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Draft tandem JD Cameron and Jeremy Nygaard team up for a new podcast to discuss prospects on their way to the big leagues.

No, seriously. Stop laughing. If the Twins don’t have a Pagán replacement in 2024, they will need a philosophy shift.

The offseason is still in its infancy, considering the Twins' inactivity. Knowing the roster will look different next season, the front office aims to find a way to get a similar level of production from a new mix. Much of that could come from a strong season out of their top-paid star.

It feels like, after a stressful (if ultimately inactive) week and a flurry of movement as the Winter Meetings broke up, the league took a breather on Thursday. So much the better. Let's have a casual Friday baseball chat.

A 2006 rule change narrowed an avenue once ripe with opportunity and talent. 

For the Twins to sustain their success in the rotation, they'll need more young starters to step up the way Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober and Louie Varland did in 2023. Which minor-league pitchers in the system have that immediate impact in them?

Following Willi Castro’s pleasantly surprising year and with other options returning to the fold, who should be the Twins’ primary utility man?

MLB’s Winter Meetings officially wrapped up on Wednesday, and there was plenty to discuss in Nashville. What’s next for the Twins, and what other news and notes came out of the Country Music Capital of the World?

He began his 2023 season with the Wichita Wind Surge, but Kody Funderburk’s campaign ended on the first Minnesota Twins team roster to win a playoff game in nearly 20 years. We asked the southpaw to reflect on that journey, with a particular focus on his time in the majors.

Each year on the final day of the Baseball Winter Meetings, the Rule 5 draft is held. The Twins entered the draft with 36 players on their 40-man roster. In theory, they could have selected four players. Instead, they selected none. In the minor-league portion, they added four players without losing anyone. 

Minnesota is cutting back on payroll, making it even more critical for the team's star players to perform at a high level. Can they get Byron Buxton back on track to play center field in 2024?

A slow-moving free agent and trade market continues to be the talk of the Winter Meetings, especially at the top end. That part of the market is most likely not in play for the Twins, who usually avoid diving into that tidal wave, and would rather see what washes ashore in the aftermath, so they, too, can only wait and watch. Here’s your Twins Daily dose of information.