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  1. nicksaviking
    What's it like losing to them???
  2. nicksaviking
    We doing that ghost runner thing yet? Seems like both teams are in a hurry to get there.
  3. nicksaviking
    Looking at who makes up the bottom of the lineup, that sounds do-able.
  4. nicksaviking
    Honestly, I'd be less concerned about him being naked than I would be with the fact that you dug him up.
  5. nicksaviking
    Old dog, new trick!
  6. nicksaviking
    Exactly what my wife said!
  7. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I got blackout issues and I can't justify paying $75 per month just to watch baseball with the wife. I was really hoping Bally's would go belly up.
  8. nicksaviking
    Yeah, my fears have now been confirmed. I thought I had something figured out, but turns no Twins on TV for me this year I guess. This league is the absolute worst when it comes to getting fans to watch.
  9. nicksaviking
    MLB added a bunch of new rules, but none of them allowed a team to score runs while on defense. Sorry, but I disagree with this. The Twins outfield defense wasn't an issue last year, and it still wouldn't have been this year had Gallo and Gordon split backup CF duties. This just made the offense worse, and the offense was and still is a problem.
  10. nicksaviking
    Yeah, kind of funny because 100 years ago they didn't unless they were a player/coach. Only reason for it has to be some strange fad where some coaches felt an inferiority complex to guys like Lou Boudreau.
  11. nicksaviking
    I’m not sure about Pagan, but I think the others will be fun to watch this year. I think Winder will end up on the list sometime this year. Like the other former starters, I think his velocity will play up in full time relief, and he’s got a good slider and control.
  12. nicksaviking
    I get that too, but that's no one's fault but the Twins. He should have been in St Paul by June last year. And if not June, then he should have been there when they traded Spencer Steer, and if THAT wasn't late enough, then he surely should have been promoted when Polanco went down. Julien's absence from AAA last year was one of the most puzzling things the team did all last year.
  13. nicksaviking
    I would have just put my best hitter out there and not thought too hard about it. Let your big money free agent lead off the season. It's not a frightening lineup, might as well get your best hitter to the plate as many times as possible and hope for the best.
  14. nicksaviking
    Gross. Can I pick "other"?
  15. nicksaviking
    Smarter to go with the young guy with options. We know the front office struggles cutting bait on struggling vets. If they struggle, they'd struggle for months. Neither is getting cut next week if/when the team needs a fresh arm. Not just because the front office gives vets too long of leashes, but because it would be a total jerk move to the player. They have zero qualms optioning young players though.
  16. nicksaviking
    I'm not cheering for injuries and I'd not like to count on them anyway. If things are like 2021-22, there'll be starts for the young guys to audition. But if things are like 2019-20, probably just Ober gets enough of a run to evaluate him for 2024. We'll still be scratching our heads about Varland, SWR and anyone else making noise in AAA, even if they end up getting a couple spot starts at the MLB level. Really, how many outings are enough to feel like we have a good read on these guys though? I mean enough so the front office doesn't go back to the trading option, again? 10 starts? 50 innings out of the rotation and bullpen combined? If health and performance hold up for the current starters, the front office has to force the issue if only to not be in the same position in 2024.
  17. nicksaviking
    I assume you chose the graphics color that you did because the new branding is the Minnesota Reds?
  18. nicksaviking
    Seems to work for the Dodgers.
  19. nicksaviking
    My picks: Offensive MVP: Jose Miranda Pitching MVP: Tyler Mahle Julien would only be a sleeper in terms of fantasy, but yeah, I'm contemplating adding him now. I'm worried that he might be down awhile though if they won't even give him a job over Willie Castro. My Super Sleeper is really, really sleeping though. I'm going with Anthony Prato. If/When the team finally decides they want a righthanded outfielder that can hit, other than Buxton, he should be the guy over Garlick. He's really good at getting on base, he steals bases and last year showed giant increases in his previously low XBH categories.
  20. nicksaviking
    But you know he was referring to controllable starting pitchers, and not specifically their ages. They can't keep trading for starters with two years of control left every year. At some point they have to let their own young arms have a real run at roster spots.
  21. nicksaviking
    Man, I don't know what I like better, the velocity or those sturdy broad shoulders. Fingers crossed, but I think we have a winner here.
  22. nicksaviking
    Kendricks had been my favorite Viking for quite a while now. Glad to see he felt the same about Minnesota. And great shout out to the downtown Minneapolis restaurants!
  23. nicksaviking
    Agree with Gimenez for this list, but I don't think he ends the year that way. I thought last year was an outlier for him and am happy Cleveland just allocated some of their scarce salary space to him for years to come. Even in the minors those power numbers and most importantly, the OBP never approached what he did last year. I think he's due for some serious regression.
  24. nicksaviking
    Yeah I'm no expert, but from my understanding, while Japan is fairly forward thinking on many subjects, gender equality is not one of them.
  25. nicksaviking
    Right, but there was space this year and they still went after Lopez. I'm not complaining as Lopez is a decent pitcher, but they probably wouldn't have went out and traded for him had they trusted the young guys. So will they trust them next year if they still have only a handful of 2023 starts? Or will they go out and trade for someone else? That's why I think they need to intentionally give Ober, Varland and SWR starts, and plenty of them, regardless of the current health of the rotation.
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