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  1. Vanimal46
    Clearly TJ Clemmings has no business being a LT in the NFL. This team has a lot of work to do rebuilding the line, and frankly, not a lot of options to improve it. Does Ryan Clady or Kelvin Beachum do anything for you? Both are slated to become FAs, and coming off poor seasons. Do you give Matt Kalil the franchise tag? Or risk him getting a multi-year offer on the FA market? For me, I think I would hesitantly give Kalil the franchise tag and see if he is finally healthy again.
  2. Vanimal46
    Well, considering the organization does not go out and buy ELITE FA pitching, this is the best bet to get one. I'm not sure if I would pass on a pitcher at 1-1.
  3. Vanimal46
    This should certainly be the most fluid group on the team. All I really care about is shuffling through the list of 13+ options and making a decision on who stays and who goes after this year. The MiLB options aren't spring chickens anymore. They need to get their chance in the MLB soon.
  4. Vanimal46
    Haha Grizzly Hall is a place! It's actually a very nice venue to see a concert. I'm going to have to recruit some friends to go!
  5. Vanimal46
    Your last paragraph hits the nail on the head where I'm at with Stewart. We probably don't have enough info to blame Stewart's lack of progression entirely on the past regime. But, as you pointed out, the past regime didn't have many, if any, success stories developing power arms. From our view 1,000 miles away, it sure sounds like they were still preaching pitch to contact and making him a sinker ball pitcher. I also believe a new regime and new philosophy could work wonders for him. Looking forward to reading his progress in the minor league reports this year!
  6. Vanimal46
    And welcome aboard to Twins Daily! A place with zero SEC talk! Don't be a stranger around here.
  7. Vanimal46
    That's why you're the go-to Spy! Thanks for clearing up the confusion!
  8. Vanimal46
    spycake is usually the go-to on here for service time questions... IIRC, he was left on the MLB roster for a couple days too long in 2014 to not qualify for the extra option year. Whatever it was, they screwed up wasting these option years... He had literally 20 PA's combined in 2014 and 2015. They could have thrown a dead corpse on the field to save Polanco's option years.
  9. Vanimal46
    EbenezerBatflip 12:29 Who is the second best team in the AL Central? Seems like after CLE, there is a giant dropoff and lots of question marks. Will anyone in the ALC give CLE any kind of challenge? Dave Cameron 12:29 I'll take DET out of the next group.
  10. Vanimal46
    Interesting, thanks for clearing it up.
  11. Vanimal46
    Agreed. This will be a good year to see if a new regime and new philosophy will fix the K/BB stat problem. Frankly I wouldn't mind a step back in overall numbers if his game plan is more focused on inducing more swinging strikes. Maybe he gives up more HRs and he won't have a sexy sub-3 ERA with a different game plan. In the long run, it should help him out more to use more of his power pitches, and not focus entirely on inducing weak ground balls. As someone who was down on him because of the low K rate, I'm feeling different about him this year. And I'm excited to see if the new regime can help him realize he can be more than a sinker ball, pitch to contact guy.
  12. Vanimal46
    Not enough HUSTLE and GRIT on this all-time roster IMO. Find a way to put super utility man Nick Punto on this and we're cooking with fire.
  13. Vanimal46
    70.5 is a good number... Either you think they're losing 90+ games again, or see a ton of improvement from last year and lose 80+. There's still too much uncertainty with the pitching IMO that I'd still go under.
  14. Vanimal46
    A 2,000 word story takes a lot of time.... And frankly, some of us are better at spewing out SCORCHING hot Twins takes instead!
  15. Vanimal46
    I would hate to expose Zucker since he's really honing in on his game right now, and could be a perennial 25+ goal top 6 forward. Las Vegas would certainly draft him to be a top 6 forward on their team. I think the Wild could take the loss of Brodin.... Love the guy, and think he's a great defensive minded player, but I think Dumba has more potential to be a force on the power play.
  16. Vanimal46
    Here's a link for the Expansion Draft Rules. If Granny and Nino aren't signed, then if I'm understanding the rules correctly they wouldn't be eligible for the draft. So here would be the options to expose: 2 Forwards under contract for 17/18 - Pommer (if he waives NTC), Coyle, Koivu, Stewart, Zucker, Staal, Parise 1 Defenseman under contract for 17/18 - Brodin, Dumba, Scandella, Spurgeon 1 Goalie that can be either a RFA or under contract - Steve Michalek?
  17. Vanimal46
    It feels like a huge waste of Stewart's talents to make him a pitch-to-contact type when he has good stuff. If anything it should be the last resort to make him that kind of pitcher. He could be the new regime's first real significant turnaround candidate under their watch.
  18. Vanimal46
    Also, because our interests and enjoyment of music always evolves, my current top 10 in no particular order: Cake - Never There Incubus - Just a Phase Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Blue On Black Grouplove - Welcome To Your Life NEEDTOBREATHE - Great Night Weezer - King of the World Courtney Barnett - Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Never Go Back Kings of Leon - Red Morning Light
  19. Vanimal46
    FYI: Prince's music is now officially streaming on both iHeart Radio and Spotify! Let's Go Crazy! Let's Get Nuts on Price music!
  20. Vanimal46
    Anyone else hearing Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" playing in the background?? Oh hey, it's Lewis Thorpe outside your bedroom window! http://www.poorandpretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Say-Anything.jpg
  21. Vanimal46
    That's too bad. Never like seeing that happen to young, exciting arms in baseball.
  22. Vanimal46
    They tried lighting all of the candles on Chief's cake, but it combust into a single flame.... http://kathln.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/80th-birthday-old-man.jpg Happy Birthday Chief!
  23. Vanimal46
    Concur. He's too far away to excited about him yet.
  24. Vanimal46
    Happy Valentine's Day! The pressure is on to make your SO happy on this particular day... If you're single, it's the best night of the year to go to the grocery store. On this day in 2005, YouTube officially launched their website! Happy 12th birthday, YouTube. It definitely feels like I've wasted 12 years of my life watching countless videos. What's your all-time favorite video to watch? Also, on this day in 1929, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened in the streets of North side Chicago. Al Capone wanted to take control of the bootlegging business, and rise to power in the mob scene. 7 gangsters were gunned down on this particular day.
  25. Vanimal46
    So who was in the doghouse on Valentine's Day 5 years ago where they decided to launch this site? Congrats Twins Daily! You're now old enough to send you to Kindergarten! http://berryberrysweet.com/BLOG/First-day-of-school-kindergarten.jpg
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