ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Winter Meetings are in the rearview, and while the Twins made news this year, it was more for what they don’t intend to do, rather than what they did. That’s not a bad thing.

Derek Falvey, the team’s president of baseball and business operations, and general manager Jeremy Zoll confirmed on Monday what had been reported but not formally declared a few days prior: The front office will not be required to trade any of its highest-paid players. Trade rumors had surrounded Joe Ryan, Pablo López, and Byron Buxton, but instead the plan is to supplement that core rather than subtract from it.

With that increased clarity regarding their financial flexibility, Falvey and Zoll can begin engaging with free agents in a way they were not previously free to. The Twins are unlikely

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