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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. nicksaviking
    But his fastball is an off speed pitch.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. nicksaviking
    His launch angle seemed just fine last night. This guy, always with the terrible takes!
  11. nicksaviking
    But most of the best MLB relief pitchers used to be starters, and most of them were given up on by their original team while as a starter and only became a stand out reliever when another team gave them a shot in the bullpen. Vallimont's shot at being a qualify starting pitcher is really, really low at this point.
  12. nicksaviking
    Lesko is having TJ surgery. Kiley McDaniel ranks him 8th now, which just so happens to be where the Twins select: https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/insider/story/_/id/33810529/kiley-mcdaniel-2022-mlb-draft-rankings-20-which-former-mlb-star-son-soars-our-top-150 I'm not afraid of TJ anymore, I'd be interested. Matt Holiday's kid would interest me too. The kids of former MLB stars are tearing up the league right now. I assume there's no shot at Andrew Jones' kid though. Even though the Twins need a catcher, I think it's always a horrible idea to draft one early. Unless he turns out to be a generational talent, the offensive difference between a bad catcher and a "good" catcher tends to be marginal.
  13. nicksaviking
    If the Twins lose him before they try him out in the pen I'll be disappointed since that was almost certainly going to be his destination anyway.
  14. nicksaviking
    I don't know, his launch angle going from 15.1 to 5.5 seems like he has dramatically overcorrected. Like Joe Mauer, he doesn't play a position where I'd be satisfied with a bunch of line-drive singles; he's got to put the ball over the fence. But unlike Mauer, he does seem to be purposefully making adjustments, so maybe he'll figure it out.
  15. nicksaviking
    I think he was talking about Emmanual Rodriguez, not Encarnacion-Strand. And boy, as much as the power for Rodriguez is exciting, holy cow, 16 BB in 64 PA for a 19-year-old is nuts. The ability to be patient and draw walks has to be one of the best indicators of future success. 14 games isn't many, but 20-year-olds at the MLB level aren't exactly uncommon anymore. None of the league's top young hitters spent a full year in low A ball. If he keeps hitting, I'd be disappointed if he's not in position to at least start next year in AA.
  16. nicksaviking
    There are quite a few guys in AAA and AA who look more than happy to take the jobs of most of these guys. If the Twins aren't .500 by the end of June, I wouldn't be surprised if Polanco ends up being the oldest Twins offensive starter. Heck, maybe the oldest rostered offensive player.
  17. nicksaviking
    Just noticed Martin's BBR photo. That's a very unfortunate colored bandana he's wearing under that photoshopped hat.
  18. nicksaviking
    Detroit would win the WS every year if they had the foresight to wear those jerseys.
  19. nicksaviking
    The odds were never in favor of Kirilloff AND Larnach both paying off. If it's only Larnach that ends up being a long-time lineup staple, that will still be a success in my book.
  20. nicksaviking
    The cringe inducing take doesn't bother me too much; there's probably not a poster on this site with more than 10 posts who hasn't shared at least one truly terrible opinion. We as sports fans probably do take a game made for kids too seriously. It's the clickbait-y, question mark headline that I disagree with.
  21. nicksaviking
    Great start for these guys. Lewis proving himself worthy would be an absolute boon to this organization. Looks like he quieted down his swing too. Still has the minor leg kick, but seemed to me before he was injured that there were lots of extra dance moves in his set up and swing.
  22. nicksaviking
    I'm not familiar with any quotes from the front office, if there were any, but they are always going to say they intend to "contend" or "compete". The team very much could, and should be better this year, but using those trigger words are pure lip service. They know this season and the future are going to be determined by how the young starting pitching develops. There was no getting around that once the free agent pitchers were off the board. Rogers' final year here would have been squandered with him bidding his time while the team gets the future rotation sorted out. But I'm still looking forward to a fun season and competitive baseball.
  23. nicksaviking
    Should be, but since no one in-market can stream the game unless you have Direct TV, opening day just reminds me how upset this makes me. Sorry to take it out on Bundy.
  24. nicksaviking
    Bundy and Gausman used to both be top prospects throwing in the mid 90s. But while Guasman had some ups and downs, he never had much for injury concerns and kept his velocity. Bundy blew out his arm and now can't touch 90 MPH.
  25. nicksaviking
    Archer can earn some good bonuses, and the Twins did specifically craft it so that he can earn those bonuses based on starts OR based on appearances he goes at least three innings. I can't imagine that verbiage was put into his contract unless both the Twins and Archer knew that it was very likely he was going to be a long-man/piggy-backer in the bullpen.
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