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  1. nicksaviking
    Phil's velocity is about where it was last year. Unfortunately. I don't think it's ever coming back, injury or not. He's a 90 MPH guy now.
  2. nicksaviking
    I wished the games mattered, and I hope I didn't imply otherwise. I just had very low expectations this year despite last year's success. While I had low expectations for the team, my secondary excitement has always been to see the young guys, which had been building for years; it finally seems like we are going to get to see most of them. 2007 I was really disappointed, that team was supposed to be good, and they completely let me down, I guess personally, my attitude usually stems from where I set the bar at the beginning of the year.
  3. nicksaviking
    I remember hearing the Twins were solidly tied to someone, though I can't recall who either on this site or MLBTR, probably both. Either it's not listed in the blurbs for the MLB list, or he isn't on the list. I'm sure it's a solid list, but it was only about three months ago that Armenteros was the biggest International Superstar ever and he's only sitting at #4 here.
  4. nicksaviking
    I'll echo several other posters; I was never too interested in the wins and losses this year as I wasn't expecting any kind of playoff run. I want to watch the young guys develop. I'm excited to see Sano, Arcia and Park at bat and have been excited when Berrios, Duffey and Meyer have gotten their starts. Conversely, I lost interest in the game the other day when Meyer got yanked in the 3rd. I didn't really care about the final score, I wanted to see a 97 MPH heater. Wins and losses are for 2017, I hope, this year I want to see which young guys are going to help get those wins next year.
  5. nicksaviking
    https://twitter.com/RhettBollinger/status/727646660076048384 Ryan already heavily implied Lincecum isn't a fit, saying he wasn't sure if he'd even send a scout to watch him since Tim wants to start. Of course that is basically as good as acknowledgement that Lincecum would not start for the Twins: Let's go ahead and keep criticism contained to actions they have taken, not hypothetical and/or implausible actions that best fit a personal agenda.
  6. nicksaviking
    And insist on 2-for-1 trades, where in the Twins are the team receiving the fewer players back in return.
  7. nicksaviking
    I like Vargas and would be inclined to keep him, but even if Mauer weren't part of the equation in two years, Park, Sano and Arcia are all candidates for 1B/DH. He's redundant, besides, he probably only has to clear waivers for half the teams, would an NL team actually stash a DH who isn't currently hitting on their 40-man?
  8. nicksaviking
    Yeah, Molitor had a LOT of interviews for a guy who was presumed to have the job from the start. It is completely un-Twins like, but I think there is potential for a visible schism to appear between field manager and GM, likely not to fans, but perhaps to ownership. If that occurs, I wouldn't be surprised if we see Gene Glynn take the reigns sometime mid-season. Molitor is going to manage like he played, meaning he's going to make decisions like every day is Game 7 of the World Series. At least this year, Ryan seems to have made several moves that show he is looking at the bigger picture. I think at this point, among the men currently in the Minnesota dugout, Glynn and his history of developing young guys is a better fit, I wouldn't be surprised if Ryan also thinks so, even if he at this time can't do anything about it.
  9. nicksaviking
    https://twitter.com/dwolfsonkstp Darren Wolfson Tweeted that Fred Guerrero is scouting Cuban defector Jose Miguel Fernandez. I believe Fred is the team's top Latin scout and I further believe that he was instrumental in signing Sano, Polanco and Danny Santana among others. Fernandez projects as a 2B/3B and doesn't have much power, but he looks to have elite on-base and contact skills. It's probably just an a perfunctory scouting trip, but certainly the team is getting close to desperate for a low strike-out/high on-base kind of hitter. Of course reading between the lines, if he plays 2B/3B, the Twins would then force Dozier and Plouffe to have a caged pillow fight to see who gets traded. I'm pretty sure that's how it works.
  10. nicksaviking
    In a losing season, what's the harm in Dean, Darnell, Wheeler and Meyer being Plan B, C, D and E? The team has pitching depth, it's just not made of quality veterans. For contending teams, veteran depth is a nice luxury, for a rebuilding team, it's an albatross if you feel the need to cater to the vets.
  11. nicksaviking
    Murphy was the same guy who hit a three run HR off Perkins to win a game last year, am I wrong?
  12. nicksaviking
    I don't know, that sounds like a high probability of ruining two awesome things. Let us know if they don't make you barf. Or if they do.
  13. nicksaviking
    Fried Jawa is pretty good. Not quite as tender as aunt Beru though.
  14. nicksaviking
    I know that isn't easy to say, so let me just say I'm encouraged and expectant that plenty of folks will eschew party politics to stop something like this from happening. Good luck to us all.
  15. nicksaviking
    I'm still not sure that wouldn't help him with his supporters. This is just so bizarre. I live in a Red State, I have a lot of Red relatives and friends, and I still don't personally know anyone who supports him.
  16. nicksaviking
    Uh oh, we should probably be worried as Twins fans then
  17. nicksaviking
    A lack of understanding is completely different than open disdain. Dick's a baseball guy, he has anecdotal stories and insight, I don't know why we would ever think he's reading Bill James. He's much more likely to tell a story about an encounter with Bill James than anything. Dick's statistical knowledge comes from the back of baseball cards, and as much as we might enjoy Dick and Bert discussing PECOTA and BaseRuns, we are the minority; my mom watches the Twins every night, she'd be bored to tears, just like 90% of the rest of the target audience. The majority of fans know the counting stats everyone grew up with.
  18. nicksaviking
    I'm sure it goes without saying considering the topic, but let's do everything we can to keep this lighthearted, not accusatory.
  19. nicksaviking
    We'll hold your horses, don't forget we still have Cruz's dad's connections. If they can get to a president, Trump's gigantic misshapen head should be an easy target. Castro would still likely be game, but Putin and the Russians and the mob appear to like Trump. Really is going to depend on what flavor you like your conspiracy theory.
  20. nicksaviking
    My willingness to watch this game went down about 200% with Meyer leaving and Milone coming in.
  21. nicksaviking
    This would be a good spot for Jack to call out Molitor.
  22. nicksaviking
    Molitor's managing like it's game 163? Leave him in, what's the harm?
  23. nicksaviking
    Plouffe didn't seem inclined to lay out for that one.
  24. nicksaviking
    Only 26 games in AA, but very encouraging. He has actually decreased his K% in the move up a level. If he can continue on this path, the Twins might have stolen a useful player. Maybe a promotion is in order simply to see if whatever infected him can rub off on Walker. Man, I see he's now striking out 40% of his ABs this year.
  25. nicksaviking
    Umps are going to have a bad night, it's always happened and always will until we get robots to make the calls. We don't know what Murphy said, perhaps it was really, really bad, but you'd like to think Layne would have kept his cool. In the umpire/player relationship, the umpire is supposed to be the adult.
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