It's too bad, I was hopeful for both, but I'm not regretful about pulling the plug early as this team often pulls it too late. (Except for Joe Benson. DFA'd??? noooooooooo!)
Seemed like Winder had good velocity but his pitches didn't move enough. Major leaguers teed off on him, and even while racking up strikeouts in the minors, the pitches the batters didn't miss, got spanked.
As for Severino, I think he was a casualty of a culture change. At the end of the 2023 season it was clear the Twins needed to move away from the three true outcome players. As Ash said, he could pull a Brent Rooker, though even Rooker was kept around long enough to get included in a trade. Have to think other teams didn't value Severino too much or the Twins wouldn't have let him walk for nothing.