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Kepler, Paddock, Pagan and $2 million for Edward Caberera. Lopez is simply too costly per trade values.

I'm still against trading Arreaz or Polanco at least right now. The offense is still the weak spot of this team and Arreaz and Miranda can split 1B/DH duties. If the Marlins are willing to deal Lopez, I think Kepler and prospects can get it done. Or maybe Kepler/Farmer/prospects.

3rd time is a charm I guess. Glad it worked out.

They can try to launch their own network again, but they will need at least one of the Wolves/Wild with them. That was their fatal error last time. They only had the Twins and Gopher basketball, which is no longer an option. Realistically. a direct streaming app with a package of games on over the air TV on Sunday afternoons or something is more realistic.

Yep. Live sports and news are the only thing keeping linear TV networks/providers alive.

They won't be re-upping with Bally most likely. They will either go to direct streaming via the team/MLB or try and get a deal with a different sports network if they are willing to come into the market (AT&T etc.)

Selling the team might not solve everything. It depends who the new owner is. But being fearful of them moving is zero reason to be against it because it's not going to happen. Most recent pro sports owners buy in for ego/prestige and want to win. Hopefully that would apply to whoever buys the Twins. The Pohlads do not seem to be motivated or particularly engaged owners. New owners would very likely be an upgrade.

Nothing in life is a guarantee but it is very, very unlikely. There are massive penalties for breaking the lease and it would end up in court. To say the lease means nothing is simply foolish. Plus if another city wants a team, MLB would not move the Twins while Oakland and Tampa rot in terrible facilities and teams like the Marlins and Pirates exist. There is almost no chance of the Twins moving in the next 10 years, regardless of who owns them. To say you want the Pohlads to keep them because they're the only ones who won't move the team away is just dumb. This is a mindset from 1995-2005 that no longer applies. It's like saying you don't want the Wilfs to sell the Vikings because the new owners would move them. That's not happening either. The only Minnesota team that has more than 1% chance of moving anytime soon is the Timberwolves.

This is simply not true. The Twins have a lease at Target Field through 2039. They're not moving anywhere. I would love if the Pohlads would sell. There would be plenty of buyers. But in the absence of that, a front office that is aggressive within their budget instead of sitting on their thumbs waiting for the prices in the bargain bin to drop is a necessity.

Hopefully this FO doesn't have to worry about 2024 because they'll be fired by by October 2023.

Is that an overpay? Yes. Would overpaying by a few million when you you're $40 million under last year's payroll and the list of things to spend it on is shrinking daily have really mattered? No. I'd take Taylor back in a heartbeat. I don't care whether we "win" the signing or not.

Falvey's job is no tougher than 20 other GM's, he's just really bad at it. We believed Buxton, Larnach, Polanco etc. would be available down the stretch because they told us that. If they knew that was not the case and it was a lost cause, then why did they trade for Mahle, Lopez and Fulmer? Clearly they believed they could win the division. Trading Correa while leading your division, especially when you've lead it almost all year and there's no great team chasing you is just not done. They'd have been torched by the fans and media and had a mutiny in the clubhouse and rightfully so.

Trading Correa would have been fine if we weren't contending. We were in first place. You can't trade him in that case. It's not worth alienating the fan base and the clubhouse to net one nice prospect, and that's all he'd have gotten you.

Ah. I thought you meant it wouldn't work for regular WCCO programming. That's an MLB issue. They have to get their $9.99 out of you for the MLB app. Still worth it though.

Why? They own WCCO. Who are they protecting? I'm pretty sure I have listened via the App in South Dakota before.

The issue isn't signing Correa, it's this front-office forever sitting out free agency while competitors fill their holes. If they want to salvage a team that at least has a shot at the central: Trade Kepler for Eduardo Escobar (probably have to involve a 3rd team). Sign Taylor Rogers (2/$16-2/$20) Re-sign Fulmer (2/$10) Sign Eovaldi (2/$30?) Trade Pagan for a box of balls. Vs RH 2B Arreaz SS Polanco CF Buxton DH Miranda LF Larnach 3B Escobar 1B Kiriloff RF Gallo C Vazquez Vs LHP 1B Arreaz 2B Polanco CF Buxton DH Miranda 3B Escobar SS Farmer RF Garlick C Jeffers LF Gordon Rotation: Gray Mahle Ryan Eovaldi Ober Bullpen Duran Rogers Lopez Theilbar Jax Fulmer Alcala/Moran Maeda

The NFL makes more than any other league but they refuse to emulate them. Why? A hard cap of $250 million with a floor of $125 million would still allow some disparity without it being absurd.

I'm not Gen Z, but so do I. Often a tweet at the company gets good/faster results though.

I've never subscribed. But when I bought my last car it came with a 30 day trial. They called like 5 times a day for a month trying to get me to sign up. It was absolutely ridiculous.

As long as the price isn't steep. Yes. He Makes $10 million so that would save the Mets $15 million with the luxury tax. Pagan for Escobar straight up.

If they didn't want this to leak, they could have blamed postponing the press conference on travel/weather etc. That is the only thing that makes you go hmm. Still probably a 95% chance the deal gets done.

I am hopeful the attendance/TV viewership plummets enough they consider selling. I don't really understand why they haven't. Their was language in the Target Field legislation that made them pay a fee to the stadium commission if they sold, but that's been expired for at least two years (and had a declining balance making it minimal the 2-3 years before that). Jim seems detached and mostly disinterested. They would make a huge profit. Why keep it?

Rumors that Falvey increased his offer upon hearing this news are false.

It's one of those "I can't define it but I know it when I see it" situations. And no, he's not.

It's probably inevitable. I'm not sure many people under 35 even knows what AM radio is. But the Twins might be more effected by this than any team. They are not only on WCCO, but clear channel 570 WNAX in Yankton, SD and 790 in Fargo. There's almost nowhere you can go in the 5 state region you can't hear one of those signals. I assume the costs to prevent the interference is a minor cost savings but that very few buyers care.