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I'm not sure what you are arguing, that Rob Manfred was trying to get a larger pool of teams for a MLBtv package in the future, but these clubs are choosing bigger money up front from Bally/Amazon? Either way I don't think the Twins did their due diligence. They followed the pack like the non-baseball operations side always does. They follow the leader and end up at the back of the pack because they do what the prior team did in that situation instead of demanding more than the prior team did. I really think they need to find a more innovative mind than Dave St. Peter. There's no chance he's one of the best 30 minds for this job, he's just the local guy who has been here for decades. -
And the people who dumped cable grew up with local baseball included in their TV package/antennae. Asking us to pay $20-40-60 a month for it now is only going to reduce the viewing base. If they can’t figure out a way to NFL-ize their product, it’s doomed.
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I’m not angry, only because I literally only had interest in three free agents. But I sure as hell won’t give them a pass. Even if they were like me and thought the internal options and trading for pitching was the best path to building the best roster, they should have said so instead of avoiding disclosing that controversial take and letting the broadcasting rights situation be the villain.
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nicksaviking replied to Mike Sixel's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Ha, I read this the other day and had a bit of whiplash. The whole article really sounded luke warm at best regarding the Twins return on the Polanco trade. Then all of a sudden the summary gives a glowing grade. The math just didn't seem to work. -
I prefer they don't. Not only do I dislike pretty much every free agent left, but I'd rather the Twins not be able to try to save face by pretending that they actually went out and attempted to do right by the roster in free agency. Like going to the grocery store, forgetting your wallet and digging out all the coins from the ashtray and down in the seat cushions. 'No, see, I got it, it's the same amount! I just had to put back the milk, bread and Hamburger Helper. I still got the Doritos and Mountain Dew and that's REALLY what I needed.' I mean, they knew they'd have some money to spend, even if they didn't know how much. It's not like they couldn't have signed one of the better players who didn't break anyone's bank.
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None of which that can be found on the free agent market as far as I'm concerned. Guess they might as well start handing out some questionable extensions to the whipper snappers. Lucky for them, this and the Polanco trade wrapped up just as the Winter Caravan ended. Sooooo many missed opportunities for awkward questions. I'd love to have heard Bob from Bemidji ask Glen Perkins why the Twins traded his favorite player to cut salary, then got a big new media deal that won't let him watch the games.
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Flea?
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*************Moderator Note************** Stay on topic. This thread is about outfield help and Donovan Solano. Pet topics need to be dwelled on in more appropriate threads. And not dwelled on continuously.
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Ha, I swear this came out AFTER I made the above joke: https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jim-harbaugh-predicts-j-j-mccarthy-will-be-the-no-1-quarterback-off-the-board
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I'd trade Lee way before I traded Julien or Jeffers. The Twins would have no legit starting catcher, and the offense, which was already a struggle last year until they brought up the young guys, would be worse off. They can't afford that, it's why every year either the bats go cold early and they have to dig themselves out of a hole, or their bats go cold late and they fall off of a cliff. I think they can get the pitching they need and keep the offense at worst status quo by using prospects and/or the younger starters. Getting a #2 starter should be the top priority, but not diminishing the offense needs to be the second.
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Twins Daily 2024 Top Prospects: #8 Charlee Soto, RHP
nicksaviking replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I've struggled to get excited over Soto just because HS pitcher = crapshoot in my mind. But I mean I shouldn't. The best pitcher the Twins have developed in the last twenty years was a HS kid drafted two picks ahead of him 11 years prior. The only other HS pitchers they drafted in between in similar spots were Landon Leach and Chase Petty. Leach didn't pan out but Petty was good enough to get Sonny Gray and reached AA as a 20-year-old. Maybe you throw Enlow in that mix, even though he was drafted a round after Leech, he was given the bigger bonus. Still, it's a better hit rate than you'd expect. -
Ha, is it a post from username JHarbaugh@wolvernines4life?
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I'm certainly not saying my way is right. I've always been Twitter averse anyway. Probably unreasonably so.
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I disagree with this part. If there's one thing the Twins do well, it's finding talent from the periphery prospects. An Arraez, Jeffers, Miranda, Steer or Julien seem to pop up out of the blue just about every year. At this point, I don't think anyone should be surprised if Severino, Camargo or Prato end up leaving Martin or Lee in the dust. Don't kill me Martin and Lee fans, they'll probably still be good too. As so, I'm more than comfortable trading the offensive prospects.
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What reports where those? Reading stuff from ESPN, sounded like Nix looked good. Reading stuff from NFL.com sounds like Penix looked good. For me, this time of year I'm going to relay on the big boy media outlets (though not the toady Adam Schefter), as little as I like to. Anything from 'sources' on Twitter or whatnot I'm going to presume is propaganda from teams or agents trying to sway opinion one way or another.
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I took my stance back, I'm not out if it's Varland and Rodriguez. I'm out if it's Ober. I'm willing to use Ober or Ryan to upgrade to Jesus Luzardo, but not Cease. 50/50 at best Cease is even an upgrade to those two. I'd roll the dice with the lower prospects, but he doesn't have the track record of success of the Marlins pitchers nor the long term upside of the Mariners pitchers.
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Wow. I'd rather trade for any of those three guys by themselves over Cease who only has two years of control. In fact I'd expect Chicago to have to kick in significant pieces BACK to Seattle or the Twins. Ober was better than Cease last year, and Miller and Woo were about the same, but that was their rookie year. Presumably they'll only get better and better. I guess my evaluation is quite different than league expectations. I'd do Varland or Festa and Rodriguez, but if the White Sox rebuffed the Mariners for Miller and Woo, that doesn't seem strong enough.
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I like him better than Burnes who only has one year of control, and Bieber who's strikeout numbers have fallen off of cliff. But he really has only had that one elite year of production, and I'm guessing the White Sox will be demanding to be paid for what he did in 2022, not 2023 or 2021 and prior. I've seen him pitch and he looks pretty dominant usually, and while his BB% isn't off the charts, the fact that every year he either leads the league in total walks or wild pitches makes me think he could snap and completely come apart at any moment:
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Good news, maybe the other starters will start to move.
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The Vikings are running into some really bad luck with this draft, as with most drafts I suppose. At this time there doesn't seem to be any "can't miss" defensive players that normally tempt teams in the first couple of picks. I mean, those three teams are coached by three defensive guys; it's too bad there isn't a Will Anderson, Myles Garrett, Jadeveon Clowney or another Bosa brother to temp those teams to pick them instead. That said, Washington and New England are going to have new GMs too, and new GMs like to act like the smartest guys in the room, which often means doing the unexpected and wheeling and dealing. I'm also not counting out any of them from really wanting Marvin Harrison and thinking they can simply pair him with Cousins to make the offense an immediate upgrade.
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I want a QB, and I like the edge rushers better at this point, but Murphy could easily push his way into that group for me. Since this team needs so dang many of them, it will probably come down to what looks better in the day 2 and 3 picks. Will there be more interesting interior guys or more interesting edge guys later in the draft? TBD until at least after the combine.
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Right, because even if that's the best chance, it's still like 2%. That's not worth it.
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It would be a very poor reaction indeed.
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I was more than fine moving Polanco. With his position in flux, there are plenty of options to replace him sitting at other levels. The odds are that at least one of Miranda, Lee, Martin, Severino, Prato, Camargo or someone else will end up being as good if not better with the bat. I was just saying if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick Polanco over Kepler due to Polanco's more reliable bat.
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Excited to see what he can do! Don't like the idea that his, or Jenkins or any other player's season is planned out a year in advance. There's no need to keep them at a level if they are performing above expectations, just as there's no need to promote them if they aren't.
