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  1. nicksaviking
    The subjectivity and grey area that is determining an individual's personality seems like a good reason to put nearly all the emphasis on what the guy can do on the field instead of off of it. I'd rather use those leadership evaluations for the coaching staff.
  2. nicksaviking
    The guy's 39 though, I'm not putting any weight on what he did when he was 34. If he's a mid season waiver wire deal ala Colon, sure, I'm down for that. However Lackey isn't coming here on a non-guaranteed non-multimillion dollar deal; I don't know how a team that needs two top of the rotation arms could justify using a 25 man spot on him. I guess I'll add the caveat that if the Twins sign a Chatwood and trade for an Archer and Lackey's still sitting out there come February, sure, then go for it.
  3. nicksaviking
    Fine, Austin Jackson as the 4th OF and Tyler Chatwood as the #5 then. Why would anyone intentionally go out and sign a "5th starter" anyway? No team should be intentionally looking for a guy who profiles as a 5th starter, that's typically a pretty poor adjective for a guy and the spot that goes to the weakest performing member of the rotation by default. This team needs front of the rotation help. Signing Lackey is just going to mean there's 5-10M less to go toward getting the #1 and #2 that this team needs.
  4. nicksaviking
    Last year the team signed a bunch of "clubhouse" vets who's benefits were pretty entirely off-field related. While Lackey and Worth may be a slight step up from Giminez and Breslow, it's not like these guys are a big help on the field. I really hope the Twins stop doing this. Isn't Carlos Santana known as a good clubhouse guy? Surely Addison Reed has some valuable veteran leadership skills? Can't we instead start getting veteran leaders that also contribute statistically?
  5. nicksaviking
    I'd trade Dozier if another team was offering a young arm with top end upside. I don't mind keeping him though if all that's offered is another De Leon deal. I wouldn't extend him though. He's going to want a big pay day and frankly his numbers probably warrant one. But if no one is offering up much in trade, he's not going to have many free agent suitors either. It's probably a unique situation, but if the Twins want him back after 2018 he'll probably be cheaper as a free agent then he would be as an extension now.
  6. nicksaviking
    It's hard to see this team knocking off CLE, HOU, NYY and BOS without significant rotation upgrades. Even if Berrios does what we hope he does, they're still way out-classed. 35-year-old Santana who got by on smoke and mirrors last year is sure to disappoint anyone who's counting on him to be more than a low end #3. I agree you don't have to get today's big-time starters, but then you better be able to identify and acquire tomorrow's.
  7. nicksaviking
    I highly doubt any team is going to view Diaz as a middle infield candidate. How many teams even carry a bench player who is strictly confined to playing 1B anymore? Let alone a guy who certainly can't hit MLB pitching. No one cares about first base anymore. You can get a half dozen guys who can post a .750 OPS for a couple million bucks each year in free agency. It has become an afterthought of a position; these days the Rule V is mostly made up of pitchers with a handful of defensive minded middle infielders and toolsy outfielders.
  8. nicksaviking
    Particularly considering how affordable veteran corner bats are these days.
  9. nicksaviking
    I'd kind of hate to lose Bard, I started to really like his numbers last year. But frankly, there doesn't look to be a big need for consternation this year. For a team that made the playoffs there looks to be a whole lot of players on the 40-man who should be removed regardless of the Rule V needs.
  10. nicksaviking
    I agree. On the other hand if it was the White Sox in that situation and they had a tempting 60-day DLer..... we'll screw 'em!
  11. nicksaviking
    I like Polanco, and he started to show some pop too, but I'm willing to package some of the middle infield depth to get a good pitcher. I wouldn't be in favor of trading JUST Polanco (or Gordon, or Escobar, or Javier etc.) because I have no interest in the kind of pitchers a singular player on the Twins end would return, but I'm open to moving any of them in a package for someone with +potential.
  12. nicksaviking
    The guy who was pitching the best since the trade deadline, who was keeping the ball on the ground and striking guys out as opposed to the aging vet who's wheels were clearly falling off, extremely HR prone against a HR happy team in a HR happy park and who was coasting along based on a reputation gained from success found only in the early months and which every statistic showed and later proved was unsustainable? Yeah, yeah.
  13. nicksaviking
    He should have been starting game 163 at Yankee Stadium. He was the team's best starter the last two months.
  14. nicksaviking
    All three 1B finalists are free agents. If I was a conspiracy nut I'd think the MLBPA gave the BBWA recommendations of who to choose to try to help inflate the importance of a position that in recent years has seen a decrease in value and pay due to it's perception of being minimally important in this new era of focusing on defense. Good thing I'm not a conspiracy nut! But good news for those of you that are, Mauer is a lock for the award next year!
  15. nicksaviking
    Maybe I read the tea leaves wrong, but I assumed when the Twins hired Falvey the idea was to do what Cleveland did; identify and procure a young stable of arms before they hit their peak and every other team wanted them.
  16. nicksaviking
    If you wait and he improves next year as much as he improved this year it's going to be more than double the projected cost. Seth's two free agent years are basically 2/$20M. That's what you pay #4 starters these days, the Twins are already used to eating money for far inferior pitchers.
  17. nicksaviking
    I can't imagine Kintzler or Belisle get big bucks though this year. I want velocity and I want strikeouts. I want free agents that can offer those things, otherwise I'd rather go with the young guys who can.
  18. nicksaviking
    Agree. It's more important for the acquisitions to be smart and projective then "safe" and presumptuous. You're bringing a guy to a new team in a new ballpark with new coaches and a new atmosphere. Don't expect the same results.
  19. nicksaviking
    I think this team needs to do better than shooting for another Santana, and in my view Lynn, an NL lifer with middling strikeout numbers isn't as good as Santana. The problem with these second or third tier starters like Lynn, Cobb, Santana, Nolasco, Pelfrey and Hughes is that they've had just enough success to get rewarded with a multi-year big-time deal so they're going to stick with what they know and what got them there; they aren't going to get better, you just have to pray they don't get worse. You want to get a guy who has the ability to lead a staff but Darvish won't come near Minnesota? Buy or trade for the guys who at one time had promise but who have recently struggled yet still have good stuff. The guys who find success after having had their teeth kicked in yet had too much pride not to keep pushing or to try another approach are the guys who make the difference for clubs who can't get the big names.
  20. nicksaviking
    That might just end up being the hand we're dealt. The free agent crop is terrible outside of one pitcher all 30 teams want. I hope there are trades available, but we'll never really know who's actually for sale. I'm not at all being a defeatist particularly after seeing this team make the post season this year, but I don't want cosmetic fixes now just so some one can pretend and act like they tried.
  21. nicksaviking
    I'd like a front line guy but is there one in free agency aside from Darvish?
  22. nicksaviking
    How's the baseball temperature in Portland Mike? Portland bumping Colorado for the eighth slot in the west looks to be screwing all the realignment attempts. Sorry to stereotype, but are all those young hipsters really into baseball?
  23. nicksaviking
    Except for the Twins who lose the game revenue and have way more travel. That's a recipe for having the lowest payroll in baseball.
  24. nicksaviking
    How about Vancouver instead? Then you'd get your Pacific Northwest team and your Canadian team all in one package. Then you can do whatever is the biggest market lacking a team. But I vote no on all of this business. I'm not against change, but I am against my team getting shafted and nothing in this proposal looks beneficial to the Twins. Is rather go the relocation route as sad as I'd feel for some of those fans.
  25. nicksaviking
    I think it's just the fact that almost everyone (except Mauer and Kepler?) have changed their swing plane. So many guys have made a concerted effort to lift the ball. Batting averages are down and strikeouts are up meaning the batters are willing to give up outs for the increased power. Just like making sure to get the free out on a sac bunt, the other team has to take advantage.
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