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Not a bad idea.

How can $2M/yr possibly hamstring a MLB team budget. Dobber, if healthy, should be tried as an opener for 2 of the young SP’s.

The Twins have a blank slate at 1st base right now. Every possible player should be considered but not every player. We have a great opportunity to put a young player at 1B and benefit from the correct decision. Who that is, I hope the FO figures it out soon.

How did they miss on 4 guys in such a short period of time?! Has anyone asked that question directly to Falvey/Baldelli?

This may be a case of addition by subtraction. Keplers production can be matched by Wallner or Erod so our OF’s production could and probably will be better in ‘25 than in 24. Not sure we will really go deep into a trade scenario involving one of our OF leaving. Bringing in a veteran OF is a more likely option.

There is a train full of pitchers heading to the show. There will be some frustration at times but WOW! These kids could be incredible!

We never have enough pitching. We won’t trade away guys in their prime when we are set to become a perennial playoff team.

Well, they go home and will likely retool a few positions and be tougher to beat next year.

I would not be surprised to see both Culpeppers in the 70-99 range when the new top 100 comes out. Winoker will probably be fringe outside the bubble due to his K rate but he was a late season monster so he might sneak in. Raya is also a slight possibily to hit the top 100 after his AAA debut and his young age. Whats really awesome is that we get to discuss a dozen prospects as potential top100 list guys after we already have guys in the top 30 and recent graduates from the top 30!

Yes because he was involved in hiring Falvey/Levine and all the people they brought in. I doubt that he is just a numbers guy locked in his office.

Correct. President & Chief Executive Officer Dave St. Peter was named the fourth president in Minnesota Twins history on November 26, 2002. St. Peter also assumed the Chief Executive Officer title on December 21, 2016 and continues to oversee the team’s day-to-day operations, strategic planning and interaction with Major League Baseball. St. Peter played a central role in the approval, design, construction and opening of Target Field, which was named 2011 Sports Facility of the Year by the Sports Business Journal (SBJ). He also has played leadership roles in securing the 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic® for Target Field, a New Year’s Day extravaganza described in the Star Tribune as a “postcard for Minnesota”; construction of a new player-development Academy in the Dominican Republic; hosting the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which earned finalist honors from SBJ for “Event of the Year”; expansion of the Lee Health Sports Complex in Fort Myers, FL – named Ballpark Digest’s 2015 “Major Ballpark Renovation of the Year”; as well as forging the team’s partnership with Hennepin County on the design and programming of Minnesota’s award-winning intermodal transit hub — Target Field Station. In 2020, St. Peter led the Twins’ effort to build a new, player development-focused partnership with the St. Paul Saints. The 2024 season is St. Peter's 35th with the Twins. He joined the organization as an intern in 1990 and over his first decade with the franchise held a variety of positions including Pro Shop Manager, Communications Manager, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Senior Vice President of Business Affairs. As the club president, the Twins established a new single-season franchise attendance record in 2010 by attracting more than 3.2 million fans to Target Field, while the team was recognized by ESPN as having the best stadium experience in all of professional sports. St. Peter’s leadership has been integral to the team’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitment; development of the “Magic Moments” customer service initiative; the “Go Twins, Go Green” environmental stewardship platform; expansion of the Treasure Island Baseball Network; aggressive community outreach; and expansive alumni involvement — including creation of the Twins Hall of Fame. St. Peter has been part of a leadership team helping the franchise advance to postseason play 10 times since 2002, including nine American League Central Division titles. During St. Peter’s leadership tenure, the Twins have twice been named “Organization of the Year” by Baseball America (2002 and ‘04). In 2006, the entire Twins organization was recognized as the Star Tribune’s “Sports Person of the Year”, while in 2002, the franchise received the Atlanta Sports Council’s Horizon Award as the “Professional Sports Organization of the Year.” The Twins organization was a finalist for SBJ’s 2019 “Team of the Year” Award. The “Twins Tradition” of Passion, Hustle, Heart and Fun has flourished under St. Peter’s stewardship. Seven times, the Twins have been honored by the Star Tribune as one of the “Top 100” workplaces in Minnesota. In 2011, the Twins were celebrated by the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board with its “Living the Dream” Award. The Twins Community Fund, which celebrated its 30th year in 2021, was honored in 2000 with the Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce’s Quality of Life Award and in 2006 with a Project EverGreen Stewardship Award. In 2016, the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce presented the Twins with an “Honored Company” Award in recognition of outstanding community service. Since 2012, the Twins have been a Yellow Ribbon Company in recognition of the club’s support for veterans as well as active-duty soldiers. In 2019, the U.S. Green Building Council selected the Twins as a recipient of the prestigious Greenbuild Leadership Award recognizing excellence in the creation of healthier, more sustainable buildings and communities. Individually, St. Peter has been named to the SBJ’s and Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s “Forty under 40” lists. In 2018, he was recognized by the Positive Coaching Alliance as Minnesota’s Triple-Impact Competitor Business Executive of the Year. In 2022, Northern Star Scouting recognized St. Peter with the Spurgeon Award in appreciation for service as a role model for youth through career excellence and community service. At the league level, St. Peter serves as a Trustee on the MLB-MLBPA Player Pension Committee. In the community, St. Peter co-chairs Minnesota Sports and Events and sits on the Steering Committee for the Minneapolis Downtown Council's Vision 2035. He also serves on the boards of NuLoop Partners and the University of North Dakota Alumni Association & Foundation. from MLB.com

So St.Peter starts his career in 1990 as an intern and eventually becomes Pres. and CEO of the Twins and isn’t responsible for any of that? Interesting take on his career…

Isn’t St.Peter responsible for revamping the minor leagues. Draft and development along with bringing in the analytics tech?

Yeah, that “1” was an oops. Do you know what the family wealth is in Total Billions? I’m with you that the twins has underperformed the Dow/S&P 500 since 1984 but unless you look at their entire portfolio, you can’t say it wasn’t a good investment. Its all private info so good luck finding their actual family net worth. Maybe one of them was smart enough to throw millions into Nvidia a couple years ago and is now sitting on a huge pile.

Thats exactly the type of ownership group that the Twins need and fans deserve. Someone with vision and willing to take a well calculated risk to maximize the franchise. Butts in the seats because of perennial championship contention.

I can see Mauer as the face of a new ownership group. Anyone know if the Cargill family has any aspirations to own the Twins? They own the rest of the state.

If you consider everything the Pohlads have done in business since 1984, they employed a brilliant strategy of building generational wealth. The Twins were purchased for 144M$ and are now worth 1.45B$. They have owned and sold several businesses. Banks, car dealerships. Etc. I’m sure they were smart enough to also invest in the stock market and use business loss’s to their tax advantage. Owning any professional sports franchise is a luxury item. Some make more long term profit than others but I doubt any owner has ever had negative ROI on a sports franchise.

I agree that you don't want to burn up a bad year of service time on a prospect and possibly hinder his development but trying to delay the call up of a major league ready player is a completely different animal. Its a lot of fans hopes that Erod will be ready for opening day ‘25 but its not likely. Its also on the table that Jenkins may be ready for opening day ‘26, or he might just be a phenomenal prospect that forces his way to MLB in July ‘24. He hasn’t shown that n his development yet but thats 9 months from now. We don’t know yet and we can’t bet on it happening. I do know that if the Pohlads want to maximize the value of the product they want to sell, they need to win games. That costs money.

Having Eeles on your list makes the team depth thinner. Having Erod and Rosario in AAA makes for better depth in the OF than we have had in the last decade. Also, if Jenkins is onfire in AA in May/June… everyone will be shouting to move him up. Infield depth of LK coming back from TJ surgery is probably the only guy with a shot to be late season depth finding a spot on the 40man if the injury bug bites hard. I do agree that we have lots of young pitching depth but we need to find proven MLB talent that isn’t an injury retread. We never have enough pitching.

* “Intent to explore a sale” ….. gotta love how lawyers use the wordsmithing in the English language. Joe Pohlad to his legal counsel. “No lowball offers. I know what I have. Its been right sized.”

Just a few years away from taking in that same experience. So jealous!

If you as the FO can’t figure out how to pay Castro $6M, You should be fired. Non tendering him would be criminal.

The Pohlads should either sell the team or hire enough good players to win a WS. Bantering about who to keep and where to play them is fun but at the end of the day, its just a fun exchange of ideas. With all the elite MiLB talent coming up and some already arriving in ‘23/24, we are poised to be very young and very frustrating at times. The next couple seasons may not be WS chasers but then look at the D.tiggers…. Its a way better team scenario to watch than retreads like Margot and Pagan….

I read and understood the same. The issue I have is that the Pohlads own diverse businesses and have income and wealth streams from several industries. No one can honestly say that they don’t know people and legal counsel that did anything but tell them. “Your most profitable solution is the kick the can down the road and FOLLOW what others are going to do.” and THEN the PR blew up in their face.

Because the $$$$ talked and ownership didn’t care if their product was ever delivered to the fans. Ownership is to blame for its own decisions to take revenue from people that rarely or never turned on bsn. Chasing revenue and ignoring your customers is a great business plan 🤦‍♂️