The Potentially Catastrophic Repercussions of Trading Christian Vázquez

[RpR]

12 hours ago, twinstalker said:

27 yrs old is prime age for a hitter and slightly over the hill for a catcher.  Jeffers is not up and coming.  He's there.

Maybe I misunderstood why it's bad that Vazquez is traded?  We have backup catchers, and Jeffers would get a few more ABs, probably.  And it saves $10 million that apparently needs saving.

The Twins have "back-up" catchers that are worse at catching than Jeffers.

A good way to end up battling Chicago for 4th not Cleveland for 1st at the end of the season.

[KBJ1]

Meanwhile revenue sharing & salary caps (lack of) are killing g baseball.

The Dodgers were the last team to declare bankruptcy (2011?) And may likely be the next in 10 years.

BUT, meanwhile they will be the most dominant team in the league. Leverage the future, who cares? If you go bankrupt, the league will find a new buyer and the current owner will still quadruple his initial investment.

That's how silly the money situation has become. The Twins have no chance of competing with their current salary & payroll limitations.