Infielder Kyle Farmer and outfielder Manuel Margot became free agents on Friday after their 2025 options were declined by the Minnesota Twins.
Farmer will get a $250,000 buyout instead of next year’s $6.25 million salary under a mutual option, completing a one-year contract that guaranteed $6.3 million.
Margot’s deal included a $12 million mutual option with a $2 million buyout, half of which is deferred, part of a two-year, $19 million deal.
Farmer, 34, hit a career-low .214 with five home runs and 25 RBIs in 107 games while playing second, shortstop and third plus one game in the first and three appearances on the mound. He was sidelined between July 10 and August 9 due to a strained right shoulder.
He has a .250 average with 55 home runs and 254 RBIs in eight seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017-18), Cincinnati (2019-22) and Minnesota (2023-24), who acquired him in November 2022 as right-hander Casey Legumina.
Margot, 30, hit .238 with four home runs and 31 RBIs. He was traded by Tampa Bay to the Los Angeles Dodgers last December and then to the Twins in February.
He had a salary of $10 million, and as part of this year’s trade, the Dodgers agreed to pay the Twins $6 million. Because the option was rejected, Los Angeles will pay Minnesota another $2 million on December 1, 2026 – the same day the Dodgers receive $2 million from Tampa Bay because the option was rejected. The Rays paid LA $2 million in August.
Margot has been in the big league for nine years and has a .254 average with 56 home runs, 314 RBIs and 96 stolen bases for San Diego (2016-19), the Rays (2020-23) and the Twins.
Thursday, old Twins outfielder Max Kepler Elected to free agency after ten seasons in Minnesota. First baseman Carlos Santana, relief pitcher Caleb Thielbar and starting pitcher Anthony DeScalfani also opted for free agency.
