Twins acquire Tommy Nance from Blue Jays

sportsJul 10, 202618136

The Minnesota Twins acquired right‑handed reliever Tommy Nance from the Toronto Blue Jays, with minor‑league catching prospect Ryan Sprock headed to Toronto, sources Alden González and Jeff Passan report. Nance has worked in the majors over the past three seasons and has a 3.22 ERA in 87 innings with multiple organizations, according to posts about the deal. Toronto is receiving 2025 eighth‑round pick Ryan Sprock, who led the Florida State League in on‑base percentage after a hot start in Single‑A and draws praise for a strong hit tool and plate discipline. MLB Trade Rumors noted the Blue Jays may have used bonus‑pool flexibility in the exchange and highlighted Sprock as a low‑risk pickup whose power could develop within Toronto’s player development system. Local reporting framed the move as Minnesota buying bullpen help with roughly three weeks left before the trade deadline, signaling the Twins’ intent to fortify relief depth for a playoff push.

ℳatt

@matttomic.bsky.social

The Blue Jays now have a Kirk and a Sprock

246h ago

Craig Needles6

Can Mike McCoy come out of retirement? @minorleaguer.ca

ℳatt2

not a combination of positions you see every day outside of, like, "utility guys in the 1910s who played every position as a gimmick"

Ben Nicholson-Smith

@bnsbaseball.bsky.social

Blue Jays are acquiring Ryan Sprock from Twins for Tommy Nance per sources Alden Gonzalez & Jeff Passan were on this.

196h ago

Canuck Brad5

Kirk and Sprock on the same team?

majael3

Thrilled to announce that worlds are colliding for me here. "Sprock" is also a 31st-century cuss word in the future of DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes. "What the sprock!" "I was in the sprocking shower!" "Sprocking Grife!" #comicsky #lsh #legionofsuperheroes #bluejays #jays #baseball #comics

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Jake Goldsbie2

Personally, I will miss Big Diesel. Curious what this means for deadline plans.

Jeff Passan Bot

@jeffpassanbot.bsky.social

NEWS: The Twins, in the thick of the playoff race and looking to beef up their bullpen, are acquiring RH Tommy Nance from the Blue Jays, sources tell me and @JeffPassan.

126h ago

Keegan Matheson

@keeganmatheson.bsky.social

Thoughts on the Tommy Nance deal from San Diego. #BlueJays www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...

194h ago

cactusballoon.bsky.social6

Youre telling me we’re going to eventually have a catching tandem of Kirk & Sprock? How can you not be romantic about baseball?

Bobby Nightengale

@nightengalejr.bsky.social

Twins have three weeks to decide how big of buyers (or sellers) they want to be at the trade deadline, but the Tommy Nance deal signals they want to give this team every chance in a weak AL playoff field. www.startribune.com/tommy-nance-...

145h ago

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Mike Bates4

Tommy Nance has a big, bushy, but well-maintained beard and I think that will play well in Minnesota.

Aaron Gleeman

@aarongleeman.bsky.social

Tommy Nance is a 35-year-old journeyman who's spent parts of the past three seasons with Blue Jays, posting a 3.22 ERA in 87 innings. Originally signed out of indy ball by Cubs in 2016. Blue Jays acquired him from Padres for cash considerations in 2024.

156h ago

Aaron Gleeman10

Somewhat surprising the Twins would trade Ryan Sprock for a 35-year-old journeyman reliever. Sprock is hardly a top prospect, but he just won Low-A Florida State League player of the month for June. Eighth-round pick in last year's draft. Good on-base skills with limited power.

TFTwins

@tftwins.bsky.social

Non shit post reaction: Sprock was among my favorite players to watch this season, but I’m totally cool dealing him for immediate MLB help. Tommy Nance might be the best arm in the Twins bullpen now. Says more about the pen than Nance, but still.

125h ago

April Glick Pulito

@aprilglick.bsky.social

the twins are buying and the sellers are the blue jays?? 2026 is so weird and random and bad

116h ago

Mike “Zim” Zimmelman

@mikeiszim.bsky.social

Komander and the Hurt Syndicate pull up to Target Field, and all of a sudden, the Minnesota Twins trade for a decent breaking ball reliever in Tommy Nance? AEW really does have pull in the MLB.👍

46h ago

Minor Leaguer

@minorleaguer.ca

July: Jays to Twins: - Tommy Nance Twins to Jays: ??? www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/07/twin...

46h ago

Passanthallich

@passanthalbot.bsky.social

@Ken_Rosenthal retweeted @MitchBannon #BlueJays are acquiring catching prospect Ryan Sprock from the Twins for RHP Tommy Nance, source confirms. @Alden_Gonzalez was on it. The 2025 8th-round pick mashed in Single-A to start this year, leading the Florida State League in OBP before his promotion

16h ago