Vanimal46
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Today is closing day on my new house! I'm very excited! And also scared!
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Now that the NFL season is here, it's prediction time! My expectations are low this season... Obviously from my previous posts I think the defense starts to decline for multiple reasons. The success of the offense still depends on the OL. If that unit bounces back to middle of the pack, I think the offense finishes in the top 10. I think this is a 6-7 win team. Any time I think that they pull a 11-12 win season out of their hat. *shrug*
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I don't understand why they aren't shutting Berrios down for 2-3 weeks. Get his mind and mechanics back on track with simulated games... Then give him a tune up start before the playoffs. Not much is gained by continuing to throw him out there every 5-6 days.
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Game Thread: Twins @ Red Sox, 9/4/19 @ 6:10pm CT
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Could be. After the last couple of winters I have no idea how to gauge free agent values. All I know is I want Big Mike and Odorizzi back for sure... I am willing to go up to 4 years in order to beat out the big market teams for both.
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Hopefully it's just resting for a couple of days.
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During Spielman's tenure as the sole GM, we've had 3 different head coaches, and 3 playoff appearances in 7 years. Certainly not the worst, but there are others out there who are better. Like everything in the NFL, there's an expiration date where things get stale. I think we're nearing that point with Spielman. He's basically tied his future to the Kirk Cousins signing. It was a bold move, and if they miss the playoffs in the first 2 years of that contract, I don't know how he can see the 3rd year. He bet on this roster being Super Bowl contenders...
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I typed that with the assumption the player declines the QO. If they accept it's all a moot point.
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As I think more about this, QOs could be used as a tool for mid market teams like the Twins. It gives them the winter to negotiate a long term deal since most teams are now unwilling to give up the draft pick. Sucks for the player involved, as there is risk of them sitting out until June... But I would hope it's used in good faith to negotiate something long term with them. To answer your last question, yes, I would give up a 1st round pick for Pineda, no doubt. Probably for Odorizzi too. Gibson is a no.
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Depends if more teams will try to be competitive or not. I suspect we'll see teams continue to develop their own pitching and fail before giving up draft picks.
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Perception is funny like that... Zimmer has made the playoffs in 2 of 5 seasons. Most think of him as a good to great head coach. Brad Childress made the playoffs in 2 of 5 seasons. And universally thought of as a bad coach. Hell, Leslie Frazier, who's also thought of as a terrible HC made the playoffs in 1 out of his 3 seasons.
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Odorizzi would be doing himself a disservice if he declined the QO. Last year's debacle should raise red flags to anyone about to receive a QO... I'm sure he doesn't want to sit around until June when the QO draft pick compensation ends.
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Better than Beebe. Better than Treadwell.
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Definitely overrated by the folks at Daily Norseman... Never thought he was a savior for the team, but at least he possesses some upside. Mannion has no upside whatsoever.
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Kyle Sloter clears waivers and the Vikings don't even want him on the practice squad. Biggest head scratcher of all. He got claimed by the Arizona Cardinals.
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Shouldn't they have looked beyond those 2 players? If this illness was known earlier in the season, there was a high risk he needed to be shut down without a backup in a competitive season... This seems like a perfect example to pay up for Mike Minor, or at the very least, go after an Edwin Jackson type just so they have an alternative in a playoff scenario.
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I hope he has a speedy recovery. I am curious to know if this was known by the training staff/upper management throughout the season? If so, it becomes more of a head scratcher why they didn't seek alternatives at the trade deadline. If this was just discovered, then I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
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Moving on from kicker, why are the Vikings not claiming any WRs who were waived? The depth is paper thin after Thielen and Diggs...
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Oakland turned him around pretty quickly after we dumped him... He's been perfect on XPs and 16/17 on FGs with the Raiders.
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I'm getting really tired of the quick trigger finger with these kickers. A 5th round pick may not be huge compensation but sometimes it turns out to be Stefon Diggs.
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Both Bateman and Tyler Johnson will play on Sundays... Best WR corps since Eric Decker and whoever else played with him.
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Maybe that's the key for Duffey to keep pitching well, to not talk about it. In that case... Shh! Don't ruin this!
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Flying home from San Francisco... 2 people got kicked out of the plane for disorderly behavior. One girl, on some hard core drugs, needed to be carried off the plane by the air Marshall. Can't say I've ever seen that before...
