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  1. nicksaviking
    Surprising. Cleveland pinches pennies every chance they get. The three moves they made almost look like they were intentionally designed to block the Twins. Not sure they needed both relievers. After yesterday's loss, it seemed possible the loss may have had a silver lining and actually helped the Twins so they'd be higher in the waiver pecking order. But I wonder if Cleveland makes these claims if they hadn't won the game.
  2. nicksaviking
    I like this group, but it's going to be tough to top 1982 with Hrbek, Gaetti, Brunanski, Viola, Laudner and Bush. Jim Eisenreich played too but didn't exceed rookie thresholds.
  3. nicksaviking
    Especially when you have yet to use those draft picks well!
  4. nicksaviking
    They signed Hockenson to an extension, no terms released yet. I know this front office loves to procrastinate, probably to be as 'efficient' as they can with money, but PLEASE sign Jefferson to an extension this year. Waiting only opens the door for him to want out for some reason or another. What if the team unexpectedly stinks this year? What if Cousins walks and they don't have a legit QB for him next year? Do it now; don't gamble with the best player in the league.
  5. nicksaviking
    I agree with much of this, but maybe not the AFC East part. I think the trainwreck nature of the Raiders and continued belief that Josh McDaniels can be a head coach is most likely going to have them picking top five next year. I also think Sean Peyton's trash talking of Hackett was his way of pre-emptively saying that his team is going to suck, but it's not HIS fault. My hot take will be that Baker Mayfield will be average, and that's going to be enough to make that team surprisingly good. That team should have been pretty good last year; I think the Brady drama impacted them more than they're letting on.
  6. nicksaviking
    Well, not like that.
  7. nicksaviking
    ********Moderator Note********* Too many posts are getting personal. Stick to the game. Which will hopefully end soon.
  8. nicksaviking
    Uh me? If the Twins are out of the playoff hunt, I'd rather them audition the young guys and angle for draft position. Fans are way more petty about rivalries than the teams are. Some fans apparently, not most fans.
  9. nicksaviking
    I really don't think Cashman currently has the job security to throw the owner's money down the toilet purely out of spite.
  10. nicksaviking
    If anything, the teams out of contention want teams above them in the standings to improve just to hang on to the better draft position.
  11. nicksaviking
    The Twins and Reds need to collude on this. Surely neither team feels comfortable claiming everyone as there's salary concerns and even bigger roster concerns. But they aren't competing with each other for playoff spots, so they should easily be able to collaborate to find out what the other team wants. The Twins getting players would block the NL teams the Reds are chasing from getting them, and the Reds getting players would block AL teams from getting players. The rest of the league would be upset, which is just fine with me.
  12. nicksaviking
    Well he's available now. I'd be interested in him over Hall. But I'd rather be interested in him AND Hall and let Mullins find a new home.
  13. nicksaviking
    Can he/would he play on the interior of the line?
  14. nicksaviking
    Thinking about this situation more, this should open the door to massive collusion, which in this case would benefit the Twins. Surely the Twins biggest fear in putting a claim on a bunch of these guys would be that they'd actually GET a bunch of these guys, which would not only be bad from a salary point of view, but for the roster construction as well. However, the Twins have a vested interest in both improving the team, and not letting the AL teams above them improve. But so do the Reds and Marlins. The Twins should 100% be coordinating with one or both of those clubs to see which ones they plan or want to bid on. While those clubs are battling each other, they also should want the Twins to score any or all of the other players if only to keep them away from the NL teams ahead of them. Then the Twins and Reds/Marlins would only have to worry about bids on a couple players each instead of gambling on getting all or none. This is crooked as hell, and the Twins should totally be taking advantage of it before they fix it next year.
  15. nicksaviking
    Only if your only evaluation is his six games with the Angels. That would have next to no influence on my decision.
  16. nicksaviking
    I'm guessing they won't have interest in Lopez, historically, he's got terrible control and the Twins pen is built on control pitchers these days. They should have interest in Moore though. With them willing to option Ober, they should have some interest in Giolito. I mean Giolito vs Kuechel? That shouldn't be a tough decision. As for the outfielders, I'd guess their interest would go Grichuk, Renfroe, Bader. I mean, why would this team want Bader anyway, he's just as bad at hitting as Luplow and doesn't do anything Michael Taylor doesn't. I have no interest in Renfroe either. His .623 post season OPS and 34% post season strikeout percentage are awful. Grichuk doesn't do anything for me either, but he's the best of the three options by quite a bit since his bat is comparable to Renfroe and his defense is comparable to Bader. The highest ceiling option is still Austin Martin, which is where they should have turned weeks ago. But three claims seems like a lot, I don't know if the Twins would be willing to risk taking on all of the salaries. So my guess is they put claims in on Moore and Grichuk and if they happen to get the greenlight to go wild, Giolito as a third.
  17. nicksaviking
    The option next year is a mutual option, so both the player and the team would have to agree to it. Since the player would only agree to it if he would make less in free agency, and the team would only agree to it if the player would make more in free agency, mutual options are never exercised, and certainly it wouldn't be here. Thus, the team picking up Clevinger would owe him his 2023 prorated salary plus the 4M and they'd not have him next year. Of all the guys dumped yesterday, I'd think Clevinger is least likely to get claimed. Ha, ha, nice try Sox.
  18. nicksaviking
    Vikings signed Myles Gaskin. Would have much rather gone with a young unproven RB with some upside like Malik Davis or Deneric Prince.
  19. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I don't want them, I want the pitchers. But this front office and their love of veteran hitters...... that's probably where their mind is. I'd rather see the options in St. Paul. All of these guys are making good money this year aside from Lopez though; it'd still be about 3M apiece for the other four players. If ownership told them they couldn't blow any more money at the deadline, they might tell them the same here. But, the team is in a much more fan-enthusiastic spot than they were a month ago, so maybe things have changed.
  20. nicksaviking
    W.T.H. How does anyone in that building, aside from players Ohtani and Trout, still have a job? Mass firings must be upcoming. Absolutely mind boggling, and frankly, a bush league move. Any chance the Twins can get any of them? The Giants, Reds and Marlins all still have worse records and still in the playoff hunt.
  21. nicksaviking
    Only six draft picks this year and McBride can't make the team even after Cook is cut loose. The picks from the last two years better step up big or this front office is going to need to find better scouts.
  22. nicksaviking
    He's done as far as I can tell or care. Though Toronto finds themselves in a pretty big bind with their star infielders. Chapman's out, Bichette is probably out and Biggio didn't turn out to be any good. Maybe the Jays pick him up dreaming of his glory days with them. And if they do, it'll show they're as desperate as the move would indicate and ready for their season to fall apart.
  23. nicksaviking
    Shocking development. Surely that will hurt their chances of winning a World Series this year.
  24. nicksaviking
    Boy, looking at the remaining schedule, Texas, Houston and Seattle play each other a lot. They also have some other tough matchups. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that the Twins end up with the #2 seed. A lot of ground to make up, but the Twins last 16 games has to be the easiest schedule in the whole league.
  25. nicksaviking
    Call me crazy, but I want Tampa. I know it's always the case with them, but their record is better than the players that make up their roster. Except for 2020, that does seem to help them in the regular season, but not in the post season.
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