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  1. gunnarthor
    Vikings restructure Theilen. The more I think about it, the more I want the Vikings to take another big-time receiver in the draft. Doesn't have to be our first pick but getting someone that can move Theilen to our 3rd receiver (unless we think Osborn is going to make a huge leap) and have another guy that can terrify secondaries. If we're going to keep Cousins, let's just try and have a massive air attack and outscore the opponent. Win a lot of 35-32 games.
  2. gunnarthor
    Yeah, our system is a bit down right now. Hopefully we will have some big jumps from folks but, realistically, our system seems to have a high number of players with solid upside (50 FV on the scouting scale) but not much higher.
  3. gunnarthor
    I'm not overly surprised. The standings have them 7th in the AL, which isn't an insane prediction by any means. We also benefit from playing the worst division again. The offense has the potential to be pretty good and an outside shot at really, really good, which I think is the reason so many of us are dumbfounded by decisions made by the FO. The pitching could easily sink the team again. I was a bit surprised the Tigers were so bad, I think they might be .500 this year but perhaps I'm wrong.
  4. gunnarthor
    I like the Hicks signing. Not sure I love the idea of a 3-4 defense but let's give it a shot, I suppose. Agree with others that the Hunter decision will be huge on the direction of the team. Sounds like Cleveland is going to move on from Mayfield to Watson. I'm really surprised that Watson has that much of a market considering his legal issues.
  5. gunnarthor
    Kiriloff for either A's pitcher would be an overpay considering the years of control left.
  6. gunnarthor
    Many mentioned that. I meant if we have payroll, let's use if for pitching. Trade for good pitchers and don't worry about their salary or take on another crappy contract from a team to get a solid pitcher back. But focus on pitching.
  7. gunnarthor
    I actually don't want Story. If we have money, I'd spend most of it on pitching. I don't trust someone like Story to stick at short over his contract. That's why I liked adding IKF. If need be, we let Miranda play third, trust that some of our young prospects are major leaguers, and buy a pitching staff.
  8. gunnarthor
    Serious question, are Sanchez and Jeffers the only two catchers in the 40 man? Quick look at mlbpipeline and we don't have a single catcher in our top 30 prospects.
  9. gunnarthor
    I'm confused. I'll stop defending the FO. Sanchez only has one year of control, I guess. Urshela will be 30 and managed .6 WAR last year. He had one good year in 2019. I'm not sure that's worth betting on. We're worse off at C, SS, and 3B (and we lost depth) then just a few days ago. Of course, we've saved the Pohlads quite a bit of money, which might have been a big reason for this. I think I'll wait to see what happens in the next week or so but this is just strange.
  10. gunnarthor
    I disagree. Our core - Buxton, Kepler, Polanco, Sano, Donaldson, even Larnich, Arreaz and Jeffers are 25 or older. They are in "win-now" territory. It's the FO's job to keep this window open and add to it. They are doing that. I'm still worried about the pitching but a staff of Gray, Ryan, Bundy is a start. I'm sure they'll add more.
  11. gunnarthor
    Wow, two days in a row of me defending this FO. I really liked this move. Obviously, Petty could turn into a HOF and burn us for generations but that's probably unlikely. But the FO is playing to win and not for the future. Good for them. The Twins have a strong offense. Adding IKF improved our up the middle defense. And as soon as that's done, the FO goes out and gets a solid starter who is also a ground ball pitcher. Makes sense. They aren't done but they are obviously not throwing in the towel on this year which makes me very happy. The staff still needs upgrades but they are making the right moves, IMO.
  12. gunnarthor
    It's the Pohlads. Nothing they do would surprise me.
  13. gunnarthor
    I gave it a B assuming it's not the last move but just one of many that will let this team compete this year. We have a playoff caliber offense, at least on paper. FO had to improve some major things, one of which was up the middle defense. This is step one, we've gotten a lot better at the most important IF position. And considering how much this FO values ground ball pitchers, this was needed. We still need to upgrade the entirety of the pitching staff but this move helps. It's also the kind of move that this franchise has to do, because we can't solve our problems in FA. Lastly, Garver is a solid player but frankly this feels like a really good time to trade him, rather than waiting a year too long, it arguably helps this year and it doesn't hurt the future.
  14. gunnarthor
    So I'm going to do something I don't normally do but I'll support the FO on this. Our lineup is pretty solid, even without Garver and we should expect some improvement from younger players and slumping players. C - Jeffers 1B - Kiriloff 2B - Polanco SS - ISK 3B - Donaldson LF - Larnich CF - Buxton RF - Kepler DH - Sano That also has Arreaz as a floater/10th man whenever we rest someone. Barring injuries, a big concern w/Buxton, that's a playoff caliber offense, even without Garver. We also have a few Lewis and Martin ready to come up if there are issues in the OF or 2B. I think Garver will excel in Texas but he's 31 and ISK will be 27 next year. Shortstop is a problem but if we have solid defense up the middle - doesn't have to be elite - it'll help the staff a lot. It makes sense to bring ISK in. I think there's more risk in this trade on us but it makes sense and it suggests that the FO is trying to create a competitive team for this year, rather than rebuilding. They still have to fix the pitching staff but this is a good start.
  15. gunnarthor
    What I'm really worried about, more than being a bad team, is that this will be a bad boring team. I don't want to watch us strike out a ton and use 4-6 pitchers a game. I want to see Butxon on the bases, a strong middle of the lineup terrorize opposing pitchers and a respectable pitching staff. Not sure who else is out there right now. Carlos Martinez hasn't been good since 2019, Danny Duffy, Tyler Anderson, Zach Davies feel like the type of players who'd fit in on this staff. I don't think they would sign Greinke.
  16. gunnarthor
    I love the idea of guys like Rodon or Story but this is still the Twins. So we'll get a Pineda and a bunch of long-relief, bullpen arms and go with our bullpen rotation.
  17. gunnarthor
    I voted "sorta saw it coming." Prior to the season, I was pretty critical of the Maeda love and the thought that Dobnak could be a pitcher. I said I thought this was a playoff team but you could see how things could really go off the rails. Generally, my position was not taken well.
  18. gunnarthor
    Killer, Carew, Puckett are absolute locks. I'd probably go with Mauer over Oliva but might consider Santana over both of them.
  19. gunnarthor
    Missed the links on those articles but I had some real hope for Bridewater before that knee injury. Cousins is polarizing but I've come around to rather not having him. Ah well, hopefully this new team is more fun to follow.
  20. gunnarthor
    He's a good player but my hope would be that he would become a HOF type bat. He has shown flashes of that - particularly his rookie year and 2017 before he got hurt a bit - but generally he's been a dangerous middle of the order type bat with injury issues. For example, he's strongly outplayed Michael Cuddyer through age 28 season. But the hope was that he'd be more like Morneau, as a floor. Still, realistic expectations instead of HOF expectations probably favor Sano better. Outside of injuries, we probably shouldn't complain.
  21. gunnarthor
    How is everyone dealing with the economy these last few months? In the last few months, we've bought a bit more into a few tech stocks as they fell (sq, apple) although they are still falling, made a modest investment into PG, and made a large (for us) buy of AXP.
  22. gunnarthor
    It's really strange that Bieniemy hasn't gotten a head coaching job as he's excelled at all his coaching positions. Although Andy Ried called the plays in KC and Philly, that didn't stop Matt Nagy, Doug Pederson, Brad Childress among others from getting a HC job. Wonder why.
  23. gunnarthor
    I don't dislike him. He's ok and can be quite good, at times. I don't like Buck at all. I think Aikman saw what Romo was doing and started doing that a bit more but FOX pushed back on that a bit, IIRC. I remember an article three or four years ago where FOX wanted it to be the Aikman and Buck show and didn't want something like what Romo was doing. Can't find the link. At the end of the day, he certainly knows football and if the new deal with ESPN allows him to be a bit less standardized, it could be pretty good.
  24. gunnarthor
    If the Vikings could get the 6th pick for Cousins, they should absolutely do that and then see what they can get for Hunter. Stock up and rebuild. But I doubt that happens.
  25. gunnarthor
    I thought Watson was under significant criminal and NFL investigation as well as facing dozens of civil lawsuits? Did that all get settled? If not, how can you give up anything of value to get him?
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