The Twins made the first of what could be several trades ahead of Thursday’s Trade Deadline on Monday, sending veteran right-handed starter Chris Paddack and Minor League right-hander Randy Dobnak to the Tigers for catching prospect Enrique Jimenez.

The day after the Twins trade starting pitcher Chris Paddack and minor league pitcher Randy Dobnak, players in the Twins clubhouse know that more moves could be on the way. “I’m just trying to control what I can control,

The Tigers' desire to add pitching before the trade deadline was heightened by a sudden and quite unexpected injury in the starting rotation.

The Twins are falling out of the playoff race and should be sellers before Thursday's trade deadline. They have multiple pitchers that will be in demand and Griffin Jax is one of them.

The hard-throwing Twins reliever has been at the center of trade deadline rumors and appeared to confirm those suspicions when he was spotted by TV cameras hugging the team’s bullpen catcher, Frank Nigro, at Target Field during Minnesota’s game against the Red Sox.

As the MLB trade deadline approaches, the Minnesota Twins are holding two of the most sought-after bullpen arms on the market: Jhoan Duran and Griffin Jax. With both relievers boasting 2.5 years of team control and plenty of experience in high-leverage roles,

The fourth-place Twins have no time to show that they can make a playoff run before this week's trade deadline.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/twins as Reacting to three 'can't refuse' trade offers for Twins' Joe Ryan.