SB Nation User Blog: JBrown2818

My Wily Mo man-crush

JBrown2818 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:11:00 -0000

5-11 with 2 doubles, 2HR, 3RBI, 2K, 3BB in three games with the Nationals. I actually watched the two games against the Mets and was struck by two things. His power-the commentators were saying that he was crushing the ball into the yellow seats at RFK during batting practice-if you have ever been to RFK I think you might be a little impressed, and he hit a double that went to the CF wall before Beltran could even move to get it. And his attitude-he absolutely believes that given the opportunity to play on a regular basis he could really produce some good numbers-no small feat because his defence is pretty brutal.
I still think it is too bad we didn't pick this guy up, but I wonder if there any other diamonds in the rough we might be able to pick up in the off-season? If we aren't spending $12-14 million on Torii Hunter, where might that money go to besides the Pohlads bank account?

Nobody wants Wily Mo except me

JBrown2818 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:24:59 -0000

According to MLBtraderumors.com Wily Mo Pena passed through waivers without anyone putting in a claim. Is spending $580k on a guy who might be a good upgrade at DH too much of a risk? He couldn't be much worse than what we have been using this year. I think that making him our everyday DH with an occasional stint in right field could possibly pay off quite well. At least the $580k it would have cost to get him.

Profitability

JBrown2818 — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:58:05 -0000

After a lot of exciting stories during the trade deadline (Santana's comments, trading Castillo to save money, no trade to help make a push for the playoffs, probably losing Hunter next year, and losing Santana, Nathan, Morneau and possibly Mauer in the future) I was wondering just how profitable the Minnesota Twins really are?

As I currently live in NYC, I am forced to follow the day to day news of the Yankees and Mets and I remember a story for a year or two ago about how the Yankees payroll coupled with the luxury tax had actually started to affect the profitablity of the franchise. I bring this up because I think that one of the biggest problems in sports today is that many sports franchises care more about profits than winning or even fielding a respectable team.

So this brings me to the another question: How much could the Twins spend in payroll before they lose money and would the current owners do this to win a championship or keep its star players?