{"id":77785,"date":"2025-08-14T12:58:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:59:13","slug":"77785","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785","title":{"rendered":"No More Excuses: Twins Ownership Just Ran Out of Excuses for a Trade Deadline Fire Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Twins ownership just lost their best and only excuse for trade deadline fire sale<\/h1>\n
After months of speculation, the Minnesota Twins are not selling.<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\"Twins<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>
Kansas City Royals v Minnesota Twins | Hannah Foslien\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n

The\u00a0Minnesota Twins\u00a0engineered one of the most sweeping\u00a0trade deadline teardowns\u00a0in recent memory. It felt like\u00a0half the roster\u00a0was sent packing, from stars like Jhoan Dur\u00e1n and Carlos Correa, to run-of-the-mill bats and bullpen arms.<\/p>\n

On the surface, it felt like the Twins’ reason for trading away so much salary was simple: to save money and help the Pohlad family sell the team. After months of entertaining sales pitches and toying with fans’ emotions, however, it turns out the Pohlad family did\u00a0not<\/em> like the offers available to them and will not be selling the team as a result.<\/p>\n

Here is the most important bit: “To strengthen the club in a rapidly evolving sports landscape – one that demands strong partnerships, fresh ideas, and long-term vision – we are in the process of adding two significant limited partnership groups, each of whom will bring a wealth of experience and share our family values. We see and hear the passion from our partners, the community, and Twins fans. That passion inspires us. This ownership group is committed to building a winning team and culture for this region, one that Twins fans are proud to cheer for.”<\/p>\n

Twins ownership blows only real excuse for trade deadline fire sale<\/h2>\n

While it became clear around the deadline that Minnesota would not be competing for a playoff spot this season, the scale of the teardown, which included several high-impact players under long term team control, was difficult to comprehend.<\/p>\n

And yet, Minnesota was attempting to turn a profit by selling the team, which is hard to do with a reported\u00a0$425 million in debt (great job, Pohlads!). But cutting into their defiicit by shedding salaries, in theory the Twins became a bit more palatable to point buyers.<\/p>\n

While Minnesota is adding new investing partners, so maybe this all worked out for the Pohlads on some level, it’s hard not to feel like the fanbase just got scammed. The Pohlads can say “we want to build a winner in Minnesota” all they want, but there’s little evidence that this team will be competing for a World Series in the near future. In fact, I think we all expect the last remaining stars, like Joe Ryan and Byron Buxton, to pop back up in\u00a0trade rumors\u00a0this winter.<\/p>\n

Twins ownership has lost the faith of its fanbase<\/h2>\n

The reactions on Twitter to the Pohlads’ announcement were, uh, not positive in a general sense. FanSided’s own\u00a0Josh Hill summed it up nicely:<\/p>\n

This is a broken fanbase, one tired of ownership cheaping out at every turn. The Twins went out and signed Carlos Correa away from the Houston Astros, a huge show of power in the AL, only to trade him right back a few years later. That move alone is indicative of how Twins ownership tends to operate. Every step forward is eventually undermined by the repressive need to funnel money back into ownership’s pockets.<\/p>\n

A lot of teams are run like that, not just the Twins, but for a city with two sustainably built contenders in the Timberwolves and the Vikings, it’s becoming harder for the Twins to keep pace. Minnesota has enough talent left over to reconstruct a competitive roster in the offseason, but it will require a level of financial commitment from ownership (and their new investing partners) that does not align with past actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twins ownership just lost their best and only excuse for trade deadline fire sale After months of speculation, the Minnesota Twins are not selling. Kansas City Royals… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":77786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nNo More Excuses: Twins Ownership Just Ran Out of Excuses for a Trade Deadline Fire Sale - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No More Excuses: Twins Ownership Just Ran Out of Excuses for a Trade Deadline Fire Sale - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twins ownership just lost their best and only excuse for trade deadline fire sale After months of speculation, the Minnesota Twins are not selling. Kansas City Royals...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T12:58:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T12:59:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-56.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MsThao\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MsThao\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785\",\"name\":\"No More Excuses: Twins Ownership Just Ran Out of Excuses for a Trade Deadline Fire Sale - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-56.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-14T12:58:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-14T12:59:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/73dec88841ffe3be696a72d46df40731\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-56.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-56.png\",\"width\":760,\"height\":760},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"No More Excuses: Twins Ownership Just Ran Out of Excuses for a Trade Deadline Fire Sale\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/73dec88841ffe3be696a72d46df40731\",\"name\":\"MsThao\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23335ad696d6700b03ba8d09f84a67eadb58cde164fc044a22845ec8be19771f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23335ad696d6700b03ba8d09f84a67eadb58cde164fc044a22845ec8be19771f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MsThao\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"No More Excuses: Twins Ownership Just Ran Out of Excuses for a Trade Deadline Fire Sale - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"No More Excuses: Twins Ownership Just Ran Out of Excuses for a Trade Deadline Fire Sale - NEWS USA","og_description":"Twins ownership just lost their best and only excuse for trade deadline fire sale After months of speculation, the Minnesota Twins are not selling. Kansas City Royals...","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2025-08-14T12:58:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-14T12:59:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":760,"height":760,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-56.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"MsThao","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MsThao","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785","name":"No More Excuses: Twins Ownership Just Ran Out of Excuses for a Trade Deadline Fire Sale - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-56.png","datePublished":"2025-08-14T12:58:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-14T12:59:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/73dec88841ffe3be696a72d46df40731"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-56.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-56.png","width":760,"height":760},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77785#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"No More Excuses: Twins Ownership Just Ran Out of Excuses for a Trade Deadline Fire Sale"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/73dec88841ffe3be696a72d46df40731","name":"MsThao","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23335ad696d6700b03ba8d09f84a67eadb58cde164fc044a22845ec8be19771f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/23335ad696d6700b03ba8d09f84a67eadb58cde164fc044a22845ec8be19771f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MsThao"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=3"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77785"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77789,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77785\/revisions\/77789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}