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  1. nicksaviking
    Yes, this has long been my take. I don't know why we look at these two as doing the same job just because they came on board in the same off season. Presumably Levine, who is the GM after all, is the one in charge of free agency, trades and roster moves, while Falvey is the architect in charge of implementing and modernizing the process of running a baseball team. If this is accurate, Levine should be gone first, or long ago. Falvey could be gone, but mainly for being culpable in allowing Levine's poor roster management to continue to derail this club.
  2. nicksaviking
    I'm more concerned with winning baseball games than throwing a bone to a guy with declining stuff. I really don't want Keuchel in the rotation, we've seen this smoke and mirrors approach get absolutely destroyed in recent years. This isn't old school baseball anymore where a crafty vet with no velocity can out-duel the opposing team with his years of experience. The other team is using computers now; those have a better memory and predictive power than the crafty vet's brain. The Twins have had problems with this type of pitcher recently too. If they have a couple of decent outings, they give these vets an unreasonably long leash. This could easily turn into a Dylan Bundy or J.A. Happ situation.
  3. nicksaviking
    I'm really not trying to rip the front office, but with Sano getting no interest and the all-or-nothing approach at the plate fading a bit in popularity league-wide, I had assumed Gallo would be a target for a MiLB deal with a spring training invite this PAST off season.
  4. nicksaviking
    Wow. This club is really going out of its way to not call up Prato, Williams, Severino or Lee.
  5. nicksaviking
    I had no interest in his smoke and mirror show going anywhere near the rotation. I thought he might have made sense in the bullpen though. Seems like the Twins would have at least tried that, unless the guy was adamant about starting and the Twins gave him his wish.
  6. nicksaviking
    Can we do Springsteen’s OG version instead?
  7. nicksaviking
    Sorry, but I would NOT have been satisfied with a low wattage move or two. They need an elite bat, that can hit righties and lefties, for the middle of the lineup. Anything else would just be a band aid necessitated because of a terribly constructed roster aimed at “depth” and defense, sacrificing needed chances for a higher offensive ceiling. This front office has been very aggressive. This is abnormal for them. My guess is still that ownership told them no, they’ve made enough poor decisions and now they sleep in the bed they made. They’re not giving up the next GM’s equity so these guys can try to fix their own mess.
  8. nicksaviking
    He seems to be whom lots of people wanted last year. Which probably speaks more to the expectations everyone should have for this caliber of player.
  9. nicksaviking
    I have no interest in any of these platoon righties, but I understand why others do. I'm just really, really frustrated that this team keeps looking at below average veteran bats to jam onto the roster. If you need two players for half of your positions because neither hits same sided pitching well enough, you've done a terrible and inefficient job of building a 26-man roster. I'd rather they just stop, wipe the slate clean of these vets in the offseason, give the young guys practice at hitting same side pitching and see if you can build an actual functioning regular lineup from there.
  10. nicksaviking
    When Kepler is gone, I think RF will be a great spot for Wallner, just like Cuddyer. Learn the nuances of that wall and anyone can play RF in Target Field. It's really small comparatively to other stadiums.
  11. nicksaviking
    Gray's not looking so hot lately, and he won't be here next year. Maybe you could trade Gray to recoup much of the prospect loss the team would give up for another controllable starter like Eduardo Rodriguez. Still, I think the front office has been told they aren't allowed to make any more major moves.
  12. nicksaviking
    Fulmer was a rental player. Hernandez and Finnegan have many years of control, they'll probably require closer to the Mahle deal than the Fulmer deal. And really, the Royals are already starting a lineup made up largely of players they probably think are part of their long term future. Hernandez is quite possibly part of their long term plan as well.
  13. nicksaviking
    The only trade the Red Sox made was a guy they were almost certainly going to DFA. I don't think they're sellers. I also don't think the Mets trade controllable players unless it's a really stupid offer by the buying club. Hernandez and Finnegan will surely be too expensive. It's been my guess for awhile now that ownership has already told the front office that they've already squandered all of their magic wishes and they'll get no more. They need to ride or die with the thus far unfruitful decisions they've already committed to.
  14. nicksaviking
    I agree, but I'd call up Keirsey straight from AA instead of Stevenson. Unless this team thinks Buxton or Lewis is going to be playing CF next season, they need to start having internal auditions for next year or they're going to be in the exact same position they were last off season. The free agent CF options are flat out awful after you get past Bellinger, who is a year-to-year wild card and probably going to command more than he should.
  15. nicksaviking
    Why is it so hard to escape Wichita? Does the club have an agreement with the new affiliate that they'll make the good players linger there longer than the other stops? Severino, Lee, Keirsey and Isola should be in St. Paul prepping to help the big club.
  16. nicksaviking
    I don't think other teams evaluate prospects based on prospect lists.
  17. nicksaviking
    I was talking about the hypothetical pick you’d get for Hunter. You could package two 20ish picks and move up. No clue what, if anything was offered for him of course.
  18. nicksaviking
    This honestly sounds like the worst case scenario to me. Now he’ll only be here this season, which seems like an impossible season to win it all, AND the team won’t get a high draft pick, which could have perhaps been in part used to get a future franchise QB.
  19. nicksaviking
    What about last year when they traded for two of the best relievers available at the deadline?
  20. nicksaviking
    Yeah what’s the chance the pinch runner makes a difference in that situation? 5% The odds they need Julien’s bat again is much higher.
  21. nicksaviking
    I dig this new third baseman.
  22. nicksaviking
    I'll never trust relievers coming from other teams, but I wouldn't protest getting one. The Twins have quietly been building a groundball heavy bullpen, which contrasts with the flyball heavy rotation. Honestly, Dallas Keuchel out of the pen might be exactly what they are looking for.
  23. nicksaviking
    The quasi-established players are always the last pieces included. I'd not like to trade Lee, but honestly, unless one of them plays CF, I think Lee and Lewis are going to struggle find room together on this team. I wouldn't be opposed to trading one, IF it was a super star kind of transaction. I also wouldn't want to trade Ober or Ryan. I also don't like Dallas Keuchel in the rotation, but I suppose if I had to add one, I'd consider it, only because the Twins would likely still win the division with that rotation and than come playoffs, Keuchel would be of no need anyway. I doubt SD ends up selling this year, but when they do finally move their big name players, those blockbuster trades for elite players almost never work out for the sellers. I'd guess which ever team gets Soto or Machado or Tatis or Musgrove will easily come out on top.
  24. nicksaviking
    Also, I think we took a bit of a tangent here because we're debating things other than the actual topic of this thread currently. It seems like we all think Larnach could still produce, thus still has value. Which is why he could/should be traded.
  25. nicksaviking
    But LaMonte Wade was the Chris Williams/Anthony Prato kind of prospect and the Twins traded him because they intended to give at bats to the more heralded guys like Brent Rooker and Jake Cave. Would have been better to trade high on Rooker/Cave. In the end they lost all of them because the best guy had the lowest pedigree, which shouldn't have mattered, and they moved on from the other two after they had next to no value.
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