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  1. nicksaviking
    I'll be the odd man here; Arraez can battle with Urshela for the 3B spot, but he doesn't need to be penciled into the lineup every day and he certainly doesn't need to take up the DH spot; there are better hitters available. He's trending downwards in every conceivable stat the last three years and he's got pretty much no extra base potential.
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    If Winder is “damaged” because he gets hit hard early in his career, he’s not going to be the type of pitcher I want on this team. That’s cold I know, but that’s professional sports. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the only three good starting pitchers this team has developed in the last 30 years, Berrios, Santana and Radke, got the snot knocked out of them early but were mentally tough enough to learn and prosper from it. No codling, toss these guys into the deep end; we only want the ones who can make it back up anyway.
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    Just hope they don’t turn out to be Laurel and Hardy.
  4. nicksaviking
    90% of rookie pitchers struggle no matter when they are called up. Probably more. Is there a better time for him to learn and adjust than early this season? From my perspective, it’s better to do it now when the team doesn’t look ready to contend.
  5. nicksaviking
    Geez, putting the cart in front of the horse aren't we? I'm more concerned about the 2nd, 3rd and 4th starters!
  6. nicksaviking
    I’d like whatever pitching they get to be controlled longer than the A’s duo. It would be another pipe dream for sure, but Miami wants a CF. Would they consider moving Trevor Rodgers for Kepler + Lewis or Martin + Arraez or Urshala + Strotman or Winder?
  7. nicksaviking
    This is disorienting. This is also a great deal, even if it turns out to be one year. It shows the fans they team is willing to go out of their comfort zone, and it shows future top end free agents MN is a legit destination. Never hurts to get on Scott Boras’ good side either. His top clients tend to funnel toward a clique of teams.
  8. nicksaviking
    ******Moderator Note******* Some posts are getting too personal and they've been removed. However, once again this thread is becoming redundant. Same talking points, same soap boxes. Unless you have something new to bring to the table, please consider letting sleeping dogs lie.
  9. nicksaviking
    This should be true but is wholly inaccurate. These are billionaires who know that a dollar in their pocket today is worth more than the buck fifty they'd get next year. They want every dime they can grab now and will worry about the future later. You need to look no further than their short sighted and likely fatal broadcasting decisions. They could and should buy back the TV rights so they can broadcast them to everyone in the country either for free or next to free, just like they did back when everyone on this board grew up watching baseball. Now we have an entire generation that doesn't care about baseball and plenty of kids who have NEVER seen a game. This is 100% on the owners. Do the players want more money? Of course they do because the teams are constantly trying to grab every penny they can, consequences be damned. The owners could have taken the path of the other professional leagues and opened their books to the union and agreed to revenue sharing amongst teams and a percentage split with the players decades ago. Now that bridge seems to have burned. These men are flat out awful stewards of the game. Sure, the players may also be villainous, but the owners set the fire long ago. Saying they care more about preserving the game than the players, who have a finite amount of years to earn what they can, doesn't amount to much. I get that the owners will never care about the game as much as the fans, but could they at least care as much as the NFL and NBA owners?
  10. nicksaviking
    I was one of those very few fans in the stands. My family and I always found a couple of games a year to go to, which was pretty good since we were 230 miles away. You could go to batting practice and almost always get a ball. As a teenager I jumped down behind the baggy and grabbed a half dozen of them once. The only employee there to chew me out was a nervous 20-year-old who told me I couldn't do that again. Even the organization didn't care enough to run a tight ship it seemed. That strike did coincide with the start of some really awful Twins teams though, so it's probably hard to determine what was the main cause for fan apathy, at least for Minnesotans. However, I can honestly say that my level of enthusiasm for MLB baseball has probably never been lower than it is right now.
  11. nicksaviking
    I think you're underselling Brian Buchanan. He was traded for Jason Bartlett, who was traded for Delmon Young, who was then traded for Lester Oliveros who holds the Twins record for career ERA vs the Yankees at 0.00.
  12. nicksaviking
    Great article! Kind of like hearing your grandparents tell how they first met. You know it's going to end well, but you keep praying to yourself that they leave out any uncomfortable and risque parts.
  13. nicksaviking
    Peacemaker is pretty damn funny, and surprisingly emotional. Well, maybe it shouldn't be too surprising, James Gunn did some similar stuff with Guardians of the Galaxy.
  14. nicksaviking
    No. Michael had zero upside and was a college bat. He wasn't even a particularly good college bat; he had no power and his only skill was being able to draw a walk. I wasn't alone in loathing that pick from the get go.
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    I'm bummed out about Lewis, but seeing how quickly position playing prospects Sano and Kirilloff recovered from TJ surgery, I'm looking forward to seeing him rebound in a big way. Cavaco stings, especially considering Bryson Stott was picked right after him and he's in AAA for the Phillies right now. He might have solved the Twins 2022 SS conundrum.
  16. nicksaviking
    Baseball can't afford to lose this season. But honestly, the MLB player pay structure, service time, economic disparity and revenue sharing are so broken, there's no way to fix it all in a couple of months. Anything they can accomplish between now and March would only be a band aid over a gushing wound. I'd guess the only way the young players stop getting taken advantage of and the fans get team parity is for the owners to suffer a lost season.
  17. nicksaviking
    The Twins have always had more success with offensive prospects than pitching, I think that’s a big reason 2021 was so disappointing. At least one of Larnach, Kirilloff, Rooker or Celestino should have popped. They all crashed in one way or another. Need this to happen this year.
  18. nicksaviking
    Good list, I'm getting excited to see these guys. This team didn't get the starting pitching it needed in free agency. I'm over it, but unless they want to drag out contending into 2024 or beyond, they can't tinker with these guys in the minors most of the season and have most of them debut late in the year. Get them up to the majors early. Much earlier than we expect, let them work out their kinks against the real competition. Don't coddle them, toss them in the deep end. We need to have a large sample size on most of these guys this year if the team is planning on building a competing rotation through development alone. Radke, Santana, Berrios are the only three starting pitchers this team has developed even remotely recently that weren't at all cringeworthy when the team ran them out in the playoffs. All got lit up as rookies, it was ugly. I don't think it's a coincidence that the best pitchers this team has developed did NOT suffer from 'not-being-ready' in the long run. They were mentally tough and figured out what needed to be done to be good pitchers. If getting their butts whipped is going to stunt the development of any of these new arms, I don't think they are the types of pitchers I'd want leading the rotation anyway.
  19. nicksaviking
    I'm probably in the minority, but I've always thought good defense was overrated. While I'd prefer a better option at SS, if the alternate option is Polanco at 2B and another season of a blackhole bat at SS, I guess I'd roll with Polanco again. Giving 500 PAs to someone who's going to have a .600 OPS seems way worse than someone who's going to bungle a couple dozen balls as opposed to an average SS who will bungle only a dozen. But I mean, there's no rule saying the Twins can't go get a SS that's competent with a bat and a glove..........
  20. nicksaviking
    I like Donaldson as a player. The only reason I'd move him if there is an interested team, is because the Twins inaction during free agency informed me not to take the 2022 season too seriously.
  21. nicksaviking
    *****Moderator Note***** Let's stay the course on this thread please. This doesn't need to dissolve into more finger pointing and protectively guarding a pet topic. This thread was about the lock out, not justifying payrolls and market sizes.
  22. nicksaviking
    I used to think this was an easy no. But the team has next to nobody else to spend money on any time soon. There aren't any young players that need to be extended in the next couple of years and free agency doesn't appear to be a priority at the moment. If it's not outrageous, go ahead and pay the guy.
  23. nicksaviking
    Seems to me all dominant players are rookies at some point in their career.
  24. nicksaviking
    Sorry, but I don’t think I’m the only one who couldn’t care less if the Twins won 75 games or 55 games. These guys do nothing to win the club a World Series. If all the team is willing to do is make extremely minimal effort improvements, it’s better to make no improvements at all. I’d rather hold onto he trade equity and give more innings and experience to the prospects. When the best adjective for a free agent is “serviceable” keep walking.
  25. nicksaviking
    Most of the top young talent in the league comes from these international signings. Fingers crossed. The Twins absolutely have to start finding their Accuna’s, Tatis’s, Guerrero’s and Soto’s here.
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