Tom Pohlad Gets It

Minnesota Twins owner Tom Pohlad has made a poor first impression, but he’s proven to be more self aware than his family members who were formerly front and center. He’s admitted past mistakes and acknowledged they need to do better to win back fans. Some of the early ticket promotions and pricing are an encouraging sign that the organization realizes the hot water they’re in with fans.

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14 comments

  1. Good content today Tom. Seems like there has been nothing but negativity around this team for so long. I'm willing to give Tom Pohlad a chance. No matter the payroll, if our players are doing their best and giving 100%, I'll be rooting for them. Can't wait for opening day! Win Twins!!

  2. One thing I may have sensed in Tom Pohlad's personality is that there will likely be more unexpectedness in trades and acquisitions. There may be some members of the advisory board whose opinion he respects and will be influenced by, and he may actually be willing to listen. Of course, the debt reduction always helps.

  3. I think this will be just like 2002 but instead of beating the moneyball A’s it will be Toronto and the city of Minnesota will believe after beating the best hitting team in baseball

  4. a bit of positivity …
    my 2 cents…. bring the prospects up… let them play and learn the game in the show. Why leave them down in St. Paul or Iowa? find out if they are 'real' possibilities or just 'wishes'. Give the fans something to get behind and 'invest' their emotions in. More fun to support kids than washed up cast offs.

  5. Yeah, kind of a mixed bag of hopeful and suspect…For me, as a former season ticket holder, I’m not buying any more tickets until we see some bigger action with the roster 😅

    That said, I am excited to have Taylor Rogers and Gio Urshela back 😁

  6. All fair points. I don't have much faith this team will be good or that Tom Pohlad knows what he's doing, but bad baseball is better than no baseball at all, and if they're willing to make it cheaper to watch, that's a win. My main problem with their pricing structure is that they're competing against the Saints, and once they trade Buxton at the deadline the Saints will be the more interesting team and are still much cheaper. In a perfect world they'd invest in the roster to a point where this doesn't have to happen, but that doesn't appear to be the plan.

  7. It doesn't take hindsight to know that, after the most successful season in decades and at a time when fan hype and engagement was at arguably an all time high, it was a bad idea to slash payroll, unceremoniously fire the beloved play-by-play guy who had been with the team for forty years, and make the games impossible to watch on TV. They knew that all of these things would actively hurt the team and fans, and they didn't care because it saved them money. They get no credit from me for saying "whoopsie" to these actions. They don't care about running a winning baseball team, they care about running a profitable business.

    Sell the team.

  9. the change in tone is noticeable. i'm hopeful. the infusion of new money helps. i'm curious how much the management style will change really from falvey to zoll.

  10. What ERA can we expect from reduced Twins Pass costs? How many RBIs will we get from 3-for-2 ticket bundles?

    I can't see any read from these words and actions other than "We're in rebuild mode and we're pricing things accordingly." Which would be fine if they could just be honest for once. Tom Pohlad saying the Twins "intend to be competitive" in 2026 is basically a lie when it doesn't come with competitive team-building; the loophole is simply the false optimism of "Well, ya never know!"

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