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  1. nicksaviking
    I know I've been the low guy on Lee, but this really is biggest thing where I'm at with him because I still think he'll be a decent at worst MLB player. Planning on an injury for a guy to get regular playing time, isn't really much of a plan.
  2. nicksaviking
    Yeah, wait until spring training when these types start accepting MiLB deals. They can get an emergency vet for St. Paul like they did Keuchel or Sanchez, but they shouldn't be adding more Keuchel's or Sanchez's to the MLB roster. But before everyone gets upset about this, Bob Nightengale didn't list any of those starters in his article, that was all MLBTR conjecture based on what the Twins were looking at prior to both the TV deal and the DeSclafani deal.
  3. nicksaviking
    Yeah, and he's also going to lose out to the others as far as athletic testing goes at the pro days and combines. He is my least favorite of the group, but, if he has the right attitude (or wrong attitude if this was most other professions) the QBs who hold a grudge often are the ones that end up being later drafted gems.
  4. nicksaviking
    The more steam McCarthy, Nix and Penix get, the more likely one of the top three guys fall, even if the top guys don't fall behind McCarthy, Nix or Penix. I could see one team at the top, if not more than one team, start getting starry-eyed about paring Harrison, Nabers or Odunze with one of the 'lesser' rookie QBs and trading back into the 1st round if required. Or pairing the stud rookie receivers up with Cousins, Mayfield or even Wilson to be competitive ASAP.
  5. nicksaviking
    Too early to tell. There's never been a year where everyone had the top three picks nailed four months ahead of time, and we're living in an age of contrarianism. The masses will be jumping on and off of the bandwagons of all of these prospects a half dozen times before the draft. Anthony Richardson and Trey Lance were late 1st rounders at this time during their draft seasons. Will Levis and Justin Fields were running with the top arms.
  6. nicksaviking
    I'd hesitate on Walker, but I'd do one of Lee or Julien, preferable Lee. They can't both play 2B anyway and it's unlikely all of these young guys will be stars.
  7. nicksaviking
    Sold.
  8. nicksaviking
    Interestingly, Lee ditched the majors for Cal Poly because his dad managed there, and Ripken ditched college for the Orioles because his dad coached there.
  9. nicksaviking
    I don't know, downsizing your workforce is like the first chapter of How to Run Your Business with a Lower Payroll.
  10. nicksaviking
    An injury might give him a chance, but they already have Farmer and Castro on the roster and this team loves to defer to the vets. Lee isn't going to make the opening day roster to sit behind those two, so I think for him to make the team, you'd need an injury to Correa/Lewis/Julien AND an injury to Castro/Farmer. And, obviously Lee would need to be raking in spring training. And even then, Martin is already on the 40-man, as is Miranda and Severino should the injury be to Lewis, and Prato can play every position and has been better offensively than Lee while being less hyped thus less of a concern in regards to wasting an option or triggering service time. Honestly, I think the odds of Emmanuel Rodriguez making the opening day roster is higher. He is on the 40-man and hits right handed. He'd likely need fewer injuries ahead of him to be a consideration.
  11. nicksaviking
    But the good (rich) teams should have fewer qualms about service time as they can afford to extend or retain the players should they reach free agency. If Jackson Holliday is interested in hitting free agency ASAP and chasing a 400M deal, Baltimore will likely have no shot at keeping him and will lose him a year early.
  12. nicksaviking
    Yeah, getting lost in a lot of this 'replacing Sonny Gray' talk is that no one is actually asking for a Sonny Gray clone. Those of us concerned with this issue are just asking for another top of the rotation arm. Doesn't actually have to walk like Sonny, talk like Sonny, get awards like Sonny or even pitch like Sonny. We want someone who the team can confidently run out to start one of the first two playoff games.
  13. nicksaviking
    I don't think the front office did this to send a message. But the only reason the front office would have put Nick Gordon on the 26-man roster was because he was out of options, they didn't know what to do with him and they were scared to lose him. And that's a bad reason to keep a guy. So, for my sports team, if I had to chose between a vindictive leader or a frightened and indecisive leader, I'd go with the vindictive one. But again, I think it was neither.
  14. nicksaviking
    I'm not saying the incentive hasn't worked, but really, it sounds pretty ridiculous. MLBPA: You owners have to start letting the rookies who are ready onto the 26-man rosters on opening day. Owners: But then the players will get an extra year of service time and we'll have to pay them more, sooner. MLBPA: What if we give you extra draft picks as a carrot? Owners: High draft picks? That we will have to pay about 3M, IN ADDITION to the rookie who's now going to cost more money? MLBPA: Yes. Owners; Deal.
  15. nicksaviking
    Still, this is the first time a team has gone back to back in 20 years. Even Brady let another team win it every other year back in the day too.
  16. nicksaviking
    I really don't think it's asking too much of a "contending" team to add to the top of the rotation to push the other good pitchers down in the order, instead of adding to the back of the rotation to push them up. If money's an issue you can do it via trade. The best teams in the league add to their rotations this way. This team has done it this way.
  17. nicksaviking
    30+% K rate? Heck no, run far, far away. That’s poison to this current roster makeup.
  18. nicksaviking
    I hope not. Unless they're also trading Kepler. They won't be signing or trading for a GOOD right handed outfield bat, they'd only be getting one as a 4th OF. This team can't suffer more roster filler or just like last year they'll end up throwing games away early in the year while they let the aging vet bats stink up the joint while the more talented players are being wasted in St. Paul.
  19. nicksaviking
    Keep the phone lines open with Miami, but good move. Gordon was redundant and I like this guy better than the other guys picked up this offseason. But that puts 15 relievers on the 40 man. Only 18 bats. That seems like a bad ratio. Weiss seems the easiest to remove by far, but don't do it for another roster filler hitter.
  20. nicksaviking
    Manfred and the owners have been terrible stewards of the game for awhile now, but I'll give them credit for cracking down on awful practices such as this. John Coppella got a life time ban for the criminal international draft signing circumvention five years ago, but this has got to amount to the same punishment for a lesser crime. I can't imagine any team will touch Eppler now.
  21. nicksaviking
    If the Twins couldn't reasonably estimate their TV deal within 25M, they need new leadership on the operations side of management. They don't have 3 spots to fill unless sending down Willi Castro, Royce Lewis or Edouard Julien is in their plans. One pitcher, maybe one bat, but only if they trade a vet. I still want a Marlins pitcher, but I'll say this while also drawing eye rolls; they do seem to be short about what it will likely take to sign Jordan Montgomery, and this franchise does love to make all of us fans with the pitchforks look bad about this time of year.
  22. nicksaviking
    Saw one mock draft with him going as the QB3. And there's going to be more of that most likely. With either him of Nix I'd guess, they'll likely test well athletically.
  23. nicksaviking
    Clearly no one likes to see the strikeouts, but it doesn't seem to be a huge deterrent to many young players or the prospect wonks who rank them. His age 20 season is basically the same as last year's #1 prospect Gunnar Henderson. Except, better considering how much more E-Rod gets on base and that he was significantly better at high A ball than Henderson
  24. nicksaviking
    That might just be the stadium footprint they are talking about along with whatever redevelopment they want to add. Just using a map tool I have, the lot that Tropicana is on is 4x larger than the footprint of Target Field. Even if they keep the hotel and just demo some of the mall and convention spots, half of that lot is just pavement so I'm guessing engineering a retractable roof won't be beyond a handful of bright minds. No way they're doing a fully out door stadium with that heat.
  25. nicksaviking
    The Tropicana site is more than big enough for a modern urban setting stadium. And there are dozens of unused parking ramps on the East side of the strip because nobody drives there anymore; LV has direct flights to just about every big, medium and even small hubs in the country now. However, I agree with the rest. Like most of MLB's decisions as of late, this is really short sighted. Unless the ultimate secret goal is for this to be a short term money grab knowing that once again, there will need to be a team to relocate in the next decade. MLB has gotten so many new stadiums done this century just by having one or two teams as a threat to relocate. Certainly they'll always want at least one of those in their pocket.
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