Here's the latest around the league from Tuesday.

Minnesota Twins sign Byung-ho Park to a four-year, $12 million deal. 
The Korean third baseman's contract includes an option for the 2020 season worth $6.5 million with a $500,000 buyout. Park and the Twins had a 30-day negotiation window for a contract after they won the bidding for him last month. Park is a slugging third baseman out of a hitter-friendly KBO. Even by KBO standards, he still posted eye-popping numbers, hitting a combined 105 home runs over the last two seasons. 

Baltimore Orioles acquire Mark Trumbo and another player from the Seattle Mariners for Steve Clevenger
This deal is not quite completed yet, but according to Bob Dutton of The Tacoma News Tribune, the Orioles will be receiving Trumbo, who has moved around quite a bit over the last few seasons. The Mariners have increasingly wanted to deal Trumbo over the past few days, due to the fact that he will be owed a large sum in arbitration this offseason that they apparently are not willing to pay. According to MLB Trade Rumors' predictions, Trumbo will make around $9.1 million this offseason. 

The Orioles see a potential replacement for Chris Davis in Trumbo, who has plenty of power, but has horrid defense. The almost-30-year-old has averaged 31 home runs per 162 games played, but has on-base percentage issues. Last season, he hit .262/.310/.449 with 22 homers and 64 RBIs between the Diamondbacks and Mariners.

​--Devan Fink

The Minnesota Twins have won the exclusive negotiating rights with Korean first baseman Byung-ho Park, Daniel Kim from KBSn in South Korea first reported Monday.

If the two sides get a deal done, The Twins will pay a $12.85 million posting fee to the Nexen Heroes, Park's team in Korea. 

The Twins and Park's representatives at Octagon have 30 days to sign a Major or Minor League contract for him to head to the United States. 

Park's sweepstakes were that of a commodity. Slowly, but surely, each team was eliminated from the Park bidding, leaving about four teams, the Brewers, Cubs, Reds, and Twins. The Rockies, Cardinals, and Pirates were considered early favorites sign Park, but they obviously did not bid enough or perhaps at all. 

The Twins are an interesting fit for Park, as they hid in the weeds in the weeks lining up to sign him. They already have two capable first baseman Joe Mauer and Miguel Sano. However, the team is considering moving the latter to the outfield, while splitting Mauer and Park at first base and designated hitter. 

Another possibility for the Twins is trading third baseman Trevor Plouffe, moving Sano there, and slotting either Mauer or Park in at first base, with the other becoming the designated hitter. 

It appears as if Minnesota prefers the first scenario, but the second may come into play if the decide that, defensively, Sano isn't worth sticking out in the outfield.

Park's posting fee is significantly larger than the last top Korean prospect to come over to the United States, Jung-ho Kang. Kang had such a successful season with the Pirates on just a $5 million posting fee that the other teams took notice and had to respond, but for more money, obviously. 

In Korea, Park's power was his main asset. Last season, the 29-year-old Park hit .343/.436/.714 with 53 home runs and 146 RBIs in 622 plate appearances with Nexen in a well-documented, hitter-friendly Korean Baseball Organization.

--Devan Fink

Torii Hunter has hung up the cleats. 

"I've been married to the game 23 years," Hunter told LaVelle E. Neal of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “I put it almost No. 1 in my life. My family kind of second. I made sacrifices for my family. And now it is time to give them more time."

The 40-year-old Hunter makes his decision following 19 successful big league seasons. He was voted to five All-Star Games, won nine Gold Glove awards, and finished in the MVP voting four times. 

Hunter, who established himself as a big league regular back in 1999, was a main cog in the Twins lineup for a good part of the early-2000s. He appeared in 1,227 games for Minnesota from 1999 to 2007. During that stretch, he hit .271/.324/.469 with 192 home runs and 709 runs batted in over 4,875 plate appearances. 

He took a seven-year hiatus from the twin-cities, heading to the Angels for five seasons, then the Tigers for two. But Hunter finished his career back where he started it, signing a one-year, $10.5 million deal with the Twins this offseason to head back home. 

Hunter was the Twins' first round pick (20th overall) in the 1993 MLB Draft. According to Baseball-Reference WAR, Hunter (50.0 bWAR) was the second-most valuable player selected in that round, behind Alex Rodriguez (118.8)

For his career, Hunter finishes as a .277/.331/.461 hitter, hitting 353 home runs and driving in 1,391, while recording 2,452 hits. 

I wish Hunter the best in retirement and good luck as he takes the next step in life. 

--Devan Fink

The Minnesota Twins acquired left-hander Neal Cotts from the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. In return, Milwaukee will receive a player to be named later or cash. 

Cotts was reportedly claimed off of waivers by an unknown team earlier this morning, so therefore that team must have been the Twins. He was claimed due to a relatively low salary ($3 million full season) and was traded because he is a free agent at the end of the year. 

The Twins had been in the market for relief pitching at the trade deadline, with their group of relievers greatly underperforming to a 4.33 xFIP this year (last in MLB). 

On the season, the 35-year-old Cotts is 1-0 with a 3.28 ERA (4.75 FIP) in 49 1/3 innings, posting 8.8 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 ratios. Overall, he has a 48 to 17 strikeout-to-walkratio. 

--Devan Fink

The Minnesota Twins are monitoring the trade market for catchers, reports Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. 

As Berardino noted, the Twins are looking at the likes of A.J. Pierzynski, Jonathan Lucroy, Derek Norris, and Alex Avila for both "short- and long-term" options behind the plate. 

The Twins' starting catcher, Kurt Suzuki, has been above-average defensively, but his offense is where the Twins are looking for an upgrade. Suzuki is hitting just .227/.283/.303 with a 59 wRC+. 

While in contention, the team is looking for a way to get upgrades, and an offensive catcher would be the place to do so. 

Pierzynski could be the likeliest of the options for the Twins, as the Braves are committed to selling, with the Braves already reportedly wanting to sell him off. 

Pierzynski is batting .280/.316/.432 with a 105 wRC+, suggesting that he is 43 percent better than Suzuki at creating runs. 

The Twins are 50-42 and are behind the Royals in the AL Central. They are currently in position to be the second Wild Card if the season ended today. 

--Devan Fink