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  1. nicksaviking
    BS. Everyone knows it's Kent Hrbek wearing a form fitting bear costume.
  2. nicksaviking
    If they’re paying for those banners by the letter, Ober is the obvious choice.
  3. nicksaviking
    They were also two of the team's oldest healthy players, with Thielbar the only one older. Would seem to me the most logical correlation is that the Twins are in position to move the older players. I don't think they deal with Scott Boras on Buxton AND Correa deals if they're union bustin'.
  4. nicksaviking
    I am giving Joe Ryan the chance to become my new favorite Twins pitcher tomorrow. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity and surely would be a huge honor for him.
  5. nicksaviking
    Giving Ryan the opening day gig and rolling with Ober, Duran, Winder and now trading for Paddack says to me they willingly tied their horse to the youth movement. Two weeks ago I would have never thought Winder and Duran would have made the club and I still had a sneaking suspicion they'd find a way to keep Ryan off the initial MLB roster by getting even more gag-worthy vets. I'm not sure when this decision materialized, it felt like it was in the last week or two, but it seems like they're committed to it now and there's no going back.
  6. nicksaviking
    The problem is that he won't give the Twins more than Winder in 2023. Manaea would have made a lot of sense had the Twins signed a couple of big free agent starters.
  7. nicksaviking
    I don't think wanting the young guys playing and punting the season are the same thing. And I do want to see the young guys. But why do you think those who don't like this trade were ever OK with the team punting? I think you're thinking of different posters.
  8. nicksaviking
    In Bundy's case, it felt from the beginning like they said to themselves, "Uh the lockout is minutes away and we forgot about free agency, sign someone, anyone NOW!" I didn't like the inactivity, but I would say that there appears to be a legit game plan and direction at this point; I wouldn't have said that in December when Bundy was signed.
  9. nicksaviking
    Another thing to consider is how San Diego has had a TON of highly thought of pitching prospects the last half decade and they never seem to pan out. It could absolutely be that every one of these prospects were never going to be any good and were always destined to bust. But it could also be that as an organization, they are really, really terrible at getting these guys across the finish line and these guys would be better off someplace else.
  10. nicksaviking
    Sure, but San Diego has eyes on winning a World Series this year. If the Twins are in that position in 2023, than similar deals would make more sense for them.
  11. nicksaviking
    I think the Twins just did a favor to everyone who thought this team was brining home the bacon in 2022. They were never going to be a legit contender with or without Rogers. As a fan, I'd rather have that clear to start the season than holding grand illusions that will soon be dashed. But don't get me wrong, I'm really looking forward to this year. I can't wait to see which young guys step up. Watching the talented young guys is way more enjoyable to me than watching the "crafty" vets.
  12. nicksaviking
    Wow, the Twins are paying nearly all of Rogers salary; 6.6M. That's more than what they are paying Bundy, including next year's buyout.
  13. nicksaviking
    If Winder sticks on the big league club, hopefully they do some piggy-backing. If they do and Winder (or Duran) make it clear that they are the superior pitcher to the vet they are backing, that should make these decisions pretty easy. It will be an apples to apples comparison instead of the normal AAA batters to MLB batters comparison.
  14. nicksaviking
    I want to see Miranda at 3B in Minnesota ASAP. I'd like to see Urshela tried out as a backup/RH outfielder.
  15. nicksaviking
    I don't quite share Mike's enthusiasm about the bullpen, but most years, there's only about three teams that like the bullpen they have. Relievers tend to be unreliable by nature, even the good ones. Their success is always based on small sample sizes and if they were reliable, they'd all be starters. To me, it always seems like predicting how good your bullpen will be was about as accurate as an early 20th Century weatherman.
  16. nicksaviking
    4M is not going to keep the team from dumping Bundy.
  17. nicksaviking
    I've been advocating for them to just always be using the hot hands for the high leverage situations. I'm absolutely not saying removing Rogers from the equation will make the pen better, but someone, either Rocco or folks in the FO have NEVER been comfortable rolling with the lesser known arms. They'd keep running out the vets in those spots just because tradition calls for it. Rogers and Romo kept getting tagged in 2020 but they stubbornly put them out there in big spots, same thing happened in 2019 with Blake Parker even though he clearly looked like toast. Last year it was Robles and Colome.
  18. nicksaviking
    Well Bundy would be my first, second and third choices to lose innings. Archer would be a distant fourth.
  19. nicksaviking
    I've never known this front office to have a "closer". Rogers was third on the team in saves and tied for third in games finished last year.
  20. nicksaviking
    I want the young guys to get more innings for sure, but Paddack is still a young guy too, the team has him for three more years. As long as his innings come at the expense of Bundy and Archer I'm Ok rolling with him in the rotation.
  21. nicksaviking
    They knew they had to increase the payroll but they didn't want to make any long term commitments. None of their free agents were long term signings and they never at any point had the starting pitching to do anything more than compete for a wild card spot. They did way better filling holes than they have in most years, but I never saw any of these moves as an indication that 2022 was THE year.
  22. nicksaviking
    Yeah, they'll have some time to sort it out especially since none of the starters seem anywhere near to being stretched out yet.
  23. nicksaviking
    Cave's not on the 40 man either, he should be in the same boat as Garlick. My vote would be for Miranda and not care about having a RH outfielder, but my vote never counts. Larnach would be my second choice and if they were insistent on a righty I'd go with Celestino. But they'll probably find a way to squeeze Garlick onto the roster.
  24. nicksaviking
    Since they made the trade, I think they'd be able to instead bring someone back that they previously reassigned. Shouldn't have to be Garlick. The Rays brought back Josh Lowe after trading Austin Meadows.
  25. nicksaviking
    Manaea is a free agent next year and this team was not built to win a WS in 2022. Manaea wouldn't have changed that.
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