Is Christian Vazquez Too Expensive for the 2024 Twins Roster?

[DJL44]

3 minutes ago, Major League Ready said:

They have been around 270-300M revenue.  A 153M payroll also has roughly $17M is payroll taxes and player benefits.  That’s $170M.  Therefore, they would have to have operating costs of nest to nothing to arrive at the number you have come up with.  The articles I have seen on operating expenses suggested they run 30-35% revenue which is roughly $90M leaving a profit of $10-$40M which is consistent with the estimates we have all seen.  Just throwing a number out there is not credible.  Show us some foundation or any other publication that has arrived at the same conclusion.

Average MLB team revenue is at least $300M. The Twins are not far below average. If you assume $90M in operating expenses (which seems really high but I'll accept it). that's $40M in cash to the bottom line. Then you get the playoff windfall of $10M for four sold-out playoff games. Then you get windfalls like the sale of MLBAM, the tax shelter aspects of owning an MLB team and the increasing value of the team itself (up 12% yearly on a $2B valuation) which doesn't end up in your accounting but is a very real benefit to the Pohlads.

[Linus]

The other factor here is people are assuming Jeffers maintains his production. I don’t think that is a given as his hitting and defense started tailing off towards the end of the season. If you trade Vasquez and Jeffers regresses we are in a world of hurt. 

[Scott51104]

20 hours ago, DJL44 said:

None of those expenses make the Twins any different than the Padres. The Twins are probably 8 figures ($100M+) in profit.

or, maybe even 9

[nicksaviking]

************Moderator Note************

The World Series hasn't even started, let's refrain from turning every off season thread into a contentious debate about the Twins finances and payroll situation. 

This thread is about whether Christian Vazquez is worth 10M. Stay on topic please.

[farmerguychris]

On 10/21/2023 at 11:26 AM, mikelink45 said:

It depends on the payroll and the TV contract - if they have the money they keep him, if they are tight they trade him.

Spot on. 

[MGM4706]

Move him at any cost! His weak swings were just awful. Twins had to many holes in the line-up to be able to carry him. Garver looked good for Texas. At least makes contact! 

[RpR]

12 minutes ago, MGM4706 said:

Move him at any cost! His weak swings were just awful. Twins had to many holes in the line-up to be able to carry him. Garver looked good for Texas. At least makes contact! 

Yep, trade him for another run-at-will catcher that turns a walk into a double after a few pitches.😂