Falvey: Minnesota Twins Are Not Focused On Selling

Instead of selling buy and get back into wild card race!!! Selling is stupid!!!

We had postseason success in '23 to build off of. But instead of building on that core, they have been chipping away from it. That core swept the hot SF Giants this year w/o some of the offense absent, others not hitting on all their cylinders & Baldelli not micromanaging. If Falvey changes his ways, we have a shot, but that isn't going to happen, so we've been doomed from the start. We could start selling right now. But that's a bad look, so Falvey is saying we aren't selling, But inwardly waiting to blame the players & open up his fire sale & have everybody love him (except for some Twins fans).

No idea if any team would make star players available but I would suggest that anyone in the organization can be traded. The A's need pitching. How fast would they run at a thought of Ryan, France, Julien, Charlee Soto, and Joe Ryan for Nick Kurtz idea? 

The Twins are almost certain to maintain the status quo. When the architect likes the roster, it is unlikely to change. 

From a standpoint of looking forward it does make sense to revisit all expiring contracts in late July. If the Twins are not above .500 and there is some interest from other teams there should be a willingness to move Paddack, Coulombe, Vazquez, France, Clemens, Bader, and Castro.

My idea is that the Twins should offer up anyone and see what type of return is possible. No harm in discussions.

We've been the WORST team in baseball as of late. Selling or trading expiring contracts makes sense if we aint spending. 

8 hours ago, Riverbrian said:

Ask a premature question. 

Get a premature answer. 

If the deadline was tomorrow. They are in buying distance from the playoffs. 

However, there will be another 28 games or so before the deadline. If they go 3-25 over that stretch. Not selling would be... what's the word I'm looking for... Bad... it would be BAD. 

If the Twins go 25-3 over that stretch... Not Buying would be... Insert your favorite adjective here. 

Ask a GM that question prematurely. You can't say I don't know because nobody will tolerate that answer. Can't say you will be selling because you just publicly told your players that you don't think they can do it. . 

Don't go throwing around this much common sense.  It ruins a perfectly good opportunity to be mad for no good reason.

On 6/25/2025 at 2:28 PM, Brock Beauchamp said:

It's intriguing to think what a sell looks like. Do you move Correa? He has value, albeit not much. Do you go bigger with a Ryan trade?

Trading the one bonafide starter in not a good plan.

10 hours ago, dxpavelka said:

Trading the one bonafide starter in not a good plan.

 

Easy to agree with that statement. However, a broad look at the organization and gaging interest in any player to fill holes, even while creating another, is still worth examining. Personally, I have zero idea what appetite any team has for trading a player for Joe Ryan. I'm a really huge fan of Joe Ryan as a starting pitcher. Would I trade Ryan plus other minor pieces to the Athletics for Nick Kurtz if they were interested? I don't know but probably yes because the gain is strong on defense and offense.  However I can also see the objection. Moot because the Athletics aren't listening in any event.

Why would you create a hole to fill a hole?  Like running on a treadmill.  Run as much as you want but you end up in the same place you started.  But, just for kicks and giggles, tell us which holes you think you can fill by trading your best starting pitcher.    

Falvey: We're not focused on selling.

Translation: We're not focused on trading.

On 6/26/2025 at 1:07 PM, Mike Sixel said:

They don't have to bring back certain value. But they aren't winning, and there is zero reason not to roll the dice on lottery picks. What is the point of keeping Castro, and getting nothing for him other than 81 wins?

I agree with this. I don't expect to see a top end player traded from the Twins, but some of the fringier players have some value with more competitive teams. Foolish to not get what you can for that group.

On 6/26/2025 at 12:07 PM, Mike Sixel said:

They don't have to bring back certain value. But they aren't winning, and there is zero reason not to roll the dice on lottery picks. What is the point of keeping Castro, and getting nothing for him other than 81 wins?

100%, but I think the big thing here is that they probably need to wait until closer to the deadline to see exactly where they are at.  Still 4 games under .500 I think they have to sell.  Have a big turn around between now and then, look to add.  I don't think this administration has any problems selling when the time is right.  But I do think what will irritate the fan base is if the Twins are actually in contention when the deadline gets here.  Pretty sure these guys will basically do nothing, maybe they will find a lefty reliever no one has ever heard of but that is about it.  At least that's my gut feeling.  

Inspirational. How can the club NOT dominate the 2nd half after that speech!?