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  1. nicksaviking
    I liked that they finally decided against him being a multi inning pitcher, as he should definitely be a one inning guy. Too bad they turned him into a 1/3 inning guy instead.
  2. nicksaviking
    If you call up your number ten prospect and bat him fifth in the lineup, that probably means your lineup isn't terribly strong and you should have found another player to send back down. Or release.
  3. nicksaviking
    I'd think the players would develop more playing a half season of MLB baseball than they would an extra few weeks of AAA next spring. But really, there could be any number of unexpected provisions and concessions that could impact the Twins one way or another. Changes in service time or minimum pay. Heck the MLBPA could finally tie in the minor leaguers in an attempt to keep the owners from manipulating them as listed above. And there's zero chance the Pohlad's are in the inner circle of MLB owners; they likely won't have the fast track to a game plan like the active and powerful owners will have. When the other pro leagues went to revenue sharing with salary caps and floors decades past, those movements where driven by the tenured mid/low market owners. The Pohlad's are the longest tenured ownership family outside of New York and Chicago, and they've forever sat on their hands while they watching their contemporaries in other leagues fight for parity. I expect them to be sheep here again and figure out how to operate after the other clubs have shown them how to do it.
  4. nicksaviking
    Well my snarky response was going to be, 'Because he hasn't faced the Twins yet'. But then checking his opponents, it possibly does shed some light: Not exactly great competition he's been facing. Still, those numbers would be impressive against AAA players.
  5. nicksaviking
    And good for every team in the NFC, but bad for the sport as a whole.
  6. nicksaviking
    No one's exonerating Lewis. I'm simply point out that I personally am not holding it against him for not following the advice of a group of coaches who had a seven year track record of failing to install productive advice on every player before him.
  7. nicksaviking
    Yeah, it would be fun if those two had a power struggle. McVey would win hands down and I'd happily welcome Les Snead as the GM here. But I'm quite confident the same thing happened with Lynch and Shanahan regarding Trey Lance. Those two kissed and made up.
  8. nicksaviking
    No, his comments may be to blame for why people don't like him (but sure seemed plenty didn't like him prior to that). But I don't know how anyone can definitively say he's solely to blame for his lack of development, when 90% of the fans were saying Rocco Baldelli wasn't a good coach for the past several years. 24-year-olds barely know how to do their own laundry, but they're supposed to understand how to adjust their swing plans, understand pitch sequencing and all the other minutia that comes with being a 21st Century MLB hitter?
  9. nicksaviking
    And to be fair, I'm not sure I've heard KOC say anything on this narrative that KAM was responsible and at fault for the sins of the past; it does seem to be fan and media driven. But KOC is not objecting to it and is clearly using the narrative to solidify and improve his status within the organization.
  10. nicksaviking
    I think if KAM was fully in charge and KOC wasn't actually advocating for McCarthy, we would have heard about it long before McCarthy failed to launch. The last two Wentz games, when most suspected McCarthy could play, but wasn't, at minimum we'd have heard about it then, if not as far back as when they decided against retaining Darnold. It just makes no sense that if you have an offensive minded HC who was a QB and supposedly is a great QB mind, that the GM would go rogue and make a franchise altering pick at that position that the coach didn't want. If KOC had come out and said 'The JJ pick was on me, that's my department, though I often defer to Flores and KAM for lots of the defensive stuff' I'd be more inclined to believe this current narrative.
  11. nicksaviking
    It's the same boss that for seven years habitually failed to transition top offensive prospects to capable MLB players. Lewis handled it poorly, (by not keeping his objections private) but just about EVERYBODY was saying Baldelli needed to go. I wouldn't have trusted his, or any of his coaches advice on mechanics or swing changes either. Particularly after Lewis saw pretty much all of his friends and teammates he came up with fade into oblivion under the same sage advice.
  12. nicksaviking
    Believe in Gonzalez or not, he was always supposed to be the player who would make it break that trade. DeSclafani had next to no value (and most thought negative value) and Topa was an already old AAAA reliever. Gonzalez is not the last hope, he was always the only hope.
  13. nicksaviking
    Thats the problem. Without speaking for everyone, I’m not at all convinced that KAM was wholly responsible for the awful drafting. I think it’s most likely KOC and possibly Flores were making significant decisions. And if Brezinski was also doing more than crunching numbers, than he’s to blame too. If he was mostly just crunching numbers, then the fear is he’ll just be a rubber stamp for KOC. Need a smart outside voice from an organization that has a recent history of quality drafting that makes these calls. KOC can collaborate, but cannot make the actual calls.
  14. nicksaviking
    My point was cutting Gray is far, far from the only option. Someone else can go once he’s back.
  15. nicksaviking
    I'm not sure how anyone can look at the roster and think removing a dozen or so players from the 40-man is of any consequence to the future outlook of this organization.
  16. nicksaviking
    Hey, his kid might read this!
  17. nicksaviking
    If 2025 Vazquez is what you're looking for, there are always DFA'd catchers who can tickle you just as well.
  18. nicksaviking
    If I owned a baseball team, and I was superstitious, or even moderately stituous, I’d think a higher power was starting to tell me to sell the team.
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  20. nicksaviking
    I'll take the newly injured catcher, the starting outfield and the starting pitchers that only have two names. Guess you got to keep the middle infielders under 26-years of age as well. The rest can join Garcia.
  21. nicksaviking
    I think Lewis will turn it around and end up having a nice career. Just likely not here. Remember this spring when we had the epic Arcia v Kreidler v Gray debate? Looks like EVERYONE gets their wish!
  22. nicksaviking
    Yet you would have complained about playing rookies none the less.......
  23. nicksaviking
    Name me one player who was never a rookie. And what's the wishful thinking? Nobody is expecting these guys to be HOFers. The guys they'd be replacing have created such a low bar, that the idea is that even if the young guys come up and stink, so what, the guys they are replacing already stink.
  24. nicksaviking
    Half the MLB team isn’t good enough. Why does James Outman get a pass exactly? He’s not going to help this team in 2027. The only whining is coming from you every time someone mentions a prospect.
  25. nicksaviking
    So never room for rookies. Good plan. 80-ytear-old Nolan Ryan vs Lou Brock tomorrow is going to be a great matchup. And Walter Mitty was a middle aged man by the way.
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