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  1. nicksaviking
    There isn't a free agent available that I'd rather have than Madden. Considering Ryan's defensive responses to Parker's payroll questions, I'm guessing he doesn't plan on putting a lot of money into free agency. Well, here's a good spot to put it.
  2. nicksaviking
    Hey, if they do snag Madden, they may just get Dave Martinez to Minnesota after all!
  3. nicksaviking
    To be clear, I don't think this is happening, but the timing is incredibly conicedental. As noted, the Twins are the only team without a manager under contract. So if the Twins are not his destination, that means he either has another gig likely lined up where another manager is about to get a late axe, or he plans to sit out a year. I'm not sure why he would choose to sit out a year however unless it's under protest against his cheap club which he has defended multiple times in the past. He won't get paid if he sits out. Don't you have to think he wouldn't be resigning unless he has something else cooking? Maybe the Twins were dragging their feet while they were working something out behind the scenes. The Twins would probably be one of the only clubs who could keep such a thing quite seeing as how cloak and dagger they are. Trips to central Florida wouldn't raise many eyebrows considering their base of operations is only a couple hours away.
  4. nicksaviking
    Wow, that seemed a bit contentious. From the exchange, Ryan seemed on the defensive the second payroll was brought up and Parker's question was pretty benign. Then he throws the unsolicited comps to Oakland, Cleveland and TB out there, it certainly sounds like he's already anticipating backlash for what he knows is going to be one of the lowest payrolls in the league again. Wake me up in March. To be fair, I've been on the side of letting the young guys play anyway. Still, it's hard not to resent the idea that the team intentionally put themselves in the position where spending money might not be the best move.
  5. nicksaviking
    Drugs are bad, we get it. We didn't always get it though. People either don't remember or weren't around, but Cocaine abuse in the 1980's was more common than alcohol abuse. http://www.medscreensinc.com/usdrugtrends/ People didn't think or know that it was highly addictive and it was offered at social events of every class of people, particularly the young and wealthy. The message got out, people undestood the addiction and the dangers (aided by deaths of celebrities like Jon Belushi and Len Bias) and it's usage plummeted in only about a half decade.
  6. nicksaviking
    You need to start adding links if you're going to keep implying Molitor used steroids A Google search finds me nothing other than message boards with people guessing who Jose Canseco was talking about when he said a current HOFer was a steroid user (duh, teammate Ricky Henderson). Molitor is a HUGE oppnenet of A-Rod getting into the HOF for what it's worth. My horse in this race is Lovullo, but I could care less about Molitor's past. I want a guy who knows how to manage a baseball team, not a boy scout troop. I don't think you understand how many men would be disqualified from managing a baseball team had cocaine use in the 70's and 80's been a determining factor.
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    And the fact that this was not a consideration by anyone in the organization probably should indicate that there needs to be wholesale changes. I'm not sure why we need to give this organization continued benefit of the doubt when they continue to fail.
  8. nicksaviking
    You need better dreams. I think the first 1/3rd of that was actually a nightmare.
  9. nicksaviking
    Perhaps, but it doesn't seem to be a method this team is any good at. They got it right with Hughes, so maybe they've learned how better to identify these guys, but one above average free agent pitcher in 20+ years? I don't see how the low risk/high reward guys are any more of a gamble than what they have been doing. Also, Hughes was under 30. Find me more of those guys if the teams wants to sign guys to multi-year deals. There are hardly any guys past 32 who are still top of the rotation arms. It will only be a couple years before people start looking at 32-year-old pitchers like we do 30-year-old running backs.
  10. nicksaviking
    However bounceback guys generally require a mere one year gamble. The Orioles and Padres can already rid themselves of those conracts and roster spots should they so choose. You get Ricky Nolasco or Brandon McCarthy, you're stuck with tem for many years.
  11. nicksaviking
    It's the AA team that moved to Tennessee I believe. I'm guessing the idea is that Glynn will be on the Twins coaching staff. Of course this implication, along with the fact that Ryan said he believes the Twins need a Hispanic presence in the dugout (yet don't seem overly interested in a Hispanic manager) may mean that Ryan, not the new manager, will be putting together his staff.
  12. nicksaviking
    If Molitor's 3rd interview is being described as "OK." He's out of the running. They would have offered him the position if they'd heard what they wanted to. I know some would argue the team is doing it's due diligence. I could also see the arguement that they are just once again too indecisive. There is a history of the later option with this club. It's starting to feel like Ryan really wants an internal candidate to work, but Lovullo or someone Ryan wasn't expecting is clearly the more impressive candidate.
  13. nicksaviking
    I don't mean to be overly critical, but I fail to see how a thumb injury would affect his pitch selection.
  14. nicksaviking
    As pointed out those numbers are from previous years. As yet to be pointed out: I'd rather have gambled on each of them than be stuck with Nolasco for another three years.
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    Only guy I want on that list is Masterson, and that's because he's the only guy you'd likely be able to get on a one year deal. Well maybe Billingsley also. I'd be willing to give the Rich Harden lotto ticket offer to him. Every one of those guys, icluding Lester and Scherzer, look like walking time bombs. There were only 14 SP 34-years-old or older who threw enough innnings to qualify for the ERA title this year. 14. Only 23 pitchers 32 or older. The age of veteran pitchers is almost over. Everyone throws max effort and it's affecting longevity, it's a young man's game and I'll pass on signing anyone over 30 to a multi year deal unless it's clearly a steal.
  16. nicksaviking
    Well if Molitor had a third interview that went "OK " and didn't get offered the job, I think he's out. If an internal candidate who they are very familiar with hasn't impressed them enough to get hired already, I think it's Luvollo
  17. nicksaviking
    If it works for the Cardinals, it works for me. I want him in the rotation to start the year, but the club clearly wants to baby him. I'll agree to the compromise.
  18. nicksaviking
    I had enough with the huggy-kissy Twins clubhouse long ago. I was proud that so many people liked the Twins back in the day because it was so quaint and cute, but I want wins, and cute doens't win. All things being equal, I'd like a morally superiour team that won 162 games, but all things are not equal and perhaps Molitor's rough edges are just awkward enough to take everyone out of the two decade old comfort zone that this organization loves to fall back into. Still, an outside presence to shake up the country club was always my first choice.
  19. nicksaviking
    No but there would have been plenty to predict they would have outperformed opening day starters Correia, Pelfrey and perhaps even Gibson. Even if they would not have outperformed them, there really should have been next to no concern about Pelfrey and Correia losing out in what was clearly destined to be another losing season. Winning doens't happen until the young guys get their feet wet.
  20. nicksaviking
    I'd like to think so, but this team continues to opporate like pitching prospects are delicate flowers that can't possibly handle the MLB spotlight unless the team has no other options. They have no problem throwing AAAA guys to the wolves, but if it's an honest to God prospect, they seem inclined to find any excuse to resist letting them take their lumps at the MLB level. This needs to stop and signing more Kevin Correia's to multi-year deals isn't going to encourage the front office to let the (hopefully) future arms sink or swim. This team isn't cutting bait on a starter in thier first year of a multi-year deal even if the prospect is ready. I'd love a one year deal for a Justin Masterson, I'd hate a three year deal for a Brandon McCarthy.
  21. nicksaviking
    But it won't be Gibson or Nolasco losing a rotation spot to a new free agent. It will be Meyer and May. If I thought for a second that Nolasco actually had to win a job in spring training I'd be on board, but no one really thinks that. There was no reason May or Meyer couldn't have competed for a rotation spot out of spring training last year, but they were never given a chance because of all the "depth" this team thought it had at the position.
  22. nicksaviking
    I agree. I guess my point was that I feel that the free agents who are available and could be viewed as a top of the rotation option, will almost certainly turn out to be albatrosses due to the idea that they have all put a lot of innings on their arms, almost certainly the best innings of their career are already gone. Hughes performance going forward has little bearing on what I want this club to do with the pitching staff.
  23. nicksaviking
    Well I think the second half of 2014-early 2016 is different than the previous years, or likely the years that follow. We are finally at the point where we can expect to see the prospects that we have been promised for so long. I think the feeling is that the Twins didn't have the young talent capable of getting a shot from 2011-2013, that's when they should have been signing the better quality free agents to 2-3 year deals. I'm glad to have Hughes, I'm not glad to have Nolasco. Signing another Hughes, which in turn blocks May or Meyer would be acceptable, signing another Nolasco would not be. I don't trust the front office to identify another Hughes though, as they have a much longer track record of finding disappointment on the free agent market. If the prospects we've been waiting for don't pan out over the next season and a half, then it's time to recommence the call for the team to get more active in free agency.
  24. nicksaviking
    But because Shields career IP is so impressive, he has nearly 1,800 IP in eight years. He's no longer missing bats, he's getting roughed up in the post season and he's turning 33. Shields was a better pitcher and his overall career will likely be better, but I'd rather have Hughes going forward. I wouldn't want that next James Shields contract. Perhaps his disappointing post season will help limit expecations and he won't get an unreasonable contract, but odds are he'll still get one that the buyer regrets.
  25. nicksaviking
    I do let myself get mesmerized by them though. Elite strikeout numbers at the minor league level seem to be the biggest indicator that a guy will be able to hold up at the front of the rotation at the MLB level. The odds still might not be in their favor, but it's exponetially more likely than the kind of pitchers we've been used to seeing around here most of the last decade. You almost always know exactly what you're getting with the low BB soft tossers, that is, stop gap AAAA pitchers, most of whom will flame out within a season or two. It's nice to reward Pino, Darnell, Walters, DeVries, Diamond, blah, blah, blah for their AAA accomplishments, but it comes with a price. These guys should not be getting promoted over guys with promise like Meyer or May when we already know how their story will end.
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