jctwins
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This is where I thought Gleeman did a good job of putting words to this. At some point it goes beyond business and becomes a piece of the local culture that these owners are stewards of.
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You're right. Saying Comcast was a misstatement on my part. You are also right that this year spending doesn't equate to this year, but they are selling future revenue as well as current revenue. That's how you assign a value to a business.
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Attendance lags in baseball, so it should have been higher in 2024 following a legit playoff run in 2023. You missed them agreeing to extend with Comcast and letting the fans get blacked out? Sigh
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This is oversimplifying. Many of us would argue that an increase in spending in 2023 and 2024 would have led to higher fan engagement, and built goodwill with the fan base, which then grows or at least maintains the fan base. Additionally, aggressively locking down a television contract would have had similar results. Both result in a higher valuation of the business. They made decisions not to do either.
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I heard the same thing. It's hard to know who has really been making what decisions. I'm not convinced St. Peter understands the business anymore, either, and I have to think he has at least been a voice in the room when Joe doesn't know what to do.
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I think it's a very distinct possibility that the Pohlads, or at least this generation of Pohlads, just aren't very good business people. The examples are numerous that predate this series of decisions.
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thelanges5’s 2023 Payroll Blueprint: IA Twins for the Win
jctwins replied to thelanges5's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. That's pretty funny. -
I'd consider it more likely they move a veteran to add prospects rather than trade prospects for a veteran.
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I read in today's newspaper it's actually to minimize rainouts during the rainiest part of the season.
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I should revise my comment to say...if you've worked for one ownership group for 30 years and are in the sunset of your career, the last thing you want to deal with is a younger regime moving things into the next generation. A guy like St. Peter knows he's gone one way or another, and would rather do it on his own terms.
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These are all reductions to streamline the operation for a new owner.
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There has to be a trickle down effect from the pending ownership transition. How bad would it be to have Falvey "save money" by committing to fill every hole with guys from the system. It uses what will likely be a lost year anyway and you either develop guys or see what you don't have. It also expedites the process of cleaning house that new ownership might want to employ anyway.
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Alex Kirilloff retiring from baseball
jctwins replied to Cory Engelhardt's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Once you've been to the show, AAA is not where you want to try to honeymoon out a career. -
You're assuming they're better business people than they really are.
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The Pohlads will explore selling the team
jctwins replied to Vanimal46's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I literally cannot think of breaking news that could make me more happy than this. -
As much as I want to hate everything about this organization right now I can't find much of anything to criticize, other than St. Peter continuing to be the messenger.
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This org wants us to believe they are 3-4 players away from contending, but that's highly unlikely.
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Considering he is not marketable because no way anyone else wants his contract, and this org isn't eating it, he'll be back next year and struggle to play 80-100 games all over again.
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The organization will either lean into the idea that they are just a piece or two away from contending, and add a mid level pitcher, i.e. Sonny Gray 2 years after they should have signed him... Or...lean into the idea that you develop position players internally, and add pitching via trade. If they do that, they're dealing Pablo for 3 AAA prospects, and probably a quality bullpen arm or two for A/AA level talent.
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I've said it a bunch of times now...don't underestimate what the MLB pension plan means to the guy managing or the guy he can bring along to grab a few more years of service, too.
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Putting the equivalent of St. Peter and company on a committee of team representatives solves this, and hopefully dilutes their inability to make good decisions.
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I'm surprised. I figured he'd had enough of the grind by now.
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This makes too much sense, but then again why not standardize it across MLB and then just distribute it in the appropriate regions?
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Unfortunately when "we" decided to fund it, we knew who we were partnering with. It's hard to argue otherwise now.
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Yeah that was scathing. I like it.
