Twins Exercise 2024 Club Options on Max Kepler and Jorge Polanco

Kepler to earn $10 million and Polanco $10.5 million for their upcoming season with the Twins, club also holds another option on Polanco for 2025 at $12.5 million.

The Minnesota Twins have exercised their 2024 club options on outfielder Max Kepler and infielder Jorge Polanco, their two longest-tenured players.
Kepler, the regular right fielder, will make $10 million and Polanco, who shifts between second base and third base, will make $10.5 million next season.
In the 2023 season, Kepler batted .260 with a .816 OPS and a team-high 24 home runs in 130 games, while Polanco, returning from a knee injury, hit .255 with 14 home runs and a .789 OPS in 80 games.
Despite there being some trade interest in the two players due to the Twins' relative depth in the outfield corners and at second base, these contracts are considered market bargains for Minnesota considering the duo's performance in the 2023 season.
The Twins have another club option on Polanco at $12.5 million for the 2025 season. The Twins originally signed both Kepler and Polanco as 16-year-old international free agents in 2009; Kepler from Germany and Polanco from the Dominican Republic.