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  1. nicksaviking
    Don't know much about them, but I like the size of the last two pitchers taken.
  2. nicksaviking
    Fact: 88 MPH fastballs can no longer get batters out. To keep up with improved hitters, pitchers have to throw harder, which means they have to pitch fewer innings. Fact: Players and coaches have more data about pitcher and batter tendencies than ever before, which has significantly reduced the usefulness of being a 'crafty' or 'experienced' veteran who used to know more than everyone else solely because of years in the league. Fact: Technology has shown patterns, trajectories and routes to show the players the most efficient ways to hit, defend and pitch. You don't have to like it, but evolution is real. Things change. Players get bigger, faster and stronger and the rest of the league will always try to catch up to the best of the best.
  3. nicksaviking
    They aren't staying ahead, they're failing because they are worse at doing the progressive things than the other clubs. I know you wish the Twins would go back to playing mid 1980's St. Louis Cardinals style baseball, but they'd lose 120 games a year. The game is different now.
  4. nicksaviking
    Yeah, you'd have to assume so. It used to be that several HS kids drafted in the first ten rounds didn't sign, but looking back, I only see one unsigned HS player drafted in the first ten rounds, since 2020. In 2021 Houston whiffed on one.
  5. nicksaviking
    I can't believe the Twins took four HS kids in the top 6. That's a pretty anti-Twins thing to do lately, and I like it, assuming they're all signable.
  6. nicksaviking
    Wouldn't the good ones currently be employed?
  7. nicksaviking
    Um no? The game is continually evolving, you have to stay ahead.
  8. nicksaviking
    Rowson was the hitting coach for the 2019 club and it seems the criticism of the offense now, is that the Twins are trying to play the same style of ball that they did then, but without the ungodly amount of homeruns. I don't see Rowson changing the approach of the batters much. Also, a few years removed now, I don't think he had as much to do with the team's success as we used to attribute to him. The juiced ball and lineup made explicitly to take advantage of a juiced ball was why they did well. It's not like the Tigers are tearing the cover off of the ball. Also, I really dislike the idea of bringing back former players and coaches. Look ahead, try new things.
  9. nicksaviking
    I don't see the pattern. This is the area of the draft the Twins traditionally start going hard at college arms. I think you're looking for alternate reasons to rip on the front office since the overall feeling is that they actually did well last night.
  10. nicksaviking
    Firing Popkins seems like a reasonable move, but where do you get a new hitting coach mid-season? Dipping down to AAA seems like the only logical option.
  11. nicksaviking
    Good news, he can't break it then.
  12. nicksaviking
    I don't presume to think a half year of production is indicative of the kind of player you'll get.
  13. nicksaviking
    A Mahle extension wouldn't bother me, but the offensive free agent class next year looks pretty terrible again. Some intriguing starting pitchers though, so if they're going to spend, that might be where they look. In which case, the rotation will be fairly full for the foreseeable future. Never hurts to have extra arms though I guess.
  14. nicksaviking
    I might finally get to watch a game. The last game (that I knew about) on Apple TV was Mother's Day, which was a poor time for me to tell the wife we weren't going to do what she wanted to do that night.
  15. nicksaviking
    Tampa would have traded high on Kepler after 2019. And to their credit, they probably would have been able to tell what would happen to him offensively after the league deadened the ball.
  16. nicksaviking
    I don't tend to like players who've only had a half of a bounce back season, I think it's just as likely they revert back to a pumpkin when they uproot and change teams. Most of the offensive players are out for me, because that's how I see most. However, Cody Bellinger's K% has somehow dropped 9% this year. I don't know how that happened, but it's back to his ROY/MVP era levels. If that's legit, I'd be interested. Possibly significantly interested. Mark Canha is about as boring as it gets, but he's a right handed outfielder and does draw a ton of walks, so I could see the value there as well. Justin Turner also gets on base at a high level, and he does have that name-brand cache that often elevates clubs intangibly. I don't like to rate guys based on "intangibles" but if the rest of the club buys in, that can be pretty valuable. I don't really think Boston's selling though unless the wheels completely fall off. They're only two games back. I don't believe the Twins will trade off Gray or Maeda, BUT, depending on which one they moved, doing so in conjunction with trading FOR Jordan Montgomery would either improve the rotation or mitigate the loss. The fact that he's kept his production across two teams and two leagues makes him a guy that I'd like much more than most. Getting a reliver is always a good idea, but I'll still never trust any single one of them.
  17. nicksaviking
    My guess is that the Cardinals are so out of practice being 'sellers' that they won't entertain offers for any of their biggest names.
  18. nicksaviking
    Anthony Prato is throwing his hat in the ring for one of those MLB OF or utility spots. He lacks the high end pop, but it sure looks like he's taking professional at bats, which obviously is what everyone's been complaining about with the MLB roster.
  19. nicksaviking
    That's pretty new though. Atlanta went about a decade and a half where all of their top prospects were stud pitchers and all of them flamed out, mostly due to injuries.
  20. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I'd guess they don't trade pitching. Gray only if they get a deal that would floor us all. Maeda only if he somehow losses his job to one of the prospects in the next month, which is looking more unlikely by the day. Missing the playoffs will put their jobs on the line and the rotation is what's saving them all at the moment. Even if they should be, I doubt many of them are looking too far into the future at the expense of winning a terrible AL Central.
  21. nicksaviking
    If the Twins trade Gray, and I'd guess they won't, my money is on them actually bringing in another starting pitcher, even if that's counter intuitive. Another controllable arm to pair with Ryan, Ober and Lopez would help ensure the rotation is stabilized, and seeing as how a stable rotation has saved the team from imploding this year, I could see them doubling down on that approach. If AZ is the target, maybe Brandon Pfaadt? He didn't have much of an audition, but surely his early struggle has lowered his previously top 50 prospect value.
  22. nicksaviking
    He's had an OPS over .760 once. Only twice has he had an OPS+ over league average, the second being 2020 which I'm fairly confident in saying was a let down considering his 2019 season appeared to be his big breakout. He was a top 50 prospect, I think saying he's hit below expectations nearly every year is an understatement if anything. Teams don't usually ride out these kinds of players for a decade, particularly not at the most easily replaceable position on the field. . If he was a Randy Bush, who was a rotational player who'd always give way to the new prospects and free agents, Kepler probably would be beloved. But he's not, they've basically ran him out to start since day 1. They've made a concerted attempt to upgrade every single other position on the diamond, but never right field.
  23. nicksaviking
    I don't like how Miranda is only getting 2-3 PA per game. I'd like him to go into a game knowing he's not getting pulled.
  24. nicksaviking
    Surely next year will be better regardless of what path they take, but I hope the Twins don't just go hunting for a solution by themselves. This is a league-wide problem, and the teams without giant media markets that easily fund major city clubs, should be collaborating to figure out the best way to reach as many fans as possible to ensure the game is viable for decades. And reaching as many fans as possible likely does not mean profiting as much as possible in the immediate future.
  25. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I'd say if the Twins failed on this, it's in not targeting one of Toronto's three young catchers, Kirk, Jansen or Moreno. Not because they were necessarily better prospects, but it might have kept them from making a poor decision with Vazquez. But since all three of those guys are struggling to one degree or another this year, we'd probably still be having the same discussion.
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