Last offseason the Minnesota Twins entered the winter hot off the team's most successful playoff run since 2002, but now prepare for the offseason after a historic collapse. Unfortunately for fans, the vibes remain the same as the team isn't expected to do much in terms of adding to the roster in free agency.
It's been a deeply unserious approach by an ownership group that doesn't really seem to care about anything other than the bottom line. That's something that might be about to change, as the Pohlad family mercifully put the team up for sale back in October.
New ownership won't happen overnight, but just the idea of the Twins being free from the clutches of the Pohlads is exciting for fans who have suffered for too long under their rule. Getting someone else to run the team opens up the possibility that proper investments will be made, something agent Scott Boras thinks might happen.
Scott Boras thinks new Twins ownership will spend the way fans have been hoping
At the GM Meetings this week in Texas, Boras dropped a quote about ownership changes and their impact on roster investment that should have Twins fans buzzing.
“The great thing about franchises, I think, is when you see them change ownership, you see someone come in that has a very refreshed view about why they bought the team," Boras said, via Star Tribune's Bobby Nightengale.
Let's absolutely go.
One fear Twins fans have been trying to keep at bay is the idea that whoever takes over for the Pohlads will offer more of the same -- or worse. Boras' suggestion that things will probably go the other way lines up with the type of owner people in Minnesota want to have.
It makes common sense, too. Whoever buys the Twins will want to make money on their investment and the easiest way to do that is create a winning team that earns playoff revenue in October. Somehow the Pohlads are either too dumb or too scared to realize that, something made evident by Joe Pohlad's comments about how the team earns revenue.
We're still a long ways away from someone new taking over the team, but when it happens chances are the good times will instantly start to roll.
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