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  1. nicksaviking
    Disagree. I don't believe for a second ownership wants a 100M payroll, it's going to cost them more in attendance and they don't want the fan anger or apathy. They aren't nickel and diming their payroll to fill out the roster either. They did intend to get a big ticket free agent, but the front office failed to realize how deep the ocean actually was.
  2. nicksaviking
    I'm not in the lynch mob, but they failed to sign Bogaerts by not seeing through the smoke screen Boras was running. I don't know how you get involved with Boras and don't already assume he's going to try to hustle you.
  3. nicksaviking
    I'd settle for lowering the beer prices. And that has been done.
  4. nicksaviking
    Giolito's poor season coincided with a drop in velocity. If the velocity comes back I'd be interested, otherwise I think he's taken a turn for the worse. I was pretty vocal about my distaste for Oakland pitchers, Montas in particular this past July. I still don't want him. I don't think the other pitchers improve the club that much more than just letting the young pitchers get experience. As disappointing as this off season has been, the one bright spot so far has been that the team hasn't been linked to middle of the road pitchers. They are almost always the worst investment the team makes each year. Go big, or don't do anything.
  5. nicksaviking
    As long as they're willing to DFA said contracts when needed. I don't want a guy like Aaron Hicks getting playing time over Larnach/Kirilloff/Walner.
  6. nicksaviking
    I'm less disappointed in not getting Correa than I am in how badly they got played by Boras. The Twins COULD have beat the Bogaerts deal as evidenced by the contract they offered Correa, but Boras purposefully had Bogaerts sign first so he could use the Twins to get a better deal for Correa. They should have seen through Boras' platitudes about them being real contenders and swimming in the ocean with the big boys. The Twins should have told him they were out on Correa from the onset and that they wanted the second best shortstop instead.
  7. nicksaviking
    Trading for a starting pitcher would interest me. Zero interest in trading for a shortstop. Especially not one that's an even worse hitter than what the team already has. As far as free agency goes, I only wanted Correa, Bogaerts or Rodon. If Rodon's not going to happen, free agency can be over for all I care. The team can take their lumps from the fans and media as they rightly deserve.
  8. nicksaviking
    At this point just Nola or Severino. I'd rather see the young guys than the rest of that crew as none of them have any business at the front of a legit rotation. Obviously, things can change in a year.
  9. nicksaviking
    The COVID year? Really? So now we're pinning our hopes on not just a recession, but also another pandemic.
  10. nicksaviking
    If I'm paying an obscene contract, I'd like the better player. I don't trust Swanson to be better than average offensively, so I also don't have much interest.
  11. nicksaviking
    Looks to me that the big markets still spent about the same, it was the small and mid markets that cut budget. How will that help the Twins? And if there's a recession that impacts payrolls, why wouldn't it impact the Twins?
  12. nicksaviking
    And Urias is only 25 and the Dodgers didn't do anything this off season. If the Dodgers aren't the team that signs Ohtani, my money is on them making sure Urias doesn't leave.
  13. nicksaviking
    To me, Ohtani, Urias, Nola and Severino are the only ones that look like upgrades to what the currently have, and three of those guys have injury histories that make Rodon's history look like a hangnail. I mean, they're coming away from this offseason with their tails between their legs, so maybe they do change their approach next year. Ownership is going to get throttled in the media and fandom for carrying an embarrassingly low payroll this year, they might tell the front office to get something done, or they're done.
  14. nicksaviking
    If he actually plays 13 years. I'm guessing this new trend of 10+ year contracts will eventually lead to a trend of cutting aging players while they are still getting paid.
  15. nicksaviking
    Catchers who can't hit are a dime a dozen though. If you need a 3rd catcher does it really matter who it is?
  16. nicksaviking
    The 13 year Correa deal is ridiculous. But now the Twins are desperate so I'm worried they're going to do something even more ridiculous for a more questionable player.
  17. nicksaviking
    I'd actually be more concerned with if he actually doesn't want to be here than I would be about the 6th or 7th year.
  18. nicksaviking
    I doubt he'd have come here if the Twins doubled the Mets offer.
  19. nicksaviking
    Mauer wasn’t a free agent. No one’s throwing, or asking for a pity party for Minnesota.
  20. nicksaviking
    Couldn’t you say that about most of the average QBs in the league? Either a QB is talented enough to carry a team, or the team needs to be talented enough to win with a Cousins-like QB.
  21. nicksaviking
    Why is this guy still getting reps as a starter? I remember not wanting him during the Dozier days because he was basically a two-pitch pitcher. Seems like with his lack of pitches, his poor recent results and his injury history, he'd have been a full time reliever about a half decade ago.
  22. nicksaviking
    If he picks the Yankees despite a higher offer from the Twins or Cardinals, the highest bid wouldn't win. Just as the Yankees got Judge despite reportedly not having the highest bid.
  23. nicksaviking
    Yeah, interesting. It could be Team Four, who the player used to play for, but has already dropped out of the bidding. Team Four would theoretically have a vested interest in making sure Team One or Team Two spends as much money as possible on the player because Team Four wants to make sure they can't outbid them on another client the agent has.
  24. nicksaviking
    Could be, and if so, I hope they're one of the teams that figure it out first, not a follower who waits and sees how other teams deal with it. The last front office would have waited and been the last to change, this front office, despite their mistakes, have been proactive. I will say, RF in Target Field is smaller than most parks, so range front-to-back will likely be less of an issue than it will in bigger parks.
  25. nicksaviking
    Is it ****possible**** that the Twins have repeatedly allowed themselves to be used by Boras as a threatening weapon to boost his clients' interests because both the Twins and Correa/Boras have already come to the understanding that Correa will be coming back to Minnesota? Because if they are being used unwillingly for his clients who have zero intention of coming here, they really need to call it out publicly. If he's not going to scratch their back, they need to stop scratching his.
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