Winder underwent Tommy John surgery a couple weeks ago and will miss the entire season. The 28-year-old righty was in Diamondbacks camp this spring as a non-roster invitee.

Winder will miss all of the 2025 season and could miss time to begin 2026. The 28-year-old was re-signed by Arizona to a minor league contract at the end of January, and he’ll likely be looking at a similar pact with whatever team signs him next winter.

Winder was a highly touted pitching prospect with the Twins a couple years ago, but struggled with injuries last season, which limited him to just four relief appearances. The 28-year-old holds a serviceable 4.39 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 85/33 K/BB ratio across 110 2/3 innings (38 appearances, 11 starts) since 2022. He’ll augment Arizona’s relief mix and should factor into their low-leverage mix at some point this upcoming season.

It’s some procedural routine housekeeping for the Twins as they’ve jettisoned a quartet of relievers on the periphery of their 40-man roster at the outset of the offseason. There’s a strong possibility they all wind up electing free agency in search of new opportunities.