Save-the-date cards were already mailed when Ryan Kreidler learned that multiple players in the Minnesota Twins clubhouse planned to get married in mid-November.
As a new addition to the club, Kreidler didn’t know many players upon arriving at the Twins’ spring training complex in February. As he introduced himself to teammates, Kreidler heard “fiancée” thrown around frequently.
Excited to share the news about his own impending nuptials, Kreidler discovered he’s one of four players on the 2026 Twins with a Nov. 14 wedding. Cole Sands, Luke Keaschall and Brooks Lee also will be doing the Chicken Dance at receptions across the country that Saturday.
Kreidler had minimal expectations for his teammates to attend his wedding because the Twins only acquired him in October 2025. But through coincidence — and limited offseason options for wedding dates — other players with longstanding relationships now must make the difficult decision of which teammate’s wedding to catch.
“How do you choose?” said outfielder Trevor Larnach, who was married in November 2024 on the same weekend as former teammate Jhoan Duran. “What are the odds?”
Actually, the chances of multiple baseball player weddings on the same offseason weekend are higher than you’d think.
Though the offseason runs from November to February, Major League Baseball players have limited options to be married.
“There’s only a handful of good weekends,” Kreidler said.
October and June are the most popular wedding months for the general population, according to The Knot. Neither is a good option for MLB players. And unless a game is postponed, there are no weekend off days during a regular season that runs from late March to late September.
And planning to exchange your vows in October during baseball’s postseason is about as taboo as talking to a pitcher during a no-hitter.
“Bad juju,” Kreidler said. “A bachelor party, maybe, or something more cancelable. But a wedding, you don’t want to have to move that or not be available.”
Late November isn’t much better, with many traveling the weekend before or after Thanksgiving. Overall, January is an unpopular month as well.
“Does any woman want to get married in January?” reliever Taylor Rogers asked.
December is cold too, which limits outdoor possibilities, and it’s loaded with holidays and related parties. Players also typically start to prepare for the next season in December. By February, players are geared up for spring training, which almost always begins around Valentine’s Day.
That leaves early November.
“There’s a lot of baseball anniversaries then,” Twins manager Derek Shelton said.
Shelton told all four players to invite him to their weddings so he’s forced to buy them gifts. He also promised he won’t take any of them up on their open bars.
Why?
“We’ve already planned a Napa trip,” Shelton said with a laugh. “My anniversary is the next day.”
Larnach’s anniversary is Nov. 13. Rogers’ twin brother, Tyler, got married on Nov. 14, too.
Larnach faced a similar issue to his four teammates two offseasons ago when he and Duran were married one day apart. Larnach’s ceremony was in Texas while Duran’s was in the Dominican Republic.
Recognizing the difficult logistics involved, Keaschall promises he won’t be offended if teammates can’t attend.
“You just invite them,” Keaschall said. “If they want to come, cool. If they don’t, no hard feelings at all. We get it.”
What makes Keaschall and Lee’s situations unique is that their weddings will take place about 20 minutes apart in Central California. Not only did both players book the same catering service, but they’re also represented by the same agent, Adam Caron.
“He’s going to go to Keaschall’s first and then ours,” Lee said. “But they’re both early in the afternoon because the sun sets so early.”
Kreidler also planned a California wedding, though his will take place approximately 190 miles south in Orange County. Perhaps if a teammate chartered a helicopter or a private plane, they could attend all three California celebrations. But attending all four weddings doesn’t seem possible as Sands, a Tallahassee, Fla., native, will cut his cake in his home state.
“It’s probably going to be a little tough,” Sands said. “Maybe (fly with) a Blue Angel to get over there?”
Of the four players, Lee thinks he’s had the most say in his wedding day planning. He’s not Jennifer Lopez’s character in “The Wedding Planner,” but Lee “had a big say in the food tasting, cocktail tasting, the furniture.” Sands suggested approximately 97 percent of the planning is being done by his fiancée — “she might think I micromanage,” he said.
Keaschall is happy to answer questions but said the bulk of the planning is out of his hands.
All four players who plan to walk the aisle have one thing in common: none included any current teammates in their wedding parties.
That won’t make attendance any easier.
When the Detroit Tigers made the playoffs in 2025, their season extended to Oct. 10, which meant Kreidler missed all but one hour of a Las Vegas bachelor party he arranged for his brother. Four weeks after that, two of Kreidler’s teammates and close friends got married on Nov. 8.
“We had to choose, which just sucks,” Kreidler said. “Not ideal. Baseball life, you only have so much of a window.”