Walters: "...the [Minnesota] Twins Have A Deal On The Table" In Sale Of Team

Financial stuff that I simply don't have the brain power to understand.  Once we get talking about hundreds of millions of dollars - I kind of get fuzzy...🤔

With that said - whatever it takes to get the team sold to someone who actually wants to invest in the team, keep in in MN, and WIN, I'm all for it.  

I wouldn’t pay any attention to this. When the Pohlads are moving their personal belongings out of Target Field then we can get excited 

“On the other hand, @John Bonnes speculates at a more simple explanation,  asking "rather than come up 1.5B cash, [maybe prospective owners] can come up with 1.1B cash and take on the $400M loan gradually?"

For the love of God, why can no one get this right. The Pohlads want the buyer to cover the value of the team PLUS the buyer covering the debt. So it would be at least 1.5 billion to the Pohlads, not 1.1. The only change now so that MLB would be handling the 400 million in debt some how. 

For all those hoping for the Pohlads to sell, look around and see how many major league sports owners care about anything other than money. They want fan loyalty, but it's a one-way street. You don't get to be a billionaire by being a good  or civic-minded person. You get there by greed. 

Hell, I could put an offer on the team to buy the team.  Doesn't mean it's gonna be accepted or is a good or legitimate offer.  And too much being made about the debt.  Typically in this type of transaction the buyer only assumes the assets and not any debt.  The bigger concern is the fact that if that level of debt has been run up by current ownership, what does the future bode for a future ownership that fans will be certain will outspend current ownership by multiple degrees of magnitude?  Where is that money going to come from?  Ownership, new, old or from another planet is NOT going to be interested in operating this club at a loss.  Get ready to pay up.  6-1-2 night at the ball park?  Good bye, We hardly knew ya.  Twenty buck beer night?  Fifteen dollar dog night?  Cracker Jack for a Hamilton night?  Chip in boys and girls.  All reasonable ideas considered.

Ba-Lo-Nee.  Just more fake news. 

19 minutes ago, dxpavelka said:

Hell, I could put an offer on the team to buy the team.  Doesn't mean it's gonna be accepted or is a good or legitimate offer.  And too much being made about the debt.  Typically in this type of transaction the buyer only assumes the assets and not any debt.  The bigger concern is the fact that if that level of debt has been run up by current ownership, what does the future bode for a future ownership that fans will be certain will outspend current ownership by multiple degrees of magnitude?  Where is that money going to come from?  Ownership, new, old or from another planet is NOT going to be interested in operating this club at a loss.  Get ready to pay up.  6-1-2 night at the ball park?  Good bye, We hardly knew ya.  Twenty buck beer night?  Fifteen dollar dog night?  Cracker Jack for a Hamilton night?  Chip in boys and girls.  All reasonable ideas considered.

The Twins have lost money (in theory, wink, wink) a couple of years recently, but certainly not to the tune of $400MM; It is surmised that the Pohlads have been using the Twins as 'collateral'  to cover the losses they've had in their other (failed/failing) business ventures.

48 minutes ago, dxpavelka said:

Hell, I could put an offer on the team to buy the team.  Doesn't mean it's gonna be accepted or is a good or legitimate offer.  And too much being made about the debt.  Typically in this type of transaction the buyer only assumes the assets and not any debt.  The bigger concern is the fact that if that level of debt has been run up by current ownership, what does the future bode for a future ownership that fans will be certain will outspend current ownership by multiple degrees of magnitude?  Where is that money going to come from?  Ownership, new, old or from another planet is NOT going to be interested in operating this club at a loss.  Get ready to pay up.  6-1-2 night at the ball park?  Good bye, We hardly knew ya.  Twenty buck beer night?  Fifteen dollar dog night?  Cracker Jack for a Hamilton night?  Chip in boys and girls.  All reasonable ideas considered.

Revenue could be higher with better management. Lowering concession prices could very well be a strategy to increase overall revenue. An owner that engages the fans would increase revenue.

Pohlad family, please sell your team.  You care more about m-o-n-e-y anything than anything else. 

My ultimatum is:  Sell your team or we won't come!

We should be so lucky the Pohlads would finally sell. Then at least all there crappy debt losses from other failed businesses like the Bring Me the News and GO radio, and Films funded that were flops,  would be off the Twins books. 

MAKE IT HAPPEN

15 hours ago, Original_JB said:

The Twins have lost money (in theory, wink, wink) a couple of years recently, but certainly not to the tune of $400MM; It is surmised that the Pohlads have been using the Twins as 'collateral'  to cover the losses they've had in their other (failed/failing) business ventures.

Which doesn't mean a new owner is going to turn a profit.

15 hours ago, jctwins said:

Revenue could be higher with better management. Lowering concession prices could very well be a strategy to increase overall revenue. An owner that engages the fans would increase revenue.

There's no place like home.  There's no place like home.  We're not in Kansas anymore Toto.

On 7/8/2025 at 5:42 AM, Linus said:

I wouldn’t pay any attention to this. When the Pohlads are moving their personal belongings out of Target Field then we can get excited 

I'll bring boxes and a wheely cart! 💪😅

Charley Walters once wrote that the Twins were a possible landing spot for peak-career Alex Rodriguez. 

Not sure what to make of this, but hopefully Manfred taking questions on this topic does actually mean a deal is moving forward.