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  1. Vanimal46
    This isn’t what I envisioned impact pitching to look like. I chuckle because one of our members jud sarcastically said Bailey was going to be a Twin when everyone was still available. He didn’t know how painfully accurate he was at the time...
  2. Vanimal46
    They will need to somehow contain Michael Thomas... I’d probably put Mack Alexander on him all game because I have no faith in Rhodes, Waynes, or Hughes keeping up with him. The OL needs to step up big time. They’ve looked bad the last 3 weeks. People can say Kirk holds on to the ball too long, and that’s partially true. Except the last 2 games when the DL is past our OL as soon as the ball is snapped.
  3. Vanimal46
    Here we go! The dirty, cheating Saints in the 1st round. The Vikings are stumbling into the playoffs, but none of that matters anymore. Plenty of 6 seeds have made noise in the past. Can Kirk pull off a miracle run like Joe Flacco did a few years back with the Ravens?
  4. Vanimal46
    Ad Astra... Lots of action for the first 90 minutes. The last 30 minutes it’s like the writers were told to wrap it up quickly. Disappointing.
  5. Vanimal46
    Sounds like you’re going to get familiar with their top prospects Nick Madrigal 2B and Luis Robert CF this year.
  6. Vanimal46
    They’re also talking to Castellanos and Puig...
  7. Vanimal46
    No links unless I’m missing something. Regardless, there is no path to an A+ offseason. None.
  8. Vanimal46
    They have the best pitching staff in baseball if one or multiple of Familia, Betances, or Diaz bounces back.
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  10. Vanimal46
    I’m simply saying you can’t argue both ways. Your rebuttal when Chief said Ryu threw 180 innings just last year is I’m only looking forward. Then you use past results to justify a future projection. If you’re only looking forward, then none of his past performance matters.
  11. Vanimal46
    I wanted to trade for him back in July and nothing has changed on that front. I would have paid the toll of Buxton + Kirilloff and whatever else. Still would today. That’s the team’s only chance to acquire a front of the rotation player under cost controlled terms. If it takes 3 or 4 of the top 5 prospects so be it. There will always be more prospects to hope for in the future.
  12. Vanimal46
    Why does his past matter when you’re just “looking forward”?
  13. Vanimal46
    I would put together that prospect package for Thor. He was on the block last July, and I’m not going to make any assumptions that other pitchers like Blake Snell are available.
  14. Vanimal46
    1 year deal with 2 player options tied to it.
  15. Vanimal46
    The best opportunity to advance is playing the Seahawks. That team is absolutely decimated by injuries. They’ve lost 3 RBs, 2 starting OL, 2 starting DL, and 2 starting CBs to injuries. Though if I were Green Bay, I’d find a way to lose next week so I could play the Vikings again at home...
  16. Vanimal46
    I can’t help but think it’s all between his ears and it can’t be overcome. Granted the OL was awful tonight and that didn’t help. Regardless, I just don’t see him stepping up when adversity strikes like tonight.
  17. Vanimal46
    I’ve seen all I need to see. Another early playoff exit is in this team’s future. They can’t compete against good teams. On a positive note, there’s only 17 more regular season games left in the Kirk Cousins era.
  18. Vanimal46
    Great article. Record breaking revenues and teams cry foul that they can’t afford their players. Until financials are brought to light I’ll never believe ownership saying they’re cash strapped.
  19. Vanimal46
    You’ve made a lot of assumptions about Snell that I disagree with strongly. The 2018 AL Cy Young award winner is not important to this organization? After he just signed an extension last season? And they value 36 year old Charlie Morton on an expiring contract over Snell? Yikes, man... Not to mention Morton has been mentioned as being traded. https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/28346599/tampa-bay-rays-charlie-morton-bound-trade-target I’m not sure I could disagree with you more.
  20. Vanimal46
    Can you share any links showing the Rays are open to trading Snell? I know he was mad that they traded Pham away. Otherwise I can also list pitchers above the current FAs who are not available for trade.
  21. Vanimal46
    I wouldn’t bet a penny on it.
  22. Vanimal46
    “I think we feel a breeze,” he (Levine) said with a grin. “We’re feeling a breeze right now. I think we feel like we’re getting to a place now where we feel a little bit more emboldened to sit down with [owner] Jim Pohlad and [President] Dave [st. Peter] and talk about being a little bit more aggressive. We feel like we’re progressing for sure.” “In free agency, we’re going to have a lot of conversations with a lot of players who are freely available to talk to us,” Twins Chief Baseball Officer Derek Falvey said. “We’re also going to talk to a lot of clubs about players that are on other teams and potential trade targets for us. I can’t put a number or where a guy is or what that means, but we’re going to target impact pitching. I think that’s going to be a big part of our focus, and try to figure out if we can get there.” This FO doesn’t commit to anything and everything all at once.
  23. Vanimal46
    The FA SP market is better this year than the last 5-10 years, don’t you think? So no, I don’t agree it would have been the same as usual. If they didn’t see the market turning around and have more competition for free agents that’s on them. They’re paid handsomely to know the market more than us simpleton fans.
  24. Vanimal46
    I love the irony of being so reluctant to pay for the last couple years of a major contract, and advocate trading for the last 3 terrible years of David Price.
  25. Vanimal46
    What does “We’re going to target impact pitching” mean to you? To me, that meant signing one of the top 5-7 free agents.
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