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  1. nicksaviking
    If Larnach or Kirlloff can't stay on the field, why does Kepler need to be the answer? There surely will be more Kyle Garicks and Jake Caves available on the cheap. They can hit just as poorly as Kepler but cost 10M less.
  2. nicksaviking
    I don’t want Lopez, I want the other pitchers. But I’d trade Kepler for about any useful pitcher so if the other pieces the Twins send aren’t too important, I guess go ahead and get him. Hopefully the Twins saying they don’t want to trade Arraez is their initial ploy to pivot talks from Lopez to the other arms.
  3. nicksaviking
    I think trading Gray would be too delicate for the team to actually follow through. They just built a bunch of good will with the team and the fans by signing Correa. They know they'll be putting themselves back in the crosshairs if they moved their best pitcher. Gray seems more likely to move at the trade deadline should the Twins not be performing.
  4. nicksaviking
    Whether he took the Twins deal, or the Mets even lower, and frankly insulting offer; he was going to feel slighted. I'm no psychologist, but here's hoping that while the Mets didn't give him a contract, they did hand him a giant chip to put on his shoulder.
  5. nicksaviking
    It really doesn't matter how ZiPS or the trade calculator value him (maybe the calculator uses ZiPS?), it matters how the Marlins value him. Cabrera is a 24-year-old who throws 96-97 MPH, who has been a top 100 prospect for three years, had a great rookie season and has six years of control left. He's the most valuable of them by any measure of common sense. If the Marlins somehow disagree, than it's a no brainer to trade for him.
  6. nicksaviking
    I've been saying all week the the Marlins likely have no interest in Kepler, but I suppose if they are working a deal with the Twins for pitching, a Kepler for Soler swap as a side part of the deal may make sense. Soler's righthanded and Kepler is cheaper.
  7. nicksaviking
    ******Moderator Note****** The other Bauer thread was locked, this one will be too if the posts don't stay on topic. Those posters that don't want Bauer have valid and clearly justifiable reasons,. If you want to stump for the Twins signing Bauer, do not do so by attacking, judging or accusing those posters, casting aspersions on victims or promoting boys-will-be-boys behaviors. Stump for him with his baseball stats, or don't do it at all.
  8. nicksaviking
    He'd probably poll at 85% in the Governor's race.
  9. nicksaviking
    Enough. Bauer isn't coming here, and this nonsense serves no purpose on this site. We don't need threads open in the baseball forums dedicated solely to discussing or defending terrible people.
  10. nicksaviking
    The Marlins need help up and down their lineup. Jazz Chisholm is the only long term piece they can count on. Their entire lineup is almost exclusively 30-year-olds who aren't any good. They need way too much help on offense, and as we've all seen the last several years, Kepler no longer helps on offense. It would be like the Marlins trying to headline a package for Joe Ryan using Jorge Soler.
  11. nicksaviking
    I've actually got higher hopes for Julian than I do Martin. That's more of an endorsement of Julian than a knock on Martin, but Martin does earn some knocks at this point. In any case, I think you move Arraez ASAP while his value is still at his peak.
  12. nicksaviking
    Even if the Marlins wanted Kepler, and I really doubt they do, that's nowhere near enough to get Cabrera. That's probably not even half of what it will take to get him.
  13. nicksaviking
    He's under team control for another four years. The Pirates have no reason to trade him now unless it's for a completely outlandish package that probably includes Lewis or Lee and a bunch of other top end pieces. The one Pittsburgh pitcher I'd like to get, and you could probably get him affordably, is JT Brubaker. Get him out of Pittsburgh where they make him throw that stupid sinker and I think you'll find yourself with a really good pitcher. The Pirates have a long history of messing up their top starters by insisting on that sinker only to see them reduce, or drop it all together and thrive after they're freed from purgatory. Musgrove, Taillon, Cole, Glasnow, Morton. It's pretty much the same story every time. I don't know how Neal Huntingon still has a job.
  14. nicksaviking
    The Twins best bullpen moves the last two years haven't been the high profile trades, they've have been turning the fringy minor league starters into reliable relievers. I'd give Winder, Henriquez and Sands, and maybe even Varland, SWR and Balazovic the first looks at earning a bullpen spot. I'd be more interested in them than Megill, Moran and Pagan.
  15. nicksaviking
    And the Marlins are in a brutal division; they aren't competing next year and I'm sure they know it. I know Max Kepler is the guy we all are looking to move, but I don't see why the Marlins would have any interest. Save the Kepler ideas for contending teams.
  16. nicksaviking
    I'm pretty sure everyone's got to stop using the trade calculator website for Cabrera's value. It's nowhere near accurate. The guy was a top 100 prospect three years running prior to his callup and then backed up the hype at the MLB level. I mean, otherwise why don't the Twins just trade Caleb Thielbar for him straight up? The site is fun, but it also tends to be confusingly inaccurate.
  17. nicksaviking
    He's going to take a lot of crap for leaving too, since he's the one who most benefitted from selling the future for the Super Bowl. It was worth it, but McVay gets to walk away and let other people wallow in the mess left behind while he gets a fat broadcasting paycheck and then eventually getting to pick the cushiest landing spot when he's ready to return.
  18. nicksaviking
    That and the requirement of an annual physical. It’s almost like they wanted him to say no.
  19. nicksaviking
    Gallen would be fun. The screaming in these forums about his damaged UCL would be less so.
  20. nicksaviking
    The Twins AAV has ALWAYS been the highest offer. The Mets and Giants just won him over in the years. Now that they have injury concerns, the Mets had to back off the years. In any case, both this year and last, the Twins, and their unusually ample near term salary space, have consistently been the team most interested in a high AAV short(er) term deal.
  21. nicksaviking
    It would not be more interesting, unless you find toxicity interesting , in which case, you’re on the wrong website. And it would take truly clueless leadership to throw the goodwill earned from this signing out the window. You’d lose the clubhouse and you’d anger all but a small, and very specific and unfortunately overly vocal demographic of your fan base.
  22. nicksaviking
    I can't imagine the MLBPA would have stood for the annual physical clause. You open that door, and teams will push for it on EVERY contract. The Mets deal was dead in the water if they were insisting on that.
  23. nicksaviking
    PFT (via ESPN) reports that with McVey possibly stepping away the Rams aren't blocking any coaches from taking lateral jobs. Should Raheem Morris not get a head coaching job, luring him to Minnesota as DC sounds like a solid decision. I mean, assuming he's not the only person in the world who doesn't get along with Kevin O'Connell.
  24. nicksaviking
    Kind of a weird choice for the Twins. It's basically a no risk deal so it's fine with me, but while I'd like him to go directly to the pen, I bet they stick with him as a starter since he has an option year and the AAA rotation is pretty bare of options. They have Varland, SWR and Balazovic. Maybe Winder, but my guess is he'll get a long look for the MLB pen. Sands and Henriquez are certainly being looked at as relievers at this point, competing with Winder for a BP role perhaps. But his issue with control is the real head-scratcher. The Twins used to go all in on these kinds of arms thinking they could change them. That seemed to stop a few years back though. They seemed to make a concerted effort about it too.
  25. nicksaviking
    Re-reading the AP article, the vesting options AREN'T all at 502 PA, 502 is the final vesting year. https://apnews.com/article/carlos-correa-twins-mets-giants-anke-physical-9bfbe5088907863eb3a604ae3cca6307 The first vesting year is at 575 PA, which is far from a given. This contradicts another source that used to be linked on MLBTR so it could be wrong. One of those sources also said the there were team options as well.
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