The Minnesota Twins are standing at a complete crossroads right now. And it’s not just about baseball anymore. With the apparent threat of a 2027 MLB lockout casting a shadow of doubt over the sport, the team’s plan for its star pitcher Joe Ryan has suddenly become much more complicated.

Ryan, who is set to hit free agency after 2027, was expected to be the key piece of the Twins’ future, or at the very least a hot commodity at the 2026 trade deadline if things went south. But as ESPN’s Buster Olney has reported, the league’s labor tension issue might speed things up in a rather unexpected way.

Olney explained it bluntly, “However, with many executives believing that at least some of the ’27 season is in jeopardy because of the labor strife, placing an appropriate trade valuation on Rya

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