The Twins’ fire sale was so ruthless that 27-year-old reliever Louie Varland, the hometown kid who absolutely loved being a Twin, making only $8,150 more than the minimum salary, and wasn’t even eligible for salary arbitration for two more years, was dumped and sent to the Toronto Blue Jays with first baseman Ty France.

The 2025 MLB trade deadline finally arrived Thursday, and it didn't disappoint — at least not in terms of the sheer quantity of trades. From 4 p.m. ET to a little after the deadline at 6 p.m. ET, MLB teams executed 24 different trades,