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  1. nicksaviking
    Good research. This team only has two players I want to see play regularly though. Well three after you add Astudillo. I'm more concerned with Molitor's irresponsible bullpen usage.
  2. nicksaviking
    How can the Royals possibly be 11 games worse than the Twins?
  3. nicksaviking
    I'd change my mind and think 2019 is a possible contention year if the team gets a new manager. My disillusionment with Molitor and his utter lack of personality has me biased against believing this team has any shot at winning it all with him in charge.
  4. nicksaviking
    I was never a Gibson believer until two off seasons ago when I thought the new front office would fix his poor sinker/high contact approach. It took longer than it should have to fix but it looks like he's finally there. But he's waaaaay too old to extend and this team's a complete mess. If you can trade one and a half years of control of Gibson for top end prospects I do it. I don't think this team goes anywhere under Molitor and I doubt he gets canned after this year with two more years in his contract.
  5. nicksaviking
    It only looks that way because Buxton, Sano, Kepler and Garver have all taken gigantic steps back in their development. I think that falls under the perview of the manager.
  6. nicksaviking
    That seems like the obvious answer. It also seems like wish fulfillment, so it probably isn't happening.
  7. nicksaviking
    First overall draft pick in 2019 clearly.
  8. nicksaviking
    Hope he gets a good long look, there's really no reason not to. At first I thought I'd find better minor league 40-man members than Jorge to DFA, but nope, maybe LaMarre but that's about it. Of course there are plenty of members of the 40-man on the active roster that would have been better choices.
  9. nicksaviking
    A ) I want a manger who can lead young players, not a manager who can lead veteran players who are then expected to lead the young players. B ) I want a manager who will minimize the players' brain farts on defense, on the base-paths and in the batter's box. Some are always to be expected, but holy cow, the degree in which we see miscues can only be due to a team-wide lack of focus. C ) I want an innovative manager. I don't want someone who has to be taught ideas that were new a decade ago and who will maybe take them under consideration. I want someone who may have a brand new idea or two of his own that the baseball world has never seen. D ) I want a manager with energy that I, yes me specifically, can feed off of as well as the players. Perhaps some managers put on an emotionless face and monotone speech ONLY when doing interviews but it seems unlikely that a completely opposite demeanor is presented when working with the players. E ) Sorry, the unfair one: I want a manager with NO pre-existing ties to the team. If he's not getting the job done, I want a quick decision to replace him. If he maybe-kind of-possibly isn't getting the job done, I want there to be the possibility of hiring the newly available hot-shot manager who's getting everyone excited. I don't want there to be fence-straddling due to a prior history of loyalty which had absolutely nothing to do with managing a baseball team.
  10. nicksaviking
    I agree that the front office did way more this off season than anyone's done for this club before. However, Lynn, Reed, Morrison and even the trade of Odorizzi were all considered bargains. They waited things out which is OK, but got these guys only after other teams took a look and passed. Likely due to Lynn's over-reliance on fastballs, Reed's diminishing velocity and Morrison's anomaly of a season in 2017. All were great pick ups considering the contracts and the past results, but it's not like they went out and got any true difference makers, and that was clear even before anyone faltered.
  11. nicksaviking
    If they dump more salary by giving away draft picks there's going to be riots here. Probably led by me actually.
  12. nicksaviking
    Add North Dakota to the list. And they don't even have to be good. But I'm sure they are.
  13. nicksaviking
    Call 'em up.
  14. nicksaviking
    Wow 13 pages. Kudos to you folks who stuck with the thread during this stinker.
  15. nicksaviking
    If this one goes too long, they'll have to demote Berrios so they can call up another reliever.
  16. nicksaviking
    That's optometrist, why do you assume there'll be a top of the 11th?
  17. nicksaviking
    I'm streaming the game on my phone and the resolution is comparable to Pit Jumper on an Atari. But he looked out to me.
  18. nicksaviking
    I say they should just give Escobar a double instead.
  19. nicksaviking
    Man, looks like the umps have had enough of this garbage too.
  20. nicksaviking
    There's also free food in the dumpster out behind Arby's if you're interested.
  21. nicksaviking
    Man, I don't think I have the stomach for extra innings.
  22. nicksaviking
    Hmm, seems to me win or lose, the outcome is going to be depressing either way.
  23. nicksaviking
    So the other 29 teams are all doing it wrong? What makes you think Escobar isn't one of those guys who would be drooling at the chance to win a WS this year followed by a chance to return to Minnesota or any other place his heart desires?
  24. nicksaviking
    Milwaukee has a history of making big bold moves for a small market team. I was always jealous that they were willing to get big time arms like Sabathia and Greinke when the Twins were heartbreakingly reluctant.
  25. nicksaviking
    Geez, just realized Molitor can't get blamed for overworking Pressly tonight. So this must be systematic abuse?
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