I think we got cash back in all three of the deals, which might cover their remaining 2025 salary? We got $1.4 million back in 2025 salary with Jesus Sanchez. We got $33 million back with Correa. One would hope that that cash deal was structured to front load 2025 salary :shrug: Unsure what cash considerations came with Ramon Urias.
The Twins owners took a giant **** on their fans chest to scrape out another few tens of millions on top of the ~$1.7B they’re about to cash out with when they sell the team. Despicable and Twins fans should be burning couches and ****.
Sanchez replaces Hummel Urias replaces Short Correa replaces Whitcomb Pena replaces Matthews That look right? Continuing on Javier replaces Contreras Arrighetti replaces Alexander Garcia replaces Gordon France replaces Neris Dubin replaces Ort Continuing on Meyers replaces Melton Alvarez replaces Trammell Astros ultimately pick up 11 players at and after the trade deadline. Same number of players Minnesota got rid of. I guess it is possible it's McCormick instead of Trammell or Melton.
This is exactly why it was leaked about Houston asking for $50 million. It was about leverage and negotiating. Jim talking directly to the owner is what made it happen. There is a lot of pressure on the Twins, and I’m glad it worked out.
Its so funny that every team wanted a piece of what the Astros have, they signed and traded for old, over the hill formers only to dfa them halfway through the season. Lol. We "could" really get the band back together.
The Astros raped the Twins interim GM. I expected the Twins to pay about $15,000,000 and get a guy in the 10-20 range from the Astros system. Instead they get the Twins to pay over twice that and they basically get Twine’s brother cousin as the player to be named later…. The Twins GM has a permanent mushroom shaped scar on his forehead.
He is known as difficult around the league. The Cubs dealt him to the White Sox in part because he didn’t listen to their coaches and baseball people. The Cubs concluded he was basically uncoachable. He joined the worst coached organization in the White Sox and struggled. He then agreed to some tweaks in his arm angle and became the best pitcher in the AL - only to decide to do his own thing again and struggle. The guy has an electric arm, very durable and lots of stamina. Basically is like a slightly better version of Jake Arrieta from an upside perspective but is genuinely stupid. If I were Cease I would beg to go to the Astros, because the maximize guys like him. Instead, he could have literally cost himself 50-100 million dollars. If he had gone to the Astros, been dominant - there would be a line of teams wanting to drop 100 million on him with his health and upside.
Crane is an exceptional administrator at hiring people who are very good at their job, competent and work together. He has an uncanny ability for it.
I just read that the chairman of the twins is the one who made trade after negotiating directly with Crane. Crane FTW. https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...lb-trade-deadline-winners-losers/85467765007/
Tom Verducci on MLB Network said that Carlos Correa was far and away the best player traded at the trade deadline, even placing him ahead of Mason Miller.
