[Rosenthal] Twins not planning to trade stars like Byron Buxton, Joe Ryan this winter: Sources
December 5, 2025
[Rosenthal] Twins not planning to trade stars like Byron Buxton, Joe Ryan this winter: Sources
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Compete with a $95-$115m roster, a historically bad manager and on the back of 2 embarassing collapses.
Kay.
See you at the deadline boys.
Look I want all 3. Ideally we would then push up to $150-160m. But we wont. So whats the point? Another 70-80 win season with the FO refusing to maximise value or pick a direction. Acting shocked when we trip over ourselves AGAIN and having another firesale. Except now with less leverage and getting lesser returns
I absolutely appreciate sentiment is “yay” at hearing this. But its incredibly short sighted
Edit: and Falvey genuinely believes they can win the division with this roster…after the last 2 seasons. Give me a fucking break
“Not planning”
Then Winter Meeting
“The Twins have traded…”
A tale as old as time. They won’t say anything about trades now. Saying no now makes it sound and feel like they really value the players and won’t let them go.
But knowing the owners and front office, they’ll field calls. As they should. But they will be willing to accept bottom barrel deals in an effort and with a preference to cut payroll to save money.
Sell the fucking team. FTP.
One of the only smart things the FO could do is wait til the deadline to trade these guys.
Yeah, and the Pohlads were planning to sell the team.
I love this team, but I sure as hell don’t trust them right now.
Future Twins: “We simply got an offer we couldn’t refuse. A third year 6th round pick SP coming off his second Tommy John surgery. We loved this kid during the draft and still love him. A journeyman outfielder who has started the last three seasons in AAA. And a question mark mid-dollar 20 year old international signing from two years ago. How could we say no to that return?”
Pohlad’s also planned to sell the twins at one point. Don’t believe them on anything anymore.
Oh god, they think they can win this year don’t they?
Sell the team, Scrooge McDicks
Please let this be true. *Parent Hat On* If we aren’t going to spend enough to compete, at least commit to keeping the stars that showed us loyalty and were great for the team and community (Buxton, Mauer, etc.). At least gives the kids people to like and follow and learn to love the game before inevitably hating it kinda like the rest of us. *Fan Hat* I understand this may not be a winning strategy given our self imposed spending constraints and movie villain of an owner, and I can’t argue with a lot the points here
FTP
It’s frustrating that these owners can’t make up their minds on what they want to do here. You already committed to tanking/selling as soon as you traded away half the active roster.
I’m not planning to win the lottery, that doesn’t mean it won’t happen.
Happy to hear this is the goal, but still – a healthy air of skepticism here.
I’m buying it. I speculate this is in direct reaction to the new minority owners being approved. It’s clear Falvey wants to take another shot in 2026 and he’d only deal these guys if he had to. Sounds like that’s not necessary and there’s also “mild flexibilty” to make additions, according to this report.
(I’m also buying it because I’d very much like it to be true.)
Why admit trying to deal? That kills any leverage. I don’t want them going but if they get a Hershel Walker’s worth of prospects back and those guys go somewhere where they can win I say go for it.. and get new owners right after.
They don’t seem to plan anything if you think about it for more than half a second
They’ll make an informal agreement and trade them the first day of spring
I’ll believe it when opening day happens and Ryan, Bux, and Lopez are still on the roster. Nothing this ownership and front office says can be taken seriously anymore.
Why not? We aren’t going to be competitive anyway. I love Buxton but we aren’t giving him what he deserves.
Key phrase is “this winter”…. Once “spring” training starts though……
My inclination is to believe this. With the owners clearly fucking up the “sale” Falvey probably won’t do anything rash
I trust absolutely nothing I see coming from ownership, the front office or “sources” other than basically just what Gleeman says directly.
They’ve constantly changed their minds and ownership is completely untrustworthy based on their actions both with the team and with their other business ventures.
Cause EVERYONE knows you have more leverage at the deadline!
Bullshit.
Oh sure they’re not PLANNING to but they’re still gonna
Why not? They’ve gotten rid of everything that’s not nailed down.
I think the Pohlads are going to find a way to fuck up tanking this team.
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Compete with a $95-$115m roster, a historically bad manager and on the back of 2 embarassing collapses.
Kay.
See you at the deadline boys.
Look I want all 3. Ideally we would then push up to $150-160m. But we wont. So whats the point? Another 70-80 win season with the FO refusing to maximise value or pick a direction. Acting shocked when we trip over ourselves AGAIN and having another firesale. Except now with less leverage and getting lesser returns
I absolutely appreciate sentiment is “yay” at hearing this. But its incredibly short sighted
Edit: and Falvey genuinely believes they can win the division with this roster…after the last 2 seasons. Give me a fucking break
“Not planning”
Then Winter Meeting
“The Twins have traded…”
A tale as old as time. They won’t say anything about trades now. Saying no now makes it sound and feel like they really value the players and won’t let them go.
But knowing the owners and front office, they’ll field calls. As they should. But they will be willing to accept bottom barrel deals in an effort and with a preference to cut payroll to save money.
Sell the fucking team. FTP.
One of the only smart things the FO could do is wait til the deadline to trade these guys.
Yeah, and the Pohlads were planning to sell the team.
I love this team, but I sure as hell don’t trust them right now.
Future Twins: “We simply got an offer we couldn’t refuse. A third year 6th round pick SP coming off his second Tommy John surgery. We loved this kid during the draft and still love him. A journeyman outfielder who has started the last three seasons in AAA. And a question mark mid-dollar 20 year old international signing from two years ago. How could we say no to that return?”
Pohlad’s also planned to sell the twins at one point. Don’t believe them on anything anymore.
Oh god, they think they can win this year don’t they?
Sell the team, Scrooge McDicks
Please let this be true. *Parent Hat On* If we aren’t going to spend enough to compete, at least commit to keeping the stars that showed us loyalty and were great for the team and community (Buxton, Mauer, etc.). At least gives the kids people to like and follow and learn to love the game before inevitably hating it kinda like the rest of us. *Fan Hat* I understand this may not be a winning strategy given our self imposed spending constraints and movie villain of an owner, and I can’t argue with a lot the points here
FTP
It’s frustrating that these owners can’t make up their minds on what they want to do here. You already committed to tanking/selling as soon as you traded away half the active roster.
I’m not planning to win the lottery, that doesn’t mean it won’t happen.
Happy to hear this is the goal, but still – a healthy air of skepticism here.
I’m buying it. I speculate this is in direct reaction to the new minority owners being approved. It’s clear Falvey wants to take another shot in 2026 and he’d only deal these guys if he had to. Sounds like that’s not necessary and there’s also “mild flexibilty” to make additions, according to this report.
(I’m also buying it because I’d very much like it to be true.)
Why admit trying to deal? That kills any leverage. I don’t want them going but if they get a Hershel Walker’s worth of prospects back and those guys go somewhere where they can win I say go for it.. and get new owners right after.
They don’t seem to plan anything if you think about it for more than half a second
They’ll make an informal agreement and trade them the first day of spring
I’ll believe it when opening day happens and Ryan, Bux, and Lopez are still on the roster. Nothing this ownership and front office says can be taken seriously anymore.
Why not? We aren’t going to be competitive anyway. I love Buxton but we aren’t giving him what he deserves.
Key phrase is “this winter”…. Once “spring” training starts though……
My inclination is to believe this. With the owners clearly fucking up the “sale” Falvey probably won’t do anything rash
I trust absolutely nothing I see coming from ownership, the front office or “sources” other than basically just what Gleeman says directly.
They’ve constantly changed their minds and ownership is completely untrustworthy based on their actions both with the team and with their other business ventures.
Cause EVERYONE knows you have more leverage at the deadline!
Bullshit.
Oh sure they’re not PLANNING to but they’re still gonna
Why not? They’ve gotten rid of everything that’s not nailed down.
I think the Pohlads are going to find a way to fuck up tanking this team.