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They don’t. They have five roster spots for outfielders. Jenkins in RF. Buxton and Rodriguez share CF. Keaschall and Roden share LF and DH. Martin goes to AAA. If they decide to keep Larnach, then Roden also goes to AAA.

Then don’t. Play Rodriguez in CF when Buxton doesn’t.

Same for Jenkins and Emmanuel Rodriguez

That is the most common outcome for players called up to MLB for the first time across all teams.

Is Twins Daily predicting that they sign Randy Arozarena or Seiya Suzuki because those are the only two outfielders I could see keeping Jenkins in AAA.

I didn’t cross check the following AI summary on the revenue breakdown but it seems close to the last time I looked these numbers up. Stadium-Related Revenue (39%): This is the largest single share, driven by gate receipts (ticket sales), luxury suites, parking, ballpark concessions (food, beverage), and in-stadium retail. [1, 2, 3] Central / National Revenue (26%): Generated collectively at the league level and split equally among all 30 teams. This includes national television and streaming contracts (e.g., ESPN, Fox, TBS, Apple TV+, Roku), MLB.TV, national sponsorships, and official league-wide merchandise licensing. [1] Local Television and Media (21%): Rights fees paid by regional sports networks (RSNs) and local broadcast partners to air individual team games (though local TV deals vary drastically by market size, ranging from roughly 12% to 32% per team). [1, 2] Advertising, Promotions, and Other (14%): Corporate sponsorships, stadium naming rights, signage, local promotional events, and non-baseball stadium events like concerts. MLB teams currently share 48% of their local revenue, which is 1/3 TV and 2/3 stadium related. I think they should share 100% of their local media and advertising revenue and close to 0% of the stadium related revenue. They get media revenue by simply existing in a market and is related mostly to TV market size. The stadium related revenues only show up if they draw fans to the ballpark. Teams that receive revenue sharing are currently not incentivized to maximize ballpark attendance. Every additional fan reduces the size of their revenue sharing check, meaning their is little marginal value per extra fan coming to the ballpark. Teams that are maximizing attendance only get 52% of that revenue, the other 48% goes to the league. Now imagine if MLB decided to evenly share the 46% of non-stadium revenue (a number that is quite similar to today’s revenue sharing percentage). Then they incentivize teams to maximize ballpark attendance by sharing 5% of stadium related revenue. Now ALL teams get 95% of the benefit from each additional fan they bring in. It would be an incredibly powerful incentive to put a winning club on the field. TV revenue covers everyone’s expenses, but you only profit if people show up. Would you still see teams running a minimum payroll? Possibly, but it would hurt their profits and they would eventually sell to someone who sees the full profit potential of the market. Who benefits the most? Teams like Milwaukee who can produce a winner on a budget. That’s exactly who should be rewarded the most.

That would be doing revenue sharing incorrectly

Just do step #3

They can trade the competitive balance pick, which would make them lose the 3rd round pick.

Outgoing is more like the 80th pick

The Twins have three potential ways to turn their below average roster into a contender. 1) Pay big bucks for free agents to win now 2) Trade prospects for veterans to win now 3) Trade veterans for prospects to win later They don’t seem to want to do any of those, so expect 75-80 win seasons in perpetuity.

His defense was also top notch. He has a long way to decline before he’s unplayable.

If they don’t, Kreidler will get 300 ABs

I don’t want to pay for Jake Bauers career year.

Keaschall was the worst defender in MLB when he was playing 2B. Martin isn’t much better. Neither are legitimate options at 2B. Brooks Lee is a plus defender at 3B but below average at 2B because he’s slow and has limited range. Lewis is about as good as Lee at 2B. They have Clemens and nobody for depth at 2B.