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  1. Danchat
    Urshela had a 3 WAR season last year, you think Farmer is doing to top that? I don’t see him slotting in as a starter like Gio was, he probably plays the Adrianza / Marwin G role. That’ll still get him a lot of ABs since nobody on this team can stay healthy, but I don’t see him in the #4-6 spots in the lineup and hitting like Gio did.
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    Canterino is on our 40 man right now.
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    I wonder what kind of package he'd return... though he's not in his prime any longer and had a down year, plus he hinted at retirement after the Super Bowl. It'd also cost the Rams more on the cap to move him, but if they're getting a haul then I could see it... but he seems like a guy who is going to retire with the Rams. Then again, Watt did move on with the Cardinals for a couple years before he rode into the sunset, so who knows?
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    Not sure why they bother to trade a young international prospect for a guy they are probably going to DFA soon, but whatever. Seems like another guy who should have been in the pen full-time last year, yet was starting games for Texas' AAA team. Moving failed starters to the pen is a rather fruitful strategy and it's worth a shot, I just don't know if it makes sense to keep him on the 40 man roster.
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    Martin doesn’t deserve to be in the same conversation as Arraez, Luis hit .318 at AA (.298 in his first couple months), and Martin couldn’t hit well even in his second go-around at AA! There are few players who pan out like Arraez and Merrifield do. Nick Gordon is a solid comparison, I could see Martin taking the late bloomer route as a backup OF who has a decent season or two in the majors. But if he wants to be more than that, he needs to be more than a prospect whose only strengths are stealing bases and taking a ton of walks.
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    B-B-But they were never serious about signing him, or so it went from so many people. Turns out Kyle Farmer was not plan A for the starting SS job. 6/200 is fine, I highly prefer the shorter term. I give the deal an A+, with the only concern being the injuries. Turns out the Twins we’re willing to spend again this year, just like how they set a new payroll record every past year. Still don’t like the Gallo move, but ‘cheap Pohlads’ whiners be damned. And can we stop acting like Boras is some sort of genius? He didn’t end up getting Correa that big of a deal and it turned out Carlos was open to playing here long term. We just needed to pony up the most cash, and while it took some MRIs to get there, in the end the Twins are risking it. I will laid them for that over signing mediocre FAs.
  7. Danchat
    Holy cow, this is the worst defense I have ever seen in my 7 or so years of doing these: Their CB group outside of Gordon has fewer than 50 snaps on this team, combined! Even our backups should feast on them.
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    I don't think the FO has ever DFA'd a guy and he turned into something... sure, I reacted poorly when we DFA'd Travis Blankenhorn and Edwar Colina, but I trust the FO knows what they're doing when it comes to that.
  9. Danchat
    It sounds like the plan is to play the starters for a set amount of time, then put the backups in. I wouldn't be shocked if some veterans get the whole game off, perhaps Thielen/Z Smith/Tomlinson. Give Reed / Udoh the whole game at C and RT to determine things for the next week. Let's not forget the Bears are going to be starting Nathan freaking Peterman at QB, and the rest of their roster is only slightly better than the average practice squad. I'll post the depth chart later, it was really bad back when we played them in September and now it's historically bad. Plus they need to lose to get the #1 pick in the draft, and the Texans might actually be able to beat the Colts and lose the #1 overall pick... Lovie Smith's last gift to the Bears!
  10. Danchat
    So what’s the allegory for the two failed physicals / upset potential boyfriends?
  11. Danchat
    For me the real story is Enlow, they must be pretty low on him to DFA him now, as I have to think with his pedigree he gets claimed. I would have liked to see him as a full time reliever and see if he could make it to the bigs by the end of the year. Another pitching prospect goes down the drain… Ortega’s profile reminds me of Megill, high fastball speeds but too hittable. That BB/9 is not going to fly here.
  12. Danchat
    Eh, this ain’t decimated, ask the Rams or Titans what a decimated OL is, they’re both down at least 5 guys. Udoh played pretty well at RT, and it is his natural position - he won’t be close to as good as O’Neill, but could be acceptable. Mancz is probably better than Schlottmann and Reed, but Bradbury should be back.
  13. Danchat
    In the end, it was up to the coaches, not the NFL. And thankfully not Skip Bayless.
  14. Danchat
    Looks like this guy's account is legit, hopefully this is true.
  15. Danchat
    You mean O'Neill?
  16. Danchat
    I was wrong, I thought our letdown was coming against the Giants, turned out it was the Packers. Why can't this team ever lose a one possession game? Some other notes: Slipping around on the grass was a big reason why the 1st half was so uncompetitive... how did they screw this up? They know playing in Lambeau is like this! Schlottmann's leg is broken, so he's done. O'Neill probably won't be able to play until the Championship/Super Bowl, so the OL will have to be Darrisaw-Cleveland-Reed-Ingram-Udoh until Bradbury is ready. Garrett should be ready by the first playoff game.
  17. Danchat
    I'm surprised 2 RandBalls Stu articles made the top 5, not that I'm complaining, but the initial Correa signing wasn't in the top 5? That's a shock. I guess we could use another satire writer here, clearly there is demand for it!
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    I don’t think the Twins would be moving him for a lottery ticket, it sounds like there is some demand for him. I’d guess he gets one #11-20 prospect or a MLB reliever.
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    At least 4 sources have reported the same offer from what I’ve seen, it would be hard to believe that it was some sort of fabrication at this point. The offer fits the FO’s MO of coming up short to a top tier FA, so I don’t see reason to doubt it.
  20. Danchat
    Maybe Correa can get Kirk Cousins contracts every other year or so? Just keep taking short deals high on APY and keep betting on yourself.
  21. Danchat
    We have the payroll, and since we're not landing Correa, why not splurge a little on the bullpen? We shouldn't make assumptions with so many question marks in the pen (Pagan, Lopez, Alcala to start), and the FO already blundered the pen in the first half last year by making Joe Smith the only FA acquisition. They shouldn't let the ghost of Addison Reed haunt them forever.
  22. Danchat
    If Joe had some playoff success, then he'd have better chances. The Yankees would certainly give him more chances for that... instead, 0 playoff wins with Mauer in the lineup.
  23. Danchat
    They were also about $20M short on Zach Wheeler, who's been worth every penny so far through his deal.
  24. Danchat
    The drama never ends! What happens next, nobody knows! I think there’s still a chance he ends up a Twin, but would he pass a physical here?
  25. Danchat
    Jason Castro, Marwin Gonazlez, Nelson Cruz was technically a two year deal if you include the option. Maybe 'love' is too strong of a term, but it seems like every offseason they spend 60%+ of the available cash on hitting.
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