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  1. nicksaviking
    Uh what? Ryan, Ober, Winder, Jax and Duran have been the problem? Here this whole time I was thinking the problem was Archer can only go four innings, Bundy couldn’t sneak a fastball past his grandma and the recycled bullpen pieces have been as expected.
  2. nicksaviking
    Prielipp hasn’t signed yet, has he? I probably agree with him hypothetically at the top, though I think Canterino’s and SWR’s “struggles” are overblown. The “prospect” list here is probably accurate, but if I were to be asked who will be the best pitcher, one of these five or the field, I pick the field. No slight on these guys, there’s just so many guys looking really, really promising (outside of St. Paul).
  3. nicksaviking
    That's got to be an error. Even if they wanted to use Duran as an opener, Archer pitches the next game, which means it's all hands on deck. Followed by Bundy who's been getting shelled. If Duran was going to be an opener, why wouldn't he do it in conjunction with Archer, not Gray?
  4. nicksaviking
    I will predict another big 2nd half from Polanco, that seems to be his MO. I think Jose Miranda takes off and cements himself as a top offensive player going forward. And this team needs a veteran bulldog on the mound, so I'll say Sonny Gray.
  5. nicksaviking
    I could see the Twins dealing for a Cubs catcher, but Yan Gomes seems more likely to me. He's the defensive back up with experience everyone seems to like and he's affordably under contract next year. Dreadful offensively this year, but normally he's been average. Obviously it wouldn't be a needle moving trade, but could make sense on the smaller scale for this year and next.
  6. nicksaviking
    I have no interest in rental pitchers either, but Castillo would be here next year too.
  7. nicksaviking
    I think that might be looking at things from a Twins fan perspective. Looking at the Reds top prospects, three of the top six are pitchers, including Chase Petty who got Sonny Gray all by himself. When selling MLB talent for prospects, sure, the TWINS should be looking to get pitching prospects back because this team has had a rough couple decades developing their own. I don’t know that that’s necessarily a universal view for the rest of the league though. The Reds for instance have done well developing their own pitchers, but have been pretty dreadful with developing bats. Including several very well regarded hitting prospects.
  8. nicksaviking
    If Laureano has the most trade value out of all four of those players, I guess it's time to scrap that fun trade value site. He hasn't done anything in four seasons and isn't particularly good at any aspect of the game. He should have the lowest value of those players, by a lot.
  9. nicksaviking
    Not to be a complete contrarian, but I wouldn't even have Martin in my top 10. His ceiling looks to be just a slap hitter with some stolen base potential that the Twins would never put to use.
  10. nicksaviking
    Fantastic job getting some Q&As with these guys so quickly. Exciting stuff considering how much everyone on this site likes discussing the young guys!
  11. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I know this team needs bullpen help and I want and expect them to address it, but I'm not giving anyone they get strong odds to succeed. Year-to-year, organization-to-organization, relief pitchers overall are just not terribly reliable. I don't think what they are doing right now with their current team is much of an indicator of what they'll do for the Twins.
  12. nicksaviking
    I don't disagree with you on Steer at all. He's not untouchable, but he's close. Most definitely on my very short list of prospects I don't want to part with. I value him more than Larnach so I'd be more than happy to swap him out. But that goes back to me being a fan who values prospects more than I should and getting bored with MLB capable players before I should.
  13. nicksaviking
    I have no idea what you are talking about. I mentioned the organization has been good at finding more power with the college hitters, i.e. Steer, Isola, CES. Your comment was completely off topic.
  14. nicksaviking
    I don't know, Larnach still has five years of control. I think when you get to that range, the 'can he hit at the MLB level' evaluation probably factors in more.
  15. nicksaviking
    The trade values site has Larnach's value 2x that of Steer. Obviously that should be taken with a grain of salt, but when it comes to real life trades, it does always seem that MLB teams value players who have demonstrated any measure of MLB success way more than the fans do. The fans always like the unsullied prospects more.
  16. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I don't want anything forced, I just don't want to miss out on 30 HR potential if it's there.
  17. nicksaviking
    What rookies? I think you have your posts confused.
  18. nicksaviking
    Unless the Reds just aren't interested, I'd probably rather include Larnach, who likely is more valuable than any of the other pieces listed.
  19. nicksaviking
    I'd keep Ober too if there were other options, but I'd rather give up Ober than Winder. He's not helping the team right now as it is.
  20. nicksaviking
    With Balazovic's, Sands' and Canterino's struggles, I just think Winder has to stay. There is just NO other depth and both Bundy and Smeltzer are on the brink of collapse. Probably past the brink actually. Archer and his short starts shouldn't be in the rotation with state of the bullpen and this trade doesn't help the relief corp. Castillo and Mahle sound like great ideas to me, but Winder is the ONLY back up plan at the moment, and from my perspective, he should currently be the #3 starter.
  21. nicksaviking
    It was a great pick, the Twins got lucky he fell to them. The one thing I wonder about is, if he's such a great contact hitter, and his dad is a well regarded college hitting coach, is there going to be an ability, or willingness to adjust as needed? The Twins have been fantastic about getting more power out of college hitters once they joined the system, but this does sound quite a bit like Joe Mauer, where no more tinkering or refining was going to occur. Not that he's only a slap hitter or anything. Clearly he's able to put some over the fences as it stands now.
  22. nicksaviking
    I agree, I think Winder is going to be pretty important this year and beyond. I think dealing from the Kirilloff/Miranda/Winder/Ober group diminishes the gains you'd get from the trade.
  23. nicksaviking
    The Angels are the only team on that list that wasn't a well regarded playoff team. I mean if someone wants to go back and find the World Series odds for those teams at the start of the playoffs vs the recent playoff Twins teams, I'm open to eating my words. I'd think the '06 team was the only one on the level of the rest of those. But it's immaterial to me. I don't care how other teams do it, I only know, with two decades of track record to prove me right, that the Minnesota Twins are playoff losers when they go in as an underdog. I hope they upgrade the team at the deadline, I really do, but why anyone would think the Twins could pull off an upset World Series win without the aid of a time machine back to the days of Kirby Puckett is crazy to me. They need to build a GREAT team, not one that can win the lousy AL Central and then just cross their fingers and hope for the best.
  24. nicksaviking
    Seems to me Atlanta was the first team that wouldn't have been considered one of the top four or so teams to win it all in about two decades. I think the only condition would be not going into your first round match up as the underdog. Every. Single. Year. They will be the underdog this year regardless of which AL East team they are matched up with. Though I suppose it will be easier to name the actual contenders now that we have two first round byes in each league. When the Twins snag a free pass into the second round, they're probably a contender. And considering the division they're in, that shouldn't be a tough ask for an actual contender.
  25. nicksaviking
    There are some options I'd accept as 'controllable' that will be around in 2023. That's not optimal, but acceptable to me assuming I can stomach the cost. And I feel like I can stomach a pretty decent cost at this point.
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