Jump to content
Our first free agents ranking has launched, click here to see the top 40+ names in free agency! ×
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

nicksaviking

Community Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    25,657

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    126

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by nicksaviking

  1. nicksaviking
    This along with the frustration over his slow pace makes me think he does not have a long leash.
  2. nicksaviking
    Well it's hard to say if the Twins are already babying Pressly. He hasn't pitched much and if that's going to be the case they should perhaps check back in with Boston to see if a trade is possible to allow them to send him to Rochester. If that's off the table, cut bait with Wood. His career 4.3 K/9 isn't exactly prime bullpen material.
  3. nicksaviking
    If another OF is considered, I'd hope the Twins take into account the favorability Target Field seems to hold over right-handed sluggers as opposed to lefties.
  4. nicksaviking
    I know New Britain doesn't have the most impressive group of OF, but I'd expect an outright release for Morales over a promotion to AA. I don't think there is anything more to see here.
  5. nicksaviking
    I think the article should put to rest our concerns abut Sano being too large to play 3B. "The 6-foot-3, 195-pound native of the Dominican Republic also leads the FSL with a .375 batting average and a .734 slugging percentage. He's second with 16 RBIs, one behind T.J. Rivera of the St. Lucie Mets." He's going to need to beef up a bit to be a middle of the order bat.
  6. nicksaviking
    Nice analysis, thanks for all the effort. I have to say though, the Twins can pay lip-service to the BPA myth all they want, but if they truely have Moran over Bryant, then it's all talk. Even if they feel Bryant will move to 1B, then they would just be weighing a 3B vs a 1B and clearly Bryant is the more talented player.
  7. nicksaviking
    I'm curious about his fastball. Does anyone know, is his mid-90's fastball of the 92-94 variaty or the 94-96 kind? I'm not sure why the two MPH seems to make a huge difference but from my perspective it makes a guy much more interesting.
  8. nicksaviking
    While the Twins could trade away some International allowence to leverage a better deal from a prospective mid season trade, they also could leverage a better deal the traditional way. Eat some salary of the vet being traded. This team needs to stop looking for new ways to not spend money.
  9. nicksaviking
    I'm not an Insider. Who does he have at #3 right now? I'm seeing Meadows, Frazier and Bryant in various orders lately.
  10. nicksaviking
    If there is a concern with the vesting option on the Twins part, I'm sure it has nothing to do with money and everything to do with the roster spot. They have Escobar, Dozier and Florimon under control and on the team right now, they possibly will be looking at Santana next year and if Rosario goes the Arcia route, he'd be in the mix too.
  11. nicksaviking
    Yeah, the DH bodies are becoming passe in this generation of baseball. He'll likely have to be servicable at 1B to have a chance at making it.
  12. nicksaviking
    One would have to think the vesting option plays some part in the decision. His AB's could be suppressed now with the expectation that both middle infielders and Trevor Plouffe are far from proven. Unproductiveness or injury could press him into an every day job again at some point. I wonder if the Twins have had any discussion with Toronto about Carroll? They have had injuries and defensive issues in their middle infield and they've been looking for SS help since Reyes went down. Of course it's possible the suddenly big pocket Blue Jays are setting their sights higher than Carroll.
  13. nicksaviking
    Deduno, Gibson, Hendriks, DeVries and Hernandez all have legit claims to a rotation spot. Meanwhile Pelfery and Worley are blocking them while producing what one would expect from a AA pitcher.
  14. nicksaviking
    He's got a chance to move fast. I love the potential, he's got a chance to be a big time back-end of the bullpen arm.
  15. nicksaviking
    Fun fact: The Twins have had 2 snow outs in 2013. From 1982-2009 they had none.
  16. nicksaviking
    Like most of the guys in the Twins A leagues, Hicks has started the 2013 season off well. In 12 games he's got a slash of .349/.426/.732. Simple math shows an exciting OPS of 1.157. While his power was unexpectedly lacking last year, his 3 HR is only one off from last season's total. Additionally, while the sample size is small, his 6 BB and 5 K in 47 plate appearances is certainly encouraging.[TABLE=class: sortable stats_table] [TR=class: full hl] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
  17. nicksaviking
    Dalton (nee DJ) Hicks http://www.milb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_543306.jpg Hicks is a 6'5" 250 lb 1B drafted out of Central Florida in the 17th round of the 2012 draft. His size is indicative of his expected talents. He is an all-or-nothing hitter who, if he makes it to the majors, may very well turn out to be a true three outcome hitter. He is only suited to play 1B as he is slower than Adam Dunn with his leg caught in a bear trap, but he does possess great power potential; a quality most clubs seek in a firstbaseman. Out of high school he was drafted by the Giants in the 46th round. He went to college instead, but he was included on the Maxpreps 2008 All-American team with the likes of Danny Hultzman, Garrit Cole, Kyle Skipworth, Eric Hosmer, Tim Beckham, Casey Kelly, Zach Hood, Matt Hobgood and fellow Twins BJ Hermson and Aaron Hicks. Very strong company by any evaluation. Hicks ended last season in dramatic fashion, hitting a walk off grandslam in the decisive game of the Appalacian Leage championship. He finished the season with a .270/.382/.435 slash to go along with four HR, although the last one was probably worth more than the first three combined. The four HR was a little light for the all-or-nothing slugger but he did miss three weeks in the end of July/beginning of August.
  18. nicksaviking
    If people don't want to cut loose Rameriz, why not Tim Wood? Getting Borbon isn't too exciting, but we really shouldn't get too attached to the bottom tier of the 40-man regardless of the situation. It's like playing Rummy, don't get too attached to the cards in your hand, something has to be discarded and there's a good chance the cards your competitors are forced to discard are a better match for you.
  19. nicksaviking
    They are not that rare. This is the era of the three true outcome hitter. Everyone's striking out. Joe Mauer struck out 88 times last year for Pete's sake. 52 pitchers had a K/9 of 7.0 or higher last year. The Twins surely will have no such starter this year.
  20. nicksaviking
    2010, the Twins took Alex Wimmers, the guy everyone said would go to the Twins despite them picking 20th. How did everyone know this "nearly MLB ready" college arm would go to the Twins? Because he had no upsided and everyone knew the Twins picked for saftey, not upside in arms. Had they had the stones, they could have taken HS pitchers Jesse Biddle, Zack Cox, Aaron Sanchez, Noah Syndergaard or Tijuan Walker instead. Of the seven HS arms drafted after Wimmers, Cito Culver was converted to SS, Cam Bedrosian had TJ surgery and looks likely to bust and then these five guys who populate everyones top 100 lists. Their passive decisioning reeks with the fear of mistakes and because of this, their mistakes reek of passive decisioning.
  21. nicksaviking
    The Rangers have 45 minutes to trade Borbon. They reportedly want a pitcher with options in return for him. They also are reportedly talking to the Orioles. What kind of slap in the face would it be if the Orioles snagged him from under the Twins nose by trading Alex Burnett.
  22. nicksaviking
    Do we have to listen only to the Twins coaches? Because the other 29 teams seem to favor strikeout pitchers. My inductive reasoning tells me the more balls that are put in play means more opportunity for runners moving over on routine outs, sac flies, errors, seeing-eye-singles, Texas Leaguers, Steve Bartmans, Delmon Young pirouette triples and Jose Conseco-head-homers. All those are taken out of the equation if the ball hits the catchers mitt.
  23. nicksaviking
    I think they are opposed to A) the percieved risky price tag of strikeouts on the free agent market, the risk associated with young arms with a lot of torque which happens to generate strikeouts and C) the idea that young strikeout pitchers tend to allow too many walks. This team is just too frightened of risk. I think they are gradually getting away from , likely because they've now realized all pitchers can get hurt. Still, they need to realize allowing an extra walk a game is better then allowing an extra hit as runners don't move over two bases on a base-on-balls and the runner on 3B doesn't score unless the bases are loaded. This team is about a decade behind the rest of the league in this facet of the game.
  24. nicksaviking
    He probably would have, but if Bonds, Clemens and McGuire aren't getting in due to steriods, Andy Pettite surely won't.
  25. nicksaviking
    Hicks improved once Arcia joined him in New Britain last year. Although it was only two games, his approach at the plate the last two nights was much better after Arcia was called up to Minnesota as well. I don't have any quantitative data to back up any theory but perhaps having another young, similarly hyped rookie he is familiar with could have a positive impact on Hicks.
×
×
  • Create New...