I haven't said much but I was disappointed with the trade deadline outcome. The bold and positively aggressive moves would have been to trade the over-performing Larnach and Jeffers, trade Joe Ryan before his predictable second-half struggles and acquire 2 major league starting pitchers. I think Zoll has done a pretty good job elevating the bullpen; now if they can stop Hoffman from trying to use his fastball as an out pitch.
I don't think trading these guys would signal a surrender for 2026. With the young talent available to bring up along with the players acquired at the deadline, a push for the playoffs this year would still be a goal and a better use of expiring talent would have been achieved. Maybe they attempted these moves and didn't like the returns available but if we miss out making the post season I think it will have been a big miss for the Twins moving forward.