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.<\/p>\n
As a new addition to the club, Kreidler didn\u2019t know many players upon arriving at the Twins\u2019 spring training complex in February. As he introduced himself to teammates, Kreidler heard \u201cfianc\u00e9e\u201d thrown around frequently.<\/p>\n
Excited to share the news about his own impending nuptials, Kreidler discovered he\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Kreidler had minimal expectations for his teammates to attend his wedding because the Twins only acquired him in October 2025. But through coincidence \u2014 and limited offseason options for wedding dates \u2014 other players with longstanding relationships now must make the difficult decision of which teammate\u2019s wedding to catch.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you choose?\u201d said outfielder Trevor Larnach, who was married in November 2024 on the same weekend as former teammate Jhoan Duran. \u201cWhat are the odds?\u201d<\/p>\n
Actually, the chances of multiple baseball player weddings on the same offseason weekend are higher than you\u2019d think.<\/p>\n
Though the offseason runs from November to February, Major League Baseball players have limited options to be married.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s only a handful of good weekends,\u201d Kreidler said.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
And planning to exchange your vows in October during baseball\u2019s postseason is about as taboo as talking to a pitcher during a no-hitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cBad juju,\u201d Kreidler said. \u201cA bachelor party, maybe, or something more cancelable. But a wedding, you don\u2019t want to have to move that or not be available.\u201d<\/p>\n
Late November isn\u2019t much better, with many traveling the weekend before or after Thanksgiving. Overall, January is an unpopular month as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes any woman want to get married in January?\u201d reliever Taylor Rogers asked.<\/p>\n
December is cold too, which limits outdoor possibilities, and it\u2019s 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\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n
That leaves early November.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of baseball anniversaries then,\u201d Twins manager Derek Shelton said.<\/p>\n
Shelton told all four players to invite him to their weddings so he\u2019s forced to buy them gifts. He also promised he won\u2019t take any of them up on their open bars.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve already planned a Napa trip,\u201d Shelton said with a laugh. \u201cMy anniversary is the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Larnach\u2019s anniversary is Nov. 13. Rogers\u2019 twin brother, Tyler, got married on Nov. 14, too.<\/p>\n
Larnach faced a similar issue to his four teammates two offseasons ago when he and Duran were married one day apart. Larnach\u2019s ceremony was in Texas while Duran\u2019s was in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n
Recognizing the difficult logistics involved, Keaschall promises he won\u2019t be offended if teammates can\u2019t attend.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou just invite them,\u201d Keaschall said. \u201cIf they want to come, cool. If they don\u2019t, no hard feelings at all. We get it.\u201d<\/p>\n
What makes Keaschall and Lee\u2019s 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\u2019re also represented by the same agent, Adam Caron.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s going to go to Keaschall\u2019s first and then ours,\u201d Lee said. \u201cBut they\u2019re both early in the afternoon because the sun sets so early.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u2019t seem possible as Sands, a Tallahassee, Fla., native, will cut his cake in his home state.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s probably going to be a little tough,\u201d Sands said. \u201cMaybe (fly with) a Blue Angel to get over there?\u201d<\/p>\n
Of the four players, Lee thinks he\u2019s had the most say in his wedding day planning. He\u2019s not Jennifer Lopez\u2019s character in \u201cThe Wedding Planner,\u201d but Lee \u201chad a big say in the food tasting, cocktail tasting, the furniture.\u201d Sands suggested approximately 97 percent of the planning is being done by his fianc\u00e9e \u2014 \u201cshe might think I micromanage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Keaschall is happy to answer questions but said the bulk of the planning is out of his hands.<\/p>\n
All four players who plan to walk the aisle have one thing in common: none included any current teammates in their wedding parties.<\/p>\n
That won\u2019t make attendance any easier.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s teammates and close friends got married on Nov. 8.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to choose, which just sucks,\u201d Kreidler said. \u201cNot ideal. Baseball life, you only have so much of a window.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Save-the-date cards were already mailed when Ryan Kreidler learned that multiple players in the Minnesota Twins clubhouse planned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[2326,363,99],"class_list":["post-836159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}