Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

cHawk

Community Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3,662

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by cHawk

  1. cHawk
    One could reasonably state that I'm very pro-analytics. However, there comes a point where analytics are not to be trusted. Analytics suggesting Joey Gallo should bat leadoff are a prime example of that point. Correa or Polanco should bat leadoff.
  2. cHawk
  3. cHawk
    The Twins would be off their trolley to bat Gallo in the leadoff spot. We've seen Buxton in the leadoff spot in the past, but he has shown strikeout issues. Correa or Polanco would make the most sense, given that they respectively ranked 2nd and 3rd of all Twins players in OBP.
  4. cHawk
    Neither Vasquez nor Jeffers are going to hit 36 home runs or produce nearly as much offensively as Garver did in 2019. Miranda, Kirilloff, Correa, and Polanco could certainly be one of the better infields. That being said, Cron, Sano, Arraez, and Polanco in 2019 is hard to match. I don't know about everyone else, but I hated the Gallo signing. It doesn't improve the outfield in any way, shape, or form. He most certainly will not produce like Rosario did in 2019. Who in the DH role is going to hit 39 home runs in 2019 as Nelson Cruz did? This offseason is not near complete. Falvine have much work to do to elevate this roster to the level in which I (and many fans) would be pleased with.
  5. cHawk
    Taylor is a solid backup, and worth the (low) price. However, this doesn’t exactly move the needle further in the direction it needs to be. More, please.
  6. cHawk
    Losing Arraez does weaken the offense but he’s by no means our “best hitter” when we have Carlos Correa.
  7. cHawk
    Yeah no. Best of wishes to Sano in all of his future endeavors, but he would not make this lineup better as it stands right now.
  8. cHawk
    Rogers had an ERA+ of 81 between stints with two different teams last year. He was less than third-rate and the Twins' bullpen wouldn't have been any better with him in it.
  9. cHawk
    Even if Paddack is godawful, $4M/year is a not a "big waste of money." It's similar to Dobnak's $2M/year deal in many ways.
  10. cHawk
    Good for McCutchen. No offense to him but he wouldn’t have been able to help the Twins win this year, therefore this outcome works well for everyone.
  11. cHawk
    As I have stated before, the Twins either need to commit to winning in 2023 or rebuilding for the future. Apparently they plan to choose the former option. Offloading Sonny Gray would be beneficial to the latter, but detrimental to the former.
  12. cHawk
    Possibly, but the Twins finished 77-85, well out of the playoff picture, with Correa last year. Falvine still need to add to the team for them to contend for a postseason slot.
  13. cHawk
  14. cHawk
    That is a positive...for Bauer, which in turn makes it a negative for the rest of us.
  15. cHawk
    What even is the point of bringing in Wacha? He's a mediocre pitcher on the wrong side of 30. Adding such a pitcher to "eat innings" will not improve the Twins in any way, shape, or form. If Falvine plan on employing this strategy every offseason, they can respectfully take a hike. I want a team that makes the playoffs consistently. Is that not what Falvine promised from the beginning? We've missed the playoffs in two consecutive seasons with this strategy. Employing this strategy for a third consecutive offseason is unlikely to yield different results.
  16. cHawk
    McCutchen is 36 and declining. He will not improve our roster as it stands right now.
  17. cHawk
    If they do indeed aspire to win in 2023, the Twins' roster (as it stands at this point in time) is well short of that of a World Series team. I couldn't fathom Falvine being able to add near enough talent to make the roster World Series-quality. All of the major free agents are gone, and the Twins have a below average farm system to acquire talent through trade. At this point, a rebuild appears to be the only way forward for our Twins, assuming they aspire to win a World Series. And if they choose to rebuild, Falvey and Levine do not deserve to take part in said rebuild.
  18. cHawk
    Falvine need to fully commit to either winning now (in 2023) or rebuilding for the future. Signing Wacha would be pointless in regard to the former, and inhibitory in regard to the latter. Wacha is nothing more than an average pitcher on the wrong side of 30. He will not improve the rotation in any way.
  19. cHawk
    At this point in his career, Kepler is who he is: a defensive asset, albeit an offensive liability. His 2019 season is clearly the outlier, and it’s highly unlikely he will produce a such a season in the future. A team that is woeful defensively in center-right field region but offensively potent would be best suited to Kepler’s services. According to the trade simulator, Kepler has a value of 7.6. He would likely bring a return that sums to approximately that value (one or two mid-level prospects)
  20. cHawk
    According to the trade simulator, Devers has a value of 37, whereas Arraez and Kepler have a combined value of 34.2. Based on this, the third player should ideally have a value near 2.8. The Twins have several prospects within their system which match that.
  21. cHawk
    If the Twins ever pay a dime to Bauer I will root for them to lose every game ever.
  22. cHawk
    The Twins could potentially steal Correa back?
  23. cHawk
    Of course he could rebound in Minnesota. Hell, Nelson Cruz had the best season of his career at 39 years here. That being said, it’s not likely at all, which is why I strongly dislike the signing. I think we’re most likely going to see him be a Miguel Sanó-type player (with three true outcomes) who makes a good lineup better and a bad lineup worse. And without Correa, we definitely have the latter.
  24. cHawk
    Blasphemy! I am the real Butch Huskey!
  25. cHawk
    I would do it for 3/$30M! Where do I sign?
×
×
  • Create New...