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  1. nicksaviking
    I am very encouraged that Kirilloff is trusted in the OF again, last year I suspected his days there were over. The team is much more flexible if he isn't glued to 1B.
  2. nicksaviking
    Isn't that basically the Twins new hitting philosophy!?!? Total disregard for his coaching!
  3. nicksaviking
    They had to dump Polanco's 10M salary per ownership, that was clearly the impetus of the move. They were always going to remove Polanco, Kepler or Vazquez and nobody was taking Vazquez off of their hands. Obviously the Twins 'wanted' DeSclafani or they'd have just DFA'd him the second he got off the airplane. But they needed to use some of that savings for a starter anyway and DeSclafani's remaining salary was a Chris Archer/Dylan Bundy figure which is what they'd have had to pay for what was left at the bottom of the free agency barrel. I said all offseason I'd prefer to keep Polanco and his much more consistent bat over Kepler, but obviously the Twins felt otherwise.
  4. nicksaviking
    Agree bad trade, but not because the 2024 version of Dylan Bundy got hurt.
  5. nicksaviking
    I mean, if the team was merely hoping he "could perhaps" compete to be the 5th starter, how much did they really value him though? Unless your rotation is stacked, all you're ever doing with the 5th/6th starter is crossing your fingers regarding production or health or both. This team failed hard this offseason, but that was in not acquiring a guy for the top of the rotation. Polanco himself was never going to get that kind of arm.
  6. nicksaviking
    I've been hearing more and more thoughts that Maye will drop and McCarthy will go ahead of him. Paul Allen seems to think the Vikings already have a deal in place. As annoying as he is, he tends to be in the know. If they do have a deal in place, maybe the only thing the Vikings are waiting on is to make sure Washington picks Daniels instead of the guy they want.
  7. nicksaviking
    Ha, great win? Sounds like a messy game but so many fun players to follow on the Saints this year!
  8. nicksaviking
    Will Smith may be unavailable after yesterday, and KC only has one other lefty in the pen, who threw 24 pitches while facing five batters in game 1. Maybe the Twins are unimpressed with KC's left handed options today.
  9. nicksaviking
    Tomorrow's shaping up for the more questionable bullpen arms to get some innings. Can't wait! Funny, I typed that as snark, but I am actually looking forward to seeing these new guys.
  10. nicksaviking
    That's the point, we shouldn't care about where they were drafted after about year two, their minor league numbers aren't close to comparable.
  11. nicksaviking
    Good call, we got to mix up some purple in with all the red reaction options.
  12. nicksaviking
    He had a great knuckleball though:
  13. nicksaviking
    Kirilloff and Julien: Killing lefties this year! Problem solved!
  14. nicksaviking
    Or Camargo on the bench so a big bat like Margot could pinch hit for Vazquez. Edit: I take it back!!!
  15. nicksaviking
    Yeah, he was the RH DH Thursday. I'm guessing you'll get to repost this sentence way more than anyone would ever want this season.
  16. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I don't want to get all negative, because I'm really not, but if Martin hadn't been a 1st round pick or traded for Berrios, we'd probably be putting him in the same group as Helman, Kiersey and Prato. All of whom I'm still looking forward to seeing at some point. Certainly these aren't dead-end prospects, the Twins found Dozier and Arraez from this kind of tier.
  17. nicksaviking
    Yeah, it's still a poor division, I'm not worried, I'd rather it be a different player than Lewis missing time, but this team should have always had a post open for a rookie anyway; way too many are getting cornered out in St. Paul. I wouldn't say it's a silver lining, but maybe a nickel lining.
  18. nicksaviking
    I'm looking forward to seeing him, but I think the expectations for Martin are getting a bit lofty. Julien's MiLB OBP was !.437! and he hit more HR in 109 games at the majors last year than Martin has in his entire minor league career. I really don't think these are similar kinds of prospects.
  19. nicksaviking
    Kind of think Pierson Ohl deserved a rotation spot over Boushley. Is Ohl injured? Also surprised Willie Joe Garry didn't get an outfield spot. He hung around camp a long time this spring and can play CF, Yoyner Fajardo doesn't seem to be as good of a defender, and Will Holland hasn't shown anything with his bat at any level. Not sure how Holland surpassed Seth Gray either.
  20. nicksaviking
    Hope for the first option, but neither are going to cripple the season.
  21. nicksaviking
    I have no read on this front office, but if they don't already have a wink-wink deal in place to trade up, after trading for another 1st round pick two months prior to the draft, it just seems like they don't actually have a game plan. Just such a bizarre move at that point in the off season otherwise. No team does that. Pick #23 is usually a trade DOWN spot. Makes no sense unless they already know it can be packaged. But while I've liked the free agency period this year, there's already been a bunch of 'makes no sense' moves from this group so as much as I want to, I guess I can't assume they already have a deal in place. But I think they do.
  22. nicksaviking
    Agree with the pitchers. Science has almost certainly pushed biology to it's limits, because that's what teams are tying to get out of their pitchers. Also agree that hitters aren't pushing harder now than they used to; I mean we actually used to have a laughable debate about the merits of sliding headfirst into first base. However, I don't think hitters are more injury prone now than they used to be. I'm sure someone can dig up data that I don't have, but hitters have always been hurt, that's why Cal Ripken's journey was such an incredible event. Hitters DID use to play through injuries more often, but that was just dumb. Those guys always played way under their normal productivity. The better move would have been to heal them so they can perform to their ceiling later and have a bench player man the spot in meantime. That's pretty standard now, but injured players rarely play well, back then, they simply had too much pride not to play. Plus, teams ran like 10 man pitching staffs, there was way less incentive to put guys on the DL (dated reference) since the bench bats ran about six deep.
  23. nicksaviking
    His walk rate vanishes? Even when Julien isn't hitting left handers in the minors, he's still getting on base at a top end clip. His professional at bats and OBP alone should keep him on the field to try to improve the hitting. We should drool over an OBP that good against same-handed pitching.
  24. nicksaviking
    I want to see Martin get a shot, just like I want to see most of the young guys get a shot. However, and I know this isn't a popular opinion, Martin has been around long enough that I think his pedigree is next to meaningless. He doesn't play a premium position unless they give him a shot in CF again, and he is a slap hitter. I want to see him, but I just think his ceiling is so low. Best case scenario seems like Luis Castillo but if you get much less than that and you're a replacement player because the margin for error is so small with only singles and walks to fall back on.
  25. nicksaviking
    I'm not sure about defensively, but Farmer is gone after this year for sure and Castro showed promise offensively, particularly with his increased ability to draw walks. If I had to give one of them more at bats, I'd give them to Castro on the off chance he can pivot into another Eduardo Escobar.
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