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  1. nicksaviking
    The Reds took two position players. I'd guess the odds that Stuart is back with the Twins is probably quite a bit higher than 50%.
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    I agree, I'm getting that feeling also. On the other hand I was thinking the White Sox must have thought the same which is why they chose the Red Sox deal and here they are going right back to the Nationals and getting him for Eaton, who upon closer inspection does have a really nice contract and record of consistency. Probably a lot better player than most people would give him credit for. Still, I'm really jealous of the White Sox right now.
  3. nicksaviking
    The White Sox are about to get Lucas Giolito and others for Adam Eaton. I so hate the White Sox. On the bright side, the Sox got Eaton by trading Hector Santiago and a PTBNL. Surely the Twins can trade Santiago and a PTBNL for a similar return.
  4. nicksaviking
    Yeah, that's just insane. For one thing, they must have stopped watching baseball about the same time they were mathematically eliminated last year, that being the middle of July, because he was awful after that point just as he was at the end of his career in Washington. For another, Colorado should know by now that a hunchback with tuberculosis holding a broom handle can put up an .800 OPS in Coors Field. Why not just pay Brandon Moss a fraction of what you just gave Desmond to do practically the same thing?
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    I don't expect Molitor to talk to Sano in the offseason. I would expect there to be some organizational hierarchy that allows for easy and open communication, but that's not Molitor's job in-season let alone during the off season. I'm guessing it's the assistant to the traveling secretary.
  6. nicksaviking
    I don't think Soler has shown more power in the minors but the guy is 6'4" and goes about 225 and has a pretty powerful swing, I think it's all about projection for him, he looks like he might be a power guy. Maybe. I'm also surprised by this. Does Soler have more value than I'm giving him credit for, or does Wade Davis have less for some reason. With how much money and more importantly years Chapman, Jensen and Melancon are going to get/have got, I'd have thought there would have been a feeding frenzy for one year of Davis.
  7. nicksaviking
    That's a positive take on the situation, hope that's the angle. I'd think a veteran in this year's poor free agent pitching market would wait quite a bit longer before accepting a MiLB deal, though it looks like when he signed with the Pirates it was on Dec 3, 2015 which likely was during the winter meetings and that must have been a MiLB deal considering he only pitched in the minors for them. Or perhaps there is a trade off, he'll never get a firm guarantee that he'll start if he gets a MLB deal but it would probably be all but certain if he took a MiLB deal, and he's not ready to slot himself into the pen for the rest of his (likely short) career.
  8. nicksaviking
    It's not that Solar is a terrible player, it's that he is a poor defender and doesn't have any speed which has been what KC built their offense around. He's a square peg on a team created to accommodate round holes. The defensively flexible Javier Baez would make a lot more sense to me. Maybe now that they are going into rebuild mode they'll try another strategy. Or maybe Dayton Moore kind of lucked his way into the previous winning formula and perhaps isn't a great GM, which is what most people were saying prior to the 2014 season.
  9. nicksaviking
    Darren Wolfson tweeted (can't post from work) that the Twins are looking at Clayton Richard! Excuse me, that exclamation mark was a typo which occurred trying to clean the vomit off of my keyboard. Maybe they just want him for the pen, but after decades of having issues missing bats it's going to take me a long time to come around on guys like this. I've been conditioned to ruin my keyboard thinking about them. Also, I really hope nobody is fooled by former SD pitchers anymore. I mean the book is out that they nearly all are bad once they leave "America's Finest City".
  10. nicksaviking
    I'm interested in Pomerantz if his value is based more on his AL numbers with Boston, not his NL numbers in San Diego. Because Boston can't really pretend that the pitcher you saw last year in SD is the guy you'll be getting, no Padre pitcher has put up the same numbers after they leave that team. Not one of any significance anyway.
  11. nicksaviking
    I don't know if it has happened yet or if a player and his agent will ever come to this conclusion, but if a guy is going to accept a 1-year reclamation deal but he wants a shot at a WS ring, it might be wise to initially sign with a non-contender simply so when July comes around you know that only the real contenders will come asking to trade for you.
  12. nicksaviking
    I don't want the Twins to lose their 2nd round pick next year mostly due to its value; the Twins should be in the driver's seat at draft time and be able to game the situation due to their draft pool as the Astros have done recently. But I'd guess the idea of signing Bautista would be that you could trade him in July for prospects much better than a 2nd round pick. Problem is he's been hurt a lot lately.
  13. nicksaviking
    Also if you didn't have a stud reliever, but really any kind of average reliever who amassed a goodish amount of saves via skill, unusual circumstance or sheer dumb luck last year.
  14. nicksaviking
    I was happy the Twins attempted to get some hard throwers, there was a clear change of direction after the Alex Wimmers draft. However getting hard throwers alone clearly wasn't the solution as it did not result in missing more bats at the MLB level. I don't know what the solution was but it's clear that at least one person from each of the other 29 organizations did as no other team struggled with that issue like the Twins. This one singular issue shows why an organization can't remain insular and only try to copy league trends without having outside perspective and insight. I'm glad Falvey and Lavine are here, hopefully they keep adding others with unique visions and theories and fix most of our systemic issues.
  15. nicksaviking
    I wouldn't think so, but what would the Royals do with Solar, why would they be interested in him at all? He doesn't fit their system in any way. Not that it couldn't be mis-information slipped out there by the Cubs.
  16. nicksaviking
    I don't believe Dozier makes as much sense for the Yankees as he does for other teams as they need to use their resources to get starting pitching which isn't available the Old Yankee Way this year, that is big bucks thrown at the free agent market. I also don't believe Brian Cashman when he says he never checked in on the situation.
  17. nicksaviking
    Sounds like Dayton Moore isn't doing a very good job of reading the closer market. I hope he does trade one of the AL's best relievers to the NL for a fourth OF type who is a poor defender with no speed. Did Moore already forget what got his team to the top? I already thought KCs nice little run was ending, but this just makes no sense.
  18. nicksaviking
    I don't think removing those four and adding Sale makes the Twins a playoff team in 2017. Even if you took Sale off of the White Sox last year, that was still likely a better team than the Twins have now. I'd rather look for an ace when the team is ready to win, assuming they didn't already find one. Chris Sale on a couple of more .500 or worse teams doesn't get me excited. Also, I can't see the White Sox having any interest in taking on Santiago's salary and they'd likely just look to flip Dozier, which in all likelihood would mean a three team trade where the prospects the Twins get for Dozier go to the White Sox.
  19. nicksaviking
    From La Velle's piece: --But there's no rush here to move Dozier. If the Twins don't like the names they are hearing, they can hold on to Dozier and see who caves at the trade deadline.-- I think La Velle somehow forgot about Dozier's first two regrettable months last year. Dozier's 1st half/2nd half splits tend to be monumental and you never know which end is going to be the hot one. That doesn't make for a risk I'm overly comfortable taking, and I'm generally a risk taker when it comes to stuff like this. Unless the offers are genuinely lopsided against the Twins right now, Brian Dozier is NOT a guy I'm going into the year with assuming I'll be able to trade him for better value in July. Clearly they weren't blown away with offers last July.
  20. nicksaviking
    I'm pretty close to being convinced. I'm just going to have a hard time getting over his strikeout issues. I haven't so far heard any logical or believable explanation as to why those numbers will increase. I'm not Nick Blackburn trolling here as he had a couple of decent years, but I wouldn't lose much sleep if the team traded away a guy who profiles like him.
  21. nicksaviking
    So I'm also cool with adding other players (maybe Rosario) or taking on money (maybe Kazmir) to up the return.
  22. nicksaviking
    Unless I'm interpreting what was said during the press conference incorrectly, these guys are going to be spring training instructors with what sounds like ensuing front office positions with duties which are either yet to be determined or yet to be made public. I'm assuming their initial duties will be of the teaching variety which would make sense considering they have nearly 60 years of MLB related field experience between them. All I was saying is that I would assume that if there is a conflict between old Twins philosophies and new Twins philosophies, they would surely know to stay the course with the guys currently doing the hiring and firing.
  23. nicksaviking
    Welcome to the site! I think Peralta's defense is declining and it was never particularly good to begin with. He's also only got one year left on his deal which doesn't really help the Twins past this year. I wouldn't want to give up prospects for a rental player in a rebuilding year.
  24. nicksaviking
    I think the pushback in bringing guys back has less to do with the former players/staff as much as it has to do with NOT bringing in fresh outside perspective. When it comes to a singular position like GM or field manager that makes sense. In this case, we now know how short staffed the Twins are compared to other clubs and these guys are "instructors" which is pretty low down on the totem pole. The team needs bodies to fill the void and it's not like these lower level gigs are going to be a hot ticket position league-wide, getting guys who actually want to be here is going to be a challenge. Hunter, Cuddyer and Hawkins likely see this as a stepping stone job. It may be a foot in the door with the Twins, or perhaps another club. I will say that if Falvey brings in a new hitting coach who tries to implement an organizational hitting game plan that differs from the previous regime, Hunter and Cuddyer sure as hell better be on board instead of pushing old agendas. I can't imagine that wouldn't be a prerequisite for the job though, and they likely also know that boasting that you do things the old "Twins-Way" probably isn't good resume fodder these days.
  25. nicksaviking
    I don't think they would have to. However throwing in a lesser prospect or eating some of Dozier's $12 million isn't a deal breaker for me if the Twins are getting back an elite prospect(s).
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