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  1. NYCTK
    I want to be clear, I don't even mean this as a criticism of him. There are plenty of valuable major league players without a very good hit tool. Some Hall Of Famers even. Just saying Winokur is not anywhere near a 5 tool player. 5 tool player is a huge compliment because it's rare. If you had to identify some Twins prospects that could be described as 5 tool, it'd probably only be Jenkins and Culpepper. And a lot of people might say that don't even come close to that designation.
  2. NYCTK
    Words have meaning guys. If he's striking out in a quarter of his PAs he's not showing a great hit tool, so he cannot be called five tool. He can improve it, but his tool is bad right now. And just checking, Fangraphs has his hit tool currently as a 20 grade.
  3. NYCTK
    Carl sucked. He was a bad person. We needn't celebrate him just because he bought an entertainment organization that we like, and that ended up making his family a billion dollars. He was way more concerned with the latter. He didn't save the Twins out of the goodness of his heart.
  4. NYCTK
    Ryan was 80-100 ranked prospect in the various rankings in 2020 and again in 2022. Makes sense, his 2021 minor league season was really impressive stuff.
  5. NYCTK
    I actually hope they do keep him and I actually thought they would. I like one team players. But they are reportedly $250 Million apart in negotiations. That doesn't bode well. I can't even imagine how much either the Tigers are lowballing him ($200 Million?) or Boras is starting large ($600 Million?) for that to even be possible. Skubal is going to get at least $400 million. Will the Tigers pay it?
  6. NYCTK
    But that then begs the question, if the demands are entirely unreasonable, how do we hope to ever improve the Twins?
  7. NYCTK
    As an aside, I was fortunate enough to be in attendance for both McLean's and Tong's MLB debuts. Tong is such a fun, quirky dude. Still don't know that he'll be any good, but the 21 year old goofball was definitely a fan favorite, so I'd still be sad to see him go.
  8. NYCTK
    Well then there will be no discussion. There is absolutely no way McLean is traded for Ryan.
  9. NYCTK
    I completely disagree with you. The Mets are one of the only teams that DOES have the upside (McLean, Benge) that would be required to trade for Skubal. And they can add depth to the trade as the Tigers see fit. The Mets would trade McLean for Skubal. And Tong. And Sproat. And they would trade Manaea, or Senga, or nearly any of their other pitchers, with their salary, in order to get Skubal. Like you said, what constitutes an ace is debatable, but there's no debate that the two best pitchers in baseball are Skubal and Skenes. So the bidding war for one of the true aces is going to be fun to watch.
  10. NYCTK
    Tong is really interesting because he's not good enough right now. He needs to develop a third pitch he can rely on, cause currently he's just a really great fastball and a pretty good changeup. And that's just not good enough for the majors. If he fails to develop a third pitch he might turn into a pretty great reliever but that's obviously not the outcome you want for the minor league pitcher of the year.
  11. NYCTK
    The thing is, so is Nolan McLean at this point. In fact, I can promise you a fair amount of 2026 power rankings and projection systems will have McLean ahead of Ryan. We all like Ryan, but the Mets are not trading McLean for Ryan. Anyone still proposing this is just wasting everyone's time. Tong or Sproat are on the table, as are a slew of other pitching prospects in the Mets Pitching Pipeline - Santucci, Wenninger, Watson, Thornton. If you see a headline that McLean has been traded, it's bad news because it was for Skubal and the Twins will be facing him for the next 5 seasons.
  12. NYCTK
    I'm not gonna excoriate someone for a bad joke, but it's especially unfunny in a week where a bunch of 20-30 something republican staffers are outed as, essentially, nazis.
  13. NYCTK
    Anyone asking for McLean or Alvarez is being ridiculous. They aren't being traded for someone that isn't a bona fide ace. I don't think Benge is necessarily untouchable, but Stearns is a big system guy and I don't think he trades him either, but it's a fair ask. It is entirely reasonable that Mets would offer: Jett, Mauricio/Vientos, Sproat/Tong, and then further prospects like Suero, Reimer or Clifford. That's still a big haul, but understandable if the Twins say it's not enough. One further thing to consider is that it looks like Skubal might also be on the market. And I can imagine the Mets being one of the top bidders for him first. Ryan being an after thought.
  14. NYCTK
    Sorry if you felt I was attacking you. I was just responding to the argument. Kind of, but he was so bad at the beginning of the season, it kind of proves me wrong. Split by approximate quarter seasons to avoid intentional cherry picking. 1st quarter: 540 OPS 2nd quarter: 810 OPS 3rd quarter: 640 OPS 4th quarter: 690 OPS So, he had a real hot stretch in the middle of the season (957 OPS over 103 PAs) but otherwise he was pretty bad generally speaking. I am happier with him now than I was in April because he did appear to make actual improvement on defense. But I just don't like him, as a player. Here's hoping he can prove me wrong.
  15. NYCTK
    He's the type of player that has value with options, and very little when they're exhausted. But, at the same time Kike Hernandez has stayed on the most stacked roster in the majors for a while now, despite being a 640 OPS guy. That's basically his best case scenario.
  16. NYCTK
    Ok, first, that's not great. If you're cherry picking a significantly large timeline and still can't get him to above an 800 OPS, that's not great! For example, Trevor Larnach had an 850 OPS from April 13 - May 19 and an 880 OPS from July 30 - Sept 4th! And, secondly, we can also say he hit .231 / .267 / .395 from Aug 1 to the end of the season. He was bad.
  17. NYCTK
    Grrrr. I hate when my boss tells me to do something within the purview of my job description at the job I am extremely fortunate to have. One can easily understand why he complained to the media about this egregious mistreatment.
  18. NYCTK
    Torii Hunter as manager would be difficult and make me uncomfortable.
  19. NYCTK
    First paragraph was direct response to you, second paragraph was a general addition to the conversation. No strawman crafted nor intended to be read, as there are quite obviously others here who think the trade was terrible. And those people are, obviously, wrong.
  20. NYCTK
    I don't have to find a single person to prove you're still clearly wrong. Which you are.
  21. NYCTK
    And yet you're still only accounting for HALF of the trade, while wanting everyone to believe you're viewing the trade objectively. It didn't work out as well as one would have hoped at the time. But this idea that it was a terrible trade is just revisionist history entirely fabricated out of pure frustration.
  22. NYCTK
    You are entitled to the opinion that a trade of an expiring contract of a player that proceeded to hit a .650 OPS was one of the the worst trades in Twins history. But that just makes it look like you don't know anything about the history of the Twins or anything about baseball in general. It's very obviously wrong, but everyone has the right to be wrong. Like I said, stick to the bit. It's funny for everyone else.
  23. NYCTK
    Two things are true: 1. Falvey is not very good at his job. 2. Anyone still complaining about the Polanco trade is both weird and wrong.
  24. NYCTK
    I commend you for your commitment to the bit. You never let being wrong get in the way, and that's brave.
  25. NYCTK
    Clemens didn't improve at all. He's exactly the player he was with the Phillies, but had a 3 week hot stretch in May.
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