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The Twins have outrighted right-handers  ,  ,  , and  as well as first baseman  off their 40-man roster, as noted by . While none of the quintet were previously announced as having been designated for a signment, all five has cleared waivers and been sent outright to the minors. The club also triggered a $1.5MM club option for right-hander  , per Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic .  Today is a big roster churn day, as the 60-day injured list goes away and doesnt come back until spring training. Since players on the 60-day IL dont count against a clubs 40-man roster count, this leads to roster crunches around the league. As such, the Twins have removed five players from the roster and pa sed them through waivers.  Dobnak has been pa sed through waivers a couple of times before, a reflection of his contract and service time status. Going into 2021, he and the Deandre Ayton Jersey  Twins agreed to a five-year, $9.25MM extension but his results failed to live up to that deal. Players need to have at least five years of service to both reject an outright a signment and keep all the remaining money on their contracts. Dobnak was and is well shy of that, meaning he has continually turned down chances to elect free agency, allowing him to keep collecting his paychecks on the deal. That is likely how this will play out. He got back to the big leagues this year for the first time since 2021 but posted a 5.59 earned run average over his five outings, bringing his career ERA up to 4.99.  Blewett, 29 in April, signed a minor league deal with the Twins in the winter and ultimately to sed 20 1/3 innings for them with a 1.77 ERA. However, he wasnt going to continue stranding 90.5% of baserunners, which is why his FIP was 4.00 and his SIERA was 4.05 for the year. He has been outrighted before in his career so he has the right to elect free agency.  Winder, 28, was drafted by the Twins and has been on the roster since November of 2021. Since then, he has to sed 110 2/3 innings with a 4.39 ERA, 18% strikeout rate, 7% walk rate and 37.2% ground ball rate.  Duarte, 28 next month, was claimed off waivers in the offseason and made two appearances for the Twins this season before requiring season-ending elbow surgery. His timeline for returning to play is not currently clear. He has a previous career outright and is therefore eligible to elect free agency.  Severino, 25, was added to the clubs 40-man roster a year ago to keep him out of the 2023 Rule 5 draft. He put up a solid line of .254/.342/.434 in Triple-A this year but the offensive environment was strong in the International League this year, leading that to translate to a roughly league average wRC+ of 101.  As for Alcal, he and the Twins avoided arbitration last year by agreeing to a $790K salary with a $1.5MM club option for 2025 that came with a $55K buyout. He went on to to s 58 1/3 innings for the Twins this year with a 3.24 ERA, 24.7% strikeout rate and 8.5% walk rate. Based on that performance, projected Alcal to get a raise to $1.7MM through the abr proce s. The Twins have instead gone for the lower price of the club option to bring him back next year.  Ty Jerome Jersey