nicksaviking
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If they have 20M to spend, as Hayes also reported, they can spend it all on one guy as far as I'm concerned. Patching holes with the nickel and dime approach is probably my biggest pet peeve with this club. How they haven't learned by now that a low budget free agent is just as likely to be a bust as the guy they pick up off of the waiver wire or buy for a PTBNL/cash considerations is crazy. It happens all the time.- 26 replies
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Happy Carlos Correa Day!
nicksaviking replied to Eric Blonigen's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I prefer to think of it not as the Twins paying 33M for Correa to leave, but paying 33M for the rights to Mike Wazowski I mean Matt Mallony sorry, Mick McKinley? Whatever, you know, the guy who plays baseball that the Twins traded Correa for. -
It's easy when you file an extension for you tax returns and run them fiscal year instead of calendar year. Plenty of time mid-year to change up the debt. Minnesota Twins LLC can easily absorb the losses from Joe P's Great Idea 1065, something like this:
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The death of Emperor Palpatine surely.
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Reading the 'Top Available' lists for the Rule V, just about every single one of those pitchers had pretty big control issues. The Twins already seem to have a bunch of soon-to-be-reliever options they can put in the pen, including Culpepper and Lewis who weren't drafted but looked pretty much the same as the guys that did.
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If I were to make a list of hardest things to evaluate in baseball, 17-year-old catchers might top that list. But it's fine by me, I preferred the Twins didn't roster a pick anyway.
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I watched Home Alone for the first time in a long while last Christmas. Previously I hadn't realized how slow it was to build up. Everyone remembers the Battle at McCallister Mansion, but that's only like the last 15 maybe 20 minutes of the movie. Also, the best Christmas Carol movie is the 1951 version. George C Scott was pretty good as scrooge, but his movie was only OK. Sorry Muppets and Michael Caine. To be fair to the Muppets, that movie came out when I was too old to still like Muppets, but too young to appreciate it with my kids.
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"Several" is a very modest description.....
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Have to say I've never heard of it. While high school and musical give me pause, Scottish zombies absolutely pique my curiosity. I'll look for that one.
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It was weird they kept him to begin with when it was clear they were never going to use him. But skip the draft, sign a (good) free agent instead. With how precious this front office is with their acquisitions and the length of leash given to them in an effort to be proven right, they shouldn't be grabbing any Rule V picks, which are supposed to be disposable by nature.
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I mostly wanted to suggest the Pirates unexpectedly spending, and the Twins unexpectedly not further slashing payroll (allegedly) being related since they run very opposite of expectations.
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Agree, but dispute the Die Hard point. The soundtrack used and sampled no less than six Christmas songs, the score was Christmas sounds (sleighbells, hand bells, glockenspiels, instrumental ho-ho-hos), the sets were Christmas decorated, Christmas was specifically referenced about a dozen times and it had the most over-used Christmas theme of all time: the main character fighting adversity to reunite with his family. It was capped with the Christmas miracle of snowing in LA with the stolen money and bearer bonds gently showering everybody below the blown up skyscraper, which was 100% intentionally highlighted by the film makers. If the caveat is that Christmas movies need to be PG family friendly, then no, I guess it's not. By any other metric, it absolutely has to be.
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For sure, he's a fit. But this is Bob Nutting and the Pirates, they've needed big contracts before and just laughed and said, "We don't care!" This is seriously one of the worst owners in professional sports; maybe the absolute worst. I don't see any way he's doing this because he cares about improving the team. When this team got their new stadium he splurged for one season, bumping payroll so they were were 19th in spending, then promptly cut payroll and have been bottom ten, usually bottom three, ever since. Ever since being the past quarter century. Next to zero chance he's turning over a new leaf willingly.
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They reportedly offered Kyle Schwarber a 4 year 120M deal. Their pivot appears to be Jorge Polanco, which I'm sure most would agree is a sizable step down. Still, this is odd. Is MLB secretly telling the Pirates what they publicly told the A's last year? Spend more or there will be consequences? And that offer came at about the same time the Twins proudly told their fan base that they were keeping Buxton, Lopez and Ryan. If this is what's happening, are the other owners are tired of the vampire owners getting a free suck at the teat, or maybe they are trying to set a higher payroll floor so they can argue with the MLBPA that no the DON'T need to raise it when they demand a salary cap next year? Can't imagine that second option will fly with the MLBPA unless that floor starts looking closer to 200M.
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No, I can decipher that. He's saying there's too many cooks in the kitchen. Of course most people view that as a negative where I guess here it's 'clearly the best fit for all'!
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Rocco Baldelli Heads West to Join Dodgers Front Office
nicksaviking replied to Cody Christie's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
It's OK to let it go. It's also OK to like the man but not like the job he's done. -
“My job is to try and educate [ownership] in aggregate," "Some of that’s an education process. There’s a little bit more education that’s on my shoulders now," Wow, condescend the new bosses before they even get announced, go get 'em Dwight Schrute! While I'm sure whippersnapper Joe Pohlad needed a good education, I'm thinking grown up billionaires and their egos don't tolerate an 'education' from their underlings. Derek better improve his corporate speak and start realizing he's 'advising' not 'educating'.
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A rusty QB with likely diminished arm strength. Inclined to get rid of the ball quickly. New to the system. Favorite all time target was a HOF TE. I'll bet this works out real well for Tyler Warren even if it doesn't work out for anyone else.
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And then those same fans were calling for Hurts the first time Wentz threw a pick. I don't much care for Hurts, but they'll throw him under the bus in short order. Maybe they already have. Worst fans in the league by a mile. And I hate that nationally the behavior that should land these fans in jail is celebrated as being 'blue collar' and 'die-hard'. Ha ha, they put six Panthers fans in the hospital, what a special place! Go Birds!!
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In two fewer games, he has nearly half as many rushing attempts and yards as he did lat year, while he already has more passing attempts. Yeah, if he's not using his legs, he's just not a very good QB. 28 isn't old for a QB, but if his running days are largely behind him, the Eagles are going to be in trouble. Howie Roseman might be the best GM in the league, but would he have the stones to start looking for a replacement in the next year or two?
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Awesome!
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Weak alibi.
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Yeah, if he can’t or doesn’t consistently scramble, he’s a below average QB.
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I think if we were Charger fans, we’d be just as frustrated with Harbaughs offensive game plan as we are currently with KOC. Just instead of being blindly aggressive, he’s blindly conservative. Trying to decide if he was always over rated as an NFL coach, or if he’s just stubborn and is a decade behind the league and can’t/won’t evolve.
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Yeah, happens most games unfortunately. The Vikings game I went to five years ago was 70% Vikings fans easy. I hope the Chargers find a new city after playing second banana to the Rams. Who also still have problems with away fans.
