Twins trade selloff begins
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Jeff Passan of ESPN reports there was an additional piece in the deal. Full trade, per ESPN sources: Detroit receives: RHP Chris Paddack and RHP Randy Dobnak Minnesota receives: C/1B Enrique Jimenez Dobnak is under team control through 2027.
The fourth-place Twins have no time to show that they can make a playoff run before this week's trade deadline.
In what appears to be the first move of a Twins selloff, two pitchers have been traded to the Tigers for a 19-year-old prospect.
Paddack has been fully healthy after suffering elbow inflammation in 2024. He is one of several Twins expected to be moved this week.
The Minnesota Twins are set to be sellers at the trade deadline and the Houston Astros are interested in Willi Castro.
Of those, there is Sunday steam in the rumor mill regarding six of them: Duran, Jax, Coulombe, Ryan, Bader and Castro.
Nearly everything points to the Twins being sellers at the trade deadline, but will they stop at dealing impending free agents?