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  1. nicksaviking
    While I have no love for the Pohlad's and I am convinced their desire for a championship still takes a backseat to the bottom line, this team doesn't have enough core players to supplement right now. Hopefully more emerge this year.
  2. nicksaviking
    It seems to me even with Trout the Angles have been trying to get big talent to help him, it just hasn't worked. I would be inclined to move Trout and start over since they're not going anywhere now, but I would wait another year and see if the new manager turns things around. That organization just seems really stale. Might not be fair to Scioscia, but you got to change things up more regularly then the Angels have been.
  3. nicksaviking
    I'd think this is monetary related as well. To me it seems the Twins make more efforts than necessary to validate the price they paid for free agents. Pricey vets get a much longer leash here, though surely that's not isolated to Minnesota. It would be nice if we got off of that way of thinking though.
  4. nicksaviking
    I don't think the fans are going to go to the game because of a free agent signing unless it was somebody like Bryce Harper. No one came out to watch Lance Lynn, Addison Reed, Logan Morrison and Fernando Rodney last year. Fans will come out if the team is winning. Which may be easier if the get the right free agents. But of course there's still a lot of finger-crossing with that as well seeing as they got a lot of these decently renowned free agents last year and still flopped on the field and in the stands..
  5. nicksaviking
    And it seems to me the two side were, "That was a terrible trade!" and "That was a terrible trade, but eh, Hicks". I don't think anyone really thought that Murphy was at all a good return.
  6. nicksaviking
    I agree, but they should have gone for option #2. If your team stinks and isn't going to compete that year, then why wouldn't you go after pitchers who will take a one or two year deal that you can later trade? Like Rich Hill, Jason Hammel, Trevor Cahill or Scott Feldman . On the field, there is seldom a marketed difference between average pitchers who sign for four years and average pitchers who sign for one or two years. If you're giving out long term deals, give them to better players. And don't be a cellar-dweller.
  7. nicksaviking
    I guess I kind of thought the Padres only made that move for the draft pick and figured there was no downside to seeing if magic happened with Hughes. I mean no downside for them, plenty of downside for Hughes' health, which San Diego has already shown they don't much care about with the shenanigans associated with the Drew Pomeranz trade. Or was that Kimbrel? Or both?
  8. nicksaviking
    I've got a list of players that I'm hopeful they were brought in to improve. Gordon is near the top for sure.
  9. nicksaviking
    While he's in Rochester, perhaps he can advise Nick Gordon how to shorten those level-jumping speed bumps to only a few weeks.
  10. nicksaviking
    Signing average pitchers to un-tradealbe four year deals instead of more appealing two year deals when your team isn't going anywhere doesn't help with this.
  11. nicksaviking
    What high end guys do the Twins have? Isn't that the issue here? The Twins don't have a Betts and Bogaerts, a Lindor and Rameriz or a Bregman and Correa. I do not think it's reasonable for the Twins or the fans to expect young players to be high end players until they've already shown the ability to do it consistently. But they do need to develop those high end players.
  12. nicksaviking
    Hidden in Rooker's August/September offensive low point is his also reduced strikeout rate. That's pretty encouraging to me. Clearly his late summer swoon was NOT due to strikeouts. He incrementally decreased his strikeouts each and every month in fact, starting the year off whiffing over 29% of the time in May and getting that number below 23% by August. A lot of his pre-draft hype was based on how he was a student of the art of hitting. He seemed like the kind of guy who if strikeouts where going to hold him back, he wasn't going to stubbornly keep doing what he always did, he was going to work out that problem.
  13. nicksaviking
    Good luck with that.
  14. nicksaviking
    This team has talked about being creative with the pitching staff and using the 'opener' again, but so far the only useful bullpen arms they have are Rogers and May. At this point, I think Gibson's ability to pitch beyond the 5th inning is still much more valuable than any benefit that Odorizzi can counter with.
  15. nicksaviking
    The Twins do pretty well with these signings so I'd actually be disappointed if they didn't buy a commitment-free bullpen lotto ticket this year. Just so long as they aren't expecting him to help, planning on him to make the team or think that he in anyway counts as shoring up the pitching staff for 2019. He should be none of those things, he's just a cross-your-fingers-and-hope-for-Brandon-Kintzler guy.
  16. nicksaviking
    That seems like an easy question. Quantity over quality seems to be a losing mentality to me, so go spend your money on one spot, not a half dozen that only make minimal improvements. I think that article forgets to ask a major question though, would Harper, or any superstar free agent, come to Minnesota even if the Twins laid out the best offer? I have my doubts about that unless the player in question has local ties. I think the bigger spotlights, the bigger endorsement deals and more fame carry more weight than we think.
  17. nicksaviking
    The committees rotate the eras they review and vote upon, it will come back to Kaat's era again. It's possible that Kaat and Oliva might work against each other as far as the voting goes, but fortunately those committees can vote for as many players as they believe in.
  18. nicksaviking
    I don't like the available starters at all. If they're going after pitching in the free agent market, I'd rather it all be in the bullpen.
  19. nicksaviking
    I think his future is in the bullpen, maybe even as soon as this spring. He throws a lot of different pitches, but none of them are standout. His off speed stuff is basically a curve that he rarely uses because it's not good and a splitter which might be even worse. His four-seamer is pretty decent despite it's low velocity though; a move to the pen could make it better. In the pen maybe he could just concentrate on FB/Slider. If the Twins want to extend him with an eye on his long-term spot being in the pen, that's OK by me. I don't really care for him to be a rotation staple going forward though so if an extension encourages that, I'd pass.
  20. nicksaviking
    The Twins didn't retire Blyleven's number until AFTER he got elected into the HOF which always seemed a bit backwards. Kind of like, whelp, I guess we got to do it too. My money is on Johan Santana getting into the HOF with a veteran's committee shortly after he's eligible for their vote, in which case the Twins will feel obligated to retire his number as well.
  21. nicksaviking
    This is what I would like everyone to get past. I'd like to expect absolutely nothing from those two and just enjoy the surprise should they produce. I don't want to expect anything from any player who hasn't already surpassed and sustained expectations. But if that's also the front office's opinion, it might also be the reason for the unpopular rebuild, this team needs to develop more dependable players, they have all of about three on the 40-man currently. You don't need 25 dependable players to succeed, but I'd think it would need to be way more than they currently have.
  22. nicksaviking
    I really wanted Darvish last year, but looking back, I'm fairly certain half of my enthusiasm was drummed up by all the reports that the Twins were actually in on him and I was unaccustomed to my team chasing a big name. The Twins were never tied to Patrick Corbin this year and I looked at all of his warts and red flags early and cared not at all that the Twins weren't going to get him.
  23. nicksaviking
    I think Rowson and Kepler made a concerted effort to change his swing last year. in 2017 Kepler had a GB-FB split 43%-39% and in 2018 what flip-flopped to 38%-46%. I'd have to think it was all about achieving better launch angles and sending more balls over the wall, it just didn't happen, which is kind of odd considering that Eddie Rosario had nearly the exact same 2017-18 flip-flop of GB-FB percentages and it did seem to work for him until he slowed down at the end of the year. Their near identical reversals makes me think those two were put on the same re-development plan. Certainly Kepler's BABIP hurt him, but obviously the goal in hitting more flyballs is to avoid balls hit in play. I wonder if despite Kepler having a decent hard-hit percentage if he just doesn't have enough strength. Hopefully along with getting Sano in top shape and keeping everyone healthier, the new strength and conditioning team is able to put a few more pounds of muscle on Kepler to help some of those fly balls carry a bit further.
  24. nicksaviking
    We don't know what they offered him. Who is in the "next tier down"? I don't see them giving out 5-6 years to Kimbrel and I have zero interest in Keuchel. I haven't heard them tied to Grandal and Kikuchi isn't going to Minnesota. I wouldn't hate Pollock, and the Twins not-too-terrible OF depth might be a fit with his tendency to play less than 150 games, but he's not very good OBP-wise and I think the team would be better served by someone who is.
  25. nicksaviking
    I still hope they aren't intentionally seeking out a full time DH. Kepler can play some 1B. I think most teams with a non-rigid manager can find plenty of at bats for four guys who primarily play OF.
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