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Minnesota TwinsPohlad family (Jim Pohlad) · since 2009
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$1.71BPayroll rank22 of 30Spending index65.8
Minnesota Twins Ownership
Owner: Pohlad family (Jim Pohlad) · since 2009 · AL Central
Budget generosity42near the median
Patience67patient
Win-now or build42build
Last five seasons-8.6 a yeartightening
- Pohlad family (Jim Pohlad): over 18 seasons (2009 to 2026) the club paid on average 0.89 times the league median payroll and ranked 18.7 on average. Best payroll rank 11th (2011); worst 24th (2009, 2014).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 0.85 times the median, average rank 18.4.
- The club named 2.4 new managers per ten seasons (2009 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.6.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved -3.2 points on average, across 7 such seasons.
Scores run 0 to 100 and describe what the club did under this owner: budget generosity is payroll relative to the league median (50 is the median, 100 is double); patience is how rarely the club changes managers; win-now or build is whether payroll rose or fell after a losing season. They are our summary of public numbers, not a judgment of a person.
- Owner
- Pohlad family (Jim Pohlad)
- Principals
- Jim Pohlad, Joe Pohlad
- Owner since
- 2009
- Reported price
- Data pending
- Forbes value (2026)
- $1.71B
- Revenue
- $315M
- Operating income
- $11M
- Payroll 2026
- $115.7M, rank 22 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 0
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $0
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Pohlad | 1984 to 2008 | individual | $43.5 million | A public owners list gives $44 million. In 2001 Pohlad offered to sell the club to MLB for a reported $150 million as part of the league's contraction plan. Carl Pohlad died in January 2009 |
| 2 | Pohlad family (Jim Pohlad) Jim Pohlad, Joe Pohlad | 2009 to now | family | Not public | Joe Pohlad took over control in November 2022; the family said in August 2025 it would keep a majority. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.71B | $315M | $11M |
| 2025 | $1.5B | $324M | $5M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $1.39B | $267M | -$27M |
| 2022 | $1.39B | $268M | $10M |
| 2021 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $910M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $895M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $605M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $578M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Carl Pohlad 1984 to 2008
- 2Pohlad family (Jim Pohlad) 2009 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | $115.7M | 22 of 30 | 65.8 | 77-85 | No | ||
| 2025 | 2 | $129.7M | 20 of 30 | 80.4 | 41.2% | 70-92 | No | No |
| 2024 | 2 | $131.2M | 19 of 30 | 81.7 | 40.5% | 82-80 | No | No |
| 2023 | 2 | $156.1M | 16 of 30 | 97.9 | 87-75 | Yes | No | |
| 2022 | 2 | $150.4M | 15 of 30 | 100.1 | 56.3% | 78-84 | No | No |
| 2021 | 2 | $121.4M | 17 of 30 | 90.8 | 45.3% | 73-89 | No | No |
| 2020 | 2 | $59.7M | 17 of 30 | 93.4 | 36-24* | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | 2 | $125.3M | 18 of 30 | 89.2 | 101-61 | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | 2 | $115.5M | 21 of 30 | 81.8 | 78-84 | No | No | |
| 2017 | 2 | $121.0M | 19 of 30 | 85.5 | 85-77 | Yes | No | |
| 2016 | 2 | $97.2M | 23 of 30 | 72.3 | 59-103 | No | No | |
| 2015 | 2 | $106.2M | 21 of 30 | 89.9 | 83-79 | No | No | |
| 2014 | 2 | $87.5M | 24 of 30 | 79.2 | 70-92 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 2 | $81.3M | 23 of 30 | 81.2 | 66-96 | No | No | |
| 2012 | 2 | $107.9M | 13 of 30 | 110.1 | 66-96 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 2 | $113.6M | 11 of 30 | 119.9 | 63-99 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 2 | $88.1M | 14 of 30 | 107.2 | 94-68 | Yes | No | |
| 2009 | 2 | $65.3M | 24 of 30 | 80.6 | 87-76 | Yes | No | |
| 2008 | 1 | $56.9M | 25 of 30 | 71.2 | 88-75 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 1 | $71.4M | 18 of 30 | 84.4 | 79-83 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 1 | $63.4M | 19 of 30 | 88.1 | 96-66 | Yes | No | |
| 2005 | 1 | $56.2M | 20 of 30 | 84.9 | 83-79 | No | No | |
| 2004 | 1 | $53.6M | 19 of 30 | 86.0 | 92-70 | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | 1 | $55.5M | 18 of 30 | 80.5 | 90-72 | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | 1 | $40.4M | 27 of 30 | 66.2 | 94-67 | Yes | ||
| 2001 | 1 | $24.1M | 30 of 30 | 37.7 | 85-77 | No | ||
| 2000 | 1 | $16.5M | 30 of 30 | 29.2 | 69-93 | No | ||
| 1999 | 1 | $21.3M | 28 of 30 | 42.7 | 63-97 | No | ||
| 1998 | 1 | $27.9M | 24 of 30 | 65.8 | 70-92 | No | ||
| 1997 | 1 | $34.1M | 22 of 28 | 81.4 | 68-94 | No | ||
| 1996 | 1 | $23.1M | 23 of 28 | 68.6 | 78-84 | No | ||
| 1995 | 1 | $25.4M | 24 of 28 | 73.9 | 56-88 | No | ||
| 1994 | 1 | $28.4M | 21 of 28 | 86.0 | 53-60 | No | ||
| 1993 | 1 | $28.2M | 20 of 28 | 83.3 | 71-91 | No | ||
| 1992 | 1 | $28.0M | 17 of 26 | 91.6 | 90-72 | No | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $23.4M | 12 of 26 | 100.9 | 95-67 | Yes | ||
| 1990 | 1 | $14.6M | 18 of 26 | 83.0 | 74-88 | No | ||
| 1989 | 1 | $15.5M | 9 of 26 | 106.5 | 80-82 | No | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $12.5M | 12 of 26 | 101.1 | 91-71 | No | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $6.4M | 24 of 26 | 56.7 | 85-77 | Yes | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $8.7M | 23 of 26 | 76.2 | 71-91 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $5.8M | 25 of 26 | 57.3 | 77-85 | No |
Owner numbers match the ownership list. Payroll is nominal dollars. * 2020 was a 60-game season. Payroll share of revenue exists for 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025 only. The tax-line column stops at 2025 because 2026 tax bills are not known until December. How the index is built.
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