I would think the plan is to trade Gibson in July. Unless… he's been sucking it up. Or… the rest of the team hasn't been (and Kyle's been good), then they try to acquire some help to make a half-hearted run at the Division. They won't want to pay Gibson any real money unless the team is ready to win in 2020, so expect a trade, probably. Too many things have to go right for the Twins to compete in 2019. Still… you never know. If enough of the core players do well early in 2019, and if the AL Central is up for grabs, then the Twins try to make something happen. If too few of the core players are successful, then the Twins trade off who they can (good and bad players alike) to build up the "next" core (for 2021–2022).