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  1. nicksaviking
    Not that joke in particular, but let us know, we might have to delete the whole Sports Bar Forum to protect you from your past!
  2. nicksaviking
    ***** Moderator Note ****** Let's keep this one on topic, like many of you surely were, I was suprised when I scrolled to the top of the page I saw this was actually an article about Jorge Polanco and the shortstop position. Let's take the same rehashed Brian Dozier stuff back to one of the dozen threads we already have on that subject.
  3. nicksaviking
    It has been your insistence on characterizing a non-move as fear to try to better position your argument; you're using an inflammatory trigger word in an attempt to justify your minority opinion.
  4. nicksaviking
    Everyone but Dave Cameron seems to agree that taking the offer is a bad deal. But according to this post that's not even relevant because if the Twins say no to a bad deal, they're afraid. So if all the Dodgers offered was Gavin Lux and the Twins said no, that makes them afraid. My fear of missing out on De Leon borders on apathy.
  5. nicksaviking
    You clearly fear coming out of this situation and getting less or getting nothing. I don't fear that, and obviously neither does the front office. No one is saying they can deal him later, we are saying we can try to deal him later. Maybe we can't, but so what, all we lose out on is De Leon, that isn't something I fear.
  6. nicksaviking
    I sincerely doubt Ryan ever made a concerted effort to move Perkins, this is not the same situation. Why does there have to be a comp for this? There probably isn't one, this is fairly unique. And again, the fear would be in taking the sub-optimal deal, not refusing it. Being afraid would be to take the money and run; saying this ain't going to cut it and laying the bet on larger odds for a better reward is the bold move. No one has to agree with the tactic but I think calling it fear isn't very genuine.
  7. nicksaviking
    I think they've been making some really poor choices and that's not even hindsight, lots of the moves have been questioned from the get-go. But you're right, they're very active, so either through trading redundant pieces or flipping free agent acquisitions they have lots of avenues to recoup any foolish losses.
  8. nicksaviking
    Holland's reported demands are ridiculous for a guy coming back from TJ surgery; a two year deal with a player opt out. So basically if he can't pitch this year, or doesn't pitch well, you're stuck with him for two years. If he pitches well he's gone. In other words, I like the Twins chances of signing him!
  9. nicksaviking
    So you're not criticizing the front office, you just don't want people TELLING you not to criticize the front office? Also, I don't see anyone patting the front office on the back. I see people agreeing that not accepting the offer was for the best, but it seems odd that you'd be upset with that unless you actually are criticizing the front office.
  10. nicksaviking
    In that situation I would argue that fear would cause someone to balk at not taking an offer that was favorable to them. According to everyone but Dave Cameron, this was nowhere close to a fair deal. I seriously doubt the front office was frightened to act because prospects bust all the time, why would they have been shopping Dozier at all then? I think it's more than fair to believe that they have taken the position that they'll take their chances that they can get a better deal later, no matter how slim, because the chances that De Leon himself will be a front line starter are still slimmer.
  11. nicksaviking
    I doubt fear had anything to do with it. Most people don't see De Leon as a top 10 prospect in baseball. Falvey came from Cleveland, I would guess he values velocity and breaking balls, two things De Leon does not have. Even if they did like him, they wanted more, that's not based off of fear. Being fearful would cause them to succumb to the offer of the more powerful and experienced Dodgers brass. This was the opposite of fear.
  12. nicksaviking
    I agree, I don't like calling players junk, even hypothetical ones. Unless a national guy actually used that phrase I think we can probably find a better word to refer to any possible throw-in type players. On the other side of the coin though, are you seriously asking why people are "slamming" you for criticizing the front office when you have no idea who the other players were? Why is anyone criticizing the front office when we don't know what the offer was? Simply because we just wanted this so bad and now we're disappointed?
  13. nicksaviking
    Then you need to stop saying it was a 100% certainty that it wasn't a 1:1 swap because we don't know that either. In fact we don't even know if the Twins were asking for De Leon.
  14. nicksaviking
    How are those things related? Nobody was offering a #2 starter for Dozier who is their best trade chip and there wasn't one available in free agency. Short of armed kidnapping what were they supposed to do?
  15. nicksaviking
    I can only assume he said that because he assumed these players had long ago retired. There are no starting pitchers I'm interested in free agency at this point. I'd much rather give the jobs to May/Mejia/Berrios two of whom will already be squeezed out if the Twins give Hughes another shot at the rotation. I would be just fine adding a starting pitcher for the implicit purpose of going to the pen though.
  16. nicksaviking
    Well even if one deal doesn't DIRECTLY lead to another bad deal, I'm happy Falvey didn't make one with his first move and force us to talk about if this is going to be a pattern and/or if other wiser and better GM's are going to smell blood in the water manipulate him going forward. In other words, I'd hate to be next Arizona Diamondbacks.
  17. nicksaviking
    So you think Dozier would not have gotten significantly more than Forsythe AND the Dodgers were offering three players, not two? How insignificant would two additional pieces be then? And why would we care to have them?
  18. nicksaviking
    Yeah, that should have been the conclusion from the start. If I had dinner with Nick Sabin or Urban Meyer I'd probably leave with my blood in a boil listening to a bunch of self-righteousness and arrogance. HS kids tend to have different taste in everything than the rest of us do, coaches likely are not exempt from that rule.
  19. nicksaviking
    Also, while it's pretty outside the box, I wouldn't mind giving Dozier some time at 3B if/when Sano is off/DH-ing/injured/in the dog house. If Dozier can play the position adequately (and maybe he can't) Dozier/Escobar/Polanco left-to-right might be the best defensive alignment currently available on the projected 25-man. Plus, a second position on Dozier's resume wouldn't hurt come the trade deadline. Still, fingers crossed Dozier is traded for a haul prior to opening day.
  20. nicksaviking
    I still hope Dozier is traded, but I'm not going to panic if Polanco has to start at SS. Most people seem OK giving Sano another shot at 3B despite poor results; it seems as though most feel he was put in a terrible spot being moved back there after not playing the position for over a year. Polanco was in the same boat, for some reason Mike Quade wasn't playing him at SS in Rochester. Polanco might not have been Quade's preferred SS but it's beyond inexcusable that the front office didn't dictate that he get reps there. But if Dozier is traded, or Polanco can't play the position, I'm just fine with Escobar getting the job back. Last year was the first in three that he wasn't an offensive asset. I certainly like his chances at a rebound more than any free agent. It looks like Erick Aybar is the best available free agent, and he can't hit.
  21. nicksaviking
    ****Moderator Note***** The sensitivity of the title aside, we still need to stay on topic. For the time being, please let's just discuss the player. For those that don't like the theme, I understand, but simply refraining from posting and or reading the articles is the best option. If anyone would like to discuss the issue further, please start a thread in the Questions about Minncentric. We can certainly discuss this issue and try to work through any problems. http://twinsdaily.com/forum/13-questions-about-minncentric/
  22. nicksaviking
    Yeah, and I'm an advocate for societal change and evolutoin. However for some reason I have the hardest time dealing with change in decorum of language and journalism. I don't like how casual it has become, but if that's how it's going to be from here on out, I guess I'll just have to suck it up and go along with it.
  23. nicksaviking
    So the ballots were transparent this year correct? I'm just wondering if the one vote each for Veritek and Wakefield came from the same Boston beat writer or something.
  24. nicksaviking
    http://m.startribune.com/twins-manager-molitor-would-like-to-add-another-veteran/410968995/ Per La Velle, Molitor is campaigning for a veteran presence in the clubhouse. La Velle rightfully suggests it likely would have to be an outfielder. He name drops my horse in the race, Ryan Rayburn. But most importantly, and really the only reason I'm posting this is due to this excerpt: --We'll see if Falvine can come up with a player or two for Molitor before camp opens.-- Falvine? As in Falvey and Lavine? Seriously, are we really doing this? In the spots section of a major market newspaper no less.
  25. nicksaviking
    Who would do such a thing! Let's jump in the time machine and see what everyone was saying about the extension when it occurred: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/16336-article-twins-extend-phil-hughes/page-1?hl= phil hughes Props to being alone on the Island of Skepticism HitInAPinch! John Bonnes was also a bit waffley on the extension. Dang, I was hoping I was going to be on the right side of history on that one, alas I guess I liked the move as well.
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