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For what it's worth, the Bills look like the better team. But the Lions have already won several games they should have lost this year.
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I have no interest in Falvey giving definitive statements. Be vague, play company secrets close to the vest and let the other teams know as little as possible about your plans. Will fans hate it? Yes. So what, keep as much on the QT as possible. -
Lions likely have it. After head to head it goes to division record than conference record. Even if the Bills beat them, Detroit would then have one more conference win than the Vikings. Last I looked Detroit was slightly ahead in Strength of Schedule and that's only increasing with the Lions playing Buffalo and the Vikings playing Chicago.
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Neither is that offensive line. Wow, that's brutal. Mike Zimmer looking to be a head coach again? Sorry, Mike, too little too late.
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Twins Interested in Carlos Santana Reunion For 2025
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Right, we've seen rebound years from aging veterans all through the long history of the game, but rarely do we see TWO rebound seasons in a row. -
Do I think Derek Falvey, Rocco Baldelli and the 25 other players on the team regret the signing? Obviously not. Do I think Joe Pohlad, who now wants to present an overly favorable cash flow to prospective buyers regrets it? Very obviously.
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Yeah, it will be hard to clean house though. They just gave new deals to Samuel, Aiyuk, Williams, Jennings and McCaferrey in the past two years. I think Samuel is the only one they really can cut. I think they are going to be forced to try again next year, even if it seems fruitless.
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Wow, the 49’ers are looking more and more like the Browns or the Jets.
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Strong argument for why two different people should have final say in these two different areas of player acquisition.
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Deebo has two more years left in this league. A desperate team will sign him next year after the 49ers cut him, he'll go to a third team after that, and then he won't get any offers after failing to do much three years in a row.
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Mayfield seems like he's capable of pulling a hero act, but with his tendency to turn the ball over, I think the Vikings could feast on him.
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Can the Vikings pay someone from the Rams front office just to draft the Vikings defensive players? I guess they might as wall draft the Vikings offensive players too.
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They were scary enough in late October.
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It's like giving your kids a puppy at Christmas and then dropping it off at the shelter once you find out the vet bill is higher than you thought because you did no research. Yeah, fans aren't happy and MAYBE the right move is to move these guys, but Joe Pohald absolutely cannot be at the controls if they do. Outgoing CEOs should NEVER make decisions with long term consequences for the company. MAYBE the right move is to keep them because new owners will reignite the payroll. I'm skeptical, but it's a possibility.
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The plan is taking shape! The Padres are considering trading Luis Arraez!! https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/11/padres-depart-winter-meetings-with-sights-set-on-getting-better-for-less/ 30 batting titles for 30 teams in 30 years! It's going to happen!
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How do they conflict? They paid for good players that helped them win when they thought they could afford them and the fans were happy. Now one year later they think they can't afford them so the logical outcome is that they would win less and the fans aren't happy. We as fans didn't know this was going to happen then, if we did know they were going to start 'right sizing', most people here would have said a 10 year deal for Correa with a de-escalating payroll would be foolish. The conflict stems from the 2022 Twins ownership having absolutely no clue or care that the 2023 Twins ownership (who was the SAME GUY) was going to demand payroll cuts. Yeah, it is a harsh reaction. Joe Pohald, Dave St. Peter and anyone else involved in this situation have no business running any company let alone a professional sports team. This was pure and utter incompetence. So now, why would anyone want people who were that out of touch with reality making decisions that will impact this organization's future?
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At the time they said they couldn't have a retraceable roof because there wasn't room due to the Hennepin incinerator that sits north of the site. The plan is to decommission that incinerator now, still, I'd guess there'd be little apatite to spend money retrofitting the stadium and adding that feature now.
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Right, the team might want to start by not stinking up the joint in April. Having a good team may not be as compelling as the illusion of having a good team. When you don't start winning until June, I'm guessing you'll have enough casual fans that have forgotten about you by then. Also, being on actual TVs in more homes is probably a better advertisement for going to the games than a DQ hat night giveaway.
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As for the original post, I don't think there's any 'going for it' this year. They aren't raising payroll and I can't imagine anyone is under the illusion that a low budget free agent will make this team a contender. Stripping the team to the studs (or non-studs in athlete terms) to make the cashflow attractive to new owners is my main concern.
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I agree, but that's why I didn't like him getting this new role. Is his path to future employment, specifically here in MN, going to be based more on on-field success, or prudent financial management? With his prior position, I'd have said absolutely the first, now I'm concerned it's leaning toward the second one.
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Yeah, I don't like it but I get it. The problem the Twins have that these other teams don't, is that the Twins 'reality' dramatically changed in 2023. Had the original reality been that they were not only going to stop increasing payroll, but start chopping it, they never would have/should have signed Correa, Buxton and/or Lopez in the first place. Either by poor communication, poor planning, indecision or extreme ineptitude they didn't figure that out. Removing these actual good players will hurt the team. I have no interest in having them try to 'fix' this as there's little reason to believe the 'poor communication, poor planning, indecision or extreme ineptitude' part has changed. They should meddle as little as possible to meet their financial goals, then let the new leadership figure the rest out.
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That WAR is entirely defense. If Twins fans haven't figured out that you should never pay a premium for a glove only player, then they haven't been paying attention for the last two decades. Yes, I think Toronto made a huge blunder here. I wouldn't want Gimenez on this team any more than I'd want Amed Rosario. To your point, trading bad players on rough contracts should always be a goal. Trading good players on rough contracts more than likely doesn't help your win percentage. At least not next year.
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Yeah, I'm not high on Martin at all, but when it comes to not getting the job done, I'll take the unknown over the known.
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Gimenez is a terrible hitter with an even more terrible contract. That move is like the Twins getting out from under the Christian Vazquez mistake, not Correa, Lopez or the other good players people are talking about moving. Whether Cleveland had a 60M payroll or a 200M payroll, moving Gimenez was a good decision.
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But so is betting on Rosario. We're talking about a slap hitter who somehow only managed to draw !9! walks last year. This is Ben Revere/Willians Astudillo levels of frustratingly empty plate appearances.
