nicksaviking
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I'm quite confident you have the intentions wrong here, particularly in regards to Tampa. They aren't trading star players to put a better team on the field. They are trading them to keep payroll low and they are HOPING it it doesn't impact their record too much. When it comes to trading star players, the team doing the selling comes up with the short end of the stick in the vast majority of the trades.- 110 replies
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Right, but every time the Twins sign a 'utility player', he ends up playing 130 games. So not exactly a utility player. Hard pass for me.
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If this team solely focuses on getting a catcher in return, instead of the best player in return, it's doomed to be a myopic and disastrous move. Not that I have any interest in trading Lopez, especially for prospects. Prove you can get enough of these guys going before you go out and get more. I don't know why Boston or Baltimore or Sacramento's young players are any more likely to hit than the ones already in house.
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And not that it's going to happen, but Festa and Matthews have options (and Varland should be in the pen). It's unlikely but possible this guy could get some early season starts to cover for an injury or while the internal young guys build themselves up. The one thing I do like about Rule V players is that it makes the Twins go against their conservative base instinct. Play him now or cut bait, they have to be decisive; fence straddling isn't an option here.
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Crochet to Boston - The Dream for Kyle Teel is Dead
nicksaviking replied to Vanimal46's topic in Other Baseball
Here's hoping the Chicago rebuild goes about as well as that last one where the rest of the division was needlessly worried about the haul of Cease, Jimenez, Giolito, Dunning, Lopez, Moncada and Kopech being a dynasty for the next decade. -
I wasn't interested in diving into the Rule V pool. But this guy looks pretty intriguing. I am kind of interested after all.
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Yeah, I've heard other national guys suggest tagging him too and someone on KFAN specifically said Darnold doesn't have it in his contract to avoid it. Not sure I'd trade him unless I'm convinced McCarthy is legit, but that's a great option to have.
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Reports are that the A's tried to sign him to get up to the required payroll the MLBPA and other owners are forcing on them. I hope no free agents are willing to go there and instead the A's are forced to give out some unconventional extensions to their young hitters that deserve raises but won't get them due to the current system.
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Yeah, I'm all over the idea of tagging him now. I'm not sure 3 for 100M gets it done anyway, as that was Baker Mayfield's deal last year. Mayfield proved to be a bargain, Darnold has been better and is younger than Mayfield last year, this QB draft class is significantly weaker and there's no Kirk Cousins in free agency. Darnold might get closer to last year's Cousins deal. Tagging him all but eliminates getting tied to a fluke and I don't know that you'd save a ton by waiting a year for an extension if that's what's called for in the end.
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Yeah, that's a lot to give up for a corner bat with only modest power numbers. Not sure what Toronto is thinking either. Was Toronto ONLY looking at Gimenez's 2022 numbers?!? Come 2027 this guy will be making 23M per year through 2029!
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Ugh, not happy Cleveland got out from under one of their poor decisions. That upcoming contract looks really, really bad for a glove only (mostly) 2B.
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And not just getting the star players in free agency, but being able to keep the ones they develop should they chose too.
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Right, but that's due to some NBA clubs being better run than others. Market size has much less impact in that league.
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The bottom feeders are going to continue to get worse and worse TV deals with the worse and worse teams they continue to field due to the inequity. At a certain point, these owners who always say that they aren't profiting will actually be telling the truth if they continue down this path. Billionaires don't keep or buy unprofitable businesses, they liquidate them to their competitors.
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You don't have to break them, just make it worth their while. As much as they say "no' right now, establishing a firm salary floor within say, 30M of the cap should get them to the table. If not, the inevitable threat of contraction will.
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QB pay sucks right now, but the one good thing in this situation is that it basically escalates based on timing more so than actual play. So even if he's MVP in 2025, he's probably getting about the same deal anyway (and if he stinks or just average, you say goodbye). Jackson is the 8th highest paid QB, Mahomes is 12th and Allen is 14th; as designed, it's not based on merit. So, if there's still some question, I think the best move would be to franchise tag him and if he proves to be an elite QB, then do the deal the following year in 2026. Based on the past trends, it will be about 5M per year more than it would have been in 2025, I can live with that as it will still basically be market rate and you'd have that extra year of evaluation to see if he's legit or a fluke. After all, if they turned the keys to McCarthy, he'd already be looking at a new deal in 2027 anyway.
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I wouldn't say no, but I'll say the same thing when this came up with Kyle Gibson: based on his age, Ober will already be in Minnesota about exactly as long as I'd like him to be here. As much as I love Ober, and have no interest in trading him, I'm not sure I want to lock in a starting pitcher for his age 32+ seasons unless he's an all-time great.
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Payroll flexibility is almost pointless in today's game. The only good free agents cost too much. There's no point in paying for a Gallo, Margot or Archer when the in house options are a fraction of the price and just as (un)productive.
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I'm not sure Correa would even want to go there. Maybe, he is a competitor after all, but he was dealing with a lot of baggage leaving Houston and landing in the cozy and unchallenging media market of MN (that was not a positive endorsement) may be what he likes.
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With no real veteran WRs I thought he'd be a good fit for NE, but he's pretty strictly a slot guy and so is Demario Douglas. Ja'Lynn Polk probably should be as well. The fact that he couldn't beat out Douglas tells me he's not as good as him, but as is the case, I'm not surprised about Osborn's lack of usage.
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Agreed. I think the QBs that CAN carry a team to a championship improvise, redirect routes and flat out defy the play calls once in a while. Not just going to the prescribed audibles but actually winging it from time to time. I think Darnold was doing some of that last game too, but it's hard to tell.
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So then you lose your RF (who was god awful anyway) 1B AND SS and have to fill them with 7-10M free agents or trade targets, which this team has about a 10% success rate with? I think the ONLY paths to a better record are for the young guys to improve or for the team to spend more money, and the second one isn't happening. But again, this is a lame duck season, the outgoing bosses should not be making decisions that will impact this team long term.
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The Patriots released KJ Osborne in a 'mutual decision'. I'll guess he gets claimed as he's far from the worst WR available out there, but would the Vikings eye him for a reunion? He's better than Brandon Powell, however, Powell is the punt returner. Though he's not a terribly good one, the Vikings have the 2nd worst punt return average in the league.
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I'm torn. All I've wanted since 2009 is to have a top tier QB to give this team the best shot at a championship. Cousins was really good but was missing that gun-slinging, neck-stomping factor. I'm not sure Darnold has that either, but I'm also not sure that he doesn't. Thankfully we should be able to wait until after the season to decide. The playoffs usually give you a great feel if the QB has that 'IT' factor.
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You think the path to a better record in 2025 lies in trading their best offensive player?
