Most good players take a past on the Twins.....in the past the only way .....they came from Minn and we're looking to end their career with them. Best regards, David
Here is my thing, as a life long Twins fan. In the 70's and 80's while Calvin Griffith was still the owner, he had no time for free agency. In the 70 Blyleven was traded to the Rangers for Roy Smalley and Mike Cubbage. Carew was traded to the Angels for Dave Engle, and Paul Hartzell. Once Smalley and Cubbage were eligible for Free agency they were shipped off in the early 80's. Ron Davis, Greg Gagne were aquired from the Yankees in a couple deals. Gary Ward got shipped off to the Rangers for Mike Smithson and John Butcher. Although Ward at one point felt that was more a racial deal than because of the money he made. 1984 comes along and Kirby Puckett gets called up, the team is sold to the Pohlad family and they come within games of winning the AL West. (although that year they would have been no match for the Tigers)
In 1987 Dan Gladden and Jeff Reardon were both trades, and of course Blyleven had come back a year and a half before so again no big FA signings. Viola was shipped off to the Mets in 89 for Tapani, and Dave West. In 91 several small deals brought in Pags and Chilli which was huge along of course with Jack Morris. Through the 90 Winfield, Molitor and Steinbach all came home and once the team fell apart again in the mid 90's Erickson, Tapani, Aggie, were all shippped off in deadline deals. My point I guess I am trying to make is when they have gone for the big money, splashy FA signing it hasn't worked out. AKA Lance Lynn.
The Pohlad family has more money than the Steinbrenner's but fewer outside revenue streams. I would much rather see them build from the ground up like they did between 98 and 2010. Hunter, Jones, Cuddyer, Koskie, A.J., Radke, Santana, Liriano, Mauer, Morneau, it was a fun time to be a Twins fan and although only a few could be considered superstars, all those 2000's teams were so much fun to watch. If we were to get Mad Bum, it would be great, but I wouldn't want to mortgage the future for a rental.