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It's going to be a long season

No reason to be angry with Correa. Do I think he was worth the money we spent on him? No. But that isn't his fault. One person does not make a team. I think we might have been better off getting 2 or 3 players with the money instead. (And I don't mean more prospects!)

For management that wants better fan support this was not the right way to go about things. Why should we spend professional sports prices to see a AAA team? You can argue the way things were going was not moving us into deep playoff runs. But this just tells the fans that management has given up. It is a sad day to be sure. I just hope the new owners will show more of a commitment to the team without resorting to relocation.

I feel bad for the Twins who did NOT get traded. They have nothing to play for.

I guess we might as well watch the Saints play. It will be more entertaining than the current Twins. (While they all stay in town

It is difficult to be a Twins fan. We are going back to a farm club. Rebuilding. Whatever you wish to call it we will not be competitive for years. Just when you get fooled and we get close to competing and money is spent, they destroy it all. I do not wish to see them relocate, but it does make things difficult to stomach. Management doesn't even seem to want to try and compete.

Being the pessimistic Minnesotan that I am, I actually am concerned. The Pohlad's may be bad and not want to invest in the Twins, but who's to say new ownership will be better. Worst case ... they move! Look at the North Stars. Be careful what you wish for.

The Twins look like they have given up and are just waiting for the offseason. Probably a good thing. Even if they make the playoffs it would not be a pretty sight.

Bases loaded. Ninth inning. Down by one. I would want Arraez at bat every time.

Way too much emphasis on home runs. Give me a team where people can just get on base with an added home run here and there for luck. Home run/Strike out game. Boring!

I don't really agree with the argument that the Twins are not trying to field a winning team. Yes they cut spending this year. BUT they have tried to go after big name free agents and have spent money on them. Correa. Donaldson. Much more than in years past. We were a farm team for other clubs. Young talent would never stay because we would not pay. Like the draft and any trade, things don't always work out. And the Twins history of things working out is grim. Do they spend as much as the Yankees? No. They can't. They do not have the same revenue and never will. That just means the deals they do make have to work out or fans say we "should have" done ... whatever. You never know how things will work out. That's the beauty and curse of baseball.

Attendance is down because baseball, like all major league sports, is just getting too expensive for the average fan to afford. To bring a family to a game on the weekend after tickets, food, parking, etc costs more than most are willing to spend. Especially with inflation raising the cost of everything else in life. You have to choose where to spend your money. Yes, owners have to pay player's huge salaries. Yes, there are other team expenses. And yes, I do believe even though owners are millionaires, baseball is a business and it should be profitable. It helps to put people in the seats even with expense if your team is winning all the time. But the Twins are not. You can argue they should spend to get better talent and therefore attract more fans. That is a gamble. As I said, it is still expensive to go to a game. You can make the game more "fun" for a fan. Make it more of a family fun day. Not everyone loves baseball but giveaways, gimmicks of some kind, kind of along the lines of what a lot of minor league teams do to draw fans would help. Broadcast the games themselves as a marketing tool. There are a number of things that can and should be done. Carrying on with the status quo will get the "contraction" word started up again. While I don't think anyone really wants to see the Twins disappear, something needs to change so that the average fan can come and see them and support them and feel like it is "their" team.

Kind of shows what happens when the Twins play tougher competition and don't beat up on the lower tier giving us false hope for the season. I think it will be a long summer.

I have always liked Kepler. He can have his month slump, but then comes back and more than makes up for it. His defense is very good. He never has been the weak link on the Twins roster. There are many others I would try to replace before him. The only argument you can give is that he would have been one of the better trade pieces on our roster. He might have actually given us a return. But the Twins history of trades makes me happy he has stayed around. I will be sad to see him leave if it comes to that.

Perhaps I am being negative, but until we can beat a "real" team there isn't very much to be excited about yet.