Twins' Jhoan Duran Trade to Phillies Included Classy Gesture 'For Greater Good of Baseball'

Jhoan Duran’s entrance is like nothing else in baseball, and the Twins decided he couldn’t head to Philly without it. | Caean Couto/Getty Images

There were no bigger sellers at the MLB trade deadline than the Minnesota Twins. Identifying a seller’s market and with solid assets to offer to contenders, the Twins unloaded the roster in hopes of building the foundation for a better future.

One of their biggest deadline deals was trading away electric closer Jhoan Duran to the Philadelphia Phillies. Duran is a flamethrower, and his aura was all the greater thanks to the electric entrance that the Twins had put together for him when he took the mound.