Despite seemingly having a full rotation, the Twins aren’t ruling out signing a starter this winter.

As Twins GM Jeremy Zoll put it, “It’s something that we need to be open-minded to, knowing that it feels like an area of surplus but also want to be mindful of not eating into that too much since we know we’re going to need real depth to attack the season.” Assuming that Pablo López is ready to go after elbow surgery, the Twins would likely open up with a rotation of he, Joe Ryan, Taj Bradley, Dean Kremer and Bailey Ober, with Connor Prielipp, Mick Abel and Zebby Matthews in reserve. If they add a starter, that might push Kremer or Ober to the pen for a spell and perhaps lead to the team seeing what potential Prielipp or Matthews might have in short relief.