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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. nicksaviking
    Is there anything to suggest they wouldn't? I doubt 5M or whatever he'll make is a make-or-break endeavor. I know everyone wants to rip ownership over last off season, and rightfully so, but they raised payroll the prior several years, and then at the last minute this winter got a boost in revenue by finally agreeing to a terrible TV deal.
  11. nicksaviking
    Unless you're looking at ERA, I don't know that there's much to fix. Kikuchi throws gas, strikes out a ton of batters and doesn't give up many free passes. Like Joe Ryan, he's had a problem giving up homeruns in the past, but in this year of suppressed offense, he's not any more. I know that I like Kikuchi more than most, but he has the stuff to be the best arm in the Twins rotation. I like him better than Bassitt and Gausman. My only concern would be that I'd bet something will change to increase offense next year, so I'd not want the Twins to fall in love with him and re-sign him only for the long balls to come back into play next season.
  12. nicksaviking
    I don't know, this front office hasn't been terribly inclined to go after soft-tossing, high-contact guys except on MiLB deals. They like the strikeouts (justifiably), I'm not sure putting Paxton in the rotation would appeal to them much.
  13. nicksaviking
    This is a trick question right? Kyle Farmer has played in 63 games, so the answer must be 63.
  14. nicksaviking
    Not a fan of trading for a LOOGY, 32 innings is too small of a sample size to think this guy is any good. Looks like he tops out at about 91 MPH on his FB and he guy got jacked by right handers last year. If he had good stuff, he probably wouldn't have had to wait until his fourth decade on the planet to get called up to the majors. The Twins need to really start capitalizing on the prospect depth before they lose value. Seattle (obviously) said no to trading one of their starting five pitchers for Polanco, would they really have held firm to that had the Twins instead offered a package around Julien?
  15. nicksaviking
    It seems pretty clear the Twins don't target the top pitchers in the draft, they target guys with the best developable traits. In theory it's working great as they continue to have unknown draftees pop up all over top prospect lists. I'm a fan of the approach, but it's going to have to pay off in more than just theory pretty soon; Ober can't be the only success story.
  16. nicksaviking
    I'll take a reliever, but I don't want ONLY a reliever. I still think this team needs a starter that makes the other playoff teams take notice; I realize there may not be such a pitcher available this year. Looking at Irvin, I don't see why I'd want him on the mound in October over what the Twins currently have. Front line playoff starters get strikeouts, he doesn't.
  17. nicksaviking
    Yeah, Lee was pretty big blunder by the Twins. There were pre-draft rumors that he didn't want the Twins to draft him, they should have known to dot their i's and cross their t's when it came to dealing with him. One of my favorite tone deaf quotes in Twins history from Mike Radcliff: “I feel for the kid. I feel he’s pretty much uninformed,” Radcliff said of Lee, whom he thought was being led astray. “I don’t think he knows what he passed up.” Ha, because he should have been honored to play for the 1.5M or so the Twins were going to pay him instead of the 10M the Diamondbacks gave him. Surely to this day Lee regrets his decision! Prior to looking that up, I had remembered that as a Terry Ryan quote, but I guess I recalled that wrong.
  18. nicksaviking
    He's under guaranteed contract for only four more years and he's five years younger than when the Twins signed Josh Donaldson to his four year deal. Next year is Correa's big money year, which based on the youthful construction of the team seems about perfect. The years after that drop in salary dramatically, particularly the option years. Every non-skin-flint team in the league would be happy to take this contract right now.
  19. nicksaviking
    I agree. Pitching is way harder, but that's a good reason for the Twins to do what they are good at, producing hitters found all over the draft, and then move them for controllable pitching. Let the other teams take the 1 in 10 chance of developing a quality starting pitcher while the Twins use their 1 in 5 chance of developing hitters. It won't always work out obviously, but it's worked out better for the Twins lately than developing their own arms.
  20. nicksaviking
    Is it just me, or are the Twins going to struggle spending all of their draft pool this year? Should everyone but Hill be slot value or less. Some way less? And it would be very un-Twin-like to target the top tough-to-sign prep players left out there.
  21. nicksaviking
    I don't know, the Twins have done well finding good players at all spots in the draft, but 6th round doesn't sound early any longer to me. If he's your favorite bat at this point, take him regardless of position.
  22. nicksaviking
    Yeah, it's a culture war thing. Even in little old Fargo ND it's a made up talking point: https://www.inforum.com/news/fargo/is-downtown-fargo-safe-city-leaders-say-perception-doesnt-match-reality
  23. nicksaviking
    Don't forget the slow start to the season, that too certainly is contributing to the lower attendance. Plenty of fans probably wrote them off, and without the ability to watch them on TV, likely have no idea the team got good all of a sudden. First impressions still mean a lot, especially when something is out of sight, out of mind. Of course the lower payroll certainly aided in that slow start to the season.
  24. nicksaviking
    A bigger (stronger) Nick Gordon probably would have been a pretty good player though. I know some people wanted Brecht and others wanted Honeycutt, but the Twins have been pretty reliable about doubling down on what is currently working, and running far away from the things that aren't working. They have steered clear of pitchers with command issues for a few years now and hitters with strikeout issues since leading the league in that category last year. On the other hand, middle infielders with good bat-to-ball skills? They've been doing well there at all levels, so this is no surprise.
  25. nicksaviking
    I don't think WAR is terribly reliable, but lately it has been pretty reliable in who the voters will choose. So for these predictions, I think it's a pretty safe benchmark.
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