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  1. 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.
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    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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
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    Hmmm, so I guess their friends. And one of them got non-tendered? Oops. Guess this team should be shopping Garver and resigning Giminez.
  6. 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.
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    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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. nicksaviking
    Corner outfielders are a dime a dozen on the free agent market, I like Rosario better so I'd try to keep him, but if he or Kepler's youth and control are attractive to other clubs shopping top end starters, I'm all ears. I like Garver too, but he's a backup catcher, this club has made it pretty clear how much it values Castro's defense, Garver won't be starting for at least two years barring injury.
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    They are young and very controllable, position or ability aside, they profile as the type of MLB ready players rebuilding teams always ask for.
  15. nicksaviking
    I'd include Gonsalves in a package for any good arm, it wouldn't take much to convince me to move Romero and/or Gordon as well. I'd be actively shopping Kepler and I would be willing to move Polanco from the MLB roster without too much hesitation. I like Garver but have a hard time seeing the club letting him usurp Castro any time in the next two years so I'd be willing to include him in a package as well. I'd also be willing to move Mejia, but since he's the only MLB ready lefty starter there probably would need to be a replacement for him in the cards. Lewis, Buxton, Sano, Berrios (and obviously Brent Rooker) are probably my only untouchables when it comes to getting front line starters. And I might cave on Lewis if it's for someone truly exceptional.
  16. nicksaviking
    Yes, unfortunately for teams like the Twins who have historically failed to create their own front line starters it is. I want a World Series trophy, the pitchers in the organization can't match up with the elite AL teams. What choice is there but last resort?
  17. nicksaviking
    At this point with absolutely no one on the MLB staff or prospects in the minors that can line up with Chris Sale, Justin Verlander, Corey Kluber or Luis Severino in a one game playoff? Yeah, absolutely. I'm done with early exit playoff appearances the status quo isn't cutting it for me. I don't care about the back end of that deal if it will give the Twins a shot to win in the front end.
  18. nicksaviking
    So Drew Hutchison or Jacob Turner then? 28-year-old free agents starters are rare. Useful ones are even more rare.
  19. nicksaviking
    If it was a positive result, then maybe it was an astute move? If not astute, than perhaps just dumb luck? The bullpen improved once Kintzler was gone, but it doesn't much matter. We can argue about the Twins deadline moves all off season but I don't see how they made a lick of difference. The Twins were heading into the playoffs with a high contact, homer-prone Ervin Santana leading the way while the other clubs were leading off with Sale, Verlander, Severino and Kluber. Getting upset about Kintzler and Garcia is like getting into a car accident because you ran a red light and the cop at the scene says, "Hey, your tail light is out too." No matter how it's sliced, Kintzler, Garcia and the tail light had nothing to do with the wreck of the post season.
  20. nicksaviking
    The relievers were just fine in that game it was Santana and Berrios that gave up seven runs in five innings. Adding a veteran bat and a solid reliever wouldn't have helped, they needed a front of the rotation starter, and unless it was truly possibly to get Justin Verlander to waive his no trade clause to go to Minnesota when he knew that he could go to a better spot in Houston, there didn't appear to be any options for the Twins. Early exits will continue to happen if the team doesn't significantly beef up the front of the rotation. If they don't do it this off season I'm going to be disappointed, but it did not appear possible to do what was necessary last July to actually win a championship.
  21. nicksaviking
    Under normal situations I'd agree, but if the players association has the same understanding that we fans do; that Mauer will not be able to drum up any kind of bidding war because he won't play anywhere but Minnesota or possibly TB, they might come to the conclusion that Mauer really only has any kind of leverage over his next contract while he's still playing out his current contract. Not that I'm in favor of an extension, I'm ready to move on. Nothing against Joe.
  22. nicksaviking
    The Marte situation reminds me of the Brady Aiken situation a few years ago when everyone was ripping on the Astros for trying to screw over the #1 pick and making him take a minimum deal due to "bogus" medical evaluations, then they turned out to be right as he quickly blew out his elbow.
  23. nicksaviking
    Considering the past front office lived and died by pitch-to-contact methods and made little attempt to intentionally increase MLB strikeout numbers, I seriously doubt they sent out any memos telling Gibson to lessen his sinker usage.
  24. nicksaviking
    Nobody is convinced, but if you're seriously asking why there is optimism from 2017 when folks were fooled in 2015 look at the dynamically different pitch usage his last two months of this past year: http://www.brooksbaseball.net/outcome.php?player=502043&b_hand=-1&gFilt=&pFilt=FA|SI|FC|CU|SL|CS|KN|CH|FS|SB&time=month&minmax=ci&var=pcount&s_type=2&startDate=03/30/2007&endDate=12/06/2017 Considering the change coincided with the return from a recent demotion, it looks like he finally got the memo to lay off his bad sinker.
  25. nicksaviking
    I'm always excited about a velocity jump but the effectiveness very well could be due to the secondary pitch. Though I'd think any velocity increase would also benefit a slider and a slider always does seem to be part of the package of starters turned good relievers.
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