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  1. Azviking101
    Guess then it’s the Buxton thing. He ran one time yesterday and was out of the game by the 7th inning. Resting someone who doesn’t need it with Thursday off is just bizarre. Of course this regime hides injuries from their fans as well so who knows what’s going on.
  2. Azviking101
    Only took 5 games before Rocco went with his patented “give up before they start” games. Can’t say I miss these. He seems to do this about 10 times a year.
  3. Azviking101
    Thanks for sharing. No surprise here. He was the prospect I was most annoyed with losing last year.
  4. Azviking101
    Losing a player to an injury when health is the most important thing in a 162 games season far outweighs any amount of errors in a single inning. Twins players likey have been told over and over not to put themselves at injury risk and Gordon did it anyway. I recognize these guys all have a competitive spirit, but it doesn't matter if this team loses every single game. Sure, most players don't get hurt on that play, but that play has a higher chance of bringing injury and for a guy like Gordon who is guaranteed a spot, it's silly.
  5. Azviking101
    Good thing it's most players third game of spring and most haven't even played a full 9 innings of baseball yet this year. Just a friendly reminder to all that spring stats don't mean anything at all. Players that crush it in spring often do nothing during the season and players who struggle in spring often have great years.
  6. Azviking101
    Shake the rust off, stay healthy and don't do anything dumb. That's the spring training goal of players guaranteed a roster spot. Giving 110% effort to try and make a spectacular, sprawling play on defense is not part of the spring training checklist.
  7. Azviking101
    Thanks for doing this research! I've been pointing out for years that the bottom half of the league's payroll teams rarely make and even more rarely win the WS. And of course, TF opening were the only two years they were in the top half. What an absolute lie that was to the fanbase. Still, I am excited about this season, but I also recognize that winning a playoff game is most important right now. Sounds pathetic; and it is, but that's the sad life of a MN fan. Also, spending $0 on Major League pitching in an offseason after only spending money the previous season on Bundy, Archer, Smith who are all still unemployed is NOT ok.
  8. Azviking101
    I hope this doesn’t mean a trade for a relief pitcher. They spent 13 million abouts on Bundy, Archer, Smith (after incentives and buyouts). Would have been so much easier to just give Chafin 6 or Moore 7.5 But we all know Falvey hates quality free agent pitching
  9. Azviking101
    More depth which is amazing. Just still don’t get why bullpen depth isn’t important
  10. Azviking101
    Why can't they just make one move to fortify the bullpen? Last year, Twins gave Bundy 5 million and I think Archer got close to 7 after incentives and buyout. Neither did anything for the team last year, but two legit setup men got 5.5 and 7.5 (Chafin and Moore) and the Twins scoffed at that. Brad Hand appears to be close to done in this league and would likely be a waste of money. Someone needs to have a quality over quantity conversation with the Twins brass when it comes to pitching FA deals,
  11. Azviking101
    The diamondbacks were very close to selecting Jay number one overall so yeah he was very much hyped up. Both had very similar size and a fastball/slider/change up repertoire all thrown at similar speeds. Jay was trying to move from a reliever to a starter Prielipp hasn’t pitched in 3 years. Similar hurdles I get why people are excited but I’ve seen him ranked as high as 4 on twins prospect lists. That’s ridiculous. If he showcased the same stuff but was a 5’9 righty nobody would know his name.
  12. Azviking101
    Excited to see what he does this year, but all this hype without seeing anything reminds me a whole lot of Tyler Jay
  13. Azviking101
    12 CT, mlb trade rumors is doing a live chat session with former Twin Brent Rooker. Figured some Twins fans might enjoy reading it or sending in a question of their own. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/02/the-opener-wbc-rosters-nba-deadline-player-chat.html
  14. Azviking101
    They’re so close, I don’t understand why they don’t throw a few more million out at a good quality reliever. I recognize that Falvey has faith in the current bullpen, but he’s formed a great backup plan for the rotation and the position players. Relief is the cheapest backup plan there is and he just doesn’t want to budge. there’s a lot of potential in this pen, but too much risk to sit around and do nothing.
  15. Azviking101
    Thank you for mentioning Ryan’s stats against everyone else. I just don’t see any overwhelmingly dangerous pitches and he can’t seem to keep his fastball velocity up. We’ll see 94/95 for an inning or 2 and then it’ll be 89-91 the rest of the game. I frankly don’t see him taking the next step
  16. Azviking101
    Your evaluation of the value of McClanahan and Glasnow is way too low.
  17. Azviking101
    I think buxton was going to play a quality amount of DH regardless. Taylor just gives them a true, quality center fielder as a backup.
  18. Azviking101
    Royals went from asking for Winder to getting 2 relief “prospects”
  19. Azviking101
    Didn’t read this until after the trade. Kepler, Martin and Lewis combined have about double the value Arraez had on his own in my opinion. that would have been a terrible trade
  20. Azviking101
    I think you have to give the FO credit in playing some role in their development even if they weren’t the ones to draft them, but I see what you’re saying for sure
  21. Azviking101
    Yeah that played a role as well. Doesn’t happen very often. Twins don’t seem to recognize that. Trying to get free agents to take hometown discounts if buxton was a FA this year he would have gotten 150+. Fans don’t seem to recognize that.
  22. Azviking101
    The only reason they resigned buxton was because of his injuries if he was a healthy superstar they would not have paid him.
  23. Azviking101
    This article acts like Correa is only allowed to be given one physical a year and acts like the Mets won’t be allowed to perform one and the Twins wouldn’t have been able to either. Twins didn’t want to spend the money, simple at that. oh, it’s a nick Nelson article. Should have expected that. Always leaving out key details that don’t fit his narrative
  24. Azviking101
    They are nowadays. You see what Bellinger got? prove it deals nowadays are large 1 year deals to set the player up for a potential massive deal the next. Rodon got one last year
  25. Azviking101
    Yes and I do not believe Kepler will have a ton more production, but I do think those ground balls into the shift will start bleeding through, If he can get his OPS back up to .750 he will be a 5 WAR player. That could bring back a huge trade haul. Sadly, I don't believe the Falvine duo thought about this
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