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  1. nicksaviking
    Right but that's just your pride talking. The Twins won't be handcuffed by overpaying and missing on a guy at this point. This team will not be anywhere near payroll limitations for a long time. Is it 4 years at $15? 5 years at $12 million? 6 years at $10? The first two options pay the highest per year but the risk is minimized by the years. For four or even five years the Twins will have no payroll concerns. That is not too much of a risk, particularly considering very few usable free agent pitchers come available any longer and they go for much more than this. Besides, I am so tired of the Twins nickle and diming the free agent market. I'd rather take a shot at a front line starter at $12 million per season than play it safe with three or four replacement level vets like this team always does. This front office needs to seriously start asking themselves why they'd rather sign a replacement level group of players like Correia, Pelfrey and Carroll as opposed to one pitcher for the same amount. Here we are sitting in June and all three of those guys could already be replaced by league minimum salaried players in AAA. This free agency tactic is much more monetarily wasteful but the Twins front office is blind to this fact.
  2. nicksaviking
    It's not a lock that only 5 closers go either. The starters in the AL are not overly impressive this year. Assuming the choice comes down to Jim Lelaynd, I wonder if any gamesmanship could be at play. He surely wouldn't slight a guy a spot simply because he plays for a rival, but the Tigers are in desperate need of a closer. If the Tigers think there is even a chance that they will later persue Perkins, would they want to let Terry Ryan negotiate with the ammo that Lelaynd himself already labled Perkins as a top closer in the league and chose him over closers X, Y and Z?
  3. nicksaviking
    I'd hope Salcedo doesn't take up a 40-man spot. What about Lester Oliveros though? I believe if a player is out an entire year with an injury the team doesn't lose an option year but I don't know that they push back the Rule V requirements.
  4. nicksaviking
    Leonel Zazueta has to make it to the majors, what an awesome name.
  5. nicksaviking
    Interest from the WBC.
  6. nicksaviking
    I bet Billy Bullock would be available.
  7. nicksaviking
    If I remember right, Brito held some kind of career HR record at some point. Maybe the PCL career leader in HR? He was the Anthony Slama of the early 1990's. People who knew of him couldn't understand why this team wouldn't call up such a prolific minor league slugger. Edit: I found this article, at the time he was the active minor league career HR leader. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19940629&id=0gkkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uuwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4958,7335784 And there totally was a Free Brito movement. Led by Brito. Further Edit: I'm such a nerd. The article also dropped the names of Scott Stahoviak, Rich Becker, Eddie Guardado, Denny Hocking, Pat Meares, Dave Stevens, Marty Cordova and Scott Ullger and that put a smile on my face. Why did reading about those guys give me so much joy when watching most of them acutally play baseball usually gave me the opposite feeling.
  8. nicksaviking
    I think it's because this team has decided against carrying 3 catchers. It's the downfall of so many great clubs.
  9. nicksaviking
    Still not as terrible as Tommy Herr.
  10. nicksaviking
    He and Lester Oliveros are the last links to the Chuck Knoblauch trade tree. I'm hoping he gets hot and the Twins trade him to grow another branch or so.
  11. nicksaviking
    Vesting option it is. So a trade for him would only be a rental and last I heard his season is in jeopordy.
  12. nicksaviking
    Halladay is a free agent after the season. Unless you are talking about picking up the option. In that case you could likely still offer $10 million on the FA market and still be top dollar. If $10 million doesn't cut it, surely $15 would.
  13. nicksaviking
    Yeah rehab assignments still are included in MLB service time. Of course they could still demote him, but I don't think that's the right move.
  14. nicksaviking
    If only, white elephants can at least manage a .240 batting average.
  15. nicksaviking
    He sure is an interesting case and one of the few Twins to win the MVP. There's probably a good chance no other SS will win the MVP and lead the league in strikeouts in the same season again.
  16. nicksaviking
    Is that money earmarked for something else? Most of the youngsters won't even be arbitration eligible by the time that contract expires. I like Gallardo, but I want someone who is under team control longer than 2014. If an extension could be worked out I'd be interested assuming the prospect haul isn't disgusting, which it may be.
  17. nicksaviking
    Of course if a team has spent most of it's money, there is little negotiation available. I'm not sure what the remainder of the Twins alotment is but hypothetically, if they had already spent most of it (insert 'Twins are Cheap' joke here) then the three late signing collegiate guys, and future teammates, would be fighting for the remaining pool and one or two would be forced to take less than deserved if one was to demand more. Of course the awkwardness would be compounded in this case seeing as two of the three are current teammates.
  18. nicksaviking
    Is the HR a substitute for the decapitation? Or does Bradley get his head lopped off as well?
  19. nicksaviking
    Not bad. Bradley jumped Sano from their preseason rankings but with all the pitching prospects already called up, they'd probably need to bump some arms to balance out the list. Coming into the season, BP had Sano at one of his lower rankings at 22; nice jump.
  20. nicksaviking
    Tavares? Bogaerts? Who else is ahead of Sano? Most of the top prospects heading into the year have disappointed or at the very least been less impressive than last year.
  21. nicksaviking
    My mistake, I thought Vasquez was released, not demoted. Tell me more about this Blackburn character, he sounds intreguing and I must know more.
  22. nicksaviking
    Check out the game threads if you are worried about being off topic.
  23. nicksaviking
    His K numbers have increased quite a bit lately, though I was under the impression he was just another soft tossing lefty. I wouldn't think he would be able to come anywhere close to duplicating those numbers at the majors but I guess you never know until you try.
  24. nicksaviking
    Not to mention that while Permelee's less than acceptable 2013 MLB OPS is .703 it's not exactly being dwarfed by Doumit's .718 or Willingham's .751 nor Morneau's .725 for that matter. Numbers that unexciting and uninspiring should probably encourage the team to give more playing time to the youngest guy, who also happens to be under contract the longest.
  25. nicksaviking
    Yeah, SS is definately a target for the international market, good breakdown. It's a little more difficult than just signing them though. Simiarly to HS, just about every top infielder is listed as a SS right now even though most or many will likely end up at 2B/3B. Watching this year's draft, I don't think it's a surprise that seldom does a collegiate SS end up being a top player. Teams don't seem to hesitate to pick HS shortstops and give them above slot bonuses even though they don't show much ability with the bat. The postion is pretty picked over by the time the college guys are eligible. When the international draft finally occurs, I don't think it will it be a surprise if a third of the guys drafted in the first round are Carribean shortstops.
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