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  1. nicksaviking
    Well the A's got their deal. If it wasn't the White Sox, it would be another team. MLB is always going to want multiple teams demanding free money. If all 30 teams were ever 'satisfied' with their situation, the momentum to bilk the taxpayers would be hard to build back up.
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    Yeah, wish the Twins had called up Martin or another of the young guys sooner to compete for the spot. A September call up would be great, but it likely won't be enough games to make the front office comfortable going into next year with them in key spots. I mean, had the Twins called up Wallner sooner last year to give him enough reps, maybe we don't go through this whole Gallo fiasco in the first place. Had they given Miranda a good run in 2021, maybe he would have been the opening day 3B, the Twins don't trade for Urshela, and Spencer Steer would have been among the fist call ups and wouldn't have been traded. I'd like the blame the Vazquez signing on the team's reluctance to play Jeffers over Sanchez, but if memory serves, Jeffers was injured multiple times last year. Bottom line, twiddling their thumbs with these young guys when there are average-at-best vets on the 26-man roster is not productive.
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    Yeah, I was all gung ho about developing our own pitches when this front office took over before realizing that wasn't actually what Cleveland was doing. And it makes complete sense if one's of the mind that pitching is more volatile and unpredictable. Acquiring pitchers that are already or near MLB ready is obviously the safest bet to build a rotation. As far as the hitters go, sure, we can give the front office some credit, but homegrown hitters carrying the load is pretty much how all of this organizations best teams were built. Over-reliance on other team's former hitters is almost always a poor decision, even going back through the Terry Ryan era.
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    Yeah, baseball seems pretty unique in that obviously being as efficient as you can is the best way to win games. Yet being efficient in baseball means less non-stop action, which is a turn off. Still, I'd rather my team win boring, than lose exciting.
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    I never cared for either Cine or Booth, but I assume if the Vikings trade for Taylor, they'd have to extend him. If that impacts their ability to extend Hunter, Hockenson, Jefferson, Darrisaw and O'Niell, I'm probably out. Also, then they'd probably have to manage to get one of the top QBs in the draft next year, unless they think Hall is the real deal.
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    Right, don't use any tools that the average joe has no interest in learning. We wouldn't have airplanes, satellites or the internet, heck, we'd all still be living in caves and eating raw meat, but at least average joe wouldn't feel insecure.
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    The only way to persuasively argue that analytics are bad, is to use math to prove it. I love it. And thus far, I've seen no proof.
  8. nicksaviking
    The games mostly are, that's for sure. But that's not new.
  9. nicksaviking
    I stopped reading Coward's intentionally contrarian list when I saw Calvin Ridley and Lawrence at two. This is just uneducated troll fodder. Like everything he says.
  10. nicksaviking
    So when are these contracts for our star players getting done? What's the point in waiting until the last minute, just to see if someone gets hit by a bus?
  11. nicksaviking
    I'd take him for a 7th for sure. He wasn't good last year when he was banged up, but he was pretty good behind one of the worst OL in the league in his rookie season.
  12. nicksaviking
    If he's not getting the vertical break on the heater, then he should probably just start cutting back on the sinker. Four seemers up and curveballs still probably work just fine when you're throwing 100+ MPH.
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    *******Moderator Note******* This is obviously a big issue to deal with on a message board. This is just a pre-emptive notice, if someone thinks about playing the contrarian on this topic, don't.
  14. nicksaviking
    It's hard to see the DR publicly and vehemently pursing these allegations against one of their most famous citizens if they didn't intend to enforce their laws. Dominican Republic said Franco is the subject of an investigation conducted by the National Agency for Boys, Girls, Adolescents and Family and Gender Violence Unit, which is a division specializing in minors and gender violence in the province of Peravia. I don't imagine you have a task force named this if they felt these kinds of crimes are something you sweep under the rug. Obviously we don't know the situation, nor the DR legal system, but I'd have to think the 'violence' part of that unit could possibly be something thus far we haven't been made aware of as well.
  15. nicksaviking
    Way too much of this contrarianism in mainstream media these days. Some of these guys always dabbled a bit on this side of things, but now they all constantly act like angsty, non-conforming, know-it-all teenagers because that's what gets hits on Tik-Tok and Instagram. I dislike it, but I suppose I get it. Nobody at major market newspapers feels safe about their jobs anymore, and this is probably the surest way to get views. Also, apologies to our teenage viewers for that analogy.
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    This survey was from March and has since been closed.
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    I don't see that there's much to lose. Castro is now injured and Taylor has an OBP of .246 since April. There is next to no scenario where replacing Taylor with anyone in AAA is going to actually lose you more games. Regardless, this team needs to identify a CF for next year, and it's not Taylor. The Twins are in an extremely rare position where they can both win the division and evaluate young players without much fear.
  18. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I had missed the memo he'd been playing CF since his return. Martin works for my agenda too. I'm in favor of giving him a look at the MLB level, but I'd rather get to it soon so there's time to evaluate.
  19. nicksaviking
    Sorry, hard pass on giving Vazquez more at bats.
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    He plays a premium position though, he's likely going to have enough suitors to be able to choose his destination. I wouldn't want to go into the off season pinning all the team's CF fortune on one guy only to find out it's not going to happen. I'm also quite leery of players who were terrible right up until their contract year.
  21. nicksaviking
    I dislike the fire breathing theatrics of some fans who are always unhappy, but overall, this did seem like Souhan was just chumming the waters. Again. His entire article about fans being "snooty" for not being happy with a division champ was completely undercut by his last paragraph: "But go ahead, Minnesotans, turn up your noses at a potential division winner. When your state is awash in championships, you have every right to be snooty." Yeah, Jim, are you blind to the rub? We are starving for a championship, most of us don't care about an empty division winner. Most fans are simply pointing out and asking for what they think would put this team over the top.
  22. nicksaviking
    I still think whether they want to or not, this team needs to put Kiersey on the 40-man roster and give him MLB action to evaluate him, unless they are near certain the Buxton or Lewis will play CF next season. The CF market is not great next year: Unless they think they can get Bellinger, or think a 35-36-year-old Adam Duvall will cut it, they're going to be in the exact same situation as they are now with the position, which from my view, is not good.
  23. nicksaviking
    Cleveland has given the Twins the ultimate gift of being able to win the division while still experimenting with the young players to evaluate next year. The Twins need to take advantage of this. And not just with Julien/Wallner/Larnach/Kirilloff/Lee/Martin listed above. Get the chaff off of the 40-man, particularly those that will have no chance at making a playoff roster, and start trying out everyone who's been hitting well in AAA or AA ball this year.
  24. nicksaviking
    Sounds like Cook is going to the Jets. I’ve been wondering about how this will play out for a couple weeks now. Unless Hall is out longer than expected, the Jets probably have no need for Michael Carter. With the NFL clearly colluding to keep RB prices down, he could be a cheap trade target. Zero rumors or speculation as far as I’ve heard, but my hunch is he’s moved to Dallas, Washington. Arizona, or Minnesota. What’s it take, a 4th round pick?
  25. nicksaviking
    Agree with all points. I wouldn't be surprised if Chandler takes Mattison's job first chance he gets, Mattison has NEVER been an explosive back and I think the disparity is going to be clear as day to everyone once Chandler starts subbing in for him. Also your last points are spot on. Seemed like last year Booth and Cine originally may have had their spots on the depth chart just been deferred to vets. But Evans was the same draft class and it should not be hard to justify taking Cam Bynum's job. Bad sign. And along with WR, DBs are the positions that just cannot play injured. At least not lower body injured, and both give great concerns on that front.
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