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  1. nicksaviking
    ***********Moderator Note*********** Too many posts are taking matters personally with other posters. Stick to the topic and stop with the accusations.
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    I agree that they weren't lies, and this title is inflammatory. But the fact that they didn't know what they were saying had a reasonable chance of being completely and utterly wrong stinks of incompetence. Not on the baseball side, on the operations side. We hardly EVER hear a concrete rumor from Falvey's side of things. New player news tends to be played tight to the vest. On the other side, St. Peters' crew, and St. Peter himself, started spreading roses and rainbows all over the place, and not in October, not in November, but weeks and days before they got egg on their face. How did he have such a terrible read on the situation?
  3. nicksaviking
    Yeah, they have a 45+ FV on Raya and half the pitchers they chose over him are only at a 40 and the rest are at 45, I don't see any 45+. Doesn't really track with lots of the other stuff they do.
  4. nicksaviking
    They can stop with the 'stopgap' signings until there actually is a gap to stop. Every season, the guys in AAA show each and every time that they can play just as well or just as poorly as these stopgap players. They didn't need Carlos Santana, they have a half dozen guys that can do what he does, or most likely doesn't. If you're the 2012 Twins with basically no players worth MLB consideration anywhere in sight, sure, sign them. We aren't anywhere near that point. Either sign BIG useful free agents who are clear upgrades to what you have (which they always should be looking to do), or don't sign any. Don't sign someone just because you're getting dragged over the coals by the fans.
  5. nicksaviking
    I wonder if in those 1.2 innings pitched if Dick Bremer had time to drop that moniker on him. He gave up 5 baserunners and 3 ER so they were probably loooooong innings. "Ball four from Big Fudge to walk the bases loaded, and now there is some stirring in the pen."
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    What free agents have they signed the last three years that have panned out? Vazquez, Gallo, Taylor, Simmons, Donaldson, Sanchez, Happ, Shoemaker, Bundy, Archer? I mean I'm happy they opened the wallet for Correa, but...... Donovan Solano? Cream of the crop? They can probably afford another one of those under any circumstance. Trade and develop. They continue to prove they can't do free agency anyway.
  7. nicksaviking
    I see your Austin Brice and raise you an Austin Davis: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/minor-league-transactions-jan-24-feb-14-2024/ "Wait, Austin who??? There's no way he ever pitched for the Twins!" He most certainly did, as Minnesota was his last MLB stop back in 2022 where he threw all of 1.2 innings, a number that Nick Gordon more than doubled.
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    That's a fun exercise. But I can't imagine how many things would have to go right for Chourio to make a top 100 list next year. Will he even start at A ball this year? If he doesn't, seems hard to catch the eyes of the national guys. Also hard to envision the increase in power typically required to get the national guys talking. Hope they're right! I would have thought Wikour or Keashell would have been considerations for this list.
  9. nicksaviking
    Not sure I want him rubbing off on what should be a defensive squad made up almost entirely of guys on their first contracts.
  10. nicksaviking
    Also, they renegotiated Marcus Davenports buyout date: https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/vikings-re-negotiate-void-date-on-marcus-davenports-deal-to-march-11 Why? From day one he showed complete indifference to being here and then he completely quit on the team, why on earth would they ever want him back. Just take the hit and move on.
  11. nicksaviking
    The Vikings aren't willing to do a guaranteed deal with Cousins per reports: https://www.si.com/nfl/2024/02/19/takeaways-chiefs-parade-shooting-draft-justin-fields-kirk-cousins Which I think is the smart thing to do. If you could get him for one year and have a QB sit behind him, I could live with that, but two years? No way, only GB gets away with that and it's completely counter-intuitive to taking advantage of the affordable rookie QB contracts.
  12. nicksaviking
    Don't sweat it, when the Twins trade for Jesus Luzardo or Braxton Garrett, the Marlins will make the Twins take back Avisail Garcia. RH outfielder problem solved, and you are all oh so very welcome. Looks like he hit a triple last year. That's really the best thing I can say about him at this point.
  13. nicksaviking
    I agree, but offensively Prato is better than him and has been two years running. Helman might be a tough call due to him being a SSS anomaly last year. But if Martin is not playing CF (he probably will be, it was just an observation about the usage at the end of last year) Keirsey would be ahead of him if CF is a need. Martin has always had value because we presumed he'd play a key defensive position, first SS than CF. If he's playing neither, he probably doesn't have the bat to really get excited about. His draft pedigree should have long ago been a non-consideration.
  14. nicksaviking
    Right, the only reason he shouldn't be playing CF now is because they think he can't cut it. Hopefully there was a different reason for it late last year.
  15. nicksaviking
    I think we'll know if Martin is a legit option early on in spring training, and that would be if he's regularly playing CF. Looking at his game logs, he only played CF once in his last three weeks in St. Paul, and that was despite Stevenson getting called up to the majors. If he's not getting many CF reps, I think Keirsey is likely ahead of him, and possibly both Prato and Helman considering not just their seniority (barf, not a legit reason), but also their offensive production (totally legit reason).
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    I agree the Twins TV deal was an absolute disaster. How they didn't see it coming that they'd get played like a puppet is embarrassing. However, lies 2 and 3 don't track for me. Increasing the payroll to improve the team after that fiasco a couple weeks ago seems like an oxymoron. You don't improve the team, now or especially in the future, just by spending money on free agents the rest of the league is showing to be tepid on. There were only a few good free agents who would have helped this team and they were already gone, even if money was freed up, the only improvement was coming from within the organization or via trade.
  17. nicksaviking
    Agree. And most of the options listed, even if unexciting were flexible in that way. Martin, Prato and Helman certainly are defensively flexible and Miranda and Severino to some degree though perhaps not in the same way. Additionally, Chris Williams and Alex Isola are also invited to camp and have defensive flexibility as well. I'm also not one to carry a 3rd catcher, but if that 3rd catcher can actually hit AND play 1B like Williams, Isola and Camargo, I'd be interested, especially if it was a semi-audition to see if moving Vazquez or Santana is feasible later in the year.
  18. nicksaviking
    I'd honestly rather have a Luplow for that last spot than a vet making a legit MLB salary. They would have no qualms cutting bait on a Luplow when it's time to turn to someone in St. Paul. If it's a Michael Taylor type, they'll never open up that roster spot. That last spot needs to have plenty of baked in flexibility.
  19. nicksaviking
    Last year he wasn't, but his value was already diminished by then. The Twins always had corner bats though, and the fans were getting on them for continuing to use high picks on those types of players. At Larnach's peak value, Sano was supposed to be at 1B and was given an extension because of it. Kepler had one OF spot and it was supposed to be Kirilloff vs Larnach for the other one vacated by Rosario. They should have picked one and moved the other. *******RIOT WARNING********** I'm sure Julien and Lee WILL be better than those two, but it seems like a similar situation. Keep one, trade the other. Don't get caught holding marginal value down the line when one could be used to fill a massive hole right now on a team that could be a legit contender if they had one more top pitcher. Though, perhaps I shouldn't have said 'Top Prospect'. I can recognize the difference in caliber in prospects like Jenkins and Royce Lewis than the guys we've discussed. I wouldn't move those kind of players. Probably.
  20. nicksaviking
    If Larnach doesn't make this team, it means the Twins missed their window to trade him for decent equity. They had three years to move a guy who was a top prospect yet pretty redundant. If he's sent down to start the year, than he's shown next to nothing and is optionless after this season. They'd only be able to trade him for peanuts. Another example of why the team shouldn't cling so tight to the top prospects thinking they're so much more likely to produce than the 2nd and 3rd tier prospects.
  21. nicksaviking
    I've been hugely critical, but I'm not writing him off just yet. His drafts and free agents have only been done with the intent to continue to patch up the deteriorating jalopy that was here when he was hired. If does finally allow a rebuild, I'll give him a shot to see if he can do it right. Front seven on defense, QB and OL on offense.
  22. nicksaviking
    Has this current front office opened the season with a player with no MLB experience on the roster? Perhaps, but I don't recall one. I'd rather it be Miranda but the Santana signing probably makes that impossible. And pleeeeeeeease don't let it be Goodrum. If on the slim chance they DO pick an actual guy with no service time, I'd bet it's the guy who actually plays CF as his primary position, Keirsey. I'd guess they'd have fewer qualms about him riding pine over Martin too.
  23. nicksaviking
    I don't think the issue is calling up AAA relievers just because they're lights out, the issue is when the bullpen is spent and you need to call up a couple of arms to give others a few days off. The Twins were doing that constantly last year. Counting on injuries really doesn't help in that regard.
  24. nicksaviking
    Yeah, we've seen this before. The free agents tend to get an unreasonably long leash.
  25. nicksaviking
    It's going to be harder to do that when the only guys with options are the guys who shouldn't be optioned.
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