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  1. nicksaviking
    Speaking of growing, Garver's starting to grow on me, assuming the Twins continue to ride with him behind the plate. His bat isn't a liability unlike 70% of the catchers in the league these days. If I'm trading some of the top prospects for a bat I want a great hitter. Not a great hitter.....for a catcher.
  2. nicksaviking
    I was happy for a new manager and I didn't like Molitor's bullpen usage, but I struggled to completely blame him since there never seemed to be more than two relievers at a time who showed any semblance of reliability. I'll be really interested to see what Baldelli does if say, only May and Rogers are pitching well. Will he resist what Molitor did and give the ball to guys who've been getting shelled to spread around the burden or still go back to the only two he can count on, until they wear down and can no longer be counted on? So far based on free agency, it doesn't look like the front office saw the actual bullpen pitchers as an issue last year. I think they're wrong, but maybe they thought something or someone else was at fault. Hope they're right, though I don't think so.
  3. nicksaviking
    Yeah, they got a couple of interesting players, but the bullpen hasn't been addressed and it was awful last year. Only Rogers, May and Parker should have a free pass onto the 25-man. Frankly, just about every other option could be removed from the 40-man as far as I'm concerned. Still time to fix this, though I don't like that the team looks to once again be waiting for bargains. I'd still take two to three of Brad Boxberger, Tyler Clippard, Daniel Hudson, Shawn Kelley, Ryan Madson, Bud Norris, Nick Vincent, Adam Warren or Justin Wilson. Though the way things have gone, I'll guess it's Sergio Romo because of Baldelli and Jake Diekman because of Lavine.
  4. nicksaviking
    I was going to say that you would have been everyone's favorite teacher if you gave out B grades for disappointing tests! The D- put everyone in their place though!
  5. nicksaviking
    I'm not sure how much insight you have into the situation, but it's nice to hear a contrary opinion from someone who has more ties to the situation. People are easy to judge as good or bad when they're in 2D, but I find that most people that I know have more redeeming qualities than not, even if they've done something to upset or disappoint me recently.
  6. nicksaviking
    I think there's enough of a gulf here that most of us can agree that one end of the spectrum of hustle is unnecessarily reckless and the other is absurdly careless.
  7. nicksaviking
    And now Steve Adams at MLBTR is playing along too. If one were to assume he saved his most likely "Mystery Team" for last, then surely the Twins will come away with Machado: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/01/trying-to-identify-mystery-teams-for-manny-machado.html Also, the paragraph he wrote about the Twins was the biggest of all the "Mystery Teams" so, this has to be in the bag.
  8. nicksaviking
    Great point. If they can't get a big 10-year deal, Three years might be the goal, at least an opt out at that time as it looks like the CBA expires December of 2021. There might be a lot of guys positioning themselves for free agency that year, though maybe their ideas on the matter would change if there's a strike? I don't know. Maybe 2022 would be the possible big free agent bonanza year?
  9. nicksaviking
    I'm not going to expect huge things, which I sometimes find is the best way to get them.
  10. nicksaviking
    I wouldn't argue against Machado or Harper, just the ability to get them here. Sign me up for one or both if possible. Robertson, Familia and Soria were the relievers at the top of my list this year. Since Familia went back to the only team he's ever known it's hard to blame anyone for that. Wish the other two would have worked out. I don't like Keuchel and his sinker, he's had success with it so he he's unlikely to change. Corbin's 40% slider usage is the only thing making me say no to him. It's my favorite pitch, but that kind of frequency makes me think his elbow is going to give out again real soon.
  11. nicksaviking
    Yeah the Red Sox are telling the Yankees that the Twins are offering $400M so they better top that if they want Machado. The Mets are telling the Phillies not to bother because they have a source that says the Twins are going to sign them both.
  12. nicksaviking
    Yeah, that's where I'm different. I want a championship and that's it. I don't care about a Wild Card berth or another 90-win division championship team completely over-matched in the playoffs. I recall the 2001-10 teams much less fondly now than I did when they were on-going. Those teams didn't do what was needed to win it all and I'm resentful. I don't want to miss out again. If making roster moves now gets the team closer to 80 wins this year but perhaps hinders them from getting 100 wins in a couple of years, I'm sacrificing this year. I want to save as much ammo as I have for the real battle. I don't care about 80 wins and watching a competent baseball game, of course it's OK that others do. And I don't have a timeline, it could be 2021 or it could be this June. I just want the guys we have now to prove that they're worthy of going for it all because I still think they're more important than the free agents brought in.
  13. nicksaviking
    I would have liked Robertson and a couple of the other relievers that went elsewhere. Less so with Morton, mostly due to his age and my skepticism that whatever changed with him in Houston is going to transfer to a new organization. I really didn't like the free agent starters this year. Eovaldi was the only guy interesting to me but with his injury history and inconsistency I don't blame anyone for not beating the 4 years $17M per he got.
  14. nicksaviking
    How about 1 year? In 2017 Sano was good for a half year, then stunk, then broke his leg likely due to his lack of conditioning. Buxton was good for about two months, the opposite months that Sano was good no less. Polanco and Kepler were disappointingly mediocre at best. Berrios looked good until he tailed off at the end. Which left Eddie Rosario as the only guy who showed any semblance of consistency, which has happened two years in a row now. If more of these guys than not flake out again to start 2019, yeah, I'm sure Gibson is moved mid season. If these guys want the front office to make better moves, then they need to start showing they can be counted on. We didn't get the prospects we were promised for the last decade. I don't know where the failure is with that, but so far it has been a failure. Honestly though, I think an enthusiastic young manager can improve the team in intangible ways. So despite the pessimistic prior two paragraphs, I think Baldelli can get a majority of these guys to turn the corner. I have higher hopes that guys can reach their potential now than I did the last couple of years.
  15. nicksaviking
    Yeah, that's typically what happens with rebuilds. Sano and Buxton didn't turn into Lindor and Rameriz or Betts and Bogaerts or Correa and Bregman. It sucks but that's the hand we were dealt. Fingers crossed they somehow become elite and the other young players become consistently above average. I'm all for acquiring young talent any way we can get it if you're referring to trades. Aside from Machado and Harper I don't see a lot on the free agent market that really falls into that category. As far as the current roster, I don't see anyone other than Rosario and Berrios worth an extension, though I'd absolutely promote one for both of them at this time.
  16. nicksaviking
    But if the young talent flops it's not like there's enough free agents to carry this team to the championship let alone the playoffs. So far the refrain has been about the money, but they spent money last year and their free agents this year haven't been exactly cheap. I don't think it's about saving money, I think it's about saving roster commitments beyond this year. Which tells me that they are NOT counting on the current crop of young players at the MLB level to be reliable, and I don't blame them. Aside from two, they have all been very unreliable. I know no one likes it, but I think the front office is waiting until they see a cohesive core. They don't want to go all in with albatross free agents if the young guys who are supposed to be the base of the team are this flaky and unpredictable. I don't see a Hunter/Koskie/Jones/Guzman/Pierzynski/Santana kind of core here. And definitely no Puckett/Hrbek/Gaetti/Brunanski/Viola. Yet.
  17. nicksaviking
    I still don't think either would commit ten years of their lives to Minnesota without taking the area for a test drive, so I'd think if the Twins were to get one, it would be on a big money short term deal or something with an easy opt out after a year or two. But if we're finger-crossing, I'd prefer Harper, though I sense most of the board would rather have Machado.
  18. nicksaviking
    What's "crazy"? I'm for extensions, but only for Berrios and Rosario. Buxton and Gibson if they're very team-friendly.
  19. nicksaviking
    In the minor league levels, I'll take the heat. A pitcher's delivery can be changed, the velocity really can't.
  20. nicksaviking
    I'm on board with Stashak (he was my adopt-a-prospect last year) and thought he had a chance to get taken in the Rule V draft. I'd also like to see most of the guys hoping for the 5th starter spot start getting bullpen work, either with the big club or in Rochester. They all can't stay starters if they have hopes of playing for the Twins, I'd rather find out who's stuff best translates to the pen now before it's too late and the team is pressed into uncomfortable 40-man decisions. I really dislike when the team is forced to DFA one of these back-end starter types before they gave them a real look in the pen. It should be a full season too, not just a month here or there, those guys seem to need a year for the transition to show results. And the role change is not required to be permanent.
  21. nicksaviking
    3.5 million I don’t care about, that money isn’t changing anything. All I care about is changing his repertoire. If they do, I’m on board. If they don’t I’m not on board, cut him before we break camp please.
  22. nicksaviking
    For one, a guy who throws a sinker 50% of the time with this infield defense is probably going to give up hits unlike anyone else in the league. But that should be clear as day to everyone, so hopefully he stops with that nonsense.
  23. nicksaviking
    I know it. My detest of sinkerball pitchers may be unmatched here. I absolutely loathe the pitch but it seems to have a cult-like grip on pitchers who swear by it. But, then I have to acknowledge that they have a greater chance of improvement if they finally stop drinking the Kool-aid and realize that it’s not a good idea to intentionally put the ball in play.
  24. nicksaviking
    I’ll be the lone wolf on this one. I don’t like Martin Perez as we know him, but he is dang near a Kyle Gibson clone. A once top prospect with a boatload of pitches, good velocity but a deluded reliance on his sinker which likely caused his uneven career results. If someone can talk sense into him and point at Gibson as the reason to be smarter about his pitches, maybe he can finally realize his potential. Zero leash though, if he still stubbornly uses his sinker in spring training like he always has I don’t want him in the rotation to start the year.
  25. nicksaviking
    I think you are projecting too much financially assumed goals on these people. I admit that I might not be a majority, but I wouldn’t commit 10years of my life to living summers in central Florida for a 10-20% pay increase. Nor would I Cleveland, Detroit or Baltimore. Yes, I’ve been to all these places. Yes, my perspective may be skewed by sample size and preconceived ideas. 2-4 years for a life changing deal? Yeah, I might be swayed, but a whole decade of my prime years? Forget about it. Maybe money drives most of these these guys above all else, but not all of them, and I’d guess not most of them. I hope that everyone can distinguish that I am differentialating these long term life changing deals from the more modest shorter term deals presented to lower class free agents.
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