tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post1914550023118823123..comments2023-11-05T06:49:09.637-06:00Comments on Twins Geek: Question for Everyone....Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13907268840665045299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-81312374282104923522007-11-11T21:33:00.000-06:002007-11-11T21:33:00.000-06:00If you really believe that the Pohlads with the ne...<I>If you really believe that the Pohlads with the new stadium will be receiving less money</I><BR/><BR/>The statement was in the present tense. It's nice the Twins will have more money in a few years, but it doesn't do much good right now. Or are you a Republican who spends the future fans money for what you want today?<BR/><BR/><I>ou want a continued blueprint for mediocrity--allow free agents Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-87111532395681053522007-11-11T16:46:00.000-06:002007-11-11T16:46:00.000-06:00Most people are so sure that Torii and Johan are b...Most people are so sure that Torii and Johan are both gone because the Twins will never put out the money to sign their own free agents. Well, those same people were pretty sure that Radke was gone, twice. They were also sure Shannon Stewart was gone. And Radke's first deal and Stewart's deal were not hometown discounts. If anything, they were above the market price.<BR/><BR/>The Twins haven't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-52166273653928776582007-11-11T16:38:00.000-06:002007-11-11T16:38:00.000-06:00comment to the above poster: If you really belie...comment to the above poster: If you really believe that the Pohlads with the new stadium will be receiving less money than most of the MLB teams, you're just dead wrong. The new revenue should leave them in the upper half, if not a little bit higher, which would dictate at least a 90-100 MM payroll in today's dollars. Plus, Pohlad stands to gain 400 MM the first day the stadium opens (less Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-20308518345300439242007-11-11T07:44:00.000-06:002007-11-11T07:44:00.000-06:00f you don't have the money to make mistakes, then ...<I>f you don't have the money to make mistakes, then you have to gamble. Make some deals. Accept less than "market value" in trades and continue to work the farm system.</I><BR/><BR/>That sounds more like a plan for continuous mediocrity to me. The way you win championships is finding championship quality players and hanging onto them as long as you can. Not trading them away for less than "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-74319015983423739842007-11-11T05:57:00.000-06:002007-11-11T05:57:00.000-06:00SoCal, I'd love to accept your reasoning, but so f...SoCal, I'd love to accept your reasoning, but so far what I see is exactly what I expected from the Twins--they won't sign Hunter, Silva, nor Nathan, nor Santana, nor will they have the guts to trade any of them. Period. <BR/><BR/>Nothing will change with the new park. Nothing. I hate to be such a pessimist, but the Pohlads are going to fatten their yearly profit, kick in a marginal amount toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-13267960204022656152007-11-10T20:57:00.000-06:002007-11-10T20:57:00.000-06:00Aaron Gleeman referenced an article by ESPN.com's ...Aaron Gleeman referenced an article by ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick in which he surveyed 15 "insiders" and 14 of them said that they felt Johan would stay with the Twins.<BR/><BR/>There's no way the Twins don't re-sign Torii and trade Johan in the same offseason after getting a new ballpark started. The public backlash would be horrific.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-85545984389677094452007-11-09T12:16:00.000-06:002007-11-09T12:16:00.000-06:00On mlbtraderumors.com it mentioned the first part ...On mlbtraderumors.com it mentioned the first part but not the 2nd but in <A HREF="http://www.startribune.com/twins/story/1538808.html" REL="nofollow">this</A> Joe Christensen article he says "It's complicated because Santana has a complete no-trade clause" so what Cot's says must be right.<BR/><BR/>I agree they probably won't trade him and most of the noise coming out of the GM meetings makes it SL__72https://www.blogger.com/profile/05245232277476184867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-65075083465119001622007-11-09T11:29:00.000-06:002007-11-09T11:29:00.000-06:00Cot's contracts has Johan listed as:# limited no-t...<A HREF="http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/minnesota-twins_17.html" REL="nofollow">Cot's contracts has Johan listed</A> as:<BR/><BR/><I># limited no-trade clause 2006-08<BR/><BR/> * may block trades to 3 clubs in 05, 8 in 06, 10 in 07 & 12 in 08<BR/><BR/> * full no-trade clause for 2007-08 with top 3 in CY vote in 06 or 07</I><BR/><BR/>They're usually pretty accurate, so I'd say it'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com