It had been unclear for most of the season which direction the Minnesota Twins would take at the trade deadline. When Minnesota dropped four straight games (two to the Chicago Cubs and two to the Cleveland Guardians) recently, the team seemed destined to sell. Before Tuesday night's victory, Twins general manager Jeremy Zoll made it clear the Twins will be buyers, not sellers, ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Twins appear set to keep Ryan Jeffers for the rest of the seasonEven if the Twins are positioned as buyers, there are reasons to believe trading star catcher Ryan Jeffers would be a wise decision for the club. “But what I’ll say is on Ryan [Jeffers] specifically, he’s had an awesome year.