Jayson Stark wrote an interesting article for ESPN about baseball revenue, sharing, and payroll.  It renewed my curiosity about Twins revenue, so I thought I would open it up for discussion.  Below the fold, I'll make some guesses, but what I really want is for people who know more than I do to chime in on this.

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Thought I would throw this up in case people want to discuss

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I thought it would be helpful to have a place where the Wolves' transactions are listed.  A place where the various acquisitions that make up the current roster are available.  This way, we can know when certain players can be traded with other players.  I didn't find such a list on the site; if I missed it, my apologies. 

After the jump, I list by date when each of the current T-Wolves was acquired and how.  If people want it formatted differently, we can do that.  I think I covered everybody on the current roster, but if I forgot anyone, please let me know.

*Please note, this isn't intended to be a comprehensive transactions history; it only includes the transactions involving the players currently on the roster.

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Wolves trades Etan Thomas to OKC for Damien Wilkins and Chucky Atkins.  Also sent 2 2nd rounders to OKC. 
Link to Twolves page

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A couple of questions have come up about the Cap situation to which I have responded.  It occurred to me to do a post about the Wolves cap situation over the next couple of years.

(Ed note: Eric in Madison put together a wonderful post below the fold.  Also, don't forget to check out Hoopus' salary cap page.)

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Now that the draft is over, I thought it might be time to talk about what the Twins' strategy should be heading toward the trade deadline.  Buyers?  Sellers?  Both?  Neither?  Who do you want, who would you never deal?

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Maybe I'll make this into a regular series...the "Anybody Want to Talk...?" series.  Anyway, Charlie Walters has a brief piece in the Pioneer Press about Mauer's future with the Twins.  He quotes Jerry Bell, who says nothing of substance, and suggests that negotiations might begin soon after the All-Star break.  I thought we might use that as a jumping-off point to talk about how this might go and what it might take to sign him. 

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The draft is less than 2 weeks away, so I thought I'd start a thread for talking about it.  The Latin American Free Agent signing period starts in early July--players who are 16 can sign with professional clubs starting then, so that's something to keep an eye on also. 

After the jump, I'll mention a few players that either have been linked to the Twins or that seem interesting to me, with the caveat that I readily admit that I don't know anything about these guys personally; just want to create a place where information can be shared.

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As I write, the two pieces at the top of the front page are Jesse crabbing about the offense and the lineup, and Jon asking just how bad the bullpen is.  That got me to thinking about the choices the front office has made in building this team over the past couple of years.  I don't know that I have any overarching conclusions, but I thought it was worthwhile to try to sort through what's happened and where we think we are. 

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There is a lot of randomness and luck involved in the results in any single baseball game.  Or any month's worth of games, for that matter.  It's my contention that there's a lot of randomness and luck involved in any season't worth of games.  The idea that things "even out" over the course of a season is, in my opinion, not really true.

That's getting ahead of ourselves, though.  I thought I'd take a look at some of the starting pitchers so far this year to try to figure out what's going on, good and bad, so far this year.  By the way, if you haven't looked lately, Baseball-reference now has expanded stats for both hitters and pitchers that make it even more of a one-stop shop for this sort of thing.  Sean Forman Rules.

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