Twins Plan to Be Active at Las Vegas GM Meetings as Long as This Ziploc Bag Full of Pennies Holds Out

[RandBalls Stu]

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Major League Baseball’s annual General Manager Meetings mark the kickoff of the hot stove season, when trade and acquisition rumors first start percolating before beginning in earnest at December’s Winter Meetings.

The 2025 edition is this week in Las Vegas, and the Minnesota Twins came in with a plan.

“We sent (Twins GM) Derek Falvey to Vegas with two things: An open mind and a Ziploc bag full of pennies,” said a source close to the Pohlad family, who’ve owned the Twins since 1982.

While the former makes sense for a team that may be continuing a major roster teardown, why the pennies?

“There are some great joints off-Strip or in north Vegas where the penny slots are loose as heck,” said the source. “If Derek wants a platoon outfielder or a bullpen arm, here’s one way of getting there.”

The meetings themselves were held at The Cosmopolitan, right in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

“Yeah, you’re not getting any bargain action at a place like that,” said the source. “That’s where the Dodgers stay. No thanks. Derek likes to get creative anyway.”

Multiple media sources covering the meetings tell Twins Daily that Falvey was spotted lugging the coin bag into multiple off-strip locations, including a combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell by Nellis Air Force Base, the Cowabunga Bay Waterslide Experience, and what local authorities and community leaders say is the deadliest strip mall in Henderson.

At press time, there was no indication that Falvey had won big or that the Twins had made any roster moves. Still, the source was confident that it would pay off in the long run.

“The Pohlads had their faithful manservants clean out all the coins from their fleet of Land Rovers and Bentleys,” said the source. “We didn’t even touch the Rolls (Royces) or Porsches. There are at least the beginnings of a utility infielder in there.”

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[The Great Hambino]

They picked the wrong week to put so many of their precious pennies at risk.  Do any Vegas casinos take rubles?

[Gamblerssoftball]

Falvey better hang on to that bag of pennies 'cause the US government mint just stopped making pennies yesterday. You never know, there might be some valuable wheat pennies or even an Indian head penny in there, especially considering who had the bag in the first place! There could be at least two relief pitchers in the bag.

[spanman2]

Funny...reminds me of the line in  Moneyball where Brad Pitt makes one of his trades...And I want you to give me ______beverages so my players don't have to use the pay machine in the clubhouse.  

[LewFordLives]

Do penny slots even exist anymore?  

[sampleSizeOfOne]

15 hours ago, The Great Hambino said:

They picked the wrong week to put so many of their precious pennies at risk.  Do any Vegas casinos take rubles?

I was also expecting to find farthings between the Bently seat cushions...

[Richie the Rally Goat]

On 11/14/2025 at 8:12 AM, The Great Hambino said:

They picked the wrong week to put so many of their precious pennies at risk.  Do any Vegas casinos take rubles?

Hang on to those babies! Imagine how rare they’ll become in a hundred years, just like baseball card collections. They could sitting on several 1943 Lincoln Wheats!

[ashbury]

2 hours ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

Hang on to those babies! Imagine how rare they’ll become in a hundred years, just like baseball card collections. They could sitting on several 1943 Lincoln Wheats!

I never graduated from penny collecting when I was a kid because my parents gave me an allowance that made the Pohlads look like spendthrifts by comparison.  Nickels?  What are we, the Rockefellers?

[Squirrel]

Maybe this will help them get someone really good …

 

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

Maybe this will help them get someone really good …

 

Where's the bowl of 7-year stale starlight mints (red peppermint and green spearmint) beside these?

[Richie the Rally Goat]

48 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Maybe this will help them get someone really good …

 

The marble would be the deal maker

[jkcarew]

Hey, in a hundred years that bag of pennies will be worth a lot of money.

Patience, Twins fans.