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  1. nicksaviking
    I wish the front office would stop sweating the rotation/bullpen decisions so long. These types of starters have a tendency to turn into the team's best relievers. And the teams best relievers tend to be more valuable than the team's #4-5 starters. Moving to the bullpen should not be the soul crushing stigma people have historically viewed it as. Just move him now, and see if it pays dividends in 2027. I don't get the harm, this team isn't going to be winning many games with the way he's pitching in the rotation. I know the team is short starters, but what's the difference if it's Matthews or one of the stop-gap AAA guys? Or somebody from the waiver wire?
  2. nicksaviking
    Where does precision fall into this equation?
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    Maybe. But who knows. The MLB isn't known for learning any kind of lessons. I'm not committed to either keeping or trading Ryan or Jeffers, but I do have strong opinions on how I DON'T want the team to look next year. And I do think removing those two makes for a higher chance that next year's club is another poorly constructed, unmemorable roster full of other teams' castoffs.
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    Even if free agents ARE willing to sign here, the Twins are going to have to compete against a dozen other similar clubs who are being forced to spend, including the entire AL Central. Not to mention actual attractive winning teams like Milwaukee and Tampa, and reliable organizations like St. Louis. So, maybe a small market team does get Skubal or Burnes. But then the others (Twins) are going to be forced to give 20M to Zac Gallen and 10M to Rhys Hoskins just to spend money. As to the second sentence, I've been saying for years that Joe Ryan's years of control and age matched up at a perfect time to cut ties. But yeah, I think I'm changing my mind, but only because of this atypical CBA position. I'd rather pay a good player now AND past his prime than I would risk the team being force to sign four to six gross free agents next year. Next year's free agents are awful. If they can't get the cream of the crop, then I want the free agents they sign to be the type of low level contracts that the team doesn't mind cutting bait on come May.
  5. nicksaviking
    It’s really frustrating, because there are absolutely right or wrong answers here. But until we know the rules of the new CBA, we don’t have a clue which is which. Every point since the end of the collusion era says they need to sell the big name players. But if by chance the new CBA mandates the Twins spend another 50-70M next year, they will not be capable of signing better free agents that Ryan and Jeffers.
  6. nicksaviking
    His seat? As in his head was up his ….?
  7. nicksaviking
    Both Yankees pitchers appear to have severe control issues. I know they are hitting prospect rankings, but that has the feel of hype caused by the over-exposure from being a Yankee/NY/East Coast prospect. And no one below AA please. Unless it’s an auxiliary piece of the trade.
  8. nicksaviking
    The Twins aren't going to be really good soon without hitting on prospects. No small to mid market team has ever gotten good solely through trades and free agents.
  9. nicksaviking
    The Twins moved Buxton in shallower three years ago with the intent being to keep him from crashing into the wall as often. Surely Keaschall is deeper because shallow reads are easier than deep reads for new outfielders, but that's probably only half of the reason for the discrepancy with Buxton.
  10. nicksaviking
    Yes, while live on air. I guess they have somebody who was leaking the firings and ESPN wanted to let him know before he read about it between ad breaks. So when they find out it's Adam Schefter who was doing the leaking, will they let him go too?
  11. nicksaviking
    I would rather call up Riley Quick to the majors than trade for Peralta. This franchise is in no position to be trading for expiring contracts. I guess I don't follow how we completely disregard how bad Peralta has been this year in favor or looking at his time in Milwaukee, and at the same time disregard the fact that Garcia has been a nobody his entire career and solely focus on his small sample 2026 season.
  12. nicksaviking
    I don't see any posters counting on any prospect. But if fans can't look at the prospects and see scenarios that brighten the future outlook, why the hell would we even bother following this club? Nobody is looking at the MLB squad and thinking it's got the potential to morph into a championship team.
  13. nicksaviking
    I actually think rebuilding a bullpen is fairly easy. It's just not quick. Going back to Glen Perkins, when the Twins move the fringy starters into the pen and give them a full season to get adjusted, they have an extremely high success rate; well over 50%. Much higher than they do with players at any other position. But instead of going that route again, they filled the pen with a bunch of cast offs from other teams, which hardly ever works for them. Sure, maybe a guy a season shines, but three bust. That's the lesson they need to learn. Bullpen = homegrown. If you don't think you can wait to grow a new one, don't trade what you have. If you're patient, then go ahead. But this team isn't patient.
  14. nicksaviking
    I'm all for moving the odd men out of the rotation to the bullpen, but if it's done in August, that pitcher is unlikely to successfully transition to the role this season. It's not a move that pays off overnight. It's typically a season long journey that should have been started in spring training.
  15. nicksaviking
    He has nothing to do with assembling a poorly planned 40-man roster full of poorly fitted pieces. The team has no identity. At all. Are they a club that relies on a deep and dynamic rotation? Shut down bullpen? Are they piranhas making trouble on the bases? A brick-wall defense? Are they a Bomba Squad? Maybe an on-base machine that never let's the pressure off of the other team's pitcher? Maybe a veteran squad grinding for that missing championship on their resume? Or a team full of young players with boundless energy and too naive to feel the pressure? This might be the most randomly constructed roster this franchise has ever had. They're just grabbing random parts and forcing the manger to plug them into atypical spots because it's the only option he has.
  16. nicksaviking
    Tom Pohlad is starting to make noise again about trades and payroll and being competitive, likely to the chagrin of the front office. After all the talk, if the Twins whiff on trading for someone that would actually open the fans' eyes, the only way to try to save face will be to call up the prospects.
  17. nicksaviking
    No platoons. Or at least as few as possible. I'm not sure why we'd want to mess with Lewis just to find at bats for Caratini. Having capable hitters on your bench is a good thing. And while I know Lewis isn't exactly universally beloved here, cutting his role when he's finally doing what we originally hoped he would do seems more spiteful than anything. And if people are done with him, that's fine too. An overall good hitting Lewis would make for a good trade chip come this winter. Way better than a Lewis who was platooned.
  18. nicksaviking
    My understanding was that the NFL's investigation was about the assault of the caterer. This civil suit about him sexually assaulting a man seems like it's new news to everyone in the industry. But NFL investigation or not, that's immaterial as to the reason I think clubs will blacklist him.
  19. nicksaviking
    In any case, I'm sure drafting Lackey changes the equation for the Twins. It 100% shouldn't because if any team knows not to count on top draft picks, it's this one. But I'm sure they're already penciling him into the 2028 roster.
  20. nicksaviking
    But are the players the Dodgers want to cut, the guys we actually want? Maybe they're be someone but generally I'd think then the Twins are spending money to keep up with the big clubs, but doing it on the players the big clubs were willing to give up on.
  21. nicksaviking
    Definitely concede to that point. Fair to add the caveat that if there's a young-ish fireball, strikeout artist who was just converted from a starter, I'd more likely be interested.
  22. nicksaviking
    I'm guessing Stefon Diggs' career is over? https://www.tmz.com/2026/07/14/stefon-diggs-male-sexual-assault-accuser-says-his-football-team-flew-him-out/ As it should be if anywhere remotely accurate. But I'd guess teams would blacklist him for the wrong reason.
  23. nicksaviking
    You can't buy a relief pitcher based on this year's or last year's modest inning inning total and try to sell yourself on the fact that his value lies in the fact that he still got years of control left. The Twins always do this, and it never works out. Target guys who have long track records with MULTIPLE teams. Otherwise you're most likely looking at a small sample size hero, like most of the relievers the Twins acquire. And that goes double for small sample size guys with command issues because if/when they blow up, they'll blow up twice as hard considering they give up free passes.
  24. nicksaviking
    After the elite pitchers, the free agent market looks absolutely dreadful next year. I typically wouldn't want to pay Jeffers OR Ryan beyond their likely productive years or for more than they'd get on the market, but if the Twins are forced to raise payroll, I'd rather have both players on ugly contracts, than a half dozen ugly players on team friendly contracts clogging up the roster.
  25. nicksaviking
    I'm not trading for Rays relievers. For the last decade, those relievers haven't tended to be good pitchers, the Rays have just figured out the best way to use them. I'd trust Joe Blow off of the waiver wire just as much as I'd trust a reliever on a contending team they're willing to trade.
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