The Chicago Cubs acquired Willi Castro in a swap with the Minnesota Twins just before the 2025 MLB trade deadline on Thursday, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post.

The Chicago Cubs made what could be a low risk, high reward trade as the clock was running out on the trade deadline. They acquired a veteran utility man from the Minnesota Twins in Willi Castro. In return, the Twins received a pair of right handed pitchers: Sam Armstrong and Ryan Gallagher.

Willi Castro has been among the best success stories in recent Minnesota Twins history. They picked him up off the Detroit Tigers scrap heap and turned him into an All-Star. Playing even better this season, and in the final year of arbitration, it was all but assumed he was gone.