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The NFL actually does have different balls they use for kicking. I believe that's one of the reasons you see so many long FGs made. -
Just checking in... I did not expect the game to still be going!
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There are some sports markets where he'd be getting scrutinized over it, but Minnesota is not the state that's doing to do that.
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For anyone interested, here is the latest update to my PFF depth chart: This roster is a lot worse than it looked on paper at the start of the year, it's not just an injury thing. Basically every FA addition outside of Rodgers has been bad, and we don't have a single rookie playing well. As usual.
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My quick list for QBs: (in parenthesis is the year they last played for us if they did) Desmond Ridder (2025) Taylor Heinicke (2017) CJ Beathard (Lions PS) Easton Stick (Falcons PS) Brett Rypien (2025, Colts PS) Trevor Siemian (2018, Titans PS) I'd claim Beathard off the Lions PS just to get some knowledge of their playbook and what they might throw at us this weekend.
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I'd say the canned phrase of "you only trade him if the return blows you away", but the 2025 trade deadline showed that Falvey's definition of that is very different from ours. I thought they'd have to get more to move Duran and Jax, but evidently that wasn't that case.
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Another day closer to Twins Daily becoming a full-on satire website... 😉
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Castro was at least hitting .245 ba, .670 OPS with the Tigers... and Castro's first year with us was when he was 26 years old compared to Kreidler who will be 28. Castro had a OPS+ of 87 compared to Kreidler's 11.
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Geez, under .200 is one thing but a career .138 hitter in the majors? The next Willi Castro he is not.
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Looks to me like it was a sound idea to trade Polanco, given his declining defense / health and then he had a poor 2024 season. As Hambino said, the package they took back was a strange one, trying to mix some marginal bullpen and rotation help with a prospect who was by far the most valuable part of the deal. Not sure why anyone would lump his 2025 season in there when he hit the open market and any other team could have signed him away, and if that happened we wouldn't count that against the trade. Nothing was stopping us from bringing him back. I'm interested to see what Gonzalez can do in the majors... still odd that he was the most valuable part of the trade, a 20 year old outfielder who was years away from helping the team. In the context of the 2024 season it didn't help the team and I think Falvey did a poor job in the short term. Long term, well, they already have a bunch of OF prospects and added more at the 2025 deadline. At the time of the trade I wondered if they'd flip Gonzalez for a veteran to help the 2024 roster, and I stand by that. So on paper, getting Gonzalez and change for one year of Polanco out of his prime is a good move, but the move didn't synergize with what Falvey was doing with the rest of the roster.
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Uh, I think beat-writers should have a dash between the two words, because the title of your article can be read differently... 😆
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Geez, Louie's getting used even more with the Jays than Rocco was. Gotta love the big hits from Jorge!
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Fun fact, both teams are 1 for 7 in RISP tonight. 13 innings and only 2 RISP hits!
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It's like we are watching a game of MLB2K and they didn't put in sound clips for the announcers to say new things further into the overtime innings.
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We got an exciting game here, boys!
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Nope, I had a 3rd round grade on him and I wanted him with our late 3rd, even with Jones/Mason at RB. He's also a really good receiver which we didn't see much of yesterday. This was a crazy good RB class with already multiple starters from Day 3 (even the 7th round!) that I wish the Vikings would have dipped into. I would kill to have a 4th round pick deliver value for a short stretch of time like he will. Meanwhile we spent our late 3rd on a WR who is only playing as a gunner and is a developmental project... yeah, give me Skattebo any day. Or one of the (without hindsight) far better WR prospects that were sitting on the board over Felton.
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The Giants are soundly outplaying the Eagles... no reason why we can't beat them next week. Sure, but Dart is coming off a bad second start (sound familiar?) where they just lost by double digits to the terrible Saints. Way, way too early to think JJ can't play like he is right now. He's just gotta get healthy.
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You got what you wanted!
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I'm on board with firing him, he had it coming, I'm commenting on how some are questioning the moves of managers currently in the playoffs and how from my perspective it seems to be more of a disdain of the state of modern baseball. Managers are pulling their starters in the 4th inning and guys like Varland are starting games... and these are the playoff teams.
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Y'all think Rocco is the worst manager, now we've got every manager in the playoffs doing things that seem stupid to us. There's no way we hire a manager who's going to make us happy. This is baseball now, like it or not.
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It is worth mentioning that our schedule going forward is the hardest in the NFL, and our first 5 games was the 4th easiest. This can fluctuate by quite a bit (Ravens look cooked, Chargers are beat up) but I was hoping for 4-1 in these first 5 games. I like our playoff odds more than the current 33% I'm being, but they gotta step things up and get healthier. I also read that they want a team to pay "most of" his $27M salary, which is ludicrous.
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Their entire defense is injured and the offense can't function without Lamar. They are near Bengals level with him out of the lineup
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The reports were that the Vikings offered them 3 1sts, and the Giants offered at least 2 firsts (they were at #6). NE was convinced he was a franchise QB and they look right. I liked him more than Daniels, but now both of those two are head and shoulders above Williams.
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Rocco Baldelli Wasn't the Problem
Danchat replied to Matt Braun's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Giving Rocco credit for the Bombas team but then downplaying his impact on 2021-25 is hypocritical. Either he was impactful or both, or the talent on the team is far more important then the managerial impact and that determined the outcome. Perhaps the 2026 squad will retroactively give us some insight on what this roster is capable of with a better manager... or not. -
Or they could sign a vet 1B to a $1M minor league deal a week before spring training and make him the full-time starter again.
