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  1. nicksaviking
    Pittsburgh is going to be awful, I don't see how he's going to have a .500 record, I also don't see why his W/L record matters.
  2. nicksaviking
    I don't think anyone is saying ALL free agents don't want to sign here. People who come here seem to like it here, that's why so many former players are still in the area after their playing days are over. And if some of these guys are choosing other locations for family/stability reasons, then the Twins should have a leg up on retaining current players on their roster. Which is another good reason to trade for players. Don't give them a choice where to play and then once they're here win them over with our charm and hot-dishes.
  3. nicksaviking
    Ask about Price, then when the Red Sox don't initially accept a reasonable deal for him, pivot to Sale and see how they feel about moving him instead. But I'd not be happy waiting until the trade deadline. I think Gray and Blake Snell could be moved if their teams are presented with a proper deal now. But if those teams find themselves contending in July, they won't be moving pitchers. I think the Mets might be the best team in the NL though, I don't think they'd be interested in moving Syndergaard unless they get an excellent MLB player in return; Buxton or Sano perhaps. And maybe not even Sano since they don't have a DH and have the best 1B in the league. The Twins might not have an impact player they'd actually want in exchange for Syndergaard now that I think about it.
  4. nicksaviking
    I want the best starters available via trade, which hand they throw with doesn’t matter to me.
  5. nicksaviking
    I think they’re going to be forced to. Unless they’re able to sign Donaldson there’s no way payroll can reach last year’s level. I know everyone hates the Pohlads, but they know the temperature of the water everyone will be standing in if they can’t point to a significant acquisition to show they’re trying to win.
  6. nicksaviking
    If they trade for Blake Snell or Jon Gray they’ll have rescued it.
  7. nicksaviking
    I'd be on board for either, they both still have some interesting aspects about their game that I think hold open the door for a nice rebound. But I'd probably prefer both to be that 5th (6th) guy who's filling in/auditioning in May while Pineda is out.
  8. nicksaviking
    Ah the other one. That would be an even longer Uber ride to the park for Mike though. I bet they'd have excellent oyster stew and crab cakes in the concession stands though.
  9. nicksaviking
    Nice try! I know you guys thought if you named it Port-land that you'd attract all the free agents with them thinking it's on some nice oceanside beaches, when it's actually 100 miles inland. What a scam!
  10. nicksaviking
    I really like this, Clippard has been one of my favorite underrated relievers I was hoping the Twins would sign each of the past two years. He's only ever had one bad season, I don't think relievers get much more reliable year-to-year.
  11. nicksaviking
    No, I would have liked Wheeler, or I'd take Ryu. Those 2.25 starter spots are not interchangeable. They need at least 1.0 of those spots for a front line arm. Wheeler was the only possible free agent pitcher I saw go off the board that could fill that spot. If this route is not possible or not going to happen, I don't want those 2.25 rotation spots filled with free agents that I don't like. Which is most of them. As for the guys who will fill the 1.25 spots at the back of the rotation, sure I'll have some opinions, but if they miss out on Tanner Roarke I could care less because view him any better than Gio Gonzalez, Homer Bailey, Drew Smyly, Tyson Ross or whomever will be sitting there begging for a job next month.
  12. nicksaviking
    Sure, but of those 18, Cole, Strasbugh and Wheeler were the only ones that I would have cared about. I think the reaction by the fans would have been exactly the same had the Twins signed Tanner Roarke or Kyle Gibson. It might have been worse actually.
  13. nicksaviking
    It's expected that the revenue sharing goes into payrolls, which is why Pittsburgh and Miami have drawn the ire of other clubs. But there should be a salary cap and a salary floor like every other sport with revenue sharing to balance the equation. Last I checked the YES Network features two baseball teams each game, though I doubt the Yankees revenue share cut from the broadcasts are 50%.
  14. nicksaviking
    Screw that. Just flood the coasts. Would anyone miss anything east of the Mississippi?
  15. nicksaviking
    Unless we were expecting to get the 240M+ players, have we missed out on anyone this free agency so far other than Wheeler and Bumgarner (who many of us didn't want anyway)? This free agent class looked great on paper, but it was front loaded with pipe dream players. I'm more interested in trades, I'll wait to make my judgment until I see those start coming into focus. Players can decide to make their bed anywhere they like as free agents, but we know when it comes to trades, the other team is just going to want the best return. Well probably not Cleveland, they'd likely not pick up our calls, but the other 28 teams.
  16. nicksaviking
    I know everyone likes Philly, Washington and Atlanta, but I think the Mets are the team to beat in the NL East. Top to bottom that team looks really good, I don’t think they’re selling.
  17. nicksaviking
    I like it, basically the Twins paid $500K for the option to get first dibs on him next year.
  18. nicksaviking
    It's just a swing and he's an elite athlete. He can change it if he wants to, and if that's what's needed to be a productive MLB player, I'm sure he will want to. After his 2018 season I can see why he wouldn't want to mess with what was working. But swing changes seem to be an off season adjustment, so I'd guess if Lewis and the team saw his 2019 decline as swing related, we'll see some changes this spring.
  19. nicksaviking
    Even when the Twins were losing 90-100 games they signed bigger free agents than Romo. Nolasco, Lynn, Santana, Reed, Pineda, Castro, Cruz/Gonsalaz/Schoop last year. This happens most years, the Twins don't sign guys until right around Christmas and no one's happy (me included). With Wheeler (and the pie-in-the-sky names) gone Ryu and Donaldson are the only two free agents I have more than a passing interest in, but there are a lot of guys aside from those two that are bigger "names" than Romo and I'm sure there will be some signed.
  20. nicksaviking
    Atlanta is far from one of my favorite cities, but lots of ballplayers are from the south. Even if they don't care for Atlanta, they can identify with it. And it seems most of them do care for Atlanta. It was a different era for sure, but the Twins were always able to bring back the local guys. Molitor, Winfield, Morris, Steinbach. It's really a separate discussion, but it sure wouldn't hurt to invest more in local HS and U of M baseball.
  21. nicksaviking
    Agree on all points. Kuechel needs a good infield defense, but if he has one he probably has a high floor though low ceiling. Biggest problem is he isn't a front line starter but will likely get paid like one, which would likely hinder the Twins from actually trading for one. Teheran - agreed, but I'm actually more concerned that his FB is down 2 MPH from just two years ago. Everyone is betting on upside with Teheran but I don't see much of a path to improvement for a guy with an 89 MPH fastball. Spot on with Thames - Because of his splits he might be a guy still sitting around in February, I might be interested then if there hasn't been any offensive additions. Now that I think about it, Thames with Sano/Garver spending time at 1B vs lefties doesn't sound like the worst thing. Not better than Donaldson or one of the Cubs corner bats though.
  22. nicksaviking
    Depressing article, but a good one. They got to start working on trades though, my biggest issue is that Falvey said they were concentrating on free agents first. Why unless they didn’t have a good read on these free agents and what they wanted? I agree that both of those variables are big issues for the Twins, I’m more troubled that the organization seems to prefer the status quo to rocking the boat. Like every other professional league MLB absolutely needs a salary cap and salary floor. All the small market Midwest teams should pushing for this.
  23. nicksaviking
    I’m not going to argue that the team should have signed Cole, but the team has the resources to spend $324M over 9 years, they can and they will spend 4x that amount. The debate would only be about whether it’s wise to commit 25% of their payroll (by the end of the deal should be 20%ish due to inflation). It’s probably not a great idea, but I think it’s fair for some posters to ask for a different strategy than the quantity over quality free agent approach we’ve always seen.
  24. nicksaviking
    Well I want some action, and if the rotation doesn't improve I'm not going to be happy, but I don't want to counter the Yankees adding a stud with 2nd level pitchers. This team has tried that most of the last decade.
  25. nicksaviking
    It seems like Dodger fans are even more angry than Twins fans. Well, anger per capita is probably equal, but there's way more Dodger fans, so their gross anger is certainly higher. I hope we beat them to the Bargaining stage though because I really want to start making some trades without the Dodgers bidding us up.
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