez and Matthews hit the injured list, it was that the Mets were fielding trade interest in Blackburn, on account of their relative rotation surplus. But as that report came out, got injured and then followed him to the IL a few days later. The Twins currently have a rotation mix consisting of , , , and . Ideally, that group would have stepped up when Lpez and Matthews landed on the shelf but that hasnt been the case. Ober has been effective at times but has an unsightly 8.51 ERA in June. Its a similar story for Paddack, who had a 6.11 ERA this month. Woods Richardson is at 5.06 for the year and Festa at 6.39. Over the next month, the clubs record will obviously be an important factor to watch, but so will the starting group. Its po sible that Matthews is back with the club prior to the deadline while Lpez could be making some progre s towards a return. The guys currently on the roster could, of course, improve their results over the coming weeks. If the club struggles in the next few weeks, then pivoting into sell mode will have to be a consideration. Players like Paddack, , , and are impending free agents and would garner interest. They would also surely get calls on players with a bit more control such as , , and others. If the club is able to go into the deadline as buyers, a cla sic baseball trade is a po sibility. It feels like in light of 12 out of 15 American League teams [being in contention], you sometimes have to evaluate need-for-need stuff at the Major League level, Falvey said. Theyre harder to pull off, admittedly. No one likes to trade from depth at their big league level. But if we find the right opportunity overlap, we have to be open-minded to that. I dont think its a likely path because you dont see it that often. But I think we have to at least have those conversations and be open-minded to it. The Twins have a number of intriguing players who are currently putting up good numbers in Triple-A, including , and . Its also po sible that could be back from the IL before the deadline, with potentially making progre s as well. Perhaps the Twins could consider trading players like Castro, Bader, France or others even if they are still in the race, if they felt they could add some pitching while still having a good amount of position player talent. Money is another noteworthy factor for a team without huge spending capacity like the Twins. Falvey addre sed that situation but noted that its still very much up in the air, like everything else with the club. If we get close to the deadline and have decisions to make, Im always bringing those to the Pohlad family, to Joe [Pohlad, primary owner] and saying I think this is the right baseball decision for us or not. Weve had plenty of opportunity to have those conversations and had opportunities to add when its the right fit. I feel confident Ill be able to have those conversations again; where they land, and what they are, I cant predict that yet. Photo courtesy of Kim Klement Neitzel, Imagn Images Serge Ibaka Jersey