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  1. Danchat
    There is plenty of debate going on about this - QB play has been down this year and there will be many QB hungry team this offseason - I could see the Panthers, Steelers, Giants, maybe even the Saints enquiring. I think we will see the top of the market move first - Rodgers, Wilson, Watson are the main guys, who could be traded depending on their circumstances - and then Kirk will come next. I think they could get a high 2nd / late 1st, and the team acquiring him would have an extension in place. The void years are a tricky subject, but it's basically allocating a signing bonus over fake years. They basically moved $9M from 2021 to 2022, and I believe the only way to alleviate it is to extend Barr, which would then make $4.94M hit 2022 and $4.94M hit 2023 on top of whatever the extension is paying him.
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    We owe Barr $9.89M of dead money in 2022 despite him not being under contract… part of the ‘void years’ accounting trick to get our 2021 salary back above water. I know teams can get out of bad salary situations like the Saints have, but it damages your team’s ability to sign FAs and leads to having depth issues and bring top heavy… like the Saints currently are.
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    It's more for offseason talk, but... the Vikings are currently have about -$10M in cap space for 2022. It's a funny situation compared to the Twins, who seem to go into every offseason with something like $70M in contracts while the Vikings already have $218M locked down.
  4. Danchat
    I think there is room for those 4 guys, especially since Gordon won't be playing much SS, and I don't see Martin as a viable SS. They already have quite a lot of pitchers, and a handful of mediocre ones if they need to open up 40 man spots.
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    I want to see how their prospects develop, and see if the farm system is as good as they've been talked up to be. Will the pitching rebound and make the 2021 look like a fluke? Or will our prospects continue to struggle and get hurt, and make 2021 look like the start of a bad trend? Let's hope we don't have another stoppage in play that will pause development again.
  6. Danchat
    I thought we only had one turtle on the roster? ?
  7. Danchat
    Right, the defense was horrific in the second half and the culprit for this disaster, but they're still paying Kirk the same per year as Rodgers and Wilson just for him to week in and out "not be the problem". He also seems to have his worst games in primetime matchups, for whatever reason.
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    That was... wow, I don't know what the heck I just watched. Pittsburgh quit in the first half, then actually tried and nearly exposed our horrific coaching/play/whatever the heck we did. Nearly blew the biggest lead in NFL history on primetime TV. I'll tell you what, this team is certainly entertaining! Something crazy is going to happen every week.
  9. Danchat
    John Gant is signing with a Japanese team, too. He probably could have made a MLB roster...
  10. Danchat
    I think Semple is my favorite, at least after looking them up on Baseball-Reference. Semple had a very good stretch at AA in 2021 with a very strong K/BB ratio, not to mention he had already gotten some AA/AAA experience in 2019. He is 26, but potentially ready for a chance. If they end up signing for a couple relievers, I'd be fine not making a pick, but if they're going to have the likes of Cotton and Garza fight for the last bullpen spot, they might as well take a flier on a guy like Semple.
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    I'm not opposed to giving some else's prospect a chance, but if they are taking an infielder, he had better have a really good glove at SS. And he's not going to be starting on this squad. I lean more towards taking a shot at a pitcher to stash in the pen and see if they can mold him into something, like they did with Pressly. With the amount of replaceable relievers the Twins tend to keep in the pen, I don't see why not.
  12. Danchat
    Today's analysis: Fire everyone, please. That is all I have to say.
  13. Danchat
    Updates for tomorrow: It also looks like Peterson is out with COVID (he's vaccinated, BTW). Lots of moving pieces for tomorrow's game, including potentially having 1 active RB and 2 FBs.
  14. Danchat
    Freddy Galvis is signing with a Japanese team for 2022. He could have gotten a deal to at least be a backup SS, but I suppose there’s an assurance that he’ll get to play next year, unlike MLB,
  15. Danchat
    At this point, it seems that a trade is the only way they're going to get a #3 or better starter at this point. They have a track record for this (Odorizzi and Maeda trades), so you'd think they would be looking at the A's/Reds/Marlins options. Even then, a rotation of Manaea/Bundy/Ober/Ryan/another middling FA is going to easily be one of the worst in baseball. ?
  16. Danchat
    It's back to the bargain bin, baby! For the low-tier options I think Bundy was one of the better guys out there... but it's hard to put any confidence in him.
  17. Danchat
    Can't resist posting this:
  18. Danchat
    Agreed, too many AAAA relievers on this team alongside Megill and Garza Jr. They can probably sneak them to AAA, might as well do it now.
  19. Danchat
    Baez to Tigers on a 7 year deal. The deals keep coming!!
  20. Danchat
    It's actually not rare for players to play through a torn labrum, I can think of several guys who have [tried]. It is also unclear whether he tore it on the play or before the game, as I have seen conflicting reports. BTW, former Viking Alex Boone said that he's been playing on a torn ACL for 5/6 years, apparently he played through it as a Viking/Cardinal/Seahawk. I don't know how or why, but there are still some tough guys in the NFL. Sometimes stupidly tough.
  21. Danchat
    I hate to say it, but I came to that conclusion quite a while ago... That felt like the case in the 2019-2020 offseasons, but if you've been paying close attention, the Twins have been linked to almost nobody. Of the 20+ guys who have signed in the last couple weeks, only Heaney and Ray have been linked to the Twins. If anything, they've given up the posturing this offseason.
  22. Danchat
    Mattison has looked like a back who becomes more effective the more carries he gets in a game, so I do think he should get the majority of touches, but Nwangwu should absolutely be rotated in and given some jet sweeps, even just to be a decoy. By the way, Mattison's last two games against the Lions: 21 carries 95 yards, 3 catches for 50 yards and 2 total TDs 25 carries 113 yards, 7 catches for 40 yards a TD Pick him up in fantasy football if you can!
  23. Danchat
    Wow, guys are flying off the market today. This is great! This is how free agency should always work, it's just too bad it took the CBA expiring to get this to happen. If only baseball could learn...
  24. Danchat
    Ugh, I had them losing this one so I'm not surprised, but it emphasizes how important it was to win a couple of those early season games we blow. The defense is out of gas and the offense had too many problems. Losing Cook, Darrisaw, and Barr to injuries is pretty brutal. I don't think Zimmer survives a losing record. Spielman probably does, which will irk some, but I think it's become pretty apparent that with the talent on this roster they should be winning more games.
  25. Danchat
    It sounds like the Twins are looking for a one year stopgap SS, so I don't expect them to go after the Story/Semien types.
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