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The Twins agreed to contracts with three of their arbitration-eligible players and offered the other eight contracts Friday at the Major League Baseball non-tender deadline. Relief pitchers Brock Stewart, Michael Tonkin and Justin Topa settled on one-year deals. Stewart made $800,000 last season, Tonkin $1.
87 million and Topa $1.74 million. Jon Heyman of the MLB Network reported Tonkin will take a cut to $1 million for 2025.
The other Twins who were tendered and are eligible for arbitration, with their salaries last season , are third baseman Royce Lewis ($1.925 million); utility player Willi Castro, the team’s MVP ($6.8 million); starting pitcher Bailey Ober ($3.
7 million); catcher Ryan Jeffers ($6.1 million); reliever Griffin Jax ($2.81 million); starter Joe Ryan ($3.
65 million); outfielder Trevor Larnach ($2.1 million); and closer Jhoan Duran ($1.77 million).
The Twins have 37 players on their major league roster, three under the maximum, heading into the Baseball Winter Meetings in December..
