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  1. nicksaviking
    Trolling is expressly prohibited on Twins Daily.
  2. nicksaviking
    Ah, but will the front office stand behind the left side of the infield while they're taking sharp grounders?
  3. nicksaviking
    All fair points and comps I'm sure. I've been pretty consistent for quite awhile now though, I don't trust nor particularly want 30-year-old pitchers. Nearly to a man they've already peaked.
  4. nicksaviking
    It seems to me guys start losing velocity after only a few seasons into their career. Maybe 1.5-2MPH is the norm but I don't know that 3 is a huge outlier. He's 28 in people years but he's been in the majors a decade; in pitcher years he's like 34.
  5. nicksaviking
    Breaking and offspeed pitches? So he's working on his curve AND his change? Or is he just working on his change which could be considered breaking and offspeed? Because he has barely thrown his changeup in five years. Either way, good luck to him, he's going to need at least one of the two pitches and they're going to have to be good if the other pitches are a sub 90MPH heater and a cutter. Hughes' curve hasn't been very good since he was a rookie, so if he has figured something out, more power to him. Sabathia's best pitch is his slider though and it always has been.
  6. nicksaviking
    Sadly, your concern makes too much sense. If the same guy has nearly the exact same players from last year, why would we expect him to use them differently?
  7. nicksaviking
    Phew, 90 games is about all I could probably handle this year anyway!
  8. nicksaviking
    His career .632 OPS is slightly below corner infield expectations.
  9. nicksaviking
    Hmmm, hope Molitor doesn't need a pinch hitter anytime soon.
  10. nicksaviking
    I'll also be in the minority and not be upset about one more chance for Tonkin. But Molitor HAS to go along with new ideas. The role a guy plays simply cannot be based on his experience but instead on his skill set. Just because a guy is a veteran doesn't mean he has the ability to work high leverage situations. If you can't miss bats you shouldn't be called into the game with a runner on 3rd and one out. Tonkin had issues last year, still, if you absolutely needed a strikeout he was pretty much the only one in the pen who had that ability. Sometimes that means he has to pitch in a tight spot, it's just how the game works.
  11. nicksaviking
    Funny you mention that, I almost included Herr in my post to preemptively acknowledge it doesn't always work, but I figured no one would make that connection. Ya got me!
  12. nicksaviking
    I remember back in the day when the Twins traded for Shannon Stewart and Luis Castillo. The Twins didn't just acquire them because of the position they played, but because they filled a specific need in the lineup. It doesn't seem like the Twins have done much of that lately.
  13. nicksaviking
    That Paul Molitor is summoning is inner Al Haig. "As of now, I am in control here, in the Twins Club House, pending return of the Vice President of Baseball Operations and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course." So glad you'd check with him.
  14. nicksaviking
    I don't necessarily disagree with this paragraph or your post in total, but once again using Phil Hughes as an example, he's been bad for two years, is now on the wrong side of 30 and has seen a large drop in velocity. History would surely show there is much less chance of him bouncing back than there is of a prospect being successful. Now the front office may have other interests than the fans such as managing a bad contract, but he still is getting every benefit of the doubt over the young guys due to nothing that he has done on the field. Baseball isn't like other industries, we know that due to physical limitations caused be age and repeated injuries that youth is and should be a huge advantage but it's not treated that way. Not just with the Twins, I'm not singling them out.
  15. nicksaviking
    I get it and we do tend to want to give the young players the benefit of the doubt, but I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that it's almost always a completion between young vs veteran and the veteran seems to always get the playing field slanted in their favor even when recent production and age should probably dictate otherwise. Cheering for the underdog in a rigged contest is a pretty natural reaction.
  16. nicksaviking
    Ha, please let that be a scout for the White Sox! It's a real shame that rival scout's team couldn't muster $1.5M to match the Braves offer to gain the rights to Kurt Suzuki.
  17. nicksaviking
    I understand those who don't want a rebuild, but it's really hard not to roll one's eyes when bringing in vets to go for the "trying to win now" strategy basically boils down to Castro, Giminez, Beslise, Breslow, Stubbs and Vogelsong. No rational baseball mind is going to say a defensive only catcher and 5 DFA candidates is what a 100 loss team needs to contend. If that's the kind of effort put into free agency, is there really much downside to going for the rebuild?
  18. nicksaviking
    I can see it considering the skill set, but Granite is considerably bigger than Revere or Dyson. I'd think that would translate into a greater ability to drive the ball instead of slap them into the turf should someone advise him on a different approach. Not that someone necessarily would, just that there is greater potential to do so than a more slight guy. I actually think the Dozier comp in the title is more apt than we recall. Prior to his demotion Dozier was much more of a high contact slap hitter. He significantly changed his approach only after his original MLB demotion.
  19. nicksaviking
    After watching Buxton's success last off season, I think I'd like to see these speed guys stop using their speed by intentionally hitting grounders and trying to beat them out and instead drive the ball and turn singles into doubles and doubles into triples.
  20. nicksaviking
    If for some reason they had some kind of Chris Sale comp in mind I could see them doing it. Maybe there's a development angle we're not privy to. Unlikely, but we're largely in the dark on this one. I'm not a huge fan of the move but I will admit that doing this right now raises many fewer red flags than if they did it mid-season. Not that there still aren't plenty of red flags. I just really hope this isn't all driven by Jay. Say, he prefers closing but knows he's not getting drafted high if he doesn't tell teams he wants to start. Probably not the case but it's lingering in the back of my mind.
  21. nicksaviking
    I would prefer Berrios in the rotation over Mejia but I'd like them both. Putting Mejia in first might accomplish that goal fastest simply because everyone wants Berrios to get a spot so he's less likely to be held back by a semi-competent veteran starter. Also, the Twins likely will insist on having at least one lefty in the rotation, so if Mejia performs fine at the onset, it will be easier for the Twins to make other arrangements with Santiago.
  22. nicksaviking
    I don't like 30-year-old pitchers, there's nowhere to go but down. I'm also in the camp that spending on position players is a better move. If the team still can't develop their own arms, I'd rather trade for a young arm, even if it's a painful trade. Or you know, the team could instead spend the money needed to make the team's scouting and development of pitchers the cream of the crop in the league. How much would it actually cost to steal other teams best scouts and minor league instructors? It's probably a pittance compared to what they'd pay for even a back of the rotation starter.
  23. nicksaviking
    I think you mean Tim Salmon.
  24. nicksaviking
    And now that the strikezone is being raised this year there might be a greater emphasis to pitch up in the zone regardless of upper-cut swings.
  25. nicksaviking
    You just have to put in a year there then you are eligible to get hired by the D-backs.
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