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A new White Sox stadium near the intersections of major highways west of the city and close to a Metra line could draw from the city, the western and southern suburbs, and even southern Wisconsin. And that’s still considered the Chicago media market and metro area, so the potential revenue still would be there. A similar case probably could be made for northern Indiana. -
What Was the Point of Signing Carlos Correa?
mluebker replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Good analysis. Seems like everyone is in broad agreement on how the Twins ended up where they are. So what next? Is there any realistic chance that the Pohlads will open up the pocketbook to fill some holes for 2025? Are the Twins attractive enough to sell quickly and we can plausibly hope new owners will arrive in time try to build a solid playoff team? Should we expect the front office to ask Buxton and Correa to waive their no-trade clauses, and go full-on rebuilding? Or will ownership just dump salary and further weaken the team, then try to pick up a handful of Rule 5 picks, reclamation projects, and veterans in decline and hope for the best? Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst? -
So what can be done to correct that? Is the inch-and-a-half difference something a pitcher actually can feel? And what causes it? Fatigue? Age? Changes in muscles as a result of throwing so hard and so often? It's amazing the things that can be seen and evaluated with the technology available these days, things that probably would have gone unseen in years past and dismissed with, "He's losing his stuff."
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Maybe it’s time to do that: keep Buxton and Correa because of their no-trade clauses, then clear out the rest and move the Saints to Target Field.
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Whether fair or not, it’s true that the view from outside of Minnesota is that Minneapolis is a city with a lot of problems that are getting worse, not better. So despite the Target Field lease having 15 years to run, I can picture someone wanting to acquire a team for another city trying to renegotiate or break that lease. I have no idea what’s in it, but contracts generally include language that allow them to be voided under certain conditions.
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I was only six in 1961, but with a grandfather who loved baseball, so we watched a lot of games on TV. To me, Jim Lemon seemed like one of the “old guys” already. Hard to believe he was only 32!
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I was discussing “the Twins way,” which goes all the way back to Calvin Griffith to some of us old guys.
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While it was a different era, the only two World Championships the Twins have came under the ownership of Smilin' Carl. The Pohlads get my thanks for that. And they got the team out of that Teflon™ TV studio into an actual ballpark, so that's something. But it would be nice to have owners who actually care about baseball enough to invest a little more into putting a winning team into that ballpark, as they promised to do when they advocated for it. I know the Twins won't ever match the Yankees' payroll unless MLB comes up with a more effective way to share revenue among the big media markets and the smaller ones, but it would be nice to see a season like 2023 rewarded with something other than a deep salary cut.
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They’ve been trading away talented players (or letting them go via free agency) in exchange for dubious “potential” and reclamation projects for decades. Sure, it works out once in a while. But a few successes now and then doesn’t change the overall tendency. The Twins (always) need pitching, so maybe hang onto Griffin Jax. Make him a starter and see how that works out. And if you want some big trades, how about offering up injury-prone Buxton and/or Correa. Offer them to teams that need elite talent to win now, and can afford the risk, in exchange for proven (or emerging) young talent that might produce at a lower level, but actually would play every day. There’s a lot to be said for consistency.
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My post didn't imply that. Maybe you inferred it.
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I don't recall saying anything about ownership or claiming this happens every time the Twins trade away a good ballplayer for a less-than helpful return, which they've done a little too frequently over their history than this fan would like. When it accidentally works out, I'm as happy as anyone. If you're satisfied with that success rate, great. I'm not.
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Even a blind pig finds a truffle sometimes, or so they say.
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The Twins Way: Trade a player who's been a key contributor for a couple of reclamation projects, because they need to clear salary. Sometimes I feel like I'm watching a AAA team develop players for their careers someplace else.
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If this means I can subscribe to the Twins package from Colorado, without having to get all the rest of the MLB games, I'm in. Now all I need is AI versions of Halsey Hall, Herb Carneal and Ray Scott calling the games!
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I’d be happy with any Twins streaming package I could access out here in Colorado.
