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  1. nicksaviking
    For sure. I doubt they'll move him from the rotation at this point of the season now with Ryan out.
  2. nicksaviking
    Looking at his splits, the only team he terrorized more than the Twins was the Royals. Alas, the Royals are done with the White Sox too so he can't help us out there.
  3. nicksaviking
    Les was the first autograph I got. He was jogging the outfield and I reached around the plexiglass at the foul pole to hand him a baseball card. Crazy he only pitched two season in the majors. He was actually better in 1988 than 1987 but didn't get a shot in 1989 even with Blyleven leaving and Viola getting traded mid season.
  4. nicksaviking
    I'm not putting much hope in Topa; injured, older and from another organization. The Twins are whiffing on this kind of player profile just about every time. Call me a weirdo, but they've been nailing the internal questionable-starter-turned-reliever profile the last several years. I'd have more faith in Winder turning into an asset. Not a ton of faith, just more faith.
  5. nicksaviking
    They made this move too late, we're done with the Sox and Sizemore used to destroy the Twins!
  6. nicksaviking
    Here's the problem with your argument though. Sure, the Twins offense needs to pick it up, but in the playoffs, you basically scrap the back of your rotation. Doesn't matter if it's Chris Paddock, Michael Lorenzen or Walter Johnson; they're a reliever at best in the post season. Always improve the front of the rotation. Top end starters have a shot at making up for bats who may take a day off.
  7. nicksaviking
    'Higher payroll' surely correlates to 'best players'. A team like the Twins can (and has) gotten around that correlation by trading for good players while they were still affordable.
  8. nicksaviking
    *******Moderator Note****** Anyone trying to steer the game threads towards politics will be banned from posting in them.
  9. nicksaviking
    THE favorite? Rarely. One of the top four or five favorites? Nearly every time. The Twins need to stop being satisfied going into the playoffs as an underdog. Makes for cute Hollywood sports movies, but sucks for winning championships.
  10. nicksaviking
    Not that I’d want it as I’m a Vikings fan, but it should be more. Half season probably. Passed out at the wheel isn’t even in the same hemisphere of irresponsibility as blowing say an .085. Which is still unacceptable.
  11. nicksaviking
    The Marlins blinked first on that trade. I’ll venture to guess that it won’t be by much though.
  12. nicksaviking
    No idea about the accuracy of the reports of the divisional trades, but refusing one for a rental player out of fear of what the Twins might do sounds more like something an out-of-his-depth owner would quash rather than a GM who's still got to prove himself.
  13. nicksaviking
    Agreed, but these guys were all changed into relievers at AAA or early in their major league careers. The Twins have had next to no luck with the guys who were always viewed as relief pitchers. I don't even know the last one they as a team developed like that, Trevor Hildenberger? Jesse Crain?
  14. nicksaviking
    Duran, Alcala, Sands, Rogers, May, Duffey, Pressly, Perkins, Duensing, Hendricks. The Twins have been doing this for years with starters with good MiLB track records but little path to starting in the majors. No reason to stop until it doesn't work anymore.
  15. nicksaviking
    Whether the division trades didn't happen out of spite, incompetence or different perspective, we should be used to it by now and expect it to continue going forward. The Twins play in the one division where there are always at least two and usually three sellers every single deadline. And it won't be getting any better if spite and incompetence were any part of the motivating factors.
  16. nicksaviking
    No, they don't. That was the big issue last year, but they largely rectified that matter. Even Buxton's K% is under 30% now. As a team, the Twins are tenth in the league in strikeouts this year averaging a very good 21.1%. Presuming their power evened it out, I figured the team could afford two regulars who whiffed over 30%, maybe three if they were spaced out in the lineup. With Julien off the roster, they only have one such player. It would be great if Wallner could reign in the strikeouts a bit more, but at this time, it's not a problem, so rip away big guy.
  17. nicksaviking
    Works for the Rays. Used to work for Terry Ryan too. Honestly, SSS issues is often the difference between a waiver wire reliever and someone who got hot for three months and got traded. But I'll still go to my grave never trusting a relief pitcher.
  18. nicksaviking
    They may have wanted more from the Twins than from the other teams, but with rentals, but I agree, I doubt it would have been significant. Fans care about the rivalries more than the GMs do, rental players should go to the highest bidder if you're a seller. Of course, many years there are more than just rental pitchers available and then I do agree these teams would be inclined to keep them away from the Twins. And with the Twins in a habitually bad division, they are going to run into this scenario more often than teams with only one 'seller' in the division per year. Can't do much about that except shop elsewhere.
  19. nicksaviking
    If you apply that 11% WAR from trades to the win total, you go from a 94 win team to an 84 win team. Look, I didn't like most of the options (even the ones priced out of the Twins budget and prospect bank) but making trades and adding payroll is an important part of improving your club.
  20. nicksaviking
    So just because Falvey was smart enough not to say the quiet part out loud, we just ignore this one: https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/twins_reportedly_working_with_payroll_limitations_at_trade_deadline/s1_13237_40646844 and this one: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5671013/2024/07/31/twins-failed-trade-deadline/ or what Dan Hayes said just two days ago: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5664820/2024/07/28/twins-trade-deadline-dominant-bailey-ober/ Based on the reporting, not on Falvey, who has a vested interest not to publicly** throw ownership under the bus, ownership was not willing to take on more payroll. **But someone is telling the media how it is off the record
  21. nicksaviking
    Not from the media that's for sure. But they have local interests with their other businesses and investments too, and certainly, being the face of everybody's favorite baseball team has to be a better benefit to those other interests than being the local villain.
  22. nicksaviking
    I don't like what the Pohlad's are doing, but what if we got owners like the Marlins got? Or worse, the A's? At least the Pohlad's are local and have to answer to local pressure to keep the team functional. What if we ended up getting a sketchy hedge fund owner from the East Coast? Or a group from Nashville or Montreal who will never say it, but are interested in moving the team?
  23. nicksaviking
    I get it, it's like watching everyone else open presents on Christmas while you get nothing. It's not fair, the fans and players did get screwed over. I personally didn't like most of the players traded, and I don't think any of them really would have put the Twins over the top to win a championship, but plenty of fans still want to see a better playoff push, even if it is likely to be another early round exit. And that's a fair desire by those fans too. (and a more rational take than my borderline sociopathic win-it-all-or-go-jump-in-a-lake demands)
  24. nicksaviking
    I was blown away by the sheer quantity of players traded yesterday, but bored with the quality. Many of the best players moved were DFA candidates just last year. Still, I'd love to know who was on Correa's list. I'm still more than OK not letting ownership off the hook.
  25. nicksaviking
    I think the complaint is how they both are playing now, not how people expect them to play when they're 25.
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