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  1. nicksaviking
    Maybe Buxton 8th. Santana is pushing Tommy Herr for worst Twin of all time.
  2. nicksaviking
    Buxton used to do well when he was demoted to the bottom of the lineup. I vote for that. Even if it doesn't fix anything.
  3. nicksaviking
    If he fixes it he can be a starter. Lots of guys are able to only minimalize it though and be decent relievers. Duran is clearly on a different level but his location isn't exactly spot on. Trevor May was able to minimize it in the pen. Guys like Josh Hader, Alexis Diaz and Devin Williams aren't exactly in firm control of their stuff.
  4. nicksaviking
    Back from dinner. Completely shocked Jackson Holliday didn't hit his first MLB HR off the Twins yet. No way he waits until the third game.
  5. nicksaviking
    Vazquez is even worse than last year? Why isn't Camargo getting a shot?
  6. nicksaviking
    Thinking SWR is having himself a steak dinner and smiling tonight........
  7. nicksaviking
    Maybe Buxton told him he could put him down as a reference for his new job.
  8. nicksaviking
    Is that what Buxton was telling him?
  9. nicksaviking
    Their bullpen is good though. Maybe there's a fine line the Twins can walk where they score enough to take the lead but not so much to get him pulled. Obviously the Twins are better at the second part of that equation.
  10. nicksaviking
    Pretty sure they said that's all they can afford.
  11. nicksaviking
    So he's the Game 1 starter this year?!?!
  12. nicksaviking
    Funny, still singling out Julien and Kirilloff when 8 !!!EIGHT!!! of the 13 hitters have an OPS under .600. Listing the Twins best active hitters in order by OPS, Kirilloff, Jeffers, Julien, Martin. I'm honestly in favor of you continuing to dislike all the young players. That's been better than any other method the front office has thought up so far.
  13. nicksaviking
    Ouch. I'm not even sure a 93 MPH pitch is even considered a fastball anymore. C'mon Buck, time to step it up. Silver lining, since everyone now knows everyone's weaknesses these days, if he does figure it out, there'll probably be a point where guys continue to throw him these juicy, hittable pitches over the plate before they re-adjust to coming at him with nasty breaking pitches.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I'm not sure what's happening here, but in the four years the Twins have had an affiliate in Wichita, that stop seems to be the one where the brakes are applied. So whatever this is, is pretty dang encouraging.
  15. nicksaviking
    Or delay the future costs of these players by signing less talented depth. I'm sure they'd rather pay them cheaply through their prime instead of letting them walk when their still only 28. But Lewis and Kirilloff were in AA by the time they were 21. Both had season long injuries and that Covid year makes things impossible to gauge. Lee looks like he'll be amongst the first prospects from his class called up. Seems like the TOP top prospects aren't typically held up long.
  16. nicksaviking
    Sometime down the line starting pitchers in MLB will become RBs in the NFL, no one will pay them because they're used up before they hit their second contract. Kids will all want to be hitters, not pitchers. Can't wait until the average score is 17-15.
  17. nicksaviking
    I prefer my starters young and cheap, so I was willing to meet their monetary demands if they were willing to meet the prospect demands.
  18. nicksaviking
    Sigh, yeah, if only they'd paid attention to how the season went last year when Meada was the 'bad' starter.
  19. nicksaviking
    They did make a move for the rotation, the back of the rotation. And intentionally. They failed to fix the part that mattered, and that is the problem. We're on the same page, but perhaps not the same language and I apologize for not being more concise, but I can do better: Twins: Who should our swingman this year? Me: Swingman?!?! Who cares, pick whatever bum you want for that spot, you need to focus on the top of the rotation.
  20. nicksaviking
    So your theory is that the Twins needed a top of the rotation arm and they said, let's get DeSclafani he's more than capable of replacing Sonny Gray? It was reported right away that he was going to have to battle Varland for the 5th spot. They basically acknowledged that he was Matt Shoemaker. The Polanco deal was terrible, but not because they got a depth starter as part of a door prize package, it was a terrible deal because it didn't lead to getting a top of the rotation starter. They didn't add prospects to Polanco to get an actual starter, nor use the salary savings to go buy one. That is the issue and they knew it. They didn't have any big press conference like they did with Lopez or Maeda or Paddock. They lost out on a big prize and came crawling home with a swag bag. I didn't care then and don't care now which 4M bottom barrel depth starter they put on the roster. It was always going to be someone I disliked, yet inevitable. It didn't make a difference to me if they got DeSclafani in this deal or used the money to sign Aaron Civale or Carlos Carrasco. It was number 2 starter or bust, and they busted.
  21. nicksaviking
    I agree, however I'm also of the mind that if a guy gets called up early and struggles and it messes with him so bad that it tanks his career, then he's probably not a guy who will be able to come through under pressure anyway. I'd think early failure would push not deject the kinds of players this team needs to win post season games. But even if he's a good role player and nothing more, I'd not want to call him up if it takes that possibility off the table later. But honestly, I think most organizations can grasp the mental makeup of these young players at this point better than they can predict their counting stats. I think they'd have a fairly good idea from his personality what they're working with and how he'd handle a call up.
  22. nicksaviking
    Considering how delicate this team has been with preserving their non-roster relievers they hoarded this offseason (see trading for Michael Tonkin instead of calling up one of these journeymen vets), I suspect his 'readiness' will be secondary to roster preservation. There's only three healthy hitters on the 40-man who aren't at the MLB level. Larnach is gearing up in A ball, so he might be ahead of Rodriguez, but Severino has been terrible so he probably isn't. But if they need someone before Kepler and Lewis are ready, I'd bet Rodriguez is second in line.
  23. nicksaviking
    Yeah, that's the big issue, but I don't see how that's fixable at this point. The hitters have adjusted to this new age, nasty stuff, if you take three MPH off your fastball or reduce your spin rate on the breaking pitches they'll be hitting .400 with 50 HR.
  24. nicksaviking
    The Twins aren't the only team doing this. Looking at the top pitching prospects leaguewide, it looks like tons of the top guys threw fewer innings in 2023 than they did in 2022. I'm guessing the rash of injuries and the new pitch clock has gotten teams to think about slowing things down. Maybe even thinking about not wasting innings in the minors when they could later be used at the MLB level.
  25. nicksaviking
    They haven't pitched well, but Raya is the pitcher I'm most excited about at any level. Ohl was solid in Wichita last year too, I'd expect him to bounce back, even if his strikeout numbers aren't terribly exciting.
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