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  1. nicksaviking
    I don’t see any reason to trade for the rental Oakland pitchers if the Oakland pitcher is going to be the top arm on the team. That’s just going to be a wasted season for everyone involved. The Twins should definitely ring that bell if they went big and got even better arms, but that’s looking less likely.
  2. nicksaviking
    It was always going to need to work out for this team to win. They weren't going to win with free agents alone. But the prospect pitching pipeline can't be the ONLY source of top end pitching...... Very disappointed. If they don't sign any quality free agents prior to the lock out, the local reporters better be hounding the team.
  3. nicksaviking
    Honestly, the "they’ll also likely need to move fast" part might be a bigger obstacle than the money. Both the Buxton and Donaldson deals dragged out for a painfully long time and that can't all be laid on the players. The club seems to waver between over-deliberation and outright indecisiveness at times. Also, hopefully Buxton's full no-trade clause broke the seal on the front office's refusal to include player friendly amenities to a deal. I know they've indicated in the past that they won't include opt-out clauses; if they want top free agents like the other clubs get, they have to act like the other clubs.
  4. nicksaviking
    Even if 2022 is just a year to set the table and they won't truly be contenders until 2023, I still think they have to nail at least one starting pitcher. I don't mean a nice arm like Pineda who will give you quality innings throughout the season. This team needs to find at least one starter who can legitimately go up against the other team's top one or two arms in a postseason matchup. I know Ray seems like a pipedream, but they certainly could afford him if they prioritize quality over quantity this winter.
  5. nicksaviking
    Considering MVP votes and a team's winning percentage are so often linked, it would behoove Buxton to impress upon the Twins that he was signing this contract with the understanding that they'd be acquiring QUALITY starting pitching as well.
  6. nicksaviking
    Glad it’s done. But I really hope the no-trade clause wasn’t actually what held this up. I’m not quite sure where that came from or if it’s true, but if it is, the Twins are once again failing to adapt to modern baseball. No trade clauses, opt outs, these are part of paying players in the 21st century, deal with it.
  7. nicksaviking
    Thats nothing close to a reasonable equation.
  8. nicksaviking
    I would have at least liked to have heard the Twins linked to Gray. This AAV isn’t an issue for them. Scherzer isn’t coming here, but we need to hear the Twins linked to Ray, Rodon and Stroman, even if I don’t actually want to pay Stroman.
  9. nicksaviking
    Possibly, I’m at Buffalo Wild Wings.
  10. nicksaviking
    Wow, good news for the Twins. This seems like a huge bargain for the team, time to go use that savings on big ticket starting pitching.
  11. nicksaviking
    Cotton and Columba would be easy “no’s” for me. They need to find better strikeout artists in free agency. I’d also rather put the young prospect “starters” who are less likely to end up as starters in the pen.
  12. nicksaviking
    Agree with others. This only makes sense if the Twins make about four other moves bigger than this, which seems unlikely.
  13. nicksaviking
    The Dodgers sure ain't angels.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I suppose waiting to extend a guy after four years as opposed to after one year will do that. I'm jealous either way. I really need the Twins to get themselves one of these young studs.
  15. nicksaviking
    Agreed, Wagner is ahead of him. And considering he pitched in Houston, Philadelphia, NY, Boston and Atlanta, I think his national prominence is way ahead of Nathan's. Those late career injuries did him in. Another half season and Nathan would have 400 saves. Another season and a half and he's probably top 5 in career saves.
  16. nicksaviking
    I never wanted Steven Matz on the Twins. That one I don't mind getting away. As for Graveman, eh, relievers are unpredictable by nature, I would never expect him to have similar years back to back.
  17. nicksaviking
    Outside of LoTR when I was a kid and The Dark Tower, I never got into fantasy series. So I’m free from most source material prejudices.
  18. nicksaviking
    Pretty crazy that the Rays are seriously talking about a 10 year 200M deal with Wander Franco. 20M per year is typically somewhere between 25% and 40% of their payroll. It's hard not to read more into this. Are they expecting a salary floor and/or greater revenue sharing? Have they given up on the new stadium/relocation so they're done pretending to be poor? Or are they expecting relocation to be in their near future?
  19. nicksaviking
    Wolfson as usual makes definitive claims. Also as usual, I don’t like the content but I love the matter-of-fact-ness.
  20. nicksaviking
    The Giants are re-signing DeSclafani and Alex Wood. I always assumed the Giants would have first dibs on whichever starters they wanted to re-sign. But I kind of thought one of them would be Gausman and at least one of the two lesser appreciated starters would be up for grabs. Seems to me either the Giants think they can re-sign all three or Gausman's asking price is going to turn some stomachs.
  21. nicksaviking
    I'm not writing them off being aggressive yet. But I don't think they can have it both ways. They can't claim to be trying to 'contend' next year AND wait until the free agents come to them.
  22. nicksaviking
    This would be a fun poll to revisit in February after we've seen the rest of the off season plans.
  23. nicksaviking
    I did three episodes of Foundation. As noted here, the third was a huge turnoff. So far the show has given no reason to pay attention to the characters in the future timeline. I assume that's what you're referencing Mike? I think I'm going to call it a wrap on this show. I thought I was going to really get into this, but it looks destined to alternately frustrate and bore me. If I get back into it, it will be because Jared Harris is great as usual.
  24. nicksaviking
    Definitely not, but the Twins rarely have this much uncertainty in the OF either. I think the fact that the Twins are paying him LESS than what he would have gotten in arbitration makes it more likely they'd eat his salary once the Buxton situation is resolved one way or another. I mean the fact that they already agreed to a reduced salary seems to indicate the Twins already threatened cutting him once. And it's a nice compromise for Cave; even if later he only latches on with a MiLB deal, he still gets minimum 800K to play the Twins safety net for a few months.
  25. nicksaviking
    Even his "breakout" year his OPS+ was only 100 and it's been all downhill since then. He seems like another Ehire Adrianza at best. I suppose there's typically a 2nd utility infielder on the 26-man roster, so if it's between him and bringing back JT Riddle, ugh, fine, but it should be on a MiLB deal and it's not a position I'd rush out to fill.
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