The Twins, who traded 10 players off their big league roster prior to the 2025 Trade Deadline, entered this offseason with three other big-name trade candidates: outfielder Byron Buxton and starting pitchers Joe Ryan and Pablo López.

Team president of baseball and business operations Derek Falvey has said repeatedly that his intention is not to further subtract from the roster but instead add to it. To that end, it does appear that those three key players will be staying in Minnesota.

According to a report on Friday by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, the Twins are planning to hold on to Buxton, Ryan and López and build around them for 2026.

That report falls in line with what MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand was told by sources last month regarding the Twins : They believe they can compete in th

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