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  1. nicksaviking
    I was ready to move on from Ron Gardenhire years before the Twins were, but he's exactly the kind of guy they need back. Fiery and animated but great with the players and media and someone who understood the need for giving young players a long leash because the future of the club was going to depend on getting a legit evaluation of them.
  2. nicksaviking
    And the 'platoon righty' they brought in to spell them can only bat as high as 8th in a terrible lineup?
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    I think Baldelli should have been fired long ago. I don't think he's a good manager in the slightest. My point is, the posters that demand everything said about the manager be a scathing take down, make the rest of us who have rational takes look crazy too.
  4. nicksaviking
    I don't think it's over-reacting, but not for the largely valid points listed above that I agree with. The fan base has become increasingly disinterested in this team and it has for several years now. And this team has gotten off to slow starts for several years now. Playing winning baseball from Day 1 should have been imperative if only to put eyes on the product. They failed again; this team is never ready to compete when the season starts like the other clubs are despite the team absolutely needing to generate excitement in this first series.
  5. nicksaviking
    Well there are plenty of people on this site that would write a flaming dissertation about how vile the manager is if he was caught jaywalking. Because of this, Baldelli criticisms are not typically taken seriously by the general population because the Neanderthal luddites DO undercut any legit critique by the rest of us posters who will take a more objective view on the matter. So yeah, to be taken seriously and not lumped in with the knee-jerk pitchfork crowd, the rest of us are forced to couch any negativity with, 'I'm not one of them, but Baldelli was wrong to do X and Y yesterday'.
  6. nicksaviking
    That works for me. It's not like the non-40 man options in AAA and the options on the waiver wire tend to be any different.
  7. nicksaviking
    I too would like to sell may share of the Twins. I'm asking for market value of $100.00 or you can pay me $19.99 per month for five months. Upon payment I will give you my password.
  8. nicksaviking
    It does often feel like he's talking to these guys....
  9. nicksaviking
    Jay Jackson to retire: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/ The Twins sure do seem to sign a lot of free agents one year that no other team will sign to a MLB contract the following year. Or even a MiLB contract in this case.
  10. nicksaviking
    I'm not good at this stuff, but I can cast from my phone. I'm saying if the Twins are going to charge for this service, casting should not be the primary way to do this.
  11. nicksaviking
    Yeah, there was absolutely no effort put into improving the offense this year. But, this offense has seemed to start slow every year lately. Taking months to get the team to gel maybe is on the manager.
  12. nicksaviking
    Oh, I’m quite confident his replacement can also dabble in foolishness
  13. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I guess if I only bother to watch five games or so won’t be that bad.
  14. nicksaviking
    Have to say, that having to use a system where I have to cast my phone doesn't sound like it should be a $100 investment.
  15. nicksaviking
    Wow, what an underwhelming group. Where are you getting those draft rankings? Yeah, Harmon might be an option for an early pick, but the other three look like they are being scouted as UDFAs. And bringing UDFA prospects in for looks makes more sense than bringing guys you actually think you'll draft in the middle or late rounds for looks. Showing other teams your hands for rounds 3-6 or so is a big disadvantage.
  16. nicksaviking
    Don't have cable, don't have dish, tried to find Twins.TV as a Roku app and it wasn't there. It just brought me to the MLB.TV app which would make me pay $150 for every game that WASN'T Twins. I see the stupid app on my computer, but I'm not watching baseball on my computer all summer. I get that I'm middle aged (old) and technologically illiterate, but how did they not understand that this is pretty much 80% of the demographic they are trying to market to?
  17. nicksaviking
    I have no affinity for Dobnak, but as mentioned previously, his contract basically makes him an optionable player. No one is likely to claim him.
  18. nicksaviking
    My Roku won't even locate a Twins.TV app. I can only go to the MLB app where it prompts me to pay for every MLB game. Like anyone cares about the Pirates.
  19. nicksaviking
    Based off of Margot and Gallo? September.
  20. nicksaviking
    9. Harrison Bader, LF Hopefully we will not see Bader starting in an outfield corner against a right-handed starter too frequently. Sigh. He was the team's 'big' free agent signing this year. Anyone who assumed he'd be a short-sided platoon player wasn't looking at the money. If he stays healthy, I expect he'll play more games in the OF than any other Twin this year. That was definitely not an endorsement.
  21. nicksaviking
    Am I wrong, or does it seem that some of you telling me to cut the cord five years ago are still the ones talking about cable and Direct TV now? Now I'm thinking you were all in on it, and just out to get my money too!
  22. nicksaviking
    And it's not just the big market clubs doing it because they know they can afford these players later. I'd 100% be confident the Pirates promoted Skenes just to sell tickets (because they have the worst and cheapest owner in the game) but the Brewers and Orioles obviously promoted their players because they actually wanted to win. Why the A's did it is anyone's guess. That's a crazy, messed up, crooked situation there. Still not convinced the Twins leadership has the mental fortitude to do it though. From being fearful of young players, to being fearful of losing their jobs, to worrying about money and always trying to straddle the fence between short-term and long-term decisions, they're the complete package of indecisiveness and non-committal.
  23. nicksaviking
    Right, but the getting injured part is the issue. I don't think pitchers have the capability to sustain and come back from an infinite amount of injuries. The next one could be the last one for all anyone knows. I know we've been conditioned to see these guys as commodities, but I wouldn't intentionally put him in a situation where the worst case scenario is also the most likely scenario.
  24. nicksaviking
    I'm not against him starting as he's been productive and looked good. But how often does this end well where the consistently injured starter keeps trying and trying and trying to make it work in the rotation? I'm not talking about with the Twins, but overall in the MLB? I think the smart move is to just make the move to the pen now. I know he doesn't want to, and I know the Twins want to desperately make their investment pay out the highest dividends, but I think the overwhelming odds say the pen is best option.
  25. nicksaviking
    Looks like he's managing that about as well as he managed the TV deals the last 25 years!
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