It was supposed to be a happier Christmas for the Minnesota Twins as they seemed poised to do plenty of holiday shopping this winter. In a world where free agents were not pursued at a rapid rate in years past, it seemed as if the Twins would have no problem adding a free-agent pitcher or two to help a rotation that started strong but fell off a cliff in 2019.
Fast forward two months and the Twins have reportedly been linked to many free-agent pitchers including Zack Wheeler, Madison Bumgarner and Hyun-Jin Ryu, but couldn’t get any of them to sign on the line to come to Minnesota.