Jump to content
If free agency is too rich for your blood, click here for the 35 players most likely to be traded this offseason. ×
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

USAFChief

Twins Daily Contributor
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    36,746

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    580

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by USAFChief

  1. USAFChief
    Go get the perfect free agent after you're already good isn't a viable strategy. It ignores -the fact you, by design, wasted at least a year when you had everything BUT the needed FA talent, -assumes the FA talent will be there, just waiting for a Twins offer at the point you obviously need it, and -assumes the rest of the team will continue to be good enough to win in the future You already wasted the previous year(s) when they were good enough but didn't have the needed FA talent because you were foolishly waiting for some future point to purchase it.
  2. USAFChief
    Bingo. As it stands today, the Twins "rotation" is easily the worst in MLB. And the kicker: "investing a year in development" doesn't guarantee ANYthing for the future. It only guarantees 2022 will be awful.
  3. USAFChief
    The chances of ANY pitching prospect, in ANY organization, "shining" are remote. So the most likely outcome is zero. Might one or two show promise, providing hope he might develop into a quality starter in a year or three? Decent chance. Will the current crop provide all that's needed to compete at some future point? Zero chance.
  4. USAFChief
    Do you have links to these specific trade scenarios for Buxton? Gleeman links? Because I don't remember any specific trade reports. Generic "Twins may trade Buxton" speculation, sure. But nothing concrete.
  5. USAFChief
    I am strongly opposed to an automated strike zone. It will do nothing to improve the game. Also, for the record, it was smart assedness, all the way. (Also, smart assiness is not a word.)
  6. USAFChief
    We should have robot players, too. Eliminate errors and such.
  7. USAFChief
    A TRIP to the WS? Not WINNING the WS??? And you call yourself an OPTIMIST?????
  8. USAFChief
    60-69, because I'm an optimistic homer.
  9. USAFChief
    Did 2020 only happen to Twins minor leaguers?
  10. USAFChief
    Holy cow, how old are you??
  11. USAFChief
    Although I answered this with Tony O, I should also mention Herb Carneal. Herb wasn't a player, but he is a big part of my Twins Fandom. Always there. Every spring, summer and fall. Perhaps more "the Twins" than any player ever.
  12. USAFChief
    This pic also helps explain why catchers eventually started wearing face masks behind the plate.
  13. USAFChief
    Pfft. Slacker. Needed a day off after every start.
  14. USAFChief
    Tony-O.
  15. USAFChief
    Concur. One of my favorite all time Twins. How do you not love someone who plays all 9 positions in one game??
  16. USAFChief
    This seems so obvious to me. It also ignores the obvious point that if somehow you COULD wait until you have your entire team set up save for that last perfect piece or two, YOU'VE PROBABLY JUST MISSED OUT ON A WORLD SERIES. You should have added those final pieces sooner, so that you had them in place for that season when everything else came together. Now it's too late, you missed your perfect season.
  17. USAFChief
    Great post.
  18. USAFChief
    The 2nd part also assumes at just the right time, there will be an "ace" just sitting there, waiting for a Twins offer.
  19. USAFChief
    Have you looked at the history of the Twins developing impact pitching? One plan: sign proven guys, hope they stay mostly healthy, and hope your minor leagues eventually provide even more pitching when/if they prove ready. Other plan: Hope your minor leagues provides ALL the pitching you need, now and forever.
  20. USAFChief
    I just can't see any way the Twins are going to buy an OFer yet this offseason.
  21. USAFChief
    I think it's pretty likely the Twins didn't make Berrios a market value offer. For one thing, the "Berrios made it clear he wanted to be a free agent" thing is more urban legend than actual fact. I challenge anyone to find a Berrios quote stating that. There's "we've gotten so close to where every player wants to be" from last summer, but that's a far cry from "I won't sign". And, in fact...he DID sign. 2nd, reporting last summer included quotes about he and his family liking Minneapolis, so I don't think the quotes about Toronto are anything different or any indication he didn't want to be here. Third, reporting last summer included all kinds of talk about Buxton negotiations, but none about Berrios. In fact, just the opposite...there were, according to this article, no offers made. https://m.startribune.com/jose-berrios-twins-free-agent-contract-status/600079217/ It's impossible to say with certainty, but given the Twins obvious reluctance to give out lengthy market value pitching contracts, I think the most reasonable reading of tea leaves leads you to conclude the Twins never tried very hard to extend Berrios. And didn't try at all last summer. And personally, I'm ok with that.
  22. USAFChief
    Solidly in the IDK category as of today, but trending down.
  23. USAFChief
    Wait for it... "Yes."
  24. USAFChief
    It's not "the current team." He wants an IF of Miranda, Iglesias, Polanco and Kirilloff. OF is Martin, Buxton, and Lewis. Bench is Arraez, Celestino and Gordon. Add Pineda to the starting pitching staff, Jax and Stashak to the pen. That's the worst team in MLB, easily. They'd be lucky to win 42 games. I want none of that, no matter what pie-in-the-sky projections about "2023 and beyond" anyone can conjure.
  25. USAFChief
    Another data point not in Falvine's favor.
×
×
  • Create New...