Finnegan is off the market, signing a two-year, $19 million contract with the Detroit Tigers.

Kahnle and/or Weaver would still be welcome additions to Minnesota’s bullpen, presumably stepping in as the club’s primary closer.

However, if the Twins are unable to sign them, the club could potentially lean on an in-house option as their changeup relief specialist in Pierson Ohl.

Making his major league debut late last July, Ohl primarily operated in a hybrid stretch relief role, pitching in four-inning spurts.

The 26-year-old struggled in his inaugural campaign, generating a 5.10 ERA and 4.75 FIP over 30 innings pitched.

However, the young righty improved upon transitioning into a short relief role in mid-September, manufacturing a 3.86 ERA, 2.81 FIP, and 11-to-2 strikeout to walk ratio over his final 9 1/3 innings pitched.

Ohl could continue inhabiting that role with intentions of entrenching himself as part of Minnesota’s long-term bullpen plans.

However, he will need to compete with fellow inexperienced arms in Travis Adams, Connor Prielipp, Marco Raya, John Klein, and others for one of the final spots in the eight-pitcher unit.

Interestingly, Ohl could have the inside track on the aforementioned quartet (besides maybe Prielipp) due to his possessing what might be the best pitch in Minnesota’s bullpen.

Thrown 205 times last season, Ohl’s changeup generated the second-highest Pitching+ (a metric that uses the physical characteristics, location, and count of each pitch to try to judge the overall quality of the pitcher’s process) rating of all Twins reliever pitches post-trade deadline, achieving a 129 (100 is average).

The only pitch that netted better results than Ohl’s changeup was Justin Topa’s sinker, which manufactured a 131 Pitching+. Ohl’s changeup had better physical characteristics than Topa’s sinker.

However, Topa was able to locate his sinker better than Ohl did his changeup, resulting in a slightly better score.

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•  Ohl’s changeup and Topa’s sinker are neck-and-neck in overall pitch quality. However, with Ohl expected to transition into a one-inning role next season, he should be able to refine his pitches further, adding more velocity and movement.
• If Ohl takes that step, his changeup could become the highest-graded pitch in Minnesota’s bullpen, potentially resulting in him progressing from throwing the pitch 38% of the time last season to over half of the time in 2026.

Ohl, Prielipp, and Raya form an exciting trio of young arms who could blossom into high-leverage relievers early next season.

Prielipp’s slider and/or changeup and Raya’s curve could challenge Ohl’s changeup and Topa’s sinker for being the best pitch in Minnesota’s bullpen next season.

For now, though, Ohl’s changeup is arguably the most enticing pitch of Twins relievers with major league experience.

If the young right-hander can fortify his secondary pitches this offseason (four-seamer, cutter, and knuckle curve), he could be the recipient of save opportunities early next spring.