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  1. nicksaviking
    Right, I was likely thinking of Manaea.
  2. nicksaviking
    Well the Blues Jays prospects probably had more value in practice, but most people (possibly wrongly since the guy has next to no power potential) valued Austin Martin higher than any of those hypothetical Twins prospects. But the Blue Jays got a year and a half of Berrios, the Twins wouldn't even get a full season of Montas. So I do agree, at this point, the A's should have to settle for closer to trade deadline values for him now. Which to me might be something like Miranda and Sands. Maybe Winder and Arraez. Though, a sneaky add in would be Bundy. The Twins likely wouldn't want him any longer and could eat his salary, but in that ballpark, the A's could get lucky and see him pitch well and be able to flip him again in July.
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    I was thinking about this too when I was trying to come up with some 2-for-1 or 3-for-1 deals for the Twins to make the other day. But I actually think that deal is way too generous. I think Miranda, Winder and Arraez would have been an over pay prior to the season, now that we're two months in Oakland's going to have to take a discount, especially since outside of last night, Winder has looked like he's going to be really good. But then on the other hand, the Twins just sent down their only infielder who's been hitting the ball. You don't send down one of your only competent hitters unless your prime objective is development, not winning a WS. So I'm kind of back on the belief that despite the record, this year is still only going to be a year to improve and get ready for the real fireworks next season, in which case, I still don't want to pay for a rental starter.
  4. nicksaviking
    I would be happy for Gordon when he does get claimed, and hopefully by a non-contender that can give him ABs. But his skill set, even if he hit his ceiling, is just so underwhelming. It would cost the team a league minimum salary to replace him if they needed to. But they don't need to because they have so many options for bench bats at the moment. Heck, forget about Lewis, I'd set Gordon free Spencer Steer this very second. And to be clear, I'm not intentionally trying to slight Gordon, I've enjoyed watching him climb the system. I just think it's time to let go. Also, I'm only arguing Lewis for Gordon's roster spot. I'd be arguing Lewis for Urshela's spot in the lineup.
  5. nicksaviking
    The damage can be mitigated if he's called back up for June 1. Maybe it can be avoided all together if during that time they give him one of those fancy pre-arb, big money, long term contract extensions. Doesn't seem like a Twins move, but they should be thinking about it if they don't want to start burning through the goodwill they've built these last couple of months.
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    Buxton, Kepler, Celestino, Gordon, Garlick and presumably Larnach was going to be the inevitable domino that sent Lewis down even if Miranda was sent down first. That's too many outfielders, especially considering Arraez can play the position as well. I agree that this should have been a difficult decision, but it should have been a difficult decision between Garlick, Celestino and Gordon, who nobody seems to notice has an OPS of .600. This is also committing to keeping Urshela and his .610 OPS in the starting lineup for the immediate future. Yeah, there's some "shiny new toy" aspect to Lewis for sure, but this is undeniably making the offense worse.
  7. nicksaviking
    So Arraez, Gordon and Sano can learn new positions while at the MLB level, but the exponentially more athletic and talented Lewis can't. Also, they signed Correa months ago, why wasn't Lewis given AAA reps at other positions prior to his original call up?
  8. nicksaviking
    This team has done a great job with letting players flow to positions of need. Lewis seems capable, talented and level headed, unless he demonstrates otherwise, I think the team should be more than willing to give him reps at both 3B and LF along with SS. We don't know what the future will hold, having more options usually seems to be the prudent move. I also don't think sending him down would be seriously considered. It would send a bad message to the other young players and the fans. Right or wrong, the team would get called out for service time manipulation even though the team has previously show no indication they are interested in doing that this year. I'd guess they'd want to avoid that unless Lewis stops producing.
  9. nicksaviking
    Honestly, that's probably not Rocco's call. Same with resting Buxton and other players. How many pitches and innings the starters go is probably a collaborative organizational decision.
  10. nicksaviking
    I think most of the criticisms of Rocco and most managers these days, tend to be based on overall criticisms of the game. A hard cap on 100 pitches and pulling starters early, resting players, shifts, emphasizing home runs, devaluing stolen bases, not bunting. Whatever else people don't like about today's game. Rocco didn't invent these tactics, and since this is 2022, he probably wouldn't be given a chance to manage at all if he didn't incorporate those tactics.
  11. nicksaviking
    The questionable pick of Cavaco in the first round is providing good cover for the rest of the 2019 draft class. We've been talking about Canterino and Wallner for a couple years now, but Headrick, Varland, Gipson-Sawyer and Legumina look like promising arms too. And someone must have done some good homework on the college infield prospects, because while Spencer Steer is looking like he could make the jump from AA to the majors right now, Anthony Prato along with late round picks Alex Isola and Eduard Julian are looking really good with excellent on base skills, which seems to me to be one of the better indicators of future success.
  12. nicksaviking
    I had never cared for him because he couldn’t even strike anyone out in college let alone pro ball. But he is now, likely due to the velocity increase and the now impressive slider. If the strikeouts continue, it won’t be smoke and mirrors though.
  13. nicksaviking
    Hope last night was just an anomaly. Developing your own bullpen really is an under appreciated key. Good but not elite BP arms are very affordable arbitration-wise. Having several guys you can slot in there for five or six years frees you up to worry about, and allocate budget to other areas.
  14. nicksaviking
    Who would you prefer he face in AA? Seems he’s facing the same calibre of talent as every other pitcher at that level.
  15. nicksaviking
    Astros = New New York Yankees.
  16. nicksaviking
    Obviously the individual employee might feel slighted, he shouldn't as he has to know his skills are declining, but I don't know his mindset. But if the rest of the team views the young pitchers, who Bundy would usurp, as better baseball players, then you're slighting 25 other players instead of the one player. Again, I don't know mindsets, but I think most of these guys want the best team out there to win games more than they want to appease a veteran pitcher. I think Bundy's modest $5M deal in and of itself made it clear he was expendable as soon as better options emerged. This is his third team, he had to understand how this works by now.
  17. nicksaviking
    I think there are fairly clear free agent tiers and both players and agents understand the thickness of the ice while signing the contract. Bundy and his team had to know that his very modest deal was a boon for him and they were lucky to get more than a MiLB deal with a chance to make a rotation in spring training. If at the time of the signing every Twins fan was putting his over/under DFA date at June 1, no one in league circles is going to hold it against the team when the inevitable happens.
  18. nicksaviking
    But his fastball is an off speed pitch.
  19. nicksaviking
    Unless they go to a seven man rotation, there’s really only two options once Ober comes back: DFA or bullpen. It would send such a terrible message to the fans, but worse, the team full of young players to give him a spot over Ryan, Ober, Paddack and Winder. The only reason I’d even contemplate giving him another start over the young guys is if there’s a sense that a team desperate for rotation depth would be willing to trade bullpen help, and one post-Covid start is needed for an auditions.
  20. nicksaviking
    Jones, Lee, Holliday and Lee are the most interesting bats to me. Assuming they're all gone when the Twins select, I'd probably be most interested in rolling the dice with Lesko.
  21. nicksaviking
    Ryan did it that way because the Twins had the top pick and the Marlins wanted Camp, but you can't trade the actual picks. The Marlins gave the Twins a wad of cash along with Santana, who was the second pick.
  22. nicksaviking
    Dang, even after you get past the biggest named pitching prospects, whatever has gotten into the MLB starters, seems to be bleeding down through most of the other levels. I mean Cedar Rapids staff has no one making top prospect lists, but those guys are cruising too. I wonder what the impetus was for moving Legumina over Gipson-Long. Gipson-Long actually has more time at Cedar Rapids has better numbers, and not that it should ever matter but he was drafted a couple rounds earlier than Legumina too. I mean, I'm hopeful both of those guys (and Povich and Headrick) take the Ober/Winder under-the-radar path to MLB success but seems like they bumped these guys out of order.
  23. nicksaviking
    Lewis was playing 3B in the AZ Fall League prior to Covid. My prediction is that he's going to get a few reps there in St. Paul at which point the writing will be on the wall. You just can't keep a top prospect who's OPSing +1.000 with good plate discipline in AAA too long. An infield of Lewis, Correa, Polanco and Miranda would be fine with me.
  24. nicksaviking
    I'm wholly in favor of grabbing any San Diego pitcher with a hint of promise. I think they have mismanaged more major league pitchers than anyone but Pittsburgh the last several years.
  25. nicksaviking
    His launch angle seemed just fine last night. This guy, always with the terrible takes!
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