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  1. nicksaviking
    Good time to declare that just because I don't "like" a player, doesn't mean I don't NOT like the player. Except for Tommy Herr.
  2. nicksaviking
    Why? In what scenario is Kody Clemens part of a Minnesota Twins World Series run? I mean, getting rid of him (and the temptation to start him), to give real reps to players who could possibly help compete in 2027, 2028 or 2029 should be a win in and of itself.
  3. nicksaviking
    This seems like the pitching version of platooning. I don't see the point, to save this already dead season? Pass. If you need innings eaters for whatever reason, just grab whatever Joe Blow is floating around on waivers, then waiver him again. This club needs to be working on building a team for future years, and that doesn't include the most average-est relievers, it includes identifying the next crop of shut down, one inning relievers. The prior two years the Twins showed you don't need long-relievers if you have enough good relievers. The reason being, if they can get outs while keeping their pitch counts under 20, they can pitch twice in three days. Or if they can get through an inning on 10 pitches, then they get to go out there for a second. And those guys rarely just emerge right out of AAA, so you're going to have to use this year as a trial and error season to figure out who gets used and when.
  4. nicksaviking
    We're clearly at a point in American history where judges are no longer ashamed to rule how their benefactors want them to rule. Now the NCAA is once again begging congress to rig the system for them to clean up this mess. How about the NCAA instead beg congress to force judges, from district all the way up to the high court, to actually rule based on the law.
  5. nicksaviking
    And the shame of it is, it's really only those affiliated with the top teams in the power five four conferences that have driven this bus over the cliff. The non top teams in those conferences benefited for sure but have no clout, but the mid majors are getting eviscerated by those same top teams while actually trying to play actual collegiate sports. How many non football and non men's basketball athletes are going to be completely screwed because their schools are going to have to cut sports to afford to clean up the mess caused by the schools that could always afford to make a mess?
  6. nicksaviking
    I'd say that's embarrassing, but it probably doesn't even crack the top ten of unconstitutional rulings in Texas this week. This one will get overturned for sure. Forget college sports, pro sports would all be dead if the players get to bet on (or against) themselves. Sorry, it stinks, but young men have lost their jobs and scholarships for much less. Is the NCAA and professional sports to blame for all the gambling that is helping to destroy our economy? Absolutely. But you can't get a pass for this any more than you could get a pass for killing somebody driving high because Purdue Pharma intentionally got you hooked.
  7. nicksaviking
    If a rebuilding team is talking about platooning players, they should be looking to move those players. This ship isn't getting steered toward meaningful contention until there is six, seven or even eight players in the lineup that can play every day, starting pitcher be damned. If we're not playing for anything this year, I'm all for having young players get plenty of reps against same-handed pitching. If two guys only play the same position, pick one, not both. But I'm not sure Wallner or Martin are considered young any longer (so maybe someone else who has never had a shot?). In any case, the goal this year absolutely CAN'T be to chase .500, the goal needs to be to put the franchise in a spot where 2027 and beyond are set up to be playing real baseball games.
  8. nicksaviking
    I'd bet many of the same traits that often make people professional athletes are shared by reckless thrill seekers. Highly competitive, unable to decline a challenge, desire to be performative in front of others, spontaneous instead of future-thinking and an over-abundance of self confidence in one's abilities. So I'd guess a lot of these people haven't changed since when they were pro athletes, they simply now lack the outlet of professional competition.
  9. nicksaviking
    The fact that Outman is still on the roster pretty clearly shows they are still very concerned about justifying last summer's least noticed trade.
  10. nicksaviking
    So he didn't like the pitch sequencing? Looks like he throw 98 pitches while facing 27 batters, so he averaged 2.75 pitches per batter. Meanwhile he has averaged 4 pitches per batter on the season. So efficiency wasn't an issue; he must have thought the wrong pitches were called on the 8 hits (and two HR) he gave up. Eight hits were the most he gave up since his second start of the year so that seems likely to be the irritation and what he views as a lack of 'length'. Yeah, I don't know, so six too many four-seamers and three too few curves and sliders? Not sure there's much to dwell on here Joe. You just faced the White Sox, you probably don't want to do the EXACT same thing as last outing.
  11. nicksaviking
    How about the Twins elbow their way into the inner circle of MLB owners for once, so they can get a feel for how the economic side of things are going to look next summer. Because if they are going to be FORCED to increase payroll, I'd rather do it with an overpay on a QO or extension for a good player who might not age as well, than spend it on five more Josh Bell types.
  12. nicksaviking
    Not one team was willing to toss in 26-year-old AAA relief pitcher? Or that wasn't the ask?
  13. nicksaviking
    I think we need to Mad Libs this title now. Twins Acquire Justin Lawrence to (verb) Bullpen
  14. nicksaviking
    A Pirate pitcher who overuses a sinker? I thought they stopped doing that.
  15. nicksaviking
    I also think Miami is tanking. And maybe in the stupidest way. No attempt at a passing game and a 185 lb RB? They're going to destroy one of the leagues best young ball carriers the season they gave him a contract extension.
  16. nicksaviking
    Maybe if it's for an expiring contract. As a starter this guy doesn't miss bats so chances are it would soon be in the Twins best interest to also put him in the pen.
  17. nicksaviking
    Yeah, definitely don't care about the trade angle any longer. If you want a different excuse, I'd offer the Kevin Slowey; perhaps SWR dug his heels in and said he'd stay in the bullpen when hell freezes over. I'd think there'd have been at least SOME hint of that dissent though.
  18. nicksaviking
    Agree they need playmaker to handle the ball. It does seem like this organization is intentionally creating a collaborative culture though, and Morant can be divisive. I'd guess they chase the slightly less divisive Kyrie Irving instead.
  19. nicksaviking
    Maybe this is why the Cardinals aren't bothering rostering QBs this year? They're sitting back laughing at SF and Seattle assuming Purdy and Darnold are going to need to schedule funerals this season.
  20. nicksaviking
    This honestly feels like a BIG market club move. A team that doesn't sweat paying big money to big relievers. It's just so weird that the same franchise that turned the similarly strikeout challenged Griffin Jax into a swing-and-miss artist by making him a single inning reliever, never even bothered to try it again. This looks like Terry Ryan's blunder with Liam Hendricks. Also interesting that SWR right this minute is still younger than Jax was when he debuted. I also fear we're going to see more of this if someone in the front office doesn't speak up and point out exactly how it was that they ended up with Taylor Rogers, Jhoan Duran, Griffin Jax and Louis Varland in the first place. If they knew poor performance as a starter could lead to a DFA before June, SWR should have never, ever, ever been given the ball in the 1st inning at any time this year, because his peripherals said a poor performance as a starter was always a high possibility.
  21. nicksaviking
    Pretty sure the headline of this article proves not all front offices think the same.
  22. nicksaviking
    If the Twins think he's the best bet to hold down a spot in the middle of the order for the next half decade, great, make the pick. If they simply think he's a good hitting catcher, no, don't. The Twins catcher situation has looked bleak since Mauer moved to 1B, but it's never actually been bleak. The bar for the position is just so, so low, and in just about every season, someone always jumps that bar by a mile. Fixing the offense should be so much more of a priority than fixing a specific position.
  23. nicksaviking
    This does a lot to assuage my worries that KOC was going to be secretly making all the decisions.
  24. nicksaviking
    The owners have come out with their initial proposal, 240M cap but also a 170M floor. And 50/50 revenue split. As anti-owner as I am, that has me encouraged. I thought the owners would go for a floor but make the MLBPA ask for it as a concession. And a 70M gap between floor and ceiling certainly make things more competitive.
  25. nicksaviking
    Two questions: Why did the Giants cut loose a 2023 5th round draft pick? Is their system loaded? Is this normal but I'm just used to the Twins grasping on to every prospect for as long as possible? And, why is Raya still going three innings? That's no different than starting. Long-relievers are waiver-wire pick ups or the soft-tossing starters who don't have the juice to be late inning relievers. It's a spot that usually is used for inning eating garbage time. There's a reason the Twins never have the same guy doing this job each year; it's an expendable position. Transitioning him to a three inning reliever does absolutely NOTHING. If they actually want to find out if he can transition to a good reliever, one inning. That's it. This nonsense is really frustrating sometimes.
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