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  1. nicksaviking
    Maybe, but considering he was immediately placed in a short season league I'm doubtful. Only four other college age pitchers chosen in the first two rounds have taken the mound as a pro but are not currently in Low A or higher.
  2. nicksaviking
    Ha, you got me! Good point, I guess I assumed there was a good chance he wasn't going to pitch until June anyway and I was just happy it ended up being in Low A as opposed to Rookie League.
  3. nicksaviking
    I'm not sure what type of response is appropriate for this write up. I'll just say, Good luck Tanner
  4. nicksaviking
    I agree, and mostly because there are generally a half dozen free agents who have closer experience.
  5. nicksaviking
    No, I agree, you get a lemon once in awhile, but the track record of finding a closer, especially in the Twins case, is much better than finding players at any other position. Except for the rare hiccup (Matt Capps, Trombley) the Twins have had pretty reliable chain of closers since Davis, nearly 30 years ago. Reardon-Aguilera-Guardado-Nathan-Perkins, with 11 All-Star games amongst them. Likely, if other guys had been installed as closer, they would have finished with a similar number of saves. The only reason Davis is so widely remembered as a bust, was because they incredibally did not pull the plug on him. And it's teams who have the Ron Davis' that hopefully will be willing to trade for a new closer instead of looking internally.
  6. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I make that trade with no questions asked. Which means surely the Orioles would not be interested.
  7. nicksaviking
    Well there have been threads regarding this. I would be willing to trade Perkins; I like him as a player and I'm proud the Twins have one of the best in the league, but closers are expendable and manufacturable. In fact, I'd like Ryan to get out front of a new movement and turn the Twins into a closer factory before other teams realize the con. Trade one and just promote the next hardest throwing guy. Sometimes you get a Perkins, sometimes you get an Eddie Guardado. Maybe the next time you get a Mike Trombley, but then you just cast him aside and go on to the next guy. Not all closers are equal in terms of ability and dominance, but the results vary very little. Almost all of them regularly get the job done, most guys don't blow that many saves. The difference between most closers and the other hard throwers in the bullpen is all too often just the title, however in a trade, having the title "closer" brings back a much bigger return.
  8. nicksaviking
    This team has chosen dirty uniforms grinding pitchers over flash time and time again. I'm not saying it isn't admirable, but I don't think it's a winning formula in professional baseball. Fortunately they are getting the combo platter lately due to drafting high.
  9. nicksaviking
    After the first two posts I don't think anyone is complaining about this. The thread seems to be filled with support and a few awkward hypotheticals.
  10. nicksaviking
    Nice article Nick. I wonder what would have happened had Ryan talked to Sano before Smith had? Obviously it would have been odd for the manager not to talk to the player first, but if Smith does have a history of being difficult, disrespect from a player is probably not uncommon. The attitude with the GM is probably the surprising part. However, Sano thought he was in the right to show up a former teammate he had a dust up with, and if he had already gotten into hot water for mouthing off to the coach who he may or may not like, stubbornnes for his cause likely would have caused him to carry the same tune with the GM. Had Ryan, with whom Sano presumably does not have an issue, calmly and civilly talked to Sano first (again which would have been odd) he very likely would not have gotten the same hot headed response that Sano had already created to defy the manager he may or may not like.
  11. nicksaviking
    I'd like to hear what kind of inning schedule the Twins have for Stewart over the next couple of years. I assume they already have a few numbers in mind. At this time I would think the Berrios model is what the Twins will follow which would mean Beloit next June.
  12. nicksaviking
    I don't think it was a performance issue, I think it was his insistance to do things how he wanted to do them. AZ ended up shipping him off because he didn't fit their ideal which has been reported as players who fit into the Kurt Gibson mold. That mold is basically the Twins model. Obviously both teams would take talent and hard work if they came in the same package, but they seem to prefer gritty hard nosed players over God-given talent.
  13. nicksaviking
    After what happened with Arizona's top prospect Trevor Bauer last year, it should probably at least be in the back of the front office's mind. I don't believe there is anyone here who thinks Sano should get special treatment for being a special prospect. Yet this implies that if he ends up being a HOF'er his actions should be excused.
  14. nicksaviking
    I don't think most people think Sano should not have been punished. I think the issue is the severity. At some point does the humbling lesson turn into a bridge burning dust up?
  15. nicksaviking
    Yes because it speaks volumes! He's not most proud of a move that improved the team. He's most proud of a move that saved money. Whether the move was demanded by ownersip is moot, he's most proud of it none-the-less. If the goal is to win ball games this did nothing to advance toward those goals.
  16. nicksaviking
    Then if asked, I'm sure you wouldn't say that was the code you were most proud of.
  17. nicksaviking
    I was ok with the Thome gesture, but you were the one who said life was about more than squeezing every last dime out of a deal, something that Ryan clearly doesn't agree with judging by this article. In any case, Bill Smith traded Thome, not Ryan.
  18. nicksaviking
    This is another issue those critical of Ryan and the front office get pounded on. Ryan is most proud of something negative he dropped from the team as opposed to a trade where he added something positive. Yet his glass-half-empty viewpoint is getting defend by those who criticize others for having a glass-half-empty viewpoint regarding Ryan himself.
  19. nicksaviking
    Which is what many of us critical of Ryan and the ownership say, yet we get pounded by those who say that it's a business and they can make as much damn money as they want. Did you not read the reason why Ryan was most proud of the Erickson trade? You can't defend both trades with the same logic.
  20. nicksaviking
    Nice link. Nothing better than an article that starts my blood boiling on a Saturday morning. If this wasn't Berardino I'd think it was made up or a mis-quote. Our GM actually is most proud of the move that only helped shed payroll. Wow. This gives little hope that the Twins will eat any of Morneau's contract in exchange for a better prospect. Additionally, there is no rule that Liriano had to be traded right at the deadline, there were plenty of us saying last year that he should be moved ASAP before he had his blowup moment. Others were saying his value wouldn't have changed much, Ryan clearly believed it did.
  21. nicksaviking
    So, who you got winning the Super Bowl? Oh, uhhhhh. Right. Aaaaawkward.
  22. nicksaviking
    I think you can mention doug fister, you just can't mention how you use one.
  23. nicksaviking
    Points all his own sitting way up high.
  24. nicksaviking
    The total contract is big for a mid-rotation guy, but $8 million per year really isn't. I wonder about that #3 starter stuff though. Kind of strange it came out in the week leading up to his signing. Seems to me things like that might get passed around with the intent to drive his price down or chase other teams away. Most guys with 96 mph fastballs have higher upside, particularly guys who throw 96 mph while still shaking two years of rust off.
  25. nicksaviking
    Pelfrey may be tempted to turn down a qualifying offer, but no team will be willing to pay him AND give the Twins a draft pick. How disappointed would we be if the free agent signing the Twins made this offseason was Pelfrey, and it cost them a high pick? He would surely be forced to accept the offer. I think the QO is too much for a #4 starter, but I could care less either way. It's not like the Twins are going to be spending that money elsewhere. Overpaying for a #4 starter I suppose is preferable to what happens here most offseasons. At the very least we'd get to hear Boras cry about how unfair the system is. That would be a bonus. I'd vote no, but only because I still want to hold out some false hope this fall that the Twins would actually spend some money one a front end starter.
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