VIDEO: Dave St. Peter Answers Your Questions

Speak up, Dave.

He was very good and patient. Don't agree having Bartlett on the roster, with Kubel and Guerrier, had no effect on the season. Bad roster decisions matter.

I don't believe St. Pete (and really have a hard time even calling him that .... how about Street Pete) about the payroll and spending at all.  I sure would have loved to have some kind of question about the manager choices, process, and how long we can expect Terry Ryan to continue to be GM.  It was fun to listen to though. Soft, but fun.  I have a hard time trusting anyone that doesn't speak up. Plus... he almost always is looking down, and doesn't make eye contact.  I mean the man is in charge of the marketing - sell it, David. 

Again, the questions were provided by everyone in the forums. You had the chance to provide that type of question, and it does not look like you did (there were plenty of good questions in the article section left only after we recorded).

 

I'd recommend both listening to the podcast version of this show which we asked different questions (http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/podcasts/no-juice-podcast-27-dave-st-peter-r3169) or purchasing the Offseason Handbook in which Terry Ryan talked about the process of hiring a manager (http://twinsdaily.com/store/product/4-2015-minnesota-twins-offseason-handbook/) .

 

In terms of payroll and spending, I don't know what more you want from the front office. We're never going to get everything. In multiple conversations with different people within the organization, I don't have any reason to believe they are lying/misleading anyone. 

 

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I don't totally disagree with this concept, but the team does have to spend and take all the chances possible if they want to out-perform in the TC Market. They have to want my ticket purchase, my ear for the radio, my eyes on the television, my need to wear the logo on a hat and a player name on my back. What do they have to do to outperform in the TC Market. They have to win, they have to spin a favorable image, they have to make eye contact, they have to shake hands and get people out into the community more now than ever. There is a pretty diehard base of 10-13,000 season ticket holders. But where did the other 12,000 go and why. How do you get them back. 

Oh, and yes, the Twins do spend some of their kept 50% on bettering the organization as a whole - minor league facilities, more money on draft picks and such. They can only make so much profit without having to pay more on profits. Anything they can spend internally is a tax blessing, and some even increases the bottom-line worth of the organization.

But, again, Target Field was approved and built to make the Twins more competitive, to push them into and keep them in the upper tier of teams due to quality of play, naming rights, more club seats and suites, advertising control and such. But it sounds like that unless the bodies do come, we can return to Metrodome-like rankings amongst baseball's business. I never did like the Target Field Marketing. But somehow it worked. And combined with the play of the team, if outperformed their expectations.

Man that 25th man response bugged me.  Why can't we make that spot relevant by, you know, putting someone there that COULD help impact the team?

Good stuff. 

The most telling response was the only one he got excited about and he actually said that he was inspired to go to work for that reason.  Around minute 21.

He said how much the Twins brand meant to him.  Not the people, not winning baseball games, not the organization.  The Brand. (And this is really old school marketing/product management talk to boot)

Another reason the Twins really need a baseball person on top of him, to win.  Let him deal with the Brand.  Let someone else care about winning games.

In terms of payroll and spending, I don't know what more you want from the front office. We're never going to get everything. In multiple conversations with different people within the organization, I don't have any reason to believe they are lying/misleading anyone. 

Once the public and their taxes are used to make a private business work, and they invest together in the stadium....... I expect a lot more from the front office.  The Twins have been accused of not spending money that they promised they would.  Good PR and transparency would make it valid and important journalism to press for "everything", or at least actual evidence of what they say to be true, and not just "we have".

Ya, Seth is right on this.