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  1. nicksaviking
    It's hard to understand how everyone is dumbfounded that the Blue Jays didn't get players from a list that they probably didn't even look at.
  2. nicksaviking
    I really want Syndergaard and think he can become an ace, but I don't think he is an ace right now. I'd guess if other clubs were willing to pay for future ace potential, he'd already be dealt. I'm not sure who, if any team will get him, but my money is on nobody meeting anything close to the Mets asking price. Not that it would impact my desire for Syndergaard, but I really liked Mickey Calloway as Cleveland's pitching coach, so the overall regression of the Mets' staff does have me a bit concerned. Maybe it's all the organizational dysfunction, or was there some kind of gimmick last year that the rest of the league figured out?
  3. nicksaviking
    Top 100 of what? I'm quite confident no teams are using a list made from BA to evaluate players in even the slightest.
  4. nicksaviking
    I'd like an ace, but I don't know that one is available this year. Give me a reasonable Syndergaard deal; I'd be OK with Robbie Ray or Zack Greinke, but all of them would be slotting in behind Berrios.
  5. nicksaviking
    I can also say that joining at the same time as Stringer was a great relief as I didn’t feel lost in the woods alone. More than one on the first shot would be ideal.
  6. nicksaviking
    There are barely enough corner position spots available in Pensicola and Rochester for all the Twins decent bats let alone the MLB roster. I wouldn’t use the word expendable, but if there’s a stud pitcher I want, I’d give the other team their choice of any of them.
  7. nicksaviking
    Agreed, likely all three don’t accept but it would be fine if they do. Let’s do it.
  8. nicksaviking
    I'd guess if the Twins get a starter in free agency, Perez will move back to the pen. But I'd bet Odorizzi is the 2nd option to move.
  9. nicksaviking
    Arizona is a really good team, I kind of think this trade talk is just to lay the groundwork for an off season Greinke trade. They'll have no idea of what they can afford in terms of payroll if they don't know how much of his contract they have to eat but they might get a good feel for it if they have dialogue with teams now. But if it is NOT a ploy, I'd have interest in Greinke. Perhaps the Twins could convince him to drop his no-trade request by convincing him that they will ALSO be getting additional big time talent, either in the rotation or the pen, which would not be terribly difficult to obtain considering Greinke's huge contract will spare the Twins most of their prospect equity.
  10. nicksaviking
    The Astros also got Gerrit Cole, Charlie Morton and Wade Miley to drop or reduce their 2 seamer usage, and appeared to have no interest in reuniting with Dallas Keuchel. My theory has been that the Twins don't like their starters using that pitch very much and it wouldn't surprise me if they've been taking their queues from Houston.
  11. nicksaviking
    I read that one as well, but of course that's what they'd ask for. I'm sure they also asked for every team's top two prospects, or a young stud arm that's already up.
  12. nicksaviking
    My guess is Dave has less intel on the subject than everyone on this board, unless he follows this site, MLBTR, the beat writers and national pundits, in which case he only has exactly as much intel on the subject as the rest of us. My further guess is that statistically speaking the odds that he is right are high, which is probably why he feels safe making such grand declarations.
  13. nicksaviking
    That sounds fun, but if the Tigers are giving up Boyd AND taking on Cano, I'd imagine the Twins would be giving up half of their top 10 prospects to Detroit.
  14. nicksaviking
    Uh....please remove this post before the karma police find it.
  15. nicksaviking
    Was it a competition this team really wanted to win? Seems like half of the posters her are luke warm on him at best.
  16. nicksaviking
    The Mets didn't give up almost nothing. But beyond that, the Twins have a bad infield defense and over the past two years the team has actively been reducing the two seamer from their starter's repertoire, Stroman would have been a complete divergence from this strategy.
  17. nicksaviking
    OK, if we're all going to do it. Swainzag, Blake Sconnie But again, I hope nobody puts much weight on my suggestions, I really struggle to recall the long term content the posters provide when I don't have a more personal connection with them.
  18. nicksaviking
    From the sounds of it, if the Twins have any shot at this, the Mets are going to need to have interest in Thorpe, Littell, Romero, maybe Gonsavles. Wanting the MLB ready pitching isn't unique, everyone, fans and pundits alike, seem to only focuses on the prospects. Lots of teams seem to value lesser talent that can contribute right now. I bet the Mets wouldn't automatically hang up if the offer is Kirilloff, Enlow, Thorpe and Romero.
  19. nicksaviking
    My gut is often wrong, but that was my first thought as well. Perhaps he'd be upset because deGrom got the extension and they didn't talk to him about one, or possibly because he feels the organization is as much of a mess as the rest of the baseball community does.
  20. nicksaviking
    I'm also worried that Graterol will struggle to stay healthy. I still push to move Kirilloff first though simply because of how many options this team has at the corner spots. Considering lesser prospects Rosario, Kepler, Garver and Polanco have outshined higher prospects Sano, Buxton and Gordon, I think there's too high of an assumption that Kirilloff is going to turn out better than all or most of Larnich, Rooker, Raley, Davis, Blankenhorn and Wiel. Odds are that Kirilloff will not be the best of that group, but even if he is, there's enough of them that the Twins will still likely be left with a decent ballplayer or two from that group. Not that there's any room for them as the roster is currently constructed.
  21. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I think Enlow is objective about this. He might like his teammates, he may like Cedar Rapids and Ft. Myers, he may really like the organization as a whole, but Royce Lewis is THEIR number one prospect, not OUR number one prospect.
  22. nicksaviking
    That “playoff” team was not a good team. They never seemed to have more than two or three players ever playing well at the same time. Upgrading that team would have futile, even half of the fans were saying it.
  23. nicksaviking
    I wonder if the talk of them selling is just a ploy to see if they can get a feel for how much of Greinke’s salary they’d have to eat and which teams would be a match. His salary is such a burden that they’ll probably need to know if they can move him before they can formulate an actual off season plan.
  24. nicksaviking
    If the Twins are able to once again pull away from Cleveland, the timing of Cleveland’s surge will have stopped them from selling and restocking, so that would be nice.
  25. nicksaviking
    I missed the Twins five run inning. May I kindly ask for another?
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