In a final, head-spinning fling, the Minnesota Twins finished off one of baseball history’s most unrepentant and unblinking fire sales by trading both Louis Varland and Ty France to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Varland was, for as much as 20 or 30 seconds, the apparent closer-in-waiting, after trades sent Jhoan Duran, Brock Stewart, Danny Coulombe and Griffin Jax to various corners of the MLB world over the final 24 hours before Thursday’s trade deadline. France, signed to play first base and a hero of some early wins when the team got hot in May, got so cold by July that the team figured he’d be more comfortable in Canada.
More to come.