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  1. nicksaviking
    I mean, oof, this matchup, can you blame them?
  2. nicksaviking
    I wouldn't expect him to say anything else. Even if the team comes in at a $90M payroll, they can still say that the Hughes savings was earmarked for whatever free agent they end up signing. I'm not one looking for them to break the bank necessarily and I'm not asking for a record payroll each year. I just ask that they do their best to put themselves in the best spot to win now or soon in the future. Giving away a top draft pick for salary relief next year when it's next to mathematically impossible for them to increase payroll beyond their natural capabilities anyway isn't an attempt to put the team in the best spot to win.
  3. nicksaviking
    To get back to this year's payroll they'll have to spend about $60M in 2019 money. They'd have to actually get Machado or Harper for that to happen.
  4. nicksaviking
    They have 26M in committed payroll next year. Even with the arbitration guys they'll struggle to make 60M. That 7.5M will have no impact on free agency.
  5. nicksaviking
    If the Padres organizational #8 catcher's value is that of or greater than 74th overall pick, they must have the most talented crop of backstops the league has ever seen.
  6. nicksaviking
    This is great news, the Twins payroll is going to be around that of one of the mid level regional auto-dealers next year. There's no logical reason to be concerned about getting payroll so low unless they plan on signing both Machado AND Harper! Hopefully there's a little left over for Keeshaw!
  7. nicksaviking
    With one out and Petit and Grossman following him? I'd send him on a ball in the corner every time. A perfect throw doesn't sound as likely as those two failing to get an extra base hit..
  8. nicksaviking
    Maybe, but that replay looked like Sano would have been toast if he'd tried for third. It worked out to our benefit. I won't complain that Molitor maybe lucked into that one.
  9. nicksaviking
    What am I missing here? If Molitor was going to pinch run for Sano, why did he wait until Rosario singled him over to second?
  10. nicksaviking
    Well there are people above the manager who could tell him that the decision is not his to make.
  11. nicksaviking
    That guy Rain Delay is usually the one pitching a shut out. Is that a French name?
  12. nicksaviking
    Being a veteran doesn't automatically bestow one with leadership qualities. Besides, the Twins need to stop seeking out marginally capable vets who'll be gone in a year or two for leadership. They need the guys who'll be here long term to step up to those roles. Rosario, Kepler, Berrios, Buxton and company need to start shouldering those responsibilities.
  13. nicksaviking
    I'm think Graver might benefit from a first baseman's mitt.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, my off-season doubts about Kepler not being able to hit lefties is approaching my take after the Liriano trade that Eduardo Escobar was a terrible return because he was instantly the worst player on the entire 40-man roster, but at least Pedro Hernandez looked like a nice long term lefty.
  15. nicksaviking
    Sorry, both good answers but we were looking for "Keith Law hates the Twins"
  16. nicksaviking
    And to the left of the lingerie ad.
  17. nicksaviking
    I might kindly point to tonight's intro if by chance anyone didn't read it.
  18. nicksaviking
    I told my 8-year-old at bed time about the cat/dog debate. He said maybe it's worth giving a shot to breed a cat and a dog to make everyone happy. My five-year-old chimed in and said "Or even better, combine two different dogs then you don't have to have the cat!"
  19. nicksaviking
    34 is the number that should probably turn most people off. I think everyone would agree Grossman should be upgraded. But not in minimal increments by a guy who's even more positionally impared.
  20. nicksaviking
    I agree, but there would be room if Buxton were to go to Rochester for a confidence boost. This team could use Wade's on-base skills at in the bottom 1/3 of the line up. Going Buxton-Adrianza-Wilson will kill any kind of extended rally.
  21. nicksaviking
    If he could play LF and take a MiLB deal, sure. With the whispers of attitude issues always following him, he doesn't seem like a player the "veteran leadership" heavy Twins would be interested in.
  22. nicksaviking
    If the team assessed is defense as average or better, he should have been catching 4-5 times a week prior to Castro getting injured.
  23. nicksaviking
    Yeah, it seems nearly impossible how often he starts off 0-2, particularly since he's almost always taking the 1st pitch. If he was facing Twins pitching that 1st pitch take would be a ball 50% of the time. Still, bad luck aside, he should probably start taking a hack at some of those 1st pitch fastballs. This young man needs more confidence. Few players probably have much confidence down 0-2.
  24. nicksaviking
    Johnny Bench had him beat.
  25. nicksaviking
    I doubt the front office is going to be too interested in dealing controllable starters when Santana and Lynn are going to be free agents.
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