Minnesota Twins May Look to Strike a Blockbuster MLB Trade for…
As has been well documented this far into the 2024 season, the Minnesota Twins offense has been all over the performance spectrum. As school closes for summer, we hit prime trade deadline speculation territory. To consider trade options well, let’s first look at where the Twins may need upgrades before making a stretch run to October and whether there are any in-house options.
Today, we will start by looking at the outfield mix and any improvements that could be made. Later, we will do the same with the Twins’ infield mix.
Last season, Michael A. Taylor filled a vital role for the Twins as Byron Buxton could not roam center field. Going into the 2024 season, there was always hope that Buxton would return to being the primary center fielder, and thankfully, outside of a quick IL trip, that has been the case.
Injuries and Buxton are always a possibility, and the Twins front office recognizes that. Instead of re-signing Taylor, Manuel Margot was acquired to fill that role. While I, for one, was originally excited about this as a plan B, it has been pretty ugly thus far.
Margot was competing for the worst team fWAR at -0.3 and was tied with fellow veteran Christian Vazquez for that title until this weekend when Margot got “better,” and Vazquez dropped further into the negatives. That fWAR has been accumulated by the veteran outfielder in 52 games, where he has slashed .209/.279/.264. As one can imagine, it only gets worse the further we dig into the numbers, such as a .542 OPS, a 58 OPS+, and a 61 wRC+.
