3 Right-Handed Bats Minnesota Twins Should Target at MLB Trade Deadline

Twins are top in offense in the AL. A bat is not a priority, an arm is. We've been at the bottom of that category all season.

1 hour ago, bean5302 said:

I think Lewis will continue to make adjustments to improve his results and improve his swing path. Either you can be critical of his low batting average or you can criticize swing adjustments to attempt to produce more line drives which will increase his batting average.

Lewis' body is changing. He's healthy, his leg strength is returning. His speed is returning. This will allow him to make approach and swing changes that can take advantage of it. Since re-joining the team, he's been an above average hitter at the plate, and there's reason to believe there's more in the tank.

I hope you’re right, they really need him. I’d much rather him take an approach like Keaschall. I had seen improvement but there’s been a decided dip recently. I’m a Twins fan, first and foremost, so I want all their players to do well.

2 hours ago, HarmonK03 said:

What has changed in the front office, you still have all the same personnel.  The only change is Falvey is gone.  And Zoll has been a key Falvey confidante for the last 5 years at least.  Why would you expect a change in philosophy now.

I think Falvey was the real problem and ultimately the real GM over Thad Levine and Jeremy Zoll. The whole organization is functioning better since they cleaned house and handed the reigns to Shelton, Zoll, Sizemore, Latroy Hawkins. That is obvious in a thousand ways to me - Shelton far batter manager and culture setter than Baldelli and Zoll much better than Falvey. 

Let’s give Zoll credit for Yoendrys Gómez, Tommy Nance and Jack Anderson. They have helped. Anderson and Nance were huge in a super critical game yesterday. Zoll went and got both.

I’d like to see a SP or two added. If they are buyers and not sellers. That would push Prielipp (necessary to manage his innings limit), and Matthews to the BP. That would make the BP better and fortify the rotation for the stretch run. Hancock would be great and add depth to rotation next year. Otherwise a veteran innings eater to be 5th starter that wouldn’t cost much. If they pay Gausman’s full salary for the rest of the year, that would keep the prospect cost down. Maybe he is a possibility… 

1 minute ago, Greglw3 said:

I think Falvey was the real problem and ultimately the real GM over Thad Levine and Jeremy Zoll. The whole organization is functioning better since they cleaned house and handed the reigns to Shelton, Zoll, Sizemore, Latroy Hawkins. That is obvious in a thousand ways to me - Shelton far batter manager and culture setter than Baldelli and Zoll much better than Falvey. 

Let’s give Zoll credit for Yoendrys Gómez, Tommy Nance and Jack Anderson. They have helped. Anderson and Nance were huge in a super critical game yesterday. Zoll went and got both.

I don't understand your comment.  Falvey was the President of Baseball Operations, Levine was the GM until 24 when Zoll was promoted to GM to replace him.  So Falvey has always had total responsibility.  But Zoll has been very instrumental in the personnel moves since before he was promoted to GM.  This is per Falvey when he promoted Zoll.  

There has been no cleaning house for the baseball operations off field staff.  Falvey has been removed but the same staff is still advising and supporting Zoll.  Shelton fields the lineup based on the players given to him.  How much does he makes suggestions to Zoll, no one knows.  But his focus is on the field not on St. Paul or Wichita.

Zoll has hit on Gomez that was a good pickup but he also has churned thru multiple others that did not.  I like the potential of Anderson but I am not ready to hand him a high leverage role based on two outings.  He is the type I wish they would target more, younger, maybe got caught up a little bit on the options game similar to Gomez.

24 minutes ago, Greglw3 said:

I think Falvey was the real problem and ultimately the real GM over Thad Levine and Jeremy Zoll. The whole organization is functioning better since they cleaned house and handed the reigns to Shelton, Zoll, Sizemore, Latroy Hawkins. That is obvious in a thousand ways to me - Shelton far batter manager and culture setter than Baldelli and Zoll much better than Falvey. 

Let’s give Zoll credit for Yoendrys Gómez, Tommy Nance and Jack Anderson. They have helped. Anderson and Nance were huge in a super critical game yesterday. Zoll went and got both.

Falvey effectively set up the team this year.   Hired Shelton,  was the reason for the trade sell off and theory that you can rebuild a bullpen.  Which is the reason why we have Bradley.   

Zoll is much more of a rubber stamp than Falvey which is part of the reason why Falvey left he wanted more autonomy and realistic expectations than Zoll.  Zoll took the position because it was a step up - but he has done very little in the position.   

As to the bullpen this is entirely Falveys philosophy that you can build a bullpen by rolling through DFA's - its not like they players wouldn't have been available if Falvey was here and we would have avoided them.    If you want to give credit you should give it to Latroy Hawkins.  Its still not a good to great bullpen but its becoming a functional bullpen and still needs some pieces.      

We lead the AL in runs scored, but we need to trade for more offense?  I am not saying adding a possible RH hitter could help in a short series if loaded with lefty starters, but if we are looking to add to the team, adding pitching is where we need to spend. 

What the Twins actually need is a starter (Emerson Hancock) a 7-8 inning BP arm (A.J Minter) and Isidor's Bane (Lord of the Rings ref) or instead on the one ring...A dump truck full of good luck.

Thomas would be a nice add though.

I would rather have Keaschall get those at bats. He would be close in production and the experience valuable for his development. 

4 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

Nearly every player in the organization was brought in by falvey...... And he's the problem? 

It's the owners, and their budget cuts. I don't understand how this is difficult?

Falvey didn't manage the resources given to him well.  He invested nothing in the bullpen this offseason when he had some payroll available to do so.  Yes the payroll cuts two years were poorly executed but how can Milwaukee have the best record in the major leagues with a below average payroll.  Falvey deserves plenty of blame for this poorly constructed roster as well.

4 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

Nearly every player in the organization was brought in by falvey...... And he's the problem? 

It's the owners, and their budget cuts. I don't understand how this is difficult?

Sean Johnson....The Falvey era was a failed era where after 2019, the organization had a losing record and was poorly run. That’s why they cleaned house.

Just sign Kyle Garlick and call it a day.

1 minute ago, Greglw3 said:

Sean Johnson....The Falvey era was a failed era where after 2019, the organization had a losing record and was poorly run. That’s why they cleaned house.

But they didn't clean house off the field.  Only Falvey is gone, his top lieutenant is now in charge with the same staff advising and assisting him that was there for Falvey.  We have some improvements on the field with Shelton but he can still only play who he is given.

This article clearly says why it would be dumb to trade Jeffers who is decent against lefties. Buxton is a great player but has not done very well in the clutch recently from what I have seen. Lee has had a very good season. We lead the league in runs scored despite not knowing how to advance runners from 2nd to 3rd with no outs.

So where is the problem vs lefties? Do we have a minor leaguer or two who can hit in the clutch against lefties? Should we play Larnach more against lefties as he seems to be able to hit them decently?

I have always agreed to get Arraez who can hit anybody. I would not trade for Torres who is older and injury prone. I also wouldn't trade withing the division. Ward seems like a good possibility but I'd trade an outfielder for him as we have too many now.

And I wouldn't worry about the 28% bull. Look at the teams this year alone who have won (even in the World Cup games) at low percentages. 3 straight wins vs the White Sox or Cleveland could boost that to 55+ percent.

I don’t mind if the Twins traded from their glut of outfield prospects to obtain a good controllable bullpen arm or right-handed outfield bat…but that’s about it. They need to be net sellers.

I don’t know if they need ANOTHER right-handed bat as much as they need Buxton, Lewis, Keaschall, and one or two of the switch-hitters to start hitting lefties better…which they should be able to do.

IMO the Twins need to act like the Rays and do some kind of hybrid buy/sell like where we sell off some of the surplus of LH OFers we have and try to buy in on controllable SP/BP arms. 

This is exactly why you keep Jeffers and trade Caratini. Then you dont need to trade for a rental bat. Jeffers is better than all those listed. 

Lewis an above average hitter??? At .218???   Not?   Trade bait!

On 7/24/2026 at 3:37 PM, ashbury said:

The Twins are tied for 5th most runs in the AL in July.  There are cracks in this unstoppable offensive juggernaut and it's not crazy talk to try to shore it up.

Run prevention still is an issue.  They are 9th fewest in the AL in runs given up so far in July.

There is room for improvement in both areas.

Read the whole quote.

I never said there wasn't room from improvement, I said the lineup was not the top priority. SP is up and down, the bullpen has been shambles all year. The focus should be there first.