I'm not sure I follow your logic. If the Twins offer the QO and he accepts, it's a 1 year, $23M deal. If he declines, he most likely signs a long-term deal elsewhere, and the Twins receive an extra draft pick.
I don't see either option as unacceptable to the Twins, and that was probably part of the math at the deadline. The pick might be more valuable than the offers they were receiving.