Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s stint in Minnesota was a short one.
Less than 36 hours after being dealt by the Texas Rangers to the Minnesota Twins, along with Ronny Henriquez, in exchange for catcher Mitch Garver, Kiner-Falefa is reportedly being flipped by the Twins, along with third baseman Josh Donaldson and catcher Ben Rortvedt, to the New York Yankees for catcher Gary Sanchez and third baseman Gio Urshela.
So the net result is that the Twins traded their cheap power hitting catcher with two years of team control remaining and their veteran third baseman who was owed $50 million over the next two years for a more expensive catcher with one year of team control (who hasn’t been good the last couple of years) and an inexpensive third baseman with two years of team control remaining.