Gleeman & the Geek: St. Peter Moving On, Falvey Moving Up

[John Bonnes]

Aaron and John talk about the Twins' surprising front office shakeup involving Dave St. Peter, Derek Falvey, and Jeremy Zoll, why the timing is odd with the team up for sale, Carlos Correa trade speculation, Rule 5 protection decisions and scouting reports on beat writers. You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com. Or just click this link. 

 

 

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[Johnny Ringo]

I haven't listened to the podcast and I am not sure that I will because listening to 40 minutes of shilling for the Patreon in an hour podcast is honestly kind of rough, (But the Pohlads are shameless money grubbers, right?)

John and Aaron don't believe that baseball teams should be run like real businesses and so maybe they think they shouldn't be sold like real businesses either. Let's sack those nasty investment bankers and bring in those fairies with pixie dust that allow increasingly sanctimonious podcasters to ignore a complete loss of television revenue. Their reality is much more pleasant.

 The truth is baseball is going through a revenue crisis triggered by the implosion of the regional sports network model. But that is a subject for another day.

 In the real world, the DSP/Falvey timing is not odd at all for a variety of reasons. This move somewhat improves the 2025 income statement for the Twins as the new GM and Falvey are cheaper than DSP/Falvey and Levine. I am guessing that statement is pretty red right now.  Standard window dressing in a sale.  (Explains the Levine thing too.)

DSP is a Pohlad guy who would not survive new ownership. (Falvey shouldn't either but I digress.) 

But also and maybe importantly, the MLB office may have strongly urged or even insisted that ownership now have a front guy and the team have one and they aren't the same . Time to pick jerseys!

This practice is common in a sale process because those two parties may have conflicts of interest over the course of the transaction. I have no inside information here, just experience in these matters.

I have not consulted with the fairies on my theories.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.    

[chinmusic]

Re Aaron's comment regarding plantar fasciitis:

Checked online; " Plantar fasciitis may present bilaterally in a third of the cases .   Therefore, not random that Correa's had it in both heels.