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  1. nicksaviking
    The Marlins blinked first on that trade. I’ll venture to guess that it won’t be by much though.
  2. 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.
  3. 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?
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 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?
  13. 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)
  14. 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.
  15. nicksaviking
    I think the complaint is how they both are playing now, not how people expect them to play when they're 25.
  16. nicksaviking
    Lee's not playing well, but with Severino's control issues, I'm guessing he was told to keep the bat on his shoulders. Not that he should have listened.......
  17. nicksaviking
    But this is freakin' Houston. With the entire MLB community blasting this move, he'll probably end up being World Series MVP.
  18. nicksaviking
    Pretty crazy. I'm sure Houston's thought is that guys with high strikeouts and low walks have a pretty good shot at having their numbers even out by the end of the year. But even as much as I was previously interested in him, his last few starts would have had me only offering minimal prospects in return.
  19. nicksaviking
    Unless you're Cleveland. Everything is breaking right for them.
  20. nicksaviking
    I haven't seen much evidence that teams are willing to pay for defense these days. Particularly not in the corner outfield. Gurriel and Jorge Soler got multi year deals while Kevin Kiermaier could only get one year and at a much lower amount. Teoscar Hernandez also only got one year, but at 2x the value of Kiermaier. All the OPSs were within shouting distance of each other too, so it seems like teams are paying for XBH, which is reasonable to me.
  21. nicksaviking
    That's more than Lourdes Gurriel got and prior to signing, he had been a significantly more consistent bat than Kepler. Just for fun, I'll say Kepler gets a 2 year 25M contract with a third year option that includes a 3M buyout. But he'll be waiting awhile next offseason expecting more. Of course during that time there will be two dozen articles about whether the Twins will or should bring him back.
  22. nicksaviking
    I severely disliked the trade at the time as I was still deep into my loathing for sinkers and pitch-to-contact guys. The Twins had already started to turn the corner on that approach and were starting to become really good at missing bats as a team overall, but I couldn't shake the frustration of the past 20 years.
  23. nicksaviking
    But, but, but, Derek Falvey said it wasn't about the money! Don't tell me he was merely covering for his boss!!!!!!
  24. nicksaviking
    Five hits by the Mets. The staff was pretty dang good, but something is missing. Can't put my finger on it.
  25. nicksaviking
    No kidding. Like 30 spring trainings wasn't already enough for the guy.
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