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  1. nicksaviking
    Aren't signing old guys and relying on the guys they have two different approaches? I agree, signing old guys isn't a great idea, but last year once the dumped the old guys, the young guys they already had pitched pretty well.
  2. nicksaviking
    I haven't heard anyone make that arguement. One was a move for next year, one was a move for this year. No one is compelled to like both or dislike both. Personally I'm in the camp of liking the Pineda deal and being underwhelmed by the Rodney deal.
  3. nicksaviking
    I'm all for getting some big bad bullpen pieces, but once this team finally dumped Haley and Breslow and started relying on Hildnberger, Busenitz and Rogers, the pen was pretty solid. Heck yeah, lets improve it, but this team's Achilles heel is clearly the rotation.
  4. nicksaviking
    This signing would (?will?) be more agreeable to me if he was (?is?) part of a back-of-the-rotation package that was (?is?) being brought in, like what the Rockies did with Shaw, McGee and perhaps Holland, the Phillies did with Neshek and Hunter or what the Cubs did with Cishek and Morrow. I don't know that I like Rodney solo; without being part of a package of excellent veteran relief arms, I'm going to be concerned that he's going to get way too long of a leash when it comes to the highest of leverage situations. I would not trust Molitor to pull the plug early on a veteran closer in favor of an inexperienced one.
  5. nicksaviking
    But plenty of players were traded and signed as free agents during that window and they are added to the acquiring team's 40 man, it's just that unlike the guys who were originally on the 40-man, the new guys being added can't be removed until spring.
  6. nicksaviking
    I'd think it would be the opposite. On the off chance the Twins DID end up making a deal for Cole, people will be pointing out that Pittsburgh obviously had interest in Burdi and the Twins wasted an asset that could have been used to make the deal happen.
  7. nicksaviking
    OK, you have me interested. I don't like losing Burdi and Bard, and they had the roster spots for all three, but I'm happy to see an actual flame thrower in the Twins bullpen. Since he's a Rule V pick, the team is actually going to be forced to put him on the MLB roster instead of bidding their time with him in the minors until he proves to be too injured or too ineffective as has been tradition with this club.
  8. nicksaviking
    I would think that he would have to be placed on the 40-man but just like any other 40-man additions after the rosters were set, he'd have to remain on it until spring training, which shouldn't be an issue considering that's the same position he is in now.
  9. nicksaviking
    So Philadelphia traded Burdi to Pittsburgh for international cap space? Why didn't the Twins do that last week? I don't see what would have prevented them from doing so.
  10. nicksaviking
    I thought Kintzler's wife was passive aggressively nixing his return to Minnesota. Though she wanted him to go to AZ so who knows what to make of this. I had very little interest in a Kintzler reunion myself, I think this team needs to beef up it's strikeout numbers not lessen them. Also, I'd prefer not to revisit the days of "we're putting the band back together". In terms of the Twins, my aversion to sentimentality is very strong these days, I'd go out of my way to avoid it. Not that I'm not getting quite anxious about all the quality bullpen arms that are going elsewhere, I'm disappointed; just not disappointed in this one.
  11. nicksaviking
    I'm actually more disappointed in losing Bard. He was finally healthy, putting up big strikeout numbers in the high minors and could have been a contributor right away had he pitched like he did last year. Luckily both Philly and the Angels have been making fairly aggressive noise this offseason, hopefully they both are competitive this year and can't afford to waste a 25-man spot if either struggle. This Kinley signing looks completely bizarre. His numbers look so pedestrian and his lack of success above A ball is clear. He looks like such an unnatural selection that I can make no other conclusions other than someone in the front office has some deep dive knowledge about this guy or they just picked a name out of a hat.
  12. nicksaviking
    The league's best relievers are starting to look like they're forming an NBA team. The best ones seem to be joining up on one team to form a super duo or trio. As a team that doesn't even have a solo, it's a little discouraging. Maybe the Twins DO have to make one or two of their own to attract others.
  13. nicksaviking
    I guess I would just say to those concerned about Pineda and the 2019 payroll: if the Twins actually get to a point where his $8 is actually a hinderance, it almost certainly means they've been filling out lots of new contracts, in which case I'm almost certainly going to be happy anyway.
  14. nicksaviking
    It's $8M in 2019 a year in which the Twins currently have a total of $21M committed to the books. I can think of quite a few scenarios where this signing could be a boon to the club. The only one I can think of that is a detriment is if the Twins had been planning on signing Manny Machado and Clayton Kershaw in 2019.
  15. nicksaviking
    I would like to think so, but it seems that is starting to become a bit of an antiquated philosophy. The elite teams are starting to amass two to three guys for the back of their pen whom five years ago would have all been considered closer material. These guys seem to understand that they're going to be more recognizable on a big market winning club than they will racking up saves for a loser in the sticks. Not that the Twins are a loser, just that promising a guy save opportunities doesn't appear to carry the same value as it used to.
  16. nicksaviking
    I like the move a lot. FB with plus velocity a slider and a change. No CB but otherwise he looks like the kind of starter that Cleveland has had success showing patience with as of late.
  17. nicksaviking
    Wait, the winter meetings have already started? That can't be accurate because...... We typically would lock or merge threads but this is an article not a one-off conversation thread. ****I wouldn't normally post this in a forum and would instead send a PM as I wouldn't want to derail the discussion but I can see where this might be a situation where many people are perplexed.
  18. nicksaviking
    Hmmm, so I guess their friends. And one of them got non-tendered? Oops. Guess this team should be shopping Garver and resigning Giminez.
  19. nicksaviking
    As one of the few good lefties available in free agency and on the trade block, I'd have to think the Twins would be pretty interested in Danny Duffy. As far as lefties go, all they have are the largely unproven Mejia and the even more unproven Gonsalves as rotation options, both of whom probably make pretty solid trade bait as well.
  20. nicksaviking
    I guess I can't recall what the injuries were so perhaps they were flukish, but he did miss about 1/3 of a season both in 2016 and 2014.
  21. nicksaviking
    Archer has been through the ringer of the AL East and has still come away as one of the division's top starters. He also misses a boatload of bats. Cole's consistency, injury history and lifetime in the NL makes me nervous. Plus the four years instead of two is huge. The fact that Archer is on such a small contract could also mean he'd be amenable to ripping up that contract and increasing his current base pay in exchange for adding on a couple of years, should the team want to extend him that is.
  22. nicksaviking
    If that's serious I'd like the think the Twins have already gotten confirmation that Chris Archer won't be traded because I can't see the Twins winning that sweepstakes without Gordon.
  23. nicksaviking
    They are too poor if your current "ace" is 120th during that time period.* I don't think many teams will go very far in the playoffs when they have to classify thier #1 as "top 50" in anything. *Even as a Santana denier, I was pretty surprised I had to go all the way to the bottom of page four to find him in starter FIP during that range.
  24. nicksaviking
    I'm always a guy who loves the prospects and wants to hoard them (but not now, I want to cash in for the big prizes) and I've been thrilled with Gonsalves' development, but for a guy who is supposed to be polished and have good control, he throws so many pitches. In the minors he can get guys to chase off the plate, in the majors he can't count on that. Berrios did that too, it took a demotion and some re-tooling then he came back up, attacked the zone and did well. However, Berrios has great stuff and can still miss bats while throwing within the zone, Gonsalves doesn't have have the same stuff, I think it's pretty unlikely he finds himself at the top of the rotation.
  25. nicksaviking
    Personally, I don't have nearly as much faith in Gonsalves as others do, I don't think he becomes a top end pitcher. He throws way too many pitches against minor league competition.
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