CLEVELAND — There was little time for president of baseball operations Derek Falvey, general manager Jeremy Zoll and company to rest after a stressful, emotional day on Thursday. Following a trade deadline in which they executed nine trades — including seven alone on Thursday — they had a major league roster to rebuild.

That roster scored four runs in the first inning on their way to a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. A group made primarily of players who had already been in the majors — Austin Martin, Ryan Jeffers, Matt Wallner, Royce Lewis and Trevor Larnach — each singled in the first inning to give the Twins a lead they would hold all game.

But who are their new teammates?

Five of the call ups had played for the Twins before this weekend — four of them already this year. The other three hadn’t but only one, Alan Roden, was included in the group of players acquired at the deadline. The rest of the players the Twins traded for have been sent to various minor league affiliates.

José Ureña, a 33-year-old right-handed pitcher, who has now pitched for 10 different major league teams, got the start on Sunday for the Twins in place of Simeon Woods Richardson, who is dealing with a stomach issue. When the veteran took the mound for the Twins, it marked the fourth different team he had pitched for this season. In four innings on Sunday, he allowed two runs, both coming on a José Ramírez two-run home run in the first inning.

The Twins’ other new bullpen additions include Erasmo Ramírez, another veteran who has pitched in parts of 13 different major league seasons and who picked up the save Sunday after Michael Tonkin gave up two ninth-inning runs, and rookies Travis Adams and Pierson Ohl.

Both Adams, the team’s No. 26 prospect per MLB Pipeline, and Ohl have been part of an experiment the Twins have been running in the minor leagues during which select pitchers have been throwing about four innings every four days instead of pitching on a more traditional starter schedule. Both will likely be used in multi-inning outings, perhaps sometimes in piggyback situations. Adams, 25, debuted in early June and Ohl on Tuesday, coming up to start after Chris Paddack was dealt to the Detroit Tigers a day earlier.

On the position-player side, the Twins added Edouard Julien and Martin, two players whom they are very familiar with, as well as Roden and Ryan Fitzgerald.

Julien, a second baseman, began the season in the majors but after a tough start to the year, was sent back to Triple-A, where he was hitting .276/.416/.464 with 11 home runs at the time he was recalled. Martin, who had three singles on Friday and began Sunday’s game by singling and scoring a run, likely would have been up earlier if not for two hamstring injuries earlier in the year. He had primarily been playing the outfield for the Saints this year.

“Every opportunity you have to play at this level is a blessing,” Martin said. “I never want to take it for granted and my mentality is just to go out there and play like it’s my last day every day.”

Fitzgerald, an infielder who was briefly up in May, debuted at age 30 and is still searching for his first-career hit after a lengthy-minor league career.

And Roden the final player added to the roster, is a 25-year-old outfielder who hails from Middleton, Wisconsin, and was part of the return in the trade that sent Louie Varland and Ty France to Toronto. The outfielder was at Triple-A Buffalo at the time of the trade, where he had hit .331 with a .918 OPS this season across 32 games. He had also spent 43 games with the Blue Jays in the majors this year.

“(He’s) a guy that we think is a really, really good bat,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “You have a guy that can play all three outfield positions that you think can really hit from the left side and controls the zone a good bit.”

With two months left in the season, that means there’s plenty of time for the newly-called up bunch to make an impression and try to carve out a role moving forward.

“There is going to be a lot of opportunity for people,” Larnach said. “I think the best thing is to look at the positives and not getting caught up in the change and what’s missing or whatever. Get better, work, put your head down and grind.”

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Regan Smith finished her 2025 World Championships in the same manner she concluded her 2024 Olympic games — with a gold medal. With a world record.

With a bang.

Regan Smith, Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of Team United States celebrate winning gold and setting a new championship record of 3:49.34 in the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final on day 24 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at World Aquatics Championships Arena on Aug. 03, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Smith led off Team USA’s 4×100 meter medley relay by turning in a swim of 57.57 seconds in the backstroke leg, part of the Americans’ gold medal-winning time of 3 minutes, 49.34 seconds. That was a new world record, besting the time set by the U.S. in the last summer’s Olympics by nearly three tenths of a second. It was three seconds better than second-place Australia on Saturday.

Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske joined Smith in the relay in Saturday’s final.

“It feels really good, ending the season this way with Team USA,” Smith told reporters. “We have so much faith and we’re so proud of this medley relay. We always like ending with a bang. And so we love that and we bring our all every single time, and we wanted to deliver tonight, and that’s what we did.”

The result moved Team USA’s gold medal count to nine on the final day of competition, pushing it one clear of the Australians. The Americans finished with 29 medals in total, including 11 silvers. Four of those belong to Smith, who placed second in the 50-meter backstroke, the 100-meter backstroke, the 200-meter backstroke and the 200-meter butterfly.

Smith claimed five medals in total at the World Championships in Singapore, the same tally she reached in Paris the year prior. While individual gold is always the ultimate goal, Smith’s consistent excellence continues to move her up the pantheon of great American swimmers.

For her career, Smith has already logged 23 medals between World Championship and Olympic competitions, eight of which are gold.

The 23 year old continues to be on a good pace for her career, with three years remaining until the Olympic “home game” in Los Angeles.

She’ll be 26 at that point, which is still well within a swimmer’s competitive window. American breastroker Lilly King is retiring at age 29 following these World Championships. American distance freestyler Katie Ledecky is still a dominant force at age 28.

It’s not absurd to think Smith could swim at as many as two more Olympics, with numerous World Championship appearances mixed within that span. At her current rate of success, who knows how many medals Smith could corral by the end of her career.

The count continues.

Somehow, the Lynx just became even more difficult to score against.

The WNBA’s top defense by a wide margin added to its defensive arsenal Sunday, acquiring Dallas wing DiJonai Carrington in a trade that sent wing Diamond Miller, guard Karlie Samuelson and Minnesota’s 2027 second-round draft pick to the Wings.

Carrington was a WNBA All-Defense selection and the League’s Most Improved Player in 2024 while serving as the perimeter defensive ace for a Connecticut team that led the league in defense and pushed Minnesota to five games in the WNBA semifinals.

Carrington was traded to Dallas in February, and the inexperienced, youthful Wings have fallen well out of playoff contention, making Dallas a seller ahead of the trade deadline. Carrington is in the final year of her current deal and will be a free agent this winter.

Whether Carrington signs with Minnesota long term is still to be determined, but in the present, she’s a major boost for the current heavy title favorite.

With the Lynx, Carrington rejoins Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman, with whom she previously shared a backcourt in Connecticut.

Minnesota is the runaway No. 1 seed at the moment, largely thanks to the fact it allows just 95.1 points per 100 possessions — three points better than Seattle, who entered Sunday’s play with the second-best defensive rating.

Clear-cut MVP candidate Napheesa Collier is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year and remains the best in the world on that end. But Carrington gives Minnesota another perimeter stopper who can lighten the burden on that end of the floor for the likes of Kayla McBride and Bridget Carleton.

Carrington gives Minnesota another option now and, more importantly, in the playoffs, to defend star scoring guards such as Atlanta’s Allisha Gray or New York’s Sabrina Ionescu. The Fever feature multiple all-star guards in Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark, and this addition allows the Lynx to put someone like McBride on one of those players and Carrington on the other.

One of the few cracks in Minnesota’s defensive armor this season has occasionally been slowing down back-to-the-basket bigs, but great defensive wing play can be part of that antidote, as well, as perimeter pressure limits the opponent’s ability to effectively enter the ball into the post.

Minnesota selected Miller with the No. 2 overall pick out of Maryland in 2023, but the wing never quite hit her stride with the Lynx, though she did contribute in some key spots off the bench this summer.

The 24-year-old wing could benefit from a fresh start on an up-and-coming Dallas team.

Carrington figures to assume all of Miller and Samuelson’s minutes, but the 27 year old — who averaged nearly 30 minutes a game last year for Connecticut — can also ease the burden on Minnesota’s top five, all of whom are averaging 26 to 32 minutes a game. And there will also be plenty of minutes to redistribute should Collier have to miss any time with the ankle injury she suffered in the second half of Saturday’s blowout win over the Aces.

With the Lynx in such a strong position in the standings, Minnesota should be operating with its playoff prospects in mind over the final month of the regular season.

This team’s goal is to win a title. Sunday’s acquisition seems to move Minnesota one step closer in that pursuit.

MEDIA

Marilyn Carlson Nelson

Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, announced that Dr. Sameer Badlani and Marilyn Carlson Nelson have been elected to its board of trustees. Badlani is executive vice president, chief strategy Officer and chief digital officer for Fairview Health Services; Carlson Nelson is former CEO and chair of Carlson Inc., a Minnetonka-based global travel and hospitality brand.

ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS

Haberman, Minneapolis, announced that Dole Packaged Foods has named it as creative and media strategic lead for the new Dole Whip frozen fruit treat, including creative, paid media, public relations, influencer partnerships and full-funnel strategy.

AIRPORTS

The Metropolitan Airports Commission announced it has selected Alyssa Carlson as assistant director, concessions and business development. Carlson previously was director of strategic planning for global real estate brokerage Engel & Völkers for the Minneapolis market. MAC owns and operates Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and six general aviation airports in the Twin Cities.

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

Barr Engineering Co., Minneapolis, announced plans to relocate its headquarters to One Meridian Crossings, Richfield, in late 2026.

CANNABIS

Lake Leaf Cultivation, a cannabis business owned by Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures, announced the opening of a second dispensary off Interstate 35 near Grand Casino, Hinckley.

ENTERTAINMENT

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, announced the hiring of Ashley Ryan as vice president of marketing and sales. Ryan joins the Ordway after serving as in a similar role at First Avenue Productions, Minneapolis.

LAW

Danny A. Bihrle has been appointed to the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Advisory Council, supporting the mental illness-advisory work of the Minnesota Disability Law Center. Bihrle is an attorney at Fredrikson, Minneapolis, which announced the appointment. … Faegre Drinker, Minneapolis, announced that Cynthia Lee has rejoined the firm’s benefits and executive compensation group as counsel. Lee rejoins from Allianz Life, Golden Valley, where she served as senior counsel of benefits. … Maslon, Minneapolis, announced the addition of counsel Kelley Scrocca to the firm’s Estate Planning Group. … The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Washington, D.C, announced the swearing in of Andrew S. Birrell as president. Birrell is senior partner of Birrell Law Firm, Minneapolis.

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Preceptis Medical, a Golden Valley company specializing in pediatric ENT care, announced the appointment of Dave Carey as chief executive officer. The company is nearing full market release of its flagship Hummingbird Tympanostomy Tube System, enabling in-office ear tube placement for young children without the need for general anesthesia.

NONPROFITS

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud announced it has named Andrew Johannes as chief financial officer. Johannes previously served as president and CEO of C4 Welding in Sauk Rapids.

OPENINGS

Mall of America, Bloomington, announced that Canada-based Asian food chain Mogouyan Hand-Pulled Noodle is opening a location. … Miller Hill Mall, Duluth, announced the upcoming openings of Perfumania, a national fragrance retailer, and Windsor, a fashion destination for women’s apparel.

REAL ESTATE

Grasons, a national franchised estate sale and business liquidation service provider, announced the opening of Grasons of Northeast 7-County Metro. The franchise is owned and operated by Laurie Miller and her husband and business partner Steve Heutmaker.

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