Kyle Farmer and Manuel Margot became free agents after the Twins declined their options.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Infielder Kyle Farmer and outfielder Manuel Margot became free agents Friday after the Minnesota Twins declined their 2025 options.

Farmer receives a $250,000 buyout instead of a $6.25 million salary for next year via a mutual option, capping off a one-year contract that guarantees $6.3 million.

Margot’s deal included a $12 million mutual option with a $2 million buyout, half of which is deferred, as part of a two-year, $19 million deal.

Farmer, 34, hit a career-low .214 with five homers and 25 RBIs in 107 games, playing second, shortstop and third plus one game at first and three appearances on the mound. He was sidelined from July 10 to August 9 with a sprained right shoulder.

He has a .250 batting average with 55 homers and 254 RBIs in eight seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017-18), Cincinnati (2019-22) and Minnesota (2023-24), who acquired him in November 2022 as a right-hander. Casey Legumina.

Margot, 30, batted .238 with four homers and 31 RBIs. Tampa Bay traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers last December and then to the Twins in February.

He had a $10 million salary, and as part of this year’s deal, the Dodgers agreed to pay the Twins $6 million.. Because the option was declined, Los Angeles will pay Minnesota an additional $2 million on Dec. 1, 2026, the same day the Dodgers will receive $2 million from Tampa Bay because the option was declined. The Rays already paid Los Angeles $2 million in August.

Margot, a nine-year major league veteran, has a .254 batting average, 56 homers, 314 RBIs and 96 stolen bases for San Diego (2016-19), Rays (2020-23) and Twins.

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