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  1. nicksaviking
    Because in an age where it's all about HR and strikeouts, the Twins can ill afford to load up their rotation with league average to below average strikeout guys. We've been trying that for the last decade to no avail. This team needs to find big strikeout arms, even if it's volatile high risk/high reward types. As good as Ervin Santana has been, this team couldn't win a WS with five of him in the rotation.
  2. nicksaviking
    For me the problem isn't age so much as position. Just look at all of those names listed in the article; everyone has a good 2B which is why the Twins couldn't trade Dozier last year. Should he find himself in the free agent market, Dozier would almost certainly have to take an offer well below what his offensive numbers suggest. But to extend him, the Twins would be forced to pay for those numbers. Let his contract expire, offer him a QO and then re-sign him then if the team still needs him. I'd bet it would be cheaper then than now.
  3. nicksaviking
    If that had any bearing on the decision, I'd not only be disappointed, but quite upset. I can think of other actions that would better curry fan favor, like four dollar beers at the stadium, $140M payrolls, traditional double-headers and owner financed stadiums. If the Pohlads are making any onfield-impacting calls to appease fans, MLB needs to strip them of their ownership.
  4. nicksaviking
    The silence on the subject is starting to get lengthy.
  5. nicksaviking
    If the Twins successful sac bunt attempts is worse than their successful stolen base percentage, why not just go with straight steals? Of all the sac attempts, there sure better have been none that involved moving over Buxton and Buxton alone.
  6. nicksaviking
    I just hope there isn't any kind of internal strife where the front office says he doesn't fit and Pohlad says tough luck, he stays. That could sink the ship pretty quick. Pohlad has to concede to the baseball guys whatever their position might be.
  7. nicksaviking
    Ugh, does Molitor have the guts to pull him?
  8. nicksaviking
    This looks promising.
  9. nicksaviking
    Especially still into October!
  10. nicksaviking
    Or one could read into it that the guys with swing-and-miss stuff will be fine because that's mostly umpire independent, and guys who need strike three called will be hurt. But I got faith! Prediction: A nervous Severino allows eight base runners in the first two innings, six of which reach on base on balls, and gets pulled prior to getting six outs.
  11. nicksaviking
    How about Old Timer's games?
  12. nicksaviking
    I'm probably the in the minority, but I think I believe in Rosario much more than I do Kepler. Lefties learning to hit lefties is a tough ask, but Rosario can and Kepler isn't. Eddie has made good contact at every level, looking at his career as a whole, last year was a clear outlier. He'll never be a superstar but aside from Sano, if someone asked me to put money on a guy who wouldn't be an offensive liability the next half decade, I'd be most confident about Rosario. It seems to me the only thing holding him back is his twice monthly poor throws. Most importantly, and I could be wrong, Eddie kind of looks like he's the Latin leader in the dugout. I want that guy.
  13. nicksaviking
    Time for a patented Rosario base on balls.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah I think he sprained his strike throwing muscle.
  15. nicksaviking
    Bush League!
  16. nicksaviking
    Lewis already ditched his leg kick? It seemed to be working for him, not that I'm an expert. I thought adjustments don't typically happen until after the first season of pro ball. I guess there is a new sheriff in town.
  17. nicksaviking
    I'd also say the voting wasn't based on popularity so much as it was on fame. For one, too many of the voters weren't informed league wide. For another, fielding measurements amounted almost entirely to fielding percentage and total errors. I don't think these guys were voting for players because the players were popular, they were voting for players because all they had to work with was assumptions and "talk of the town" kind of hearsay. It wasn't nefarious collusion, it was lack of information. Largely due to the era but probably also due to a lack of effort to research the correct option.
  18. nicksaviking
    I don't think he's going to catch Stanton.
  19. nicksaviking
    For me: High strikeouts + High OBP = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  20. nicksaviking
    When it comes to weight, we're never going to really know how the player or the front office feels about it. We can discuss it sure, but it's not like we're ever going to know if either party is concerned about it or if or when it is actually an issue. I'd guess the best indicator we could hope for is if or when Sano is offered an extension and of what length.
  21. nicksaviking
    I'd bet Santana gets in someday on a Veteran Committee, it'll probably take his contemporaries who personally knew how good he was to vote him in. Even more so than their postseason glory, I think the thing that Koufax and Puckett had that Santana didn't was a baseball-crushing sudden announcement of premature retirement. Had Santana's career abruptly and very clearly ended following the 2010 season, or even more dramatically after his no-hitter late in that season, I'd guess people would view him much more similarly to Koufax and Puckett. His retirement has just been too drawn out, he never got that sudden rush of sympathy and resentment which lingers eternal with athletes cut short in their prime.
  22. nicksaviking
    Hopefully that's because we've only seen half the picture thus far. The previous regime trotted out similar low ceiling cast offs, and while I can't speak for all fans, to me it always seemed like they were grasping at straws and never had any plan past "see what sticks". I'm anxious for the off season to see if and what Falvey and company do with the information they gleaned from the tactic. I'm expecting trades and free agent moves that make sense and fits with the pieces that stuck. If they don't, then I'll probably be criticizing as well.
  23. nicksaviking
    I've done the math, and if Gibson gets seven more starts, averages 6 1/3 innings and only averages 2 ER per game, he can get his ERA under 5.00. That might make him tradable this off season! Go get 'em Kyle!
  24. nicksaviking
    Maybe the Twins don't see him as fatigued, maybe they see him with the same energy but he had a couple of bad outings and the team wants to see if they can wrap up his season with a better taste in his mouth. Do we have any velocity readings? From during his peak performances and during the two recent outings? I'd think his velocity would give us a better clue as to his current fatigue level.
  25. nicksaviking
    ***Moderator Note*** Let's discuss the minor leaguers without making it personal by rubbing previously stated positions in other's faces.
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