Game-changer: Pohlad family announces they will explore selling twins – twins

No team in the last four decades has been as anonymous to change as the Twins. The Pohlad family has endured a long period of conservative leadership in which changes in the front office, the field and even the roster have tended to occur more slowly than almost everywhere else in the league. Today, out of nowhere, in an intoxicatingly unfamiliar way, the opportunities for enormous and fairly imminent change began to emerge for Twins fans. The Star-Tribune's Phil Miller was the first to break the news.

It is still too early to make any final statements on this. If, as Joe Pohlad said in his statement, the family comes to the decision to explore a sale this summer, it could happen fairly quickly, but owners of both the Angels and Nationals have announced intentions to sell in recent years. Only to eventually close up shop and keep their clubs.

However, if this comes to pass, it will be a radical change at a time when the fanbase wants something like it. In recent years, the relationship between the team and its fans has become noticeably strained, and last year's decision to cut payroll after the most exciting season in over a decade has finally broken one or two threads of connection. However, if this was taken into account, it certainly explains this choice to some extent. Keeping relatively clean accounting records is a common tactical decision for owners looking to sell. It tends to appeal to potential buyers and drive up the asking price.

This likely doesn't bring any immediate changes in direction or spending expectations for the team, but it shakes up the world of Minnesota baseball. It will be a back story over the next few weeks and months, but it could well be the most important for this team in years. Most Twins fans have only a hazy or no memory of life before the Pohlads bought the club. The culture of this organization has always been different than most others in baseball, and that could soon change for the first time in decades – for better or worse.

Without a doubt, a sale would reap a huge profit for the family that bought the team for around $40 million. They are now selling for no less than $1.5 billion, and that number could easily reach $2 billion. Target Field is a relatively new, well-maintained and popular park. No potential owner will be interested in moving the team in the near future. However, you could approach things completely differently. It's impossible to predict what this will look like. However, that doesn't mean some fans won't spend the next few months daydreaming.