About two weeks ago, the Minnesota Twins had already started their fire sales when they appeared starting pitcher Chris Paddack to the Tigers and poet Jhoan Duran to the Phillies, while the MLB -trading deadline quickly approached on 31 July. They were expected to be one of the sellers when they fell from a cliff and continued to fall after a hot month of May who saw them back in the late season with a 13-game extraction streak.
That time of the season is now considerably far away, where at least once the twins had cooled, had a plan to send players with expiring contracts. There were a few expected players who had put the team in the trade block: utility player Willi Castro, outfielder Harrison Bader, first Honkman Ty France and some relievers to name just a few. They had constantly had contact with various teams, including the Houston Astros, who had been interested in acquiring Castro, given their inflow of injuries.
One of the more interesting rumors that had started in the last week was, however, a potential trade in Carlos Correa that would send him back to Houston. It was one of which many reporters said it was real, but never had a momentum, because there was some interest, but the twins that did not cry until Brian McTaggart broke the news and reported that Correa would abandon his no-trade clause and indeed return to the team that had first arranged him in the MLB 2012.
It was a shocking trade that would be one of the best headliners throughout the entire trade theadline.
Analysis of the Carlos Correa trade in the midst of the news of the Pohlad Family family retains the majority of the twins
When it was all said and done, the twins eventually exchanged 10 Major League players in the deadline, so that the schedule and money books were completely reformed. But the obvious largest player who was taken away was Correa. So what led to Minnesota left with Correa for the second time?
The simple answer: they wanted some lighting on the payroll. Correa had returned to Minnesota after he had canceled with a six-year contract/$ 200 million that through 2028 goes with the potential to reach 2033 with fortress and club options. At the end of all this, Correa owed about a remaining $ 104 million.
In exchange for Correa and even sending the Astros $ 33 million to help cover part of his contract, the twin left-handed reliever Mike Mikulski, a 26-year-old who had signed the Astros for a Minor League contract in mid-May, where he had previously thrown in the Florida complex League.
Most thought that the twins Correa and nine other large living League Leaguers only give up, so that the Pohlads, the current family who owns the twins, would have some monetary exemption, so that they could eventually start with the process of transition to a new owned after decades of mediaocrity and small investments after the playroll.
The Pohlads initially started exploring the idea to sell the team in October 2024 After the collapse of the twins in the late season. But now, after 10 months and a lot of expectation, executive chairman Joe Pohlad, on behalf of the Pohlad family, published a statement on 13 August that stated that the twins would no longer be sold, but rather they would add two minority owners to the mix.
Although the players and management were certainly happy that the current property group would remain, this left a rather unpleasant taste in the mouth of fans.
All these transactions were done with the expectation that the ownership would start a process of obtaining a new primary property group, because the twins are currently dealing with a considerably large debt of $ 425 million. But now, what is the use if the current property, which has not voluntarily invested in the team, the team is not going to sell After almost a year to start with?
Together with the new minority owners who soon came into play, it was also reported that they would get considerable capital that would help to pay the big debt. So there is good news there.
At the end of the day, Carlos Correa is no longer a Minnesota Twin. During the short twin tint of Correa that lasted from 2022 to 2025, in 450 games, he cut a .271/.345/.440 and had an OPS of .784, with a WRC+ of 121 and an All-Star appearance in 2024. .704 before it was shipped.
However, once he returned to Houston, he apparently started beating again. In this short two -week sample, Correa .364/.429/.545 with a Ops of .974, with 16 hits, two home runs and seven RBI.
In the meantime, Mikulski has been published in three games so far in High-a Cedar Rapids. In 2 2/3 innings he threw up with an ERA of 10.13, along with a whip of 3.75 and one registered loss.
It can be said that this trade was pretty decent and was logical for both franchises. For the twins they have dropped a huge salary that would offer a number of required financial aid and to open the short stop position somewhat for one of the many ShortStop forecasts that they have in their farm system.
As far as Houston is concerned, they finally reunited with an old favorite of fans with the hope of completely cementing the dynasty with another World Series title with the player who initially helped start the rebuilding of more than ten years ago, while offering lighting in the short term due to injuries. They can certainly worry about schedule management later when Issac Paredes will return next year.
Houston will eventually be seen as the winner, which makes sense. But there are many positive points for Twins fans to look forward to in the future, maybe, maybe. But for now it is time to learn to stop worrying and to love the bomb that in their eyes unfolds.
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