Three Potential Moves for the Twins to Lower Payroll to $130 Million

[Doctor Gast]

3 hours ago, JD-TWINS said:

Is trying to extend Vazquez another year crazy? What if they offered another year and leveled the salary to $7.25M per year? Crazy for both sides?

I think trading Jeffers & Castro or Paddack along with a real arm (i.e. Matthews or Duran) could net a decent young Catcher back in trade.

Gotta be a way to trade for more than a Catching “prospect” & actually net back someone that can play now & into the future.

 

I think it's a good idea JD. IMO the money wasn't the problem with him it was the years. He'd prefer to stay with a team longer so he wouldn't have to continue learning new pitchers. It'd be well worth offering him less money for more time.

We need to look into the future for our catching. For a long time I've been interested in (CO) underrated (BH) Romo & Carrigg. Last offseason we could have picked up Romo, Carrigg & Dollander for Jeffers & Dobnak easily. IMO Black would have been motivated to trade for Jeffers. I think he still would be but for Dollander alone would cost us Jeffers & Lopez. 

There is also (SEA) Ford, (MIL) Quero, & (PIT) Bart was their best catcher, they are attainable, (LAD) Rushing is blocked at catcher & 1B. They are looking for the right trade. Same for (BOS) Keel, Jeffers & Duran fits & might do it but they really like Keel so they may want something more.

[LambchoP]

We all know we need to try to trade Paddack and Vasquez. Problem is the twins always wait it out way too long to the point where there is no market left. Multiple teams have already signed catchers, taking them out of the running for a Vasquez trade. If they wait until all the free agent pitchers are signed and more are traded, there will be nobody left that needs or wants Paddack. They need to get up and get something done before it's too late and there are no trade options left.

[DJL44]

1 hour ago, LambchoP said:

Multiple teams have already signed catchers, taking them out of the running for a Vasquez trade. 

With Carson Kelly signed they're basically all gone. Any team who still wants a catcher can get Thaiss from the Cubs or call the Twins.

[Twodogs]

6 hours ago, Major League Ready said:

In a word, no.  Potential buyers are going to value the revenue potential while considering industry trends and the perception of risk.  How they view the potential to rebuild local TV revenues and the impact of the revenue gap on small and mid market teams is going to have far more influence on value than one good or bad season.  I would bet that their perception of the Twins farm system and specifically the ability of that farm system to sustain a good product on the field over the next several years will have far more impact than a single season result.

For sure, I'll buy the Farm system and it's impact on keeping a competitive team out there.  The Twins have always had a decent system, especially for producing position players.  But you brought up the point that in order to hold it's value there has to be some perceived hope to do well.  Otherwise one of the future money makers ticket sales would go down.  So my point is, or I should say I am going to surmise that if the Pohlads spent just a little, maybe we're able to keep the payroll in the 140 million range that at the moment their team might perform better and would hold the value up.  Then the new owners could potentially break it all down and start over, but I'm thinking if I'm the Pohlads and I want top dollar for the Twins, they definitely don't need a Juan Soto and some crazy ass contract.  But getting a decent guy here or there on a 1 or 2 year deals or keeping someone they have right now, maybe a Santana or whatnot might actually help the sale of the team?  I mean you always fix up the house a little before you sell it, right?  But yeah the farm is a great asset for sure, and some crazy Soto type of contract won't help, but if they would just splash a little paint on the team it might help a little.  I'm saying more like keep the status quo until a sale goes through.  🤞

[Fatbat]

How about ownership sucks it up and pays to play for a championship run? You can’t sell a broken down used car with crappy tires. Same goes for a pro sports team. Buy a winning team and recoup the costs at sale.