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  1. Danchat
    Pineda’s ERA is above 10 now after the Rays jumped all over him. Not good, just hoping his stuff will be ready for the regular season.
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    If Rooker were healthy he’d be starting that playoff game instead. He may not be defensively as good as Rosario, but his bat is ready and he’s got the power to hit as many HRs as Eddie did.
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    Reminds me of when Robbie Grossman started out hitting .050 in spring training or something, then hit .300 through April and May. Yeah, I have concerns about a few hitters, but we’ll have forgotten all of this banter in a month’s time.
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    .260 would be great for Sano, but I fear it's going to be more about .210. Simmons just got here from Curacao and has had something like 10 PAs this spring. He's not going to be a force at the plate, he's here for his defense. If Donaldson had played as much as he did in 2019, he would have hit 39 HRs based on 2020's numbers. How is he no longer a power hitter?
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    Here's a quick list of where former Vikings signed this week: Rudolph - Giants - 2 years, $14M Reiff - Bengals - 1 year, $7.5M Harris - Eagles - 1 year, $5M Odenigbo - Giants - 1 year, $2.5M Boone - Broncos - 2 years, $3.85M How Harris only got $5M, I don't know. He should have taken one of the offers the Vikings gave him last offseason!
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    I thought we were at $128-$131M... I think some projections included some of Maeda's incentives, however.
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    I am ready for Rooker - he nearly hit a 3 run HR, instead went for a RBI 2B. He's ready to rock!
  8. Danchat
    I'd be fine if Kirilloff doesn't start with the team. It would be one thing if it meant Cave starting 6 days a week, but with Rooker, Garlick potentially making the team, and Arraez getting play out there, I don't feel so bad about it.
  9. Danchat
    They pushed $7.5M guaranteed across 2022-2024 at $2.5M each. Next year would have been a good time to trade Thielen, but now they'll have to take a $11.1M cap hit to do so. His cap hits of $16.9M, $17.95M, and $17.1M are pretty high for a guy who will be 32-34.
  10. Danchat
    100% agree, this makes a lot more sense than leading off with him.
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    The Wilfs did give them a three year extension last fall, so they shouldn't be surprised by this. This is what they signed up for. Most teams are making financial moves like this, anticipating the cap will rise with new TV deals, but yeah, I'm not sure it's the best move for a 7-9 team to act like they're going on a SB run. At least for Zimmer, it's pretty clear he's betting on the defense making a big rebound because he knows he's canned if he can't fix it. I'll pencil in Peterson as our #2 CB. Gladney will likely relegate to the slot, and his coverage numbers were among the worst in the NFL, so while I expect him to improve, it'd be better to him to be out there 60/70% of the snaps instead of 100%. Dantzler had a strong rookie year and the sky's the limit for him. I'd put him on speedier WRs and put Peterson on more physical ones. It would help the DBs a lot if our pass rush was improved... but outside of Hunter (who's another neck tweak away from missing another season, a la Mike Hughes), who's going to put heat on opposing QBs? Tomlinson is an average rusher, Weatherly is among the league's worst since 2019, Wonnum has promise but is still raw, and James Lynch showed nothing in 2020... they need to find some pass rush.
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    It's actually $8M with $2M in incentives ($1M with 95% playing time in increments, $1M if he gets All-Pro). So it's not as bad as I thought. I'm just not confident Zimmer can fix a CB after how many CBs we've bungled. He better improve like Newman did here.
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    And here's the second big splash of free agency: I'm still forming my opinion on this one, but let's just say I'm not ecstatic paying a CB this much money coming off a rough year... and it'll be his 11th year in the NFL.
  14. Danchat
    I wouldn't be concerned at all. Baddoo has a long ways to go as a hitter and has barely played in the minors. Wells might become a decent reliever... and he's already 26 and 3 spring training innings means absolutely nothing in the long run. I think it'd be a waste to keep both Ober and him on the 40 man. If I ranked where those two would be on my prospect rankings at these spots: Baddoo - #17 (around Jose Miranda, Travis Blankenhorn) Wells - #32 (around Bailey Ober, Yunior Severino)
  15. Danchat
    Now that looks like a solid regular season lineup... I hope Buxton graduates out of the #9 spot and ends up at #6/7. I think I'd also prefer Arraez & Polanco at leadoff and put Kepler in cleanup.
  16. Danchat
    Stephen released, no tender offered to Odenigbo, so he's a FA now. I'm surprised they didn't even give Ifeadi the smallest tender - he's rated out as an average DE and has had decent pressure rates. He's a lot better than the likes of Weatherly and Holmes in my eyes.
  17. Danchat
    I don't know if Tomlinson is a good position is going to be a fit at 3 technique, but he is a beastly run stopper and a passable pass rusher. He played DE and NT in the Giants' 3-4 defense, so there will be a transition. He'll be a huge upgrade on run defense, and small upgrade as a pass rusher. $11M a year is fine for a guy of his talent, but with so little cap room, I would have preferred the money would be spent elsewhere. A big factor in this signing is that the 3 tech draft class is pretty terrible. There might not even be a single pass-rushing DT drafted in the first round, maybe Christian Barmore.
  18. Danchat
    I would be OK if Garlick makes the initial roster. He's got a solid bat and hits RH to compliment Kepler/Kirilloff. He is redundant with Rooker likely making the team... but I feel done with Cave. Yeah, I know his career numbers are good, but he's going to strike out too much and play CF too much and dive for balls he can't reach. I do wish Celestino would be closer to MLB-ready because I want his glove in CF to backup Buxton when he envitably gets hurt.
  19. Danchat
    Lots of reports on who the Vikings are going after, here’s a summary: https://mobile.twitter.com/skoltanishka/status/1371505207448903683 Looks like defense is the focus, no surprise there. I wouldn’t be shocked if they skimp on the OL again.
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    I get this, but Spielman is trying to get this team back to being a playoff contender while we want it to be a SB contender. And axing Reiff is going to make it harder to get back to that point. So I guess it's a good move then, because it makes it more likely everyone gets fired at the end of 2021?
  22. Danchat
    I don't hate that price for him, I just don't get paying him and spending a 2nd on AJ Dillon. If you're spending a 2nd rounder on a RB, he needs to become your top dog eventually. Feels like a lesser version of drafting Gerhart when you've got Peterson in his prime.
  23. Danchat
    I could see Smeltzer getting DFA'd - the Twins did their best to avoid using him last year, and it seems pretty clear that he doesn't have major league stuff. I don't see the point of carrying him on the roster when the team preferred to go for bullpen games last year instead of giving Smeltzer starts. I think this happens in 2022. Duran and Balazovic just need to get more innings under their belt in the high minors. Thorpe seems to be turning a corner and Dobnak is a pretty darn good 6th/7th starter.
  24. Danchat
    I didn't realize Roblox had a ticker... I don't know much about it. But if video game franchises had their own stock tickers, then I'd be more of an expert on the topic. If only I could have put money down on Minecraft years ago!
  25. Danchat
    Well, Schwartz missed most the season with a back injury, and then you'd have to move O'Neill to LT... not sure I love that. I'd be 100% down for Schwartz in his prime. I also saw that they're letting their starting center Austin Reiter go, so they're basically overhauling their whole O-line. The Raiders also just cut/traded their LG, RG, and RT in the last week. Lots of veteran O-linemen will be signing next week - I'm predicting the Vikings will land Kevin Zeitler.
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