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  1. nicksaviking
    They should because year-to-year he's an extremely unreliable, high contact soft-tosser. So here's hopping they DON'T sell high on him and rue the decision next year, like the Tigers did when they held onto the similarly smoke-and-mirrors Matthew Boyd in 2019.
  2. nicksaviking
    If they think none of the options in AAA or AA could be better than those three, they must already know they've messed up. Why not at least try something new and hope for the best? And there's no reason to worry only about options on the 40-man, there are numerous options to DFA or 60-day IL.
  3. nicksaviking
    Honestly, the excuses used to continually shoehorn Kepler into the lineup is going to tarnish how we remember him. They're making his last impression with us as the guy who's blocking the more talented young players? He would have been better remembered as traded, DFA'd or fallen back into a rotational bench role instead of forced to play villain.
  4. nicksaviking
    Just a thought, but Sonny Gray may be the exact type of free agent pitcher the Twins could and would sign. They won't do long term contracts, and they'll never get the Verlander/Scherzer/Kershaw type of grey beards who do sign short deals, but Gray seems similar to the Charlie Morton/Chris Bassitt type and it seems like the Twins have been interested in those guys in the past. With a bunch of younger and more electric free agents in his class, this may be the rare situation where the Twins could offer their short 2-3 year, bigger money up front type deal during their exclusive negotiating period and the pitcher might actually listen. Another thought is that Sonny Gray perhaps dropped that retirement nugget hoping the Twins will consider the possibility of no QO compensation. The hint about retirement could have been for the sole purpose of enticing them to trade him now.
  5. nicksaviking
    Unless the plan is for Polanco to be at 3B and Julien 2B, there's really not much to lose by calling up Lee other than service time. I mean is there really much downside if the only other options they'll consider is Farmer and Castro? Call up someone anyway. If not Lee, than Severino or Prato; one of the guys who'll need a 40 man decision this off season.
  6. nicksaviking
    If I owned this club, I wouldn't trade low on Miranda. He's not striking out, his BABiP is crazy low and he's seeing fewer pitches this year than last. I think whatever the change in hitting philosophy or coaching was this year is impacting him more than many of the other hitters, and if there's a possibility of front office and managerial changes, I'd let the next group take a look at him first. Basically, I don't trust those in charge to make these calls at the moment.
  7. nicksaviking
    I'm not giving up a better prospect just to take two players the Twins could easily DFA. If the Twins won't take on the 11M or so left owed to Bellinger, they shouldn't be trading for him. I'm also not sure why the Cubs would be interested in Gallo and Kepler. Wouldn't they rather just eat some of Bellinger's contract for a better prospect and give their own young players at bats rather than rostering two guys who won't be there next year?
  8. nicksaviking
    Can't do it if they're trying to win with Kepler, Gallo, Farmer, Solano, Taylor and Castro on the roster. Correa, Buxton and Vazquez's contracts will keep them on board certainly. Obviously you can't dump them all and expect to win, and I'm not pinning the blame on all of these veterans. However, my position has always been that the team will do better with an influx of youthful energy than they will by counting on 'veteran leadership'. I know the optics would make it look like waiving the white flag, but I think the only shot at pulling out of the funk is to throw caution to the wind and turn the show over to the next generation. I'm not expecting others to agree with me.
  9. nicksaviking
    Yeah, at a certain point, the ages of these players become a question mark. I would say that I'd give this era of 'old' prospects a bit more leeway than most, for two reasons. The first being that all of these guys lost a year during Covid, the second being that the current front office has put way more veteran roadblocks in front of their promotions than the last couple of front offices. That second one I don't particularly like, but will give the organization props for at least putting an effort into the free agent market and creative trades, even if I don't care for the vets they've chosen more often than not.
  10. nicksaviking
    Yeah, it's a risky proposition for sure, especially getting back the prospects since they are the unknown. If I were to guess, I bet most trades end up with the side getting the veteran finding out he was never going to be the difference maker they thought he'd be, while the side getting the prospects finds out that they weren't worth the hype. At least looking back at Twins trades that's how it usually seems to be. Less than half are either 'good' or 'bad' in the larger scheme of things, most are just a pointless wash. But with Falvey already saying that the team isn't looking to make big additions, and with Pohlad the Younger saying he expects more from the current group and there's a sense of urgency, my money is on the idea that ownership has already told the front office that they're not getting another shot to flub a big trade; they've made their bed and they're going to have to win with the players they already have, or someone else will get a shot to do it.
  11. nicksaviking
    Not to mention I still want to see Chris Williams, DaShawn Keirsey, Seth Gray, Anthony Prato, Jair Camargo and Alex Isola before the Twins lose them for nothing. These are the type of non-prospects the Twins have had success with in the past. They won't have much trade value other than 3rd or 4th pieces, but about every other year one of these guys turn into Ryan Jeffers, Luis Arraez, Mitch Garver or Brian Dozier. This team needs to start getting creative or they're never going to get actual auditions. Move the young guys around the diamond just to see if their bats will play, then figure out the defense if/when they show they'll be a useful offensive piece.
  12. nicksaviking
    For sure. Trading Gray now when most people would think their job is in jeopardy would be the nerves-of-steel move. I'd rather keep him myself, but trading him would absolutely show stones.
  13. nicksaviking
    I'd be in favor of moving Julien around between 2B, 1B and OF. Maybe he ends up looking solid if given enough reps in the corner OF. I'm up for giving him reps at 3B too, but I'm much more forgiving about defensive mistakes than most are. This isn't a problem that goes away when Polanco is gone, there are plenty of other young players who are already pushing for roster spots, so I'd experiment now while Julien's bat is needed in the lineup. Of course if it turns out he's one of those players who's offense tanks upon day-to-day position uncertainty, then I'd just put him back at 2B and regroup and re-evaluate in the offseason.
  14. nicksaviking
    I'm not advocating for trading Gray, mostly because I don't think he'd get nearly the return we'd like, but doing so would be the opposite of Panic. This article has it completely backwards. The bold and aggressive move would be to pivot to the younger guys and sell off expiring contracts. Panicking would be staying the course hoping the vet bats turn things around and save everyone's jobs.
  15. nicksaviking
    Not to mention, Betts was and still is a HOF caliber player.
  16. nicksaviking
    I agree, I think Cubs fans are going to overvalue Bellinger as much as Twins fans will overvalue Gray or whomever else might be made available. Five years ago players like Bellinger may have gotten a big return, but no sane GM is going to sell the farm for a guy who's shown a half season of improvement after two seasons of being a complete train wreck. That said, I'd happily get in the bargain bidding once the Cubs acknowledge at the last minute that they aren't going to get nearly as much as they're surely demanding now.
  17. nicksaviking
    I don't think the Twins get the windfall of prospects back for Gray that we'd like. With his age, non-electric stuff and half year of control, I think the return would underwhelm pretty much all of us. Plus, is the front office really that confident in their jobs that they think they can sell off the best players, miss the playoffs again and survive? I think sticking with Gallo and Kepler shows they're a bit desperate; underperforming vets are a GM's favorite scapegoats to try to (falsely) shift blame. Risking the season on rookies is always going to fall on the laps of the front office. I think if they were willing to risk the season for the sake of a better future, they'd have started doing so months ago with what should have been much, much easier decisions.
  18. nicksaviking
    Congrats to Trey! He was in this organization a long time. Might have gotten a shot here had that COVID 2020 season not wiped out his AA promotion season.
  19. nicksaviking
    Well to be fair, he’d already be in AAA if that roster wasn’t filled with 26-year-olds who can’t beat out all the great corner players at the MLB level.
  20. nicksaviking
    Yeah, no idea what's going on there. Four different GM's since they last won a playoff series (I know, Twins fans should shut their mouth about that) and five GM's since that World Series team. Plus an open wallet as far as free agency goes. Has to start at the top.
  21. nicksaviking
    I voted, but had Jair Camargo been listed, he probably would have snuck in at 20ish for me. Can't be worse than Vazquez anyway!
  22. nicksaviking
    Which makes it kind of weird that Falvey has come out and said they won't be making meaningful additions this mid-season. That has to mean they know their jobs are safe, or perhaps even just as likely, they were already told they weren't allowed sell off more of the future and take on more payroll to try to make up for what's happened thus far.
  23. nicksaviking
    I'm guessing the Dodgers will want him most, but the Angels will be reluctant to trade him to the cross town rivals, which likely would make them the favorite to sign him long term. I bet they're the rare team that is more worried about regional competitiveness over divisional and league competitiveness. Man, how have the Angels squandered the formative years of two of the greatest baseball players we'll ever see. The Twins recent failures pale in magnitude to the complete ineptitude the Angels have shown the last decade and a half. Not at all giving the Twins a pass, it's just insane what the Angels have done, or not done I guess.
  24. nicksaviking
    We can probably even forget about who’s “better”, Gray has the shortest starts. You don’t want that game 1.
  25. nicksaviking
    While many fans are more interested in long term, the front office can’t be, because their’s no way they aren’t worried about their jobs.
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