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  1. nicksaviking
    Yeah, it should also be noted that like all equations, OPS itself is in fact intangible, and that's kind of what I'm looking for in veteran free agents. Ones I can't touch but that I can absolutely measure.
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    I mean, we all loved Nelson Cruz and everyone here wanted him back as a coach, but did the Rays, Nationals, or Padres like Nelson Cruz the same way? None of them kept him very long. Save for a big bat, I'm curious what the veteran players specifically do to make the teams better that the coaches can't do? Besides trashcan Morse Code.
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    If not Severino, than Miranda, Camargo and Martin who are all on the 40-man. Then there's another half dozen corner OF/1B types that are not on the 40 man but viable or close to it. I'm not hiring a guy to be a 'veteran coach'. Either hire another coach, or hire a good hitter who's a veteran who's more likely to be better than all of these guys with options. Correa, Buxton, Kepler, Vazquez, Castro and Farmer aren't enough? That's 46% of the offense. Do they need one 'vet' for every player under three years of experience? Daycare providers and high school chaperones would love to have that kind of supervisory ratio, and we are talking about human beings who are old enough to vote.
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    “The launch of this new streaming sports service is a significant moment for Disney and ESPN, a major win for sports fans, and an important step forward for the media business,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a statement. Hahahahaha, a major win for sports fans! How exactly? Now all fans who pay for a live streaming service will be paying hundreds of dollars more, but won't have to make three clicks on the remote to change to a new game, they'll only have to make two clicks? Either way, assuming ESPN will still be carrying NFL games and oodles of college football games that will require this service, this is pretty good news for MLB and the Twins if they can get on board. I've been hoping MLB can keep the sport alive by trying to make it as much like the NFL as possible, but I guess this option works too; just hitch your wagon to them and go along for the ride. Good thing too, as the MLB owners saw how much revenue Taylor Swift was bringing in. I heard they were arranging for Ronald Acuna to start dating Debbie Gibson.
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    And it ain't over just yet. I think he's gone, but the Twins almost certainly timed this when they did to at least give them a fighting chance to sneak him through. Which actually would be a tough break for Balazovic.
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    Obviously they're looking for a diamond in the rough over all, but this doesn't explain the continuous cycling of these guys in the off season. What I'm saying is that I'd be interested being a fly on the wall when they say, Ok Jensen, nope lets go to Duarte, eh, I guess let's do Weiss, before they've ever thrown a pitch in spring training.
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    Yeah, this is why I wasn't too upset about not being able to add free agents this year, there just weren't nearly as many easy spots to fill as usual. I mean I wanted BETTER additions, but I didn't want many additions, and I certainly didn't want to add guys just because we're all bored.
  8. nicksaviking
    AJ Alexy, Josh Staumont, Ryan Jensen, Daniel Duarte, Zack Weiss, Jordan Balazovic. I think it would be fascinating to sit in the war room and hear the rationale for shuffling all of these similar relievers. This is a yearly thing, so there must be some built in strategy for this. We like this one better because of x or this one because of y. They all look the same from a high level. None of these players really interest me, but hearing the rationale absolutely would.
  9. nicksaviking
    But if their goal is to get multiple prospects, why settle for one now and only hope to get another midseason? Why not just go to a team that will provide them the security of getting multiple prospects now and avoid the very real chance of getting less later?
  10. nicksaviking
    "Moreover, he’ll bring an unmatched level of reliability. Since debuting with Cleveland in 2010, Santana has played in 1930 games, the most of any player in baseball" I think they are conflating reliability with durability.
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    But if you weren't a Twins fan, but an objective observer who hasn't thought twice about Max Kepler in the past decade, would you look at this and think it more likely the 31-year-old will explode or implode? Even if he's just average, you'd probably be holding less value at the deadline.
  12. nicksaviking
    We have seen this before, but I still don't think it makes a ton of sense for the White Sox. I'd have to think they'd want prospects now instead of gambling that Kepler and his not-insubstantial salary can be traded for better later.
  13. nicksaviking
    Three DFA'd players at once? Seems unlikely they'll all be claimed. I'm thinking the Twins wanted to remove Balazovic from the 40-man, and they might have seen this shock-and-awe blitzkrieg of the DFA ticker line to be their best shot at keeping him. Perhaps they even only picked up Weiss to obscure their motives. I'm thinking it doesn't work. In any case, I'm not sweating it. Unless they're throwing absolute gas, every and any reliever that struggled with walks in the upper minors (and majors obviously) is off of my priority list.
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    But it should be able to work the other way too. Instead of pixie dust, maybe gypsy curse? I've been pretty firm this offseason that I want players who are reliable producers; someone who doesn't have wildly different outcomes each year. But relievers are still a different animal. I'm still Ok if the evaluation is on what the pitcher SHOULD have done as opposed to what they have done. Saying that, none of the relievers the Twins picked up looked terribly promising in either regard.
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    Castro was non-tendered by the Tigers and the Twins signed him to a MiLB deal. So no waivers. I'm guessing the parallel being drawn wasn't to having to expose anyone to waivers, but to cast-off players popping later. But still, I wouldn't use an infielder for that example. Happens with relievers all the time though. The Twins have had plenty of luck with this in years past and TB seems to build most of their pen this way. But I'm sure a lot of this is small sample size shenanigans in one way or another. Either good luck with the new team, or bad luck with the old.
  16. nicksaviking
    I'd think his velocity as a starter separates him from Sands. As to Winder? Well let's hope Festa's FB isn't as flat; I thought Winder was going to be a really good starter, but he just can't miss bats even when he was pumping up his four seamer. I'm concerned about the control, for sure. If that's mitigated, I think he could be pretty good.
  17. nicksaviking
    Jax did well, and Duran and Rogers went straight to relieving too. But tons of guys need a year. Duffey, May and Perkins. Too many top end relievers who were converted starters, like Liam Hendricks, Brad Hand and Andrew Miller were all lost because their first team didn't give them the requisite time in the pen to figure things out. I mean it wouldn't be the end of the world, but how many pitchers fall off the top prospect lists and then three years later actually turn into a good starter? I think the chances that he could become a really good reliever are significantly higher than the odds that he'll ever be a good starter, so I'd rather play with that path because with his dwindling options, the Twins may only get to give a reasonable try one of those routes now, not both.
  18. nicksaviking
    I guess I haven't read into racism being the cause of the dislike of Dak, but that wouldn't surprise me I suppose. It is Texas and Jones has been lying and trying to cover up all his racist crap for decades. The most recent notable defamation toward Dak came from CeeDee Lamb's mom for what that's worth. I mean, it's obviously worth nothing, and I'm all for anything that will tear that club apart, but that's what I was referring to anyway.
  19. nicksaviking
    I've been hearing about the future of American Soccer for 30 years. The NFL figured out how to be a 12 months sport somehow and they're not giving the other sports a chance to breath. They're happy to eat up the market share of every other sport that makes a misstep. Which for MLB is a monthly trend it seems.
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    And root for them to under pay players for the sole purpose of leveraging the city for free tax money. Such a farce.
  21. nicksaviking
    I just don't want them to miss their window if he needs to go to the pen. If that's his eventual destination, he should have a full year between spring training, AAA and the majors doing only that job before he runs out of options and the Twins lose him for good.
  22. nicksaviking
    Well I mean I'd do Prielipp and the comp pick without thinking twice. But I'm not even sure Cease is better than Ober and Ryan. Looking at his career, his one excellent season is looking like an outlier.
  23. nicksaviking
    I'm not a big Gordon fan either. Even in his good season he couldn't get on base very well. A 4%BB rate isn't inspiring. On the other hand, I'm the low guy on Martin too. I have a hard time getting excited about slap hitters. A .361 MiLB slugging percentage isn't very good. I like that he can get on base, but with that little XBH ability, I'd like to see his OBP quite a bit higher. I'm not down on the system at all though. There are other guys I like quite a bit.
  24. nicksaviking
    I think the best bullpens tend to have a core group of three to four guys who have been there multiple years and operating in a similar way and used in similar spots. Gardado/Hawkins/Romero, Nathan/Crain/Gurrier, Rogers/May/Duffey. Without doing a deep dive into other team's pens, I doubt this one is the BEST, but I think they're in line to be really good, mostly due to some consistency setting in. I'd hope they don't monkey around with too many of the new recruits with control problems though. I hope the ones who are still around come March are strictly break-glass-in-case-of-emergency arms stashed in St. Paul
  25. nicksaviking
    Yup, real broken up about it.
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