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  1. Danchat
    True, but he was the best interior run stuffer on the #1 run defense in the league so I don't know how much I buy into his 2024 grade. He does bring absolutely nothing in the pass game which probably knocks the grade down.
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    I agree, that's what I'd like to see. Because I have to imagine 5 RBIs in 58 PAs is a poor rate compared to the rest of the league, but who knows how much the rest of the league is at.
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    In 58 PAs when Wallner is at the plate with runners in scoring position he has a whopping .140 batting average with 0 HRs, and a paltry 5 RBIs. Strangely though, he has 13 BBs to 14 Ks so it's not as if he's striking out 30%+ of the time. But it's a reminder that hitting a single is far more valuable than taking a walk in these situations. Also, only 3 sacrifice flies in a career 871 PAs for Wallner. Still not close to the legendary Joey Gallo's 4 SFs in 3400 PAs.
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    Coller was saying that during joint practices that Phillips had been playing mostly with the 2nd team and Redmond was getting a bunch of 1st team reps. So it seems he was getting passed up by the younger guys. Phillips' 2026 salary is completely unguaranteed and the Vikings could have cut him at any time and recouped that, so in reality the Jets are only saving us $3.3M (of 2025 salary) from the deal. This move wasn't made to save money, it's about making room for younger players and pick up a couple Day 3 picks that are probably going to be on the table in other trades made in the next week.
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    Why would Terry play for us if he isn't going to play for the Commies before getting paid?
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    Just checking in... nice to see Ober get 7 Ks even with his velocity down. Maybe given some time over the offseason to fully recover from the various ailments he's been fighting through, that velo can get back to up around 92 MPH?
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    Yeah, I dunno how much of their current cap space they want to spend. We are in position to have the least amount of cap room in 2026 in the whole league. Terry wants $32+M per year on a new deal, that's just not happening. There definitely is a WR move coming (amongst other moves), but it's not going to be a guy who wants to be paid now.
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    I definitely did not see this coming. They just gave Phillips a 2 year extension last September and they trade him before even playing on it? Hmmm. Given the return is only 2 6th round picks and a small amount of cap savings, it seems to me that this is more about opening a spot on the DL so as to not lose somebody. It makes the most sense to keep Taimani as he's the only true NT left, or it might be for the unheralded Elijah Williams. Funnily enough, the trade was originally reported as a swap of picks, but the Vikings seemingly ate some more salary to up the price and instead get 2 6th round picks. Exactly the opposite of what the Twins were doing at the deadline. So the Jets get Phillips for 2 years at about $11-12M for 2 6ths? That's a good move for them, in a vacuum they win the trade easily. Clearly the Vikings are going to make some moves and use some of their 2026 draft capital as ammo, but this seems like an unnecessary hit to the run defense and the locker room.
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    He created that pressure by bailing out of a clean pocket and running right into a pass rusher... the rest of his play was fine, but it was a really boneheaded play by a guy who was eventually benched for throwing bad picks and taking a lot of sacks. Not ideal for a backup QB. And yes, I also agree that Brosmer is QB3. They can't let him hit the waiver wire as I think he has potential to be a decent QB2. The Vikings have had a surprising amount of success with their UDFA QBs the last 10 years even if it hasn't been with us (Heinicke, Browning, Sloter). I doubt they'll have any troubles getting one of them to the PS. Chandler is already 27 and a known quantity at this point, and Scott is a rather obscure prospect. Most teams have fringe RBs like this and replacements could be easily found on the waiver wire. They have gone with 10 OL in the previous two years at times, I wouldn't rule it out. I think Byrd is that 10th guy with his flexibility to play tackle and guard, but I don't know if he's needed. Brandel can already do that, Skule and Rouse seem to be locks at tackle, and Jurgens is the backup center. They already have enough bodies who can play tackle. I think they can get Huber to the PS, though I'm not as high on him.
  10. Danchat
    Not encouraging to see Taj Bradley have a bad start... I do wish they could have gotten multiple pieces for Jax. If they end up moving Bradley to the bullpen, the trade would end up being that Family Guy meme with Peter forgoing the reliever to getting the mystery box that might be a reliever. 4 years of control of a reliever, sure, but then why did you just trade 5 years of Varland? I'm warming up to the Duran deal with how Abel looks so far... I just don't like the returns for Jax + Stewart and the Varland trade looks mighty questionable.
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    Good stuff, Nick, and I agree word for word with this paragraph. You capture our frustration succinctly.
  12. Danchat
    I found it funny when people said of the Paddack trade "we're going to have to face him soon!" as if that was a bad thing. His stint from early in the year was a mirage and the advanced stats suggesting that was true have been proven right.
  13. Danchat
    We gonna need another 99 pitch outing from Hatch?
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    How many rookies have they called up that are legitimate prospects, though? I have no problems with Roden and Martin playing every day, but the likes of Adams and Ohl don't project as starters so there's no point to continue throwing them out there to predictably fail.
  16. Danchat
    The pitching strategy makes no sense to me. The likes of Ohl and Adams are borderline pitchers who should be converted into one-inning arms because they sure as heck aren't going to be starters or "piggyback" pitchers. Bradley and/or Abel should be pitching in the majors instead of Ohl/Urena. And don't even get me started on trying out Gasper as a backup catcher... and I can't wait for Outman to be on the 26 man roster next year even though he won't deserve it. The personnel decisions are baffling.
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    Y'know, once upon a time he had really good AAA numbers and followed that up with a sub 1.00 ERA rookie season. 2023 feels like a long, long time ago now.
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    He was fairly good on special teams, but they do save $1.4M by cutting him. He did get claimed on waivers (by the first team in line, too) so he'll probably stick in the league for a while as a special teamer.
  19. Danchat
    There has been a repeated issue on Twins Daily of comparing players to Arraez when he's such an outlier. Arraez's problems range from total lack of power, to being a very poor defender at 2B (he's a 1B/DB only now), incredibly low walk rate, and being very slow on the basepaths. None of those are major issues for Keaschall from what I can see... I also don't think he's going to be a > .300 hitter for very long, he was a career .294 hitter in the minors compared to Arraez's whopping .331. I do think Arraez gets undervalued due to the overreliance on slugging percent and his ability to put the ball into play in key situations is underrated. Give me Luis over the slugger who hits .200 but hits a solo HR every once in a while to make his OPS look good enough not to bench him.
  20. Danchat
    Well, so much for the "a deal is right around the corner" and "maybe the new owners asked for the fire sale at the trade deadline". Pepperidge Farm remembers the Twins Daily article that claimed that the team was likely to be sold before Opening Day. All I can say is... ugh. This is the worst possible news Twins fans could get. Sure, it's possible the new owners could stink but at least there would have been a shred of hope for change.
  21. Danchat
    I don't think Martin is a keeper, he's a terrible defender in the outfield and is essentially a DH who can hit .260 promised of mostly singles. Maybe he can get his walk rate close to what he did in the minors, but he's a sub-replacement level player as of now. This is the Nick Gordon situation again, a highly drafted 1st rounder who has no defensive home and didn't hit well enough in the minors to indicate that they could be more than a bench bat.
  22. Danchat
    Brown played on the 4th team OL. Seems like he’s gonna be a PS stash.
  23. Danchat
    The reluctance for teams moving their prospects juxtaposed with looking back on old prospect lists and draft classes and seeing how many of these guys fizzled out... I don't get it. Heck, if you delve back into the archives and look at the discussions involving trading for Troy Tulowitzski and Trevor Story for example, you'll notice the trade packages we discussed look bad in hindsight because of how many of the prospects ended up being duds.
  24. Danchat
    I'd give Burdi a shot over some of the slappies we have in the pen. His numbers with Boston were quite good, especially in AAA, and it'd be cool to finally see him as a Twin after he was a hot prospect from around 2015-17.
  25. Danchat
    I don't think they move any of the grouping of Matthews/SWR/Festa to the pen and probably not Prielipp. Raya's likely destination is the pen but they're probably going to keep trying him as a starter because of the upside. But when it comes to the borderline arms like Adams, Ohl, and Lewis they should be tested out as one inning relievers... I don't buy that the multi-inning approach is going to work long-term for them.
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