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  1. nicksaviking
    Obviously they are all a gamble, but the more bets you are able to place, the more likely one of them will payout.
  2. nicksaviking
    Close to AARP eligibility?
  3. nicksaviking
    Not looking forward to Blewett, but honestly, I'd rather FIND the Jay Jacksons and Justin Topas rather than trade for them or sign them after their unexpected fluke season. He looks pretty much the same as those two.
  4. nicksaviking
    The crow population is going to be put on the endangered species list after our TD community is finished.
  5. nicksaviking
    Still, winners shop on 5th Avenue, losers shop at K-Mart, and we all know the Twins would have been browsing Blue Light Specials even if they were going to be buyers.
  6. nicksaviking
    Dang, I wish I would have thought to ask. Or at least thought to ask if he'd prefer I pay him in non-perishable canned goods instead of actual money.
  7. nicksaviking
    I'll take Dobnak over my Uber driver last weekend. Guy kept trying to get me to subscribe to his podcast about the literal Apocalypse. He swore the end times were here and if I wasn't already right with God, it was too late.
  8. nicksaviking
    Even with the sketchy rotation situation, at this point I put Paddack in the pen. Behind Matthews. Behind Varland even. I don't think he can hold up as a starter.
  9. nicksaviking
    I'm not complaining, the Twins went nearly two years without losing a starting pitcher of consequence, that was a pretty dang good run. The gripe shouldn't be that the team didn't have starting pitching depth, the gripe should be that Paddock and Desclafani WEREN'T the pitching depth. Both of them had no business being considered rotation pieces for a team coming off their first playoff win in two decades. Maybe one for the 5th/swing spot, but not both.
  10. nicksaviking
    For sure. I doubt they'll move him from the rotation at this point of the season now with Ryan out.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. nicksaviking
    They made this move too late, we're done with the Sox and Sizemore used to destroy the Twins!
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. nicksaviking
    *******Moderator Note****** Anyone trying to steer the game threads towards politics will be banned from posting in them.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. nicksaviking
    The Marlins blinked first on that trade. I’ll venture to guess that it won’t be by much though.
  21. 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.
  22. 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?
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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