Offseason
- November 12, 1986: The Twins traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets for Ron Gardenhire. The Twins completed the trade by sending Dominic Iasparro (minors) to the Mets on April 4, 1987.
- January 9, 1987: Juan Berenguer was signed as a free agent by the Twins.
- February 3, 1987: Neal Heaton, Yorkis Perez, Jeff Reed and minor leaguer Al Cardwood were traded by the Twins to the Montreal Expos for Jeff Reardon and Tom Nieto.
- February 20, 1987: Minor leaguer Mike Shade was traded by the Twins to the Montreal Expos for Al Newman.
- February 24, 1987: Billy Sample was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Twins.
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