I'll give the FO the benefit of the doubt on that part - he wasn't asking what he signed for when they gave up and pivoted elsewhere; he was forced to it because his market shrank (including the Twins giving up on him).
But the end result of not paying him nearer his asking price is... Margot and de Sclefani. One is rubbish, the other will never throw a single pitch for the Twins. The result of "saving" a couple of million dollars is literally wasting a few million dollars on de Sclefani, and replacing MAT with an inferior version.