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  1. 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.
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    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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I don't want anything forced, I just don't want to miss out on 30 HR potential if it's there.
  7. nicksaviking
    What rookies? I think you have your posts confused.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. nicksaviking
    I don't care about contending for the division though. I only care about winning the World Series. And this club lost the benefit of that 'chip-chair-and-a-chance' perspective a decade ago. From my view, they're only a contender when they roll into the playoffs as one of the top favorites. I don't think that's been the case for this franchise since the '06 team.
  17. nicksaviking
    Bednar is controlled for another 4.5 years. I can't imagine he's actually available.
  18. nicksaviking
    I think Winder is ONLY not on the MLB roster because he wasn't going to get another start again before the AS break and they wanted the extra reliever.
  19. nicksaviking
    I want them to buy, but I don't think being in 1st place makes them a contender. The cutesy David vs. Goliath narrative that Minnesota teams LOVE to push bothers me to no end. Just go out and be Goliath for once. Nothing wrong with being the favorite. I don't think any amount of trades gets them there this year though. I think the youngsters need to get a taste of the war before they become battle hardened enough to wreak havoc.
  20. nicksaviking
    Twins took another Alabama pitcher. Draft a buddy for Prielipp so he signs for less. Genius move.
  21. nicksaviking
    Ah, I still remember when Miguel Sano was a shortstop. Might be worth a look to give him some reps there again.
  22. nicksaviking
    Just sign the one that will be a HOFer.
  23. nicksaviking
    Any available mission trips in Fort Myers?
  24. nicksaviking
    Or next round.
  25. nicksaviking
    I prep shortstop!?!?!? Heck yes, sign me up!
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