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  1. nicksaviking
    I agree, and in the past, I don't think a lot of good Twins teams had a specific identity, most just had good young players that had good skill sets that balanced each other out. Good starters, good bullpen. The lineup had a mix of power, average, speed and decent defense but rarely did the individual players possess all of those traits. Those are just well rounded teams, that's not exactly an identity. The identity fans crave, is the actual identity of the players. Casual fans don't want to look at a roster and not recognize 70% of the names. And that's what this team has been doing for three years now. They need to stop signing stop-gap free agents, and they absolutely need to stop cycling through AAAA players constantly. Not just in season but off season too. We should be able to look at the roster and say that most of these guys are going to be here for the majority of their rookie contracts. Instead the team is intent on finding a dozen diamond in the rough late blooming 28-year-olds other teams have given up on. The odds that ONE of those types of players will be here long term is extremely unlikely yet this team is banking on a half dozen of them doing it. So maybe there is an identity to this team, and that's a roster full of Powerball tickets?
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    Yeah, one of those project players that sounds fun but you know will almost certainly never make it since he likely doesn't have enough experience. The tip off that this is a novelty is that not only did the post not list a position for this young man, it didn't even bother listing his name. Going to an actual source, his name is Uar Bernard apparently. Never played in pads before. But he's from a small Nigerian village. Hope he gets drafted because even Mr. Irrelevant gets 4M. That's still life changing money. But, while unlikely, it's not impossible. This is how Jordan Mailata got into the league.
  3. nicksaviking
    It would be great if Gray keeps producing. But, call me cynical, I’ll likely always bet against a breakout age 30 season. If he’s still playing well if/when the Twins start selling, I’m guessing moving him will be a regular talking point here.
  4. nicksaviking
    I think it should be pointed out that while the Twins have lots of players with less than 3 years of experience, most of them are already pushing 30. Or beyond it. Thats obviously different than running with a roster full of young players you are hoping will be your long term core.
  5. nicksaviking
    Forgot about that option, but I’m also good with it.
  6. nicksaviking
    That’s why I’m not including John Moses. Wouldn’t be fair to Bell and Santana.
  7. nicksaviking
    I have it on the radio, can anyone tell me if TV happened to catch a glimpse of Brooks Lee after the Gray grand slam?
  8. nicksaviking
    Pffft. Not even close.
  9. nicksaviking
    Hope so. But starting their clock costs money and getting additional draft picks also costs money.
  10. nicksaviking
    Long way to go to catch Carlos Santana.
  11. nicksaviking
    While I’d love to believe Jenkins or E-Rod are the replacements, it will almost certainly be Outman and Martin.
  12. nicksaviking
    But the fact he didn’t even wait for the manager or trainer suggests it’s not good.
  13. nicksaviking
    Also a bald faced lie.
  14. nicksaviking
    Buxton goes right to the dugout after the HBP? Can’t be good.
  15. nicksaviking
    I'm not saying people shouldn't be excited about him, I'm saying he's too far away and nowhere near projectable enough for the team to be making decisions with the presumption that he'll be their long term starting catcher.
  16. nicksaviking
    Man, Gladden isn't great at killing time. "You know, I used to stand in the locker room and just watch Hrbek get dressed......" Not sure how that sentence ended as I couldn't hear over the sound of me laughing.
  17. nicksaviking
    I have no current opinion about who the Twins should draft, but they better not be making that decision based off of a guy in A+ ball who didn't hit OR get on base particularly well at that level.
  18. nicksaviking
    Well if there's one thing the Twins don't have enough of, it's 28-year-old AAAA players. He was DFA'd by the Rays last November. I'm wondering what it was that he's done since then that the Twins didn't ask for him to be included in the Bradley/Jax deal; obviously TB would have handed him over.
  19. nicksaviking
    Yeah, but the Twins have so much long term talent at 1B already.........🙄
  20. nicksaviking
    I was skeptical, I thought three years as a starter was long enough to make a decision on him. Control has to tighten up but so far so good and I'm looking forward to be proven wrong.
  21. nicksaviking
    Yes. This site is woefully unprepared for chaotic events. If Joe Benson were ever to be DFA’d the backlash would currently be unmanageable.
  22. nicksaviking
    Griffin Jax, hands down. I have a feeling he’s going to epically implode.
  23. nicksaviking
    Sorry, I get the premise, but disagree about the villain. Jenkins is the boss, not Boras. If Jenkins wants an early deal, that is literally what Boras is paid to do. Now, the reasons that Jenkins picked Boras may be the same reasons that Jenkins wouldn’t want an early deal; such as great self confidence, willingness to bet on himself, AND the fact that Jenkins was a top five pick, unlike the other two players. But sadly, no deal is likely, but that’s mostly on the Twins. Their only priority is to sell the team and get the buyer to take the phony 500M in debt they tacked on. They haven’t given anyone a multi year deal in two years, that’s by design. They want as little committed debt tied to this lemon of an organization as possible.
  24. nicksaviking
    That’s the way their gambling partners want it. An informed population is better equipped to guard their money from being taking by the wealthy.
  25. nicksaviking
    Ha, screw the Eagles!
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