The Tigers are first in the AL Central, eight games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians. The Twins, who are now in a rebuild, sit fourth, 12 games back of Detroit and seven games out of a Wild Card spot. Time: 6:40 p.m. ET

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One of their biggest deadline deals was trading away electric closer Jhoan Duran to the Philadelphia Phillies. Duran is a flamethrower, and his aura was all the greater thanks to the electric entrance that the Twins had put together for him when he took the mound.

The Minnesota Twins didn't just trade closer Jhoan Duran to the Philadelphia Phillies. They also traded his electrifying entrance. It was natural to wonder if Duran would bring his entrance—which includes the Undertaker's bell,

Duran thought his electric entrance was too good to leave behind. The Twins agreed. After trading him, they helped the Phillies recreate it.

The Padres were not the Twins. With his team’s playoff odds trending heavily upward in the past week, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller did what he always does: he got aggressive and found ways to get what he needed.

The Minnesota Twins were perhaps the biggest sellers in the MLB at the annual trade deadline. The Twins started slow, trading Chris Paddack and Jhoan Duran prior to Thursday. Then the sale began. Minnesota shipped off eight other players on the final day.

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