Better Late Than Never: Justin Topa Arrives, Locks Down Twins Win

[h2oface]

8 minutes ago, NYCTK said:

The owners don't love the team that much. He shouldn't. 

Why? We do, and we are just fans for life, many longer than the owners have owned the team and certainly longer that most on the team have even been alive. Caring is not based on others. It is based on the individual and their care and morals.

[NYCTK]

2 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Why? We do, and we are just fans for life, many longer than the owners have owned the team and certainly longer that most on the team have even been alive. Caring is not based on others. It is based on the individual and their care and morals.

Have you never worked for a crappy boss? If the guy writing the checks doesn't care you shouldn't either. Even entertaining this ridiculous idea is so dumb. 

There's no cap in baseball. If the owners wanted to spend money there's nothing stopping them. 

[h2oface]

11 minutes ago, NYCTK said:

Have you never worked for a crappy boss? If the guy writing the checks doesn't care you shouldn't either. Even entertaining this ridiculous idea is so dumb. 

There's no cap in baseball. If the owners wanted to spend money there's nothing stopping them. 

Have I ever worked for a crappy boss? Yes. Me. Ha

So dumb. Excellent vocabulary. Of course it is ridiculous to even consider. Yet, it happens in NFL and NBA. Most love money more than the game, when it comes right down to it. They say different, but their actions don't lie. They get soooooo much money, and often take half the season off or even more, for whatever reasons they can or can't control.  GET THAT MONEY!!!!!!! Whether an owner or player, there is never enough.

[NYCTK]

53 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Have I ever worked for a crappy boss? Yes. Me. Ha

So dumb. Excellent vocabulary. Of course it is ridiculous to even consider. Yet, it happens in NFL and NBA. Most love money more than the game, when it comes right down to it. They say different, but their actions don't lie. They get soooooo much money, and often take half the season off or even more, for whatever reasons they can or can't control.  GET THAT MONEY!!!!!!! Whether an owner or player, there is never enough.

No player would take a paycut for an owner that slashed payroll. This is just such an incredibly stupid proposition. Pohlads wouldn't invest it anyways. They'd just pocket it. 

[USAFChief]

A fitting epitaph tonight on a really, really bad trade.

[TwinsDr2021]

11 hours ago, h2oface said:

Why? We do, and we are just fans for life, many longer than the owners have owned the team and certainly longer that most on the team have even been alive. Caring is not based on others. It is based on the individual and their care and morals.

The union wouldn't let him do that, Didn't ARod try to do that?

[bean5302]

18 hours ago, darwin22 said:

1 error:  Collective 2024 salaries for Santana, Kepler, DeSclafini and Theilbar totaled $22,475,00.  If all 4 are gone---thats a decent chunk of $$ that could solidify the rotation as well as bringing in at least 2 quality RPs--preferably LHP RPs

The Twins are at $140MM with the existing guys they control even if they decline Margot and Farmer because the following players are hitting or advancing in arbitration.
Willi Castro Arb3 $6MM (+$3MM)
Royce Lewis Arb1 Super2 $4MM (+$3MM)
Trevor Larnach Arb1 $3MM (+$2MM)
Ryan Jeffers Arb1 $5MM (+$4MM)
Alex Kirilloff non-tender
Joe Ryan Arb1 $5MM (+$4MM)
Bailey Ober Arb1 $5MM (+$4MM)
Cole Irvin Arb2 $4MM (+$3MM)
Jhoan Duran Arb1 $3MM (+$2MM)
Griffin Jax Arb1 $4MM (+$3MM)
Brock Stewart Arb1 $2MM (+$1MM)
Michael Tonkin Arb2 non-tender
Justin Topa Arb2 $2MM (+$1MM)
That's an increase in $30MM of player salary coming from arbitration, even if the Twins non-tender Kirilloff and Tonkin (not that either would matter much).

In addition, Carlos Correa goes from $33MM to $37MM. and Pablo Lopez jumps from $8MM to $22MM. Just the increases for Correa and Lopez basically entirely offset Santana, Kepler, Desclafani, and Theilbar.