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  1. nicksaviking
    Read the post I quoted. That was NOT what I was refuting. He arrogantly stated, as fact, that you don't trade top prospects, even though it happens all the time, and nearly always the prospect side loses the trade.
  2. nicksaviking
    I said that the Twins wouldn't do that trade. I was refuting the posters fairly offensive, and completely wrong take that those kinds of prospects are untouchable. We see these big block buster trades every other year or so with multiple top prospects being moved for a super star player. And while I agree the Twins won't do this trade, and I'm not sure that I'd want to, in these mega prospect trades, the team getting the prospects loses about 90% of the time.
  3. nicksaviking
    Just because YOU don't like it, doesn't mean it's not credible. You really think Skubal goes for LESS than one of those guys? He probably goes for two of those kinds of prospects at least. I'm sure the Twins won't do it, and I'm not sure that I'd be interested, but it's more than a credible take.
  4. nicksaviking
    I liked Kikuchi better than most, but he's been getting tagged the last several starts. What's a comparable Twins package? Festa, Martin and Will Holland? Yeah, that's quite a bit for a rental.
  5. nicksaviking
    I agree, but I don't know that 'going for it' means the same to all of us, or even the same to the people at Target Field. There are plenty of moves that could make the Twins a better regular season team, but few that will make them a significantly better contender for a title. There have been tons of attractive names moved in the last few days to other teams, but I don't know how many of them actually puts the Twins over the top. I don't want those kinds of moves and I don't know that the kinds I want are available either. I won't be happy if they do nothing, but I'll not be much happier to make a trade just to make a trade.
  6. nicksaviking
    *****Moderator Note****** Some of the posts have crossed the line and gotten personal. Those posts have been hidden, but please tone it down going forward.
  7. nicksaviking
    I'm tired of that club's giant horseshoe they've been gifted. But when that luck runs out, they're going to go in the tank. I'm predicting they get swept which ever round they start the playoffs.
  8. nicksaviking
    Let's go!!!!! If he gets to Wichita by mid season 2025, anything can happen.
  9. nicksaviking
    Dozier's WAR was tied up in his offense, Edman's is in his defense. Middle of the order bats are more important for contenders. I think it's more like trading Nick Punto after his 2006 season.
  10. nicksaviking
    Yeah, there might not be. I don't want to make a trade just to make a trade though. I'd want a trade to win the World Series, not just to sneak into the playoffs as an underdog again.
  11. nicksaviking
    I most want the Twins to find another top of the rotation arm in the playoffs, but I don't feel that way about Snell. I don't care about his high ERA and I love the strikeouts, but his lack of control and unstable BB% is likely to be playoff poison against good hitting teams, which the Twins will likely find themselves matched up against.
  12. nicksaviking
    Long time Twins farmhand Bryan Sammons has been called up by the Tigers and is finally getting his major league debut. He always put up some intriguing numbers for a non-top prospect, particularly in the strikeout department, but his last two years in the Twins system did not go well. Looks like he went to Indy ball after getting released by the Twins before catching on with the Tigers last year. The Twins are done with the Tigers this year so congrats and good luck!
  13. nicksaviking
    Well it would certainly change the perception of the world's wealthiest men, who generally have a goal of making as much money as humanly possible, from being business savants to inept investors. So color me skeptical I guess.
  14. nicksaviking
    It could be, but a bunch of that is tax return manipulation. How much of that is just paper loss? They got a new stadium so certainly most if not all of that 46M is depreciation and amortization.
  15. nicksaviking
    If the Twins are losing ground to the Timberwolves, losing market share in Iowa to St. Louis, KC and the Chicago teams, losing fans due to apathy and losing TV negotiations to a 3rd rate sports provider, that all falls under Dave St. Peter's prevue and it's long been my opinion that he needs to be replaced. The 14th biggest market but as they'd have us believe, bottom ten in revenue? How many other businesses would keep the same CEO for two decades?
  16. nicksaviking
    Yeah, the Nelson Cruz for Joe Ryan deal worked out very well, other than that, the mid season trades have not been good. They've done much better in the off season trades, another of which I was hoping for last winter.
  17. nicksaviking
    Falvey's hands are kind of tied if ownership let him give out legit contracts to guys like Correa and Buxton one year and then tell them to cut budget the next. The off field management of this team is much more bumbling than the on field management.
  18. nicksaviking
    Kind of amusing because I'll bet one of the more common discussions next off season is if Julien follows the Miranda path. That of being a little known infield prospect, raking in the high minors, feeling like a cornerstone player as a rookie, looking completely lost as a sophomore and then coming back from the dead in his third year at the majors.
  19. nicksaviking
    Not really, most of their trades have been fairly noteworthy. The off season trades tend to pay off while the mid season trades haven't. The only thing noteworthy about trading for this DFA'd pitcher is that once upon a time he was a well known name.
  20. nicksaviking
    I can't imagine it would go over too well around here if the Twins came away with the washed up bum and the Dodgers get the stud young arm.
  21. nicksaviking
    Or give Joe a few more years of retirement to grow into that face. Maybe he'll discover all-you-can-eat early-bird buffets.
  22. nicksaviking
    You got me. Worked out for the best in any case. Well, I guess the best would have been to have neither he nor Margot, but probably time for us to walk this back to the Kikuchi discussion.
  23. nicksaviking
    Taylor only signed a one year deal, and the Twins showed zero impatience when it came to signing free agents last winter; I'm sure they would have waited him out if they wanted him. This team clearly tried to cut down on the K's and Taylor was the second worst offender after Gallo. I see no evidence the Twins wanted him back. Looks to me he had three teams after him, none of which were the Twins: https://www.baseballessential.com/news/free-agent-market-heating-up-minnesota-twins-michael-a-taylor-matt9 The 32-year-old, 10-year veteran who spent last season with the Minnesota Twins, has interest from three main teams — the Los Angeles Angels, the San Diego Padres and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  24. nicksaviking
    The Twins obviously care about money, and prioritized it last winter, but Taylor's 34% K rate was a terrible fit this this club. They clearly emphasized lowering those numbers team-wide, I doubt they had any interest in brining him back at any cost. Money wasn't the issue with that move.
  25. nicksaviking
    The Dodgers top four guys in their rotation are on the IL with only Glasnow coming back any time soon. Paxton has lost 2 MPH off of his fastball and the ability to miss bats. Unless a Dodgers team that's on pace to win 97 games is cutting costs and throwing in the towel, this move says to run far, far away from Paxton.
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