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  1. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I'll tune that nonsense out. I want to hear Correa had player X, Y and/or Z crossing home plate. If the coaches and manager don't have those guys that need it in the cages instead of the freakin' shortstop, what the hell are they even doing?
  2. nicksaviking
    Right, hence the 'regrettable contract' caveat to my post. I also always like the Mauer 'leads by example' bit we always heard. That one was a classic.
  3. nicksaviking
    Right, even if a pitcher had to hit, he would have at least laid down a bunt on the 3B side, not the 1B side like Gasper did!
  4. nicksaviking
    Man, that was close. Gasper had a real shot to make me eat my words.
  5. nicksaviking
    I have and will never praise a player for their leadership. With this club, that trait seems to be used almost exclusively to excuse either a bad player or a regrettable contract. I only care what these guys do on the diamond, and that's how it should be.
  6. nicksaviking
    It's funny that the Twins always have their OWN Micky Gasper, whether it's Keirsey, or Michael Helman or Jair Camargo or Chris Williams or Mark Contreras, but they have no interest in giving those guys a look unless they absolutely have to. But you get some other team's Gasper or Andrew Stevenson or Ryan Lamarre, oh boy, we found a diamond in the rough here fellas, wait until the league sees what we do with this guy! The grass is always greener with this club.
  7. nicksaviking
    Why would anything need to be in print? I don't see this team firing Baldelli even if they lose their next 20 games, but in every other clubhouse, the manager would clearly be on the hot seat. He should be worried, the players should be worried, but they clearly aren't, which to me is not an endorsement of Baldelli.
  8. nicksaviking
    I can't stand the hand wringing about having a game where you are forced to lose the DH. This is a complete lack of critical thinking. Oh, no, we lose the DH for one whole at bat! The DH in this case being Mickey Gaspar, who has two whole hits this year makes it even more of non-issue. Not. A. Big. Deal.
  9. nicksaviking
    These guys have to know their manager is on the hot seat, yet they still play like.....they don't care? That probably says all we need to know about this team right now.
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  11. nicksaviking
    Wait, I'm not watching the HS game right now on Friday night?
  12. nicksaviking
    Fingers crossed, I'm still hopeful of all of them, but this team has had that caliber of offensive prospects in the system for about a decade and it's not paying off. I'd like them to keep at it until it does. By them, I mean generically the Twins; I don't need the same people running the show making the same decisions any longer.
  13. nicksaviking
    With the sorry state of this team's offense, I'm really not thinking about rankings because rankings are going to take positional adjustments in to play. A CF or a Catcher who can stick at the position but has a lesser bat will get a boost in the rankings. I know no one wants to go back to the corner-bat frenzy days we had about five years ago, but this team desperately needs a perennial .850+ OPS (really .900+) hitter. And really, outside of Wallner, does this team even have corner players anymore? Runs, runs and more runs please.
  14. nicksaviking
    Golden is a decent ways away from Coors Field. Tons of craft breweries in the area though. Really good ones too. I'm a foodie and like craft beer (did I mention that?), so I like the River North (RiNo) district northeast of the stadium. Also, there is an absolutely gonzo interactive modern art attraction called Meow Wolf over by Mile High Stadium. Kids will love it, adults will be amused by it, and adults who partake in the types of consumption that Colorado has become known for, will likely enjoy it the most.
  15. nicksaviking
    The Twins don't have a specific position of need, they have specific lineup spot needs. I know they've tried and failed with many picks, but this team absolutely HAS to start finding middle of the lineup bats. And they need them for more than just the middle of the lineup. I don't think this team can be cute trying to draft a position they want, they have to draft the best hitters. And I know that's not a popular sentiment. But they aren't winning anything meaningful until they can start to put together a lineup other teams dread facing.
  16. nicksaviking
    Whether he's basing the decision on 100 pitches or basing it on three times through the order, he's not 'using analytics' to make this decision. This is just rote memorization of conventional wisdom. Either traditional (100 pitches) or more modern (3x through the order). You don't use a computer to count how many times Bobby Witt Jr has been to bat, you use an abacus.
  17. nicksaviking
    I think it was Mike Sixel who used to share posts from other sites regularly in a similarly named thread. It's been awhile, and this one tickled my inner Schadenfreude, so let's play this game again. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/after-fumbling-away-a-playoff-berth-last-year-the-twins-continue-to-bumble/
  18. nicksaviking
    Nope, still not even close to your business. How would it be? Are you paying his salary? Are you his ride from the airport or watering his plants while he's away? Yeah, I know, everyone shares too much on social media these days and randos feel like they have the right to know everything about everybody all the time. You don't. Sorry, it's on YOU to deal with your impulsive need to know, not Byron Buxton.
  19. nicksaviking
    They've scored three runs or fewer eight of their 13 games. And they didn't even attempt to improve the offense this offseason. I just do not understand why they think they can be cute and try to improve the defense or pitching and think it will matter. It will NEVER matter meaningfully if you don't score more runs. It's like the league deadened the ball after 2019 and the Twins said, 'Oh we'll show them, we'll find a way to win some other way!' Meanwhile, MLB history continues to have never had a game where a team won while scoring zero runs......
  20. nicksaviking
    I really dislike the suburban sports stadiums. I know owners back in the day liked them because land was cheaper, and owners now like them so they can develop around them. Give me a stadium near the downtown hotels, bars and restaurants so I can walk to and explore the local flavor before and/or after the game. And find somewhere to grab a beer while I wait out traffic.
  21. nicksaviking
    I still think a pass-catching speedster is still desperately needed as a RB option on this team. Without the threat of someone being able to break big plays out in the flat, I think the other teams will continue to be able to cheat and stuff the box and blitz at will.
  22. nicksaviking
    I'm not sure about that. Keirsey has been on the MLB roster since day 1 and got his first start yesterday. If Baldelli doesn't want you to play, you're not going to play, and based on last year, it sure seems he'd prefer Martin not to play.
  23. nicksaviking
    Right, their marketing philosophy is insane. They're trying to sell tickets to out state people who live off the kinds of news programs that tell them to never go to Minneapolis or they'll be kidnapped and murdered, meanwhile the highest density population in the state, which also happens to be amongst the wealthiest populations in the state is in their backyard; walkable and full of young professionals with disposable income because they are largely without children and other responsibilities.
  24. nicksaviking
    Pretty sure we as fans are screwed either way. If the prospective buyer(s) are willing to pay 1.5B but playing hardball going up to 1.7B, I we can all but be guaranteed that these are prospective owners we do NOT want running this team.
  25. nicksaviking
    I hope you're right, but I'm skeptical. Maybe it's just because of the team I follow, but I don't see much evidence that anyone in charge cares about the long term health of this league. Everyone seems to only care about immediate gains.
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