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  1.    nicksaviking reacted to a post in a topic: Vikings Depth Chart - To Be Updated
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    I thought the illness was not being in football shape yet. Not trying to be flippant, that just seemed to be what the unspoken narrative was.
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    I’ll take him back, but aren’t the eagles paying Greenard 25M, while the Vikings five months ago couldn’t afford to pay him 20M?
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    Yeah, I have hardly any interest in free agency. I'd be looking to make a big splash for a big player with a big contract via trade. And no, they wouldn't have to trade Jenkins to get someone as good as Lopez. Arraez had value, but nowhere close to the value Jenkins has. Less than half the value.
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    Where is that study? Was it done in 1976 with pitchers throwing 85 MPH? And it's not like this is a typical rookie situation, we're talking about a guy with major injury issues in his very recent past, barely pitching at all in 2022, 2023 and 2024. 140 innings this year vs 83 innings last year is something this team has rarely done with young pitchers, let alone pitchers with a history of arm issues. No, limiting his pitches won't be any value to this sub .500 team, but one would think the goal is for him to be of value by responsibly building up his arm next year and seasons after.
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    I'm looking at the Vikings draft class once again. It's just as unfathomable now as ever, that KAM got fired because of his bad drafting, and they let the three guys who were most influential in his drafts (or secretly running it all along), do the job. They were NEVER qualified for that job. Did the Wilfs ever rationalize why they couldn't hire a new GM in February? What was the Teasley interview like? KOC: "Nolan, tell me about your draft strategy." Teasley: "It's the exact opposite of what you guys have been doing up here for half a decade."
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    There were center options available so it was pretty odd. They must think that Brandel will be better, if not actually good because either 1) they'll ask him to concentrate on just one position this year, or 2) this new wide zone horizontal run blocking is more geared toward his skillset. Because it wasn't just the three stooges interim front office that passed on center in early free agency and the draft, after Teasley got here, he also didn't seem interested in Ethan Pocic, who was on his team in Seattle. I guess that does bring up option 3) they really like Garhardt or Samac. Seattle's CURRENT center was a UDFA.
  22. nicksaviking
    To me, Tom's big talk sounds more like the precursor to making an actual splash as opposed to a half dozen tiny splashes. They all know signing five Josh Bell's won't move the needle in 2027. I don't trust Zoll to have the ability to do it, but Tom sounds like somebody who's already telling him, make another Carlos Correa move to put people in the seats, or next year I'll find somebody who can.
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    Switched my emoji from a laugh to the crying one because I think going quantity over quality and overstuffing the roster with below average free agents just to make the salary floor would be the biggest reason this team doesn't take a giant leap forward next year. And, yeah, that's obviously a real concern.
  24.    nicksaviking reacted to a post in a topic: Who Deserves the Blame for Another Second-Half Collapse by the Twins?
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    What I'm looking forward to is when the league does install a salary floor and the Twins roll out the press releases proudly declaring they increased payroll by 40 or 50M as required, but act like it was their intention to do so this whole time!
  26. nicksaviking
    I'd also guess that when we hear "The Twins partner with Mayo clinic" or "The Twins partner with Twins Cities Orthopedic" it means these hospitals probably provide health services to the team at cost in exchange for the free marketing.
  27.    nicksaviking reacted to a post in a topic: Matt Canterino Is Finally Back on the Mound
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    Obviously it's Tom Pohald with an assist from local media. Because....collapse?? This team has been floating around with this similar record ALL SEASON LONG. So Tom is responsible for pushing this false narrative that this team was at any point a contender this year, and this inevitable collapse would instead be better described as treading-water.
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    Agree that there's little reason not to call him up this year. Also agree he's more than likely to get traded. But without that option and without any MLB track record, I can't imagine it will be for much. Years of control obviously matter to this team, but stuffing the roster with veterans, regardless of their on field talent, is also a reason they don't roster rookies. With 2026 being Rodriguez's last option year, the years of control shouldn't have mattered at all last April, yet they still felt the need to roster James Outman instead.
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    "The Twins released Canterino in April 2025 after designating him for assignment, but the story didn't end there. Just eight days later, Minnesota re-signed him to a two-year minor league contract." My math suggests the two year contract would end after this season, so I'm guessing the club is going to want to see how he looks before committing to him again. And really, it could also be an audition for other teams too if he's truly untethered to the Twins in a month.
  32. nicksaviking
    You're probably right that I didn't need the conviction, but I still can't remember any players with zero MLB experience making the Twins opening day roster in the last couple decades. Maybe he will get a shot, but if it's not this month, I'd put the odds well under 50%. Let's say 20%. And I think this team will be good next year unless they make a slew of boneheaded roster decisions, so I'd classify my attitude about the poor decisions as frustration more than pessimism.
  33. nicksaviking
    I'm wondering if this Cost of Recovery includes the wages paid for missing days. If so, that was already a sunk cost in most other cases. And minimal in Canterino's case. I'm not at all being critical, I'm with most others, the organization gets kudos for sticking with and standing by Canterino.
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