MINNEAPOLIS -- While improving the rotation is a top priority for the Twins this offseason, the bullpen could use reinforcements as well, especially with closer Glen Perkins still rehabbing his surgically repaired shoulder.
Minnesota relievers combined to post a 4.60 ERA that ranked as the fifth-worst mark in the Majors last year, but they did show improvement in generating strikeouts, ranking 15th in strikeouts per nine innings after finishing last in that statistic in 2015. And they did it all mostly without Perkins, a three-time All-Star who made two relief appearances in April before eventually undergoing season-ending surgery on his left labrum in June.