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I disagree. This can was kicked down the road about three years longer than anyone figured it would be, but it's done. 100% done and I think ownership knows that. This team wasn't playing good even before Cousins got hurt. They can keep trying to kick the can, but it's going to be bouncing off of a brick wall now. Either next year or the year after, they're going to start winning 3-6 games one way or another, they might as well do it while they are building for the future instead of trying to patch up the past. And besides, young guys who have something to prove tend to play better than vets who are discouraged by the trajectory of their team's success. I think they'll have a better record in 2025 if they start now instead of continuing with this charade for another year.
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I'm not calling for his head, but this team had nothing going for it even if Kirk didn't get hurt. They wouldn't still be playing right now. I haven't seen one move the current GM has made to suggest the goal is to be the best team in the league. Nothing with a look to the future and long term success. They only address the most fungible roster spots in the draft because those are the team's current weaknesses, they aren't drafting players at positions that you build for long term. Trading for Hockenson was the only aggressive move this team has made, and that was for THE most luxury position in the league. You only do that if you think you are one piece away, and they were FAR from one piece away. Every move seems to be made with the goal of keeping the status quo and putting fans in the seats. And that's likely not an Adofo-Mensah problem, it's likely an ownership problem. Or actually, a Minnesota sports problem. But I'm tired of it. I don't want to keep this awful cycle of being happy wining 10-11 games every two or three years. I want to take a step back and then win 11+ games every year and a legit shot at being the best team in the league. Saying that, I think the adults in the room understand where the Vikings truly are at right now, and I think they will actually try to build this team the right way. I'm expecting a much better draft this year.
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Still waiting. The Twins traded for Kenta Maeda on February 10th, Jake Odorizzi on February 17th, Sonny Gray on March 13th and Chris Paddock not until April 7th. Any rotation trade in the next two weeks would be a record for this front office. Anything after would be standard operating procedure. -
Are the Tigers Really Coming?
nicksaviking replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I don't buy into the Tigers. First, their pitching stinks. They had all of those high end prospects, and outside of Skubel, they all ended up being pitch to contact back of the rotation types. And not that I wish it, but that elbow strain Skubel played through tends to sound like an issue that will need to be dealt with in the future. I like Greene, he looks like he could really break out, and Carpenter was a nice late draft find (same draft as Twins late round steals Julien and Varland too, interestingly), but I'm not impressed with Torkelson. His minor league numbers are not translating to the majors, between the prospect pedigree, position and strikeouts, he looks exactly like Miguel Sano. -
Not that many. And if they were to trade for a controllable pitcher now, they shouldn't have to next year.
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Why would they need to find 3-5 rookies every year? Do you expect the rookies to all be one and done? Without any rookies, the Twins current starting lineup is better than what 98% of the free agents could have provided. Who are you replacing? Kirilloff maybe? Kepler, Wallner? There were only a handful of upgrade options anyway. If you're thinking about the rotation, you're in the wrong conversation, because that has always been, and likely will only ever be, meaningfully upgraded via trade.
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I do like his name, but it lends itself better to a power hitting 1B. Calling himself Bubba almost feels like false advertising.
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Astros open to adding lefty hitting outfielder
nicksaviking replied to Cory Engelhardt's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
The Twins don't want (and shouldn't be looking for) prospects in return. I don't see what impactful MLB players Houston would be offering up. Mabey Bryan Abreu? Would Houston even be interested in weakening their bullpen? Seems they'd more likely try to find a team that would want prospects. -
Sorry, but I'm ONLY rostering Castro because he can play every position. If he was a sub .700 career OPS guy that had a .750 OPS outlier season who ONLY played in the infield or ONLY played in the outfield, I'd have no interest; I'd be looking to sell high on him ASAP. His value lies in being both the 4th OF and the 5th IF, thus freeing up another roster spot. Thompson can only play the OF, and possibly not even CF. I mean the Twins don't have a roster crunch at this time so this is more of an eye-roll situation instead of a pitchfork situation, but Thompson should never make the 26-man roster unless he's a completely different player in St. Paul than he has in every other stop of his career. Not as a defensive replacement, not as a base running specialist. No spot; they can always do better.
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I've seen that one before, and I don't like it either. Down by one, Julien on 1st with one out in the 8th and he's pinch run for by Thompson, which is silly because in 95% of all outcomes, both Julien and Thompson would be standing on the same base no matter what transpires next. Then they need Julien's bat in the 10th and the options are Thompson or Christian Vazquez.
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The team always likes to think they'd be an asset off the bench, but whether it's Billy Hamilton, Darin Mastroiani or Jarvis Brown, it always turns out they weren't.
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Once the Twins settled on their offseason 40 man (35-man at the time), I said I still saw four guys that I thought could still be removed if push came to shove. So far, three players they have added since, Thompson, Jensen and Staumont, and all would rate well below those players.
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That is pretty nice, if I lived in one of those metros, that would definitely be a perk I'd consider paying extra rent for. I'm not sure who's been downtown Minneapolis in the last year or so, but a new high rise was built across 5th street overlooking TF. First building that could really get a good look at the field. That rendering of the hypothetical new New Comiskey showed a bunch of those too. Meanwhile, Wrigley went and first intentionally blocked the views for the iconic rooftop bleachers on Waveland and Sheffield, then decided they should just instead own them and profit from those tickets as well. Oh those lovable Cubs.
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Aw, brings me back to the Metrodome days of the late 1990s when there were only a couple dozen fans in the left field sections, all of us running after a ball that bounced off of a seat that wasn't within 20 yards of the closest paying customer. Some of those balls took some crazy carroms as they didn't have any soft fleshy humans to slow their velocity!
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Trade deadline lotto ticket too. And if they have no one on base, pitchers are less likely to worry about grooving pitches to him; he could put up some hallow power numbers to intrigue some contender.
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Royce Lewis would have to take a complete nosedive the next three years like Kyle Lewis did. Closer comp is probably Nick Gordon.
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I mean, DC is a good market, they should be spending money. They probably slapped 5M on the table and told the remaining free agents, "Come and get it." Gallo's faster than he looks.
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This free agent crop has been so terrible, that it took until January 24th for me to be disappointed in the Twins not getting a free agent.
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I'll take Addison, and it looks like they got it right but he wasn't a BPA pick, they picked him because they knew they weren't going to keep Thielen. Pretty much everyone had Nolan Smith, Myles Murphy, Brian Breese and Joey Porter higher rated. I'm glad they got him over those guys at this time, but I really doubt he was their highest graded player, unless they were weighting their highest graded player based off of what position they wanted. Heck of a coincidence if he was. Like the time they drafted Justin Jefferson after losing Stefon Diggs, Laquan Treadwell after the Mike Wallace deal didn't work out, Cordarrelle Patterson after Percy Harin was traded and Troy Williamson after Randy Moss was traded. Funny, works out that way every single time when they need a receiver.
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Joe Mauer Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
nicksaviking replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Great news, and well deserved! But apparently it wasn't 'clear in recent weeks' because he looked like a lock prior to to tonight but barely got in. I guess the voters who don't show their work fear the wrath of Twins fans! -
My hope is that if the team finally commits to one path, like the rebuild, his drafts will be crafted completely differently. Like most teams, you probably go get your QB, O line and D line. You fill out from there. (Personally, I'd do QB and the defensive front seven and spend every free agent dime on the O line). The team's last two drafts were basically just continuing the Frankenstein's Monster approach of desperately trying to patch things up. Oh, Thielen's going to be released? Get a WR. Our DBs are awful? Use most of our picks there. We can make these fixes on the fly and nobody will notice!
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I'm not giving up on them, but I'm reserving the right to be critical. I hate the half-measure approach and this organization seems to live there. It's getting frustrating.
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The Bears still have a lack of talent and I'd say they're no better, but yeah, this is the most talent devoid Vikings team in a long time. However, I will put a lot of that on Spielman and ownership. They were the ones who continued to kick the can down the road putting off having to deal with the ageing veterans. Adofo-Mensah partook in that game the last two years, but that was likely at the behest of ownership. But I'm also more critical of him than most regarding his last two years of roster building, and I'm far from in agreement with others that last year's draft was good or even average. Addison looks like he'll be decent, but he was far too inconsistent and had lots of mental lapses. For being an NFL-ready prospect, he should have stolen the show when Jefferson was out most of the year, yet, that's when he disappeared most. I'm optimistic, but still TBD on him.
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I'm not giving them credit for drafting Pace, he came here on his own volition, and certainly only because the LB group was so bad that this was his best chance to make a team and play. And he was right, he probably doesn't get a starting job week two anywhere else. I'm glad they have him, but he wasn't some slick scouting coup by this team, he was the top UDFA available and if they REALLY wanted him, they would have used a draft pick on him.
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Comparing the location to Google Maps, I count 17 new high-rises in that rendering. I'm thinking if Reinsdorf finds a way to get a cut of those developments, he might find it in his heart to avoid taking TOO much public money. Also, this S Wells street is so new that Google doesn't even have a street view on it yet. I'm sure the tax payers will get reimbursed for this newly built street that will be demo'd.
