The Minnesota Twins needed to upgrade their bullpen heading into the MLB trade deadline and there were several factors that needed to be determined to make a deal. If the Twins wanted, they had the depth in their farm system to go get a premier arm such as Will Smith or even Ken Giles, but doing so would shorten their long-term window.
Instead, the Twins decided to take the backroads and obtain a pair of solid relievers that didn’t take as much to obtain. With Sergio Romo acquired days before the trade deadline, the Twins struck an eleventh-hour deal with the San Francisco Giants to acquire Sam Dyson and the bullpen was supposed to be fixed.