mluebker
-
Posts
302 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
News
Minnesota Twins Videos
2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking
2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks
Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks
The Minnesota Twins Players Project
2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks
2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by mluebker
-
That's hard to imagine. If someone out there wants a Triple A team, they can just buy a Triple A, not try to transform an MLB team into one. -
I think it's what it looks like: owners who no longer are interested in the team and are trying to squeeze as much money out of it before it (I hope) sells. And unless that sale happens soon, look for more of the same over the winter.
-
Ope, Didn't Mean to Let You Have Hope
mluebker replied to Chris Hanel's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Excellent eulogy for the end of an era. Regardless of whether there’s a new owner or if the Pohlads are still around, the Twins will be a very different team next year. And next year starts today. -
Or he’s doing exactly what he was told. Usually when a business sells, it’s the buyer that strips its assets, not the seller. Gonna be a long August and September.
-
I’m trying to imagine who’s left and who plays where when the dust settles…
-
Sad. Another guy I’d have liked to see them keep.
-
I dunno, in a free market a commodity is worth whatever someone is willing to pay. It wasn’t like no one knew he was going to be iffy—two teams had withdrawn their offers after seeing the results of his physicals. The Twins made him an offer anyway. Correa would have been a fool not to accept it.
-
You’re right, they can, but they won’t. I have no idea how things line up today, but when Carl Pohlad bought the Twins, his personal wealth was said to be greater than George Steinbrenner’s. The difference was Steinbrenner wanted to win and Pohlad just wanted to make a profit. So yeah, they’ll foot the bill for one superstar, as long as they keep the rest of the payroll nice and compact. But why bother if keeping him doesn’t even get you a .500 ball club or into the playoffs? Send the guy someplace he can finish his career with a winning team.
-
I know there are a lot of folks who hate him, but I’d still like to see Doug Mientkiewicz replace Rocco. At least we’d see some emotion and some interesting baseball.
-
Like I said elsewhere, I would have been happy to see Harrison Bader stick around for some of the that money. But they won’t find anyone if they don’t start shopping. Now they at least can look.
-
Then it’s lucky that I said, “young, durable, and controllable everyday position players.” On the other hand, I’d have been happy if they’d have hung onto Harrison Bader—$10M would have covered his contract for next year.
-
Even if he were playing at the level he was being paid, he wasn’t going to single-handedly carry the Twins to a championship or even into the playoffs this year. The Twins can’t afford to be paying superstar money to a guy whose consistency and durability have been in question since day one. So maybe whatever they can recoup of his salary will be enough to hire two or three young, durable, and controllable everyday position players next year
-
That’s on the FO and ownership, not Correa. It’s not like there’s a salary cap the organization is butted up against…except their self-imposed one. Absolutely on the front office and ownership. Correa did the best he could, when he could, but he was never worth to the team what they were paying him. So I’m glad the Twins and Astros were able to come to terms.
-
He’s managed to do well enough for himself a couple of times, but whatever difference that’s made, it hasn’t been enough to keep the team even in the playoffs, but for a single year. The whole idea of paying one guy a superstar salary, then filling so many other slots with cheap free agents, retreads, and reclamation projects never has set well with me.
-
…on a player who’s performance hasn’t lived up to his contract. Twins took a chance on Correa being a big difference-maker. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been.
-
It’s inevitable. But if the Twins can’t get that performance out of him, then send him on his way.
-
Agree, and don’t care if that’s the case. Either way, the Twins won’t be getting that performance out of him.
-
Pull the trigger on this quickly, before they sober up in Houston. Sure the Twins will have to cover some of Correa’s salary, but he’s already babying his delicate legs and he’s not likely to reverse the aging process. His best years are behind him. Let’s hope the Pohlads are willing to invest at least some of whatever savings they can generate into young talent. Time to start building the Twins of the future and stop platooning rentals and reclamation projects.
-
Another Day, Another Loss, Another trade partner
mluebker commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM
At least they didn’t wait until September to collapse this year. So no reason not to entertain a few deals now, instead of waiting until the snow flies. -
When/if the team sells, I'm hoping for a complete overhaul of whatever is construed as "the Twins Way" these days. It's not producing teams with any real hope of playing deep into October, just teams that can win enough games to squeeze out a profit for the owners. While there are guys I'd hate to see go, at this point a complete tear-down with an eye toward rebuilding from scratch might be the best way to go.
-
Or not.
-
Still, you're looking at too short a period to be meaningful and with no idea who a new owner or owners might be, it's impossible to know their priorities. And again, just three years was all it took when Pohlad bought the team, and he was a notorious cheapskate. So predicting when the Twins might win another championship still is nothing but guesswork, regardless whether your glass is half full or half empty.
-
In the larger context, it looks to me like most of the successful deals the Twins have struck are more luck than shrewdness. It’s great when they get lucky on a guy like Ryan, but Falvey (and Levine) never will be cited as savvy judges of potential trade targets or master roster builders.
- 36 replies
-
- 3
-
-
-
- joe ryan
- tyler mahle
- (and 2 more)
-
Still sounds like “wait and see” to me. Pohlad bought the Twins in 1984 and they were world champions in 1987. And from the perspective of a guy who’s been a Twins fan since 1961, even waiting eight years sounds better than the 34 years we’ve been waiting since they last time they did it in 1991.
