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  1. The Great Hambino
    Also: must one be a veteran in order to be crafty? Are there any crafty rookies? For all the offseason reliever additions, there still isn't a single reliever on the roster that I'd count on belonging in the top three of a good bullpen at this point in their careers. Some of the (I guess non-crafty) youngsters might get there eventually, but in the meantime, this is gonna be rough.
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    I hadn't thought about that, but they really do fit the profile for it, don't they
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    If there were any concerns about Ryan at all, he wouldn't be heading off to the WBC. He's fine. I'm starting to think Ober is no lock to finish the season in the rotation even if he's healthy. I haven't been on the move-him-to-the-bullpen bandwagon so far, but I'm starting to see it. I'm sure they're keeping him in the rotation in lieu of the young guns to fulfill the competitive mandate, but their best chance at being competitive this year involves multiple young starters out-performing this version of Ober anyway, so they might as well move him over to the bullpen sooner than later. It gives the young starters more time to develop against top-level lineups while arguably also giving themselves a higher ceiling (and lower floor, but I'm pretty over caring about the floor at this point). Plus who knows what kind of boost Ober could give the pen if they can harvest some more velocity in shorter outings?
  4. The Great Hambino
    I want to go to Miller's wonder cave. It sounds fun
  5. The Great Hambino
    Can we be 100% certain that they're not the same person?
  6. The Great Hambino
    If I understand the tiebreaker correctly, then the USA is now guaranteed to advance with Italy scoring 5+, even if Mexico comes back to win
  7. The Great Hambino
    Vikings officially get just one comp pick for 2026, though it is the highest one awarded at #97
  8. The Great Hambino
    In reality, the legal tampering period begins at the combine and we have a 48-hour early announcement window for new deals other teams' free agents. It would all make a lot more sense if they just called it that.
  9. The Great Hambino
    I think they should give serious consideration to cutting Hockenson. With the way he's been trending, I don't think it would be too difficult to cheaply replace him (it's easy to see him being a well-below average TE at this point), and he could save them almost $16MM with a post-June 1 cut If they truly want there to be a legitimate QB competition for JJ, then I think Geno Smith is the play. It's hard to separate his awful 2025 from the organizational rot he had to deal with, so he has real bounceback potential - at least as much as you could reasonably expect from a 35 year old. At worst, he's still an upgrade from last year's backup QB situation. Like Kyler, he's basically free. And unlike Kyler, I think he can be signed without a guarantee of a starting spot. Whichever direction they go at QB, I hope it's a cut veteran that can be had for the minimum. There are no long-term solutions available (assuming they don't go nuclear with a trade), and they need as many resources as possible to patch up the rest of the roster
  10. The Great Hambino
    I don't know how we ended up in a spot where three weeks before the season, my most tangible source of optimism for this year is Alan Roden (fudging a bit cuz it's really probably Abel at least as a 1A-1B type deal, but I'm trying to make a point here). I did not have that on my Twingo card
  11. The Great Hambino
    Yeah, but other teams are well aware of that too, though. I'd be absolutely shocked if they can get a first rounder for him in any year. If they can, take it and sprint away before the other GM changes their mind. I'd even jump immediately on an offer for a second rounder
  12. The Great Hambino
    Regardless of the type of beer actually sold as part of this deal (I'm assuming Coors Light and under, and anything else is a bonus), I look forward to trying to revive a game I used to play with my wife when she was pregnant. It's called "I Drive There, You Drive Home"
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    34" vert at 325 is terrifying
  14. The Great Hambino
    Unless these figures changed significantly at the end of last year after he came over from the Dodgers, Outman's track record isn't exactly a glowing endorsement of their predictive abilities. As has been said upthread, he was given away by the Dodgers for a broken reliever. He really needs to hope that the Twins don't see Roden or Martin as viable medium-term CF options. Being the only one in the system that's not Buxton or someone subject to service time manipulation is his best path to making the opening day roster
  15. The Great Hambino
    Touche, I forgot about VeRsAtIlItY Speaking of, who is the backup 2B? Is Martin in that mix? Clemens? Kriedler/whomever takes the vet backup slot? By the end of the year is it Lee?
  16. The Great Hambino
    A healthy Austin Martin gets left off the roster for a fourth underwhelming option at 1B? I don't buy it
  17. The Great Hambino
    When I read the headline I thought he was talking about the club itself, not the players
  18. The Great Hambino
    Ephesians Prysock is a 1st ballot HOF name
  19. The Great Hambino
    That's a pretty damning indictment considering the bulk of their offseason spending - Bell and whatever portion of Caratini you'd like to allocate to 1B - was made with this position in mind
  20. The Great Hambino
    It's hard for me to say this first half can be considered more important than 2002. Right on the heels of narrowly avoiding contraction, the 02 team got off to a 20-11 start that jump-started fan interest with a fun team that led three straight division titles, even more fan interest, and ultimately the approval of Target Field by a very narrow margin. It's not hard to see an alternate reality where that team stumbles out of the gate, fan interest never fully recovers, the new stadium doesn't get pushed over the finish line, and the Twin Cities are currently jockeying to be an expansion target because the Twins left town So I'd call that more important than the fulfillment of Tom Pohlad's quixotic quest for fringe competitiveness. But that's just me.
  21. The Great Hambino
    I think there's one thing that's going to keep the owners from going to the mattresses over a salary cap in this round of negotiations: TV rights going to market. Baseball is at a crossroads in terms of how their product is distributed and consumed. The RSN model that has propped up revenues is on life support, if not effectively dead, and this next round of media rights will determine how they replace that revenue. Manfred's strategy has been to bundle local rights as much as possible and bring everything to market at the same time, which is why they've made every effort to have all existing media contracts end after the 2028 season. Bringing all those rights to market on the heels of a significant loss of games would be utterly catastrophic. There will be a whole lot of posturing and maybe a delay to the start of spring training, but they'd be crazy to torpedo their largest source of revenue to get a cap from the players. It wouldn't be worth it. Just ask the NHL how they liked putting their games on the Outdoor Life Network. I think the real salary cap battle will happen with the next round of CBA negotiations after this one.
  22. The Great Hambino
    Split squad games today and neither has a TV broadcast available? Harumph
  23. The Great Hambino
    Pro tip: be sure to lift with your knees when you're carrying a rotation
  24. The Great Hambino
    Realitire? Yeah, satireality is better
  25. The Great Hambino
    Clemens has an eephus with plus upside. Does that count?
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