Twins Ownership Transition Goes from Quiet Money Move to Extremely Minnesotan Palace Intrigue

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2 hours ago, tony&rodney said:

Apparently you are unfamiliar with the Twins rosters and payrolls in the last 9 years and not familiar with the current roster. It is nice of you to champion the current regime, but one has to actually have some knowledge of what players were instrumental in winning games. The Twins are now down to one position player that would be a consensus average or above average position player. Naturally, there are people who can make cases for two week stretches or future hopes for multiple other guys including all of: Jeffers, Jackson, Bell, Julien, etc. (one can fill in the remainder of the roster). Byron Buxton was drafted and developed by the prior front office. That's the Twins sole player worth a mention for now.

The Twins have spent more money on payroll under the current front office than all of their division foes as well as spent considerably more money on players than Milwaukee and Tampa Bay among other clubs. In short there has not been a shortage of funds available for the current front office unless one insists on comparing the Twins to the Dodgers, Mets, Yankees, and Phillies. The financial resources have been plentiful.

Any outside evaluation of the Twins organization from 2016 to today easily concludes that the aging of players developed under Ryan/Smith/Anthony combined with poor roster decisions and an absence of successfully bringing talent from the minor leagues to the major league team (failure to develop pre-arb players) has resulted in the September 2025 Twins squad. The decline has been a combination of neglect, inability to evaluate talent, a risk adverse mindset, and some bad luck. The Rockies are as good as the Twins right now.

There is always hope and the Twins have opportunities if they are interested in change. I remain hopeful for change. Everyone is capable of change for the better.

I’m not unfamiliar with the Twins. I just refuse to be a parrot and repeat the stupid  childish narrative that a guy should be fired because he didn’t do what I wanted him to do. I refuse to beat the same old dead horse and claim a guy is dumb because he traded someone that I liked. I don’t fall into the same trap as everyone else thinking I should be the GM because my team on MLB the show won so why can’t he. I try to see a positive and see someone else’s line of thinking on a move instead of immediately grabbing my pitchfork and torch and going to a baseball teams blog to express how stupid someone making a million dollars more than me is. I try to analyze a situation and judge a guy by a series of moves and be able to see the parameters he’s working in rather than just garble out the same mess as 50 other people do everyday. I don’t thumbs down someone because I don’t like what they’re saying but instead because it’s irrelevant. I’m very familiar with the Twins and not just the Twins but baseball in general. Which is why I find it so unintelligent to simply say “Fire Falvey!” Whenever he does something I question but instead try to see and analyze what and how he’s thinking. Because I can’t ask him the question myself I have to follow breadcrumbs. The “sell off” at the deadline made sense to me when looking at all the parts. Frankly, I think they’re doing a disservice by not trading Ryan, Buxton and Lopez. It resembles 2010/2011 all over. But they’ve got more in the prospect cupboard this time. So we’ll see. I’ll be excited to see what they do up until July and whichever way they go I’ll be excited. Because if they win or lose and sell it all at the deadline I’ll watch with an optimistic view. I’ll never say “Fire Falvey!” Why? Because there’s 29 other teams and it’s just as easy to get excited watching the Mariners or Blue Jays make a run as it is the Twins. Why? Because I love baseball. Not the Twins. They just happen to be the team I follow more closely. Ok, you can give me a million thumbs down now. Ready……GO!!!!!

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2 minutes ago, Woof Bronzer said:

This is the saddest thing I have ever read here. The Pohlads have damaged us all, my friend.  On that we agree.

This is the saddest thing you’ve ever read here? Enlighten me then. Please. 

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6 minutes ago, Woof Bronzer said:

This is the saddest thing I have ever read here. The Pohlads have damaged us all, my friend.  On that we agree.

If what I wrote was the saddest thing here then you sir are maybe the most miserable person here. That’s saying something. Do you remember the late 90’s twins? Maybe the 2011-2015 teams? No? If Falvey makes you this upset what happens if I mention Terry Ryan?