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That is perhaps the one benefit of having an ownership group like the Pohlads. They don't get involved, either because they don't care enough or because they don't know enough. In either case, leave these decisions to the professionals. Also, if it seems odd that an elderly man like Woody Johnson knows about Madden stats, he doesn't. Further reporting says that it was his teenage sons (really? OK Mick Jagger) were the ones telling him not to do the trade because of the Madden ratings. Teenagers. Having input on a multi billion dollar company's decisions.
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These brothers do sound like the 'meddling' kind of owners. That's usually not good when it comes to winning championships. But if they are going to appeal to the fans with lower prices and better free agents it might be worth the meddling.- 34 replies
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I know there are rumblings of trading Castro, but I guess I don't follow the logic. Do you do it so you can keep Vazquez? Or do you trade him and also trade Vazquez so you have extra free agent money to spend on a player that is worse than Castro? Neither makes sense to me. I'm with others, I'm only trading Castro if it's part of a bigger deal with Twins prospects for a better player from another team.
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Yeah, I could see it if Cousins was free, but he won't be even when he's cut, he can sign with the highest bidder while keeping his Atlanta severance. Like you said, that franchise just makes bad decisions because they have a bad owner. Cousins and Stefanski were together for only one season, but maybe they have a strong relationship. Not sure if Stefanski has any pull, or even if he'll keep his job though.
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I am concerned about the velocity swings and the lack of strikeouts. Those are the two things the Twins have been really, really good at developing. I don't know that he can improve from here much. I've heard trade scenarios for every one of the Twins other pitchers, but SWR is perhaps the one I'd look to move. He isn't as established as Lopez, Ober or Ryan and with his excellent rookie numbers he put up, he probably has more value than Festa or Matthews despite not having the same ceiling.
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I'm all for that, play the real talent and if you're really lucky they click right away, but at least let them take their lumps now with a higher chance of them clicking next year. Still, while I don't have much hope that Martin, Keirsey or Helman will amount to much with the bat, I have zero hope that Bader will. And that's three options you could try instead of one you can't get rid of.
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He squeezed every dollar out of the Vikings and both sides seemed amicable about the situations (well, except for Mike Zimmer). If he gave Atlanta free money everyone better start questioning if there was an under-the-table deal to save Atlanta cap space. Whether they cut him or trade him, he'll keep his salary, so I'd think the only way he'd step away is if they cut him. And if they did cut him and he 'retired' that would leave the door open for him to come back later with any team he chooses.
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No it kept them from trying Kiersey a year earlier. But it hardly matters. The Twins defensive issues pale in comparison to their offensive issues. They can't afford to give another roster spot and 300-400 PAs to a guy they know can't hit. It would be better to continue giving that roster spot and those at bats to guys that the jury is still out on. They can try multiple guys if they don't lock up this spot. This offense needs to improve, a move like this hurts that effort. I don't want any free agents in this price range, but if they absolutely feel like they must, re-signing a guy like Donovan Solano is a better option.
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Yeah, it was an issue. The board seemed to see the HR but missed the .278 OBP and 35% K rate. He was an offensive black hole. But everyone did notice the problems with the Margot, Vazquez and Simmons deals.
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But when Kiersey puts up a .620 OPS he can be optioned. The Twins will have to roster Bader all season. Everybody seems to want these glove only players in the offseason, then when they continually fail to come through when the season starts everyone wants them gone. But they just won't go away.
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If Cousins allows them to trade him, instead of making them cut him so he can keep his salary and choose his own team, Cousins would be foolish. And based on his long history of shrewd contract decisions, he doesn't seem foolish in this regard.
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Tough spot for Kirk, (not that I'm crying) as I think finding a fit next year will be tough. Here are the teams I think for sure will need a QB next year: NYJ, PIT, CLE, TEN, LVR, NYG Would the Jets go from washed up Rodgers to washed up Cousins? I don't see it. The Steelers would surely rather just keep Russell Wilson. Similar to the Jets, I don't see the Browns going from broken Watson to broken Cousins and they don't seem inclined to just eat Watson's salary. But I'll put them down as a long shot possibility because they're dysfunctional. I thought IND and CAR may be looking, but now why wouldn't they keep Richardson and Young? They may not be good, but they're better than Cousins, or at least have some upside. NO, SEA, LAR Could move on from their veteran QBs but their veteran QBs are probably all more desirable than Cousins. So that leaves TEN, LV and NYG and at this time, two of them are in line to draft Sanders and Ward. Is the one that ends the season with the best record stuck with Cousins? It's possible that team may still rather roll the dice with Justin Fields or Aaron Rodgers. Or even Daniel Jones if the perceived KOC transformation can boost his reputation in merely two months of his presence in Minnesota.
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The thing is though, that this era of baseball isn't filled with Jim Thomes and Cecil Fielders. Hitting the ball hard and being fast are nowhere close to mutually exclusive anymore. Last I checked Aaron Judge is still playing CF and Shohei Ohtani is stealing 50 bases. The guys who hit the ball hard tend to be the best athletes, and the best athletes also tend to be fast. Just not on this team for some reason.
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I don't think I've seen a screen pass or a swing pass to a RB go for more than three yards since Dalvin Cook was here.
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WT hell, so is the Bears GM? Guys, you’re on TV.
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Is the Bears coach chewing gum while wearing a headset?!? If I had to listen to that, Id be playing like Williams too.
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4th Q in the other game and neither team's QB is over 100 yards passing. How did that game make prime time?
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Yeah, big mystery, I wonder if they hire an offensive or defensive minded coach next year..........
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I don’t remember Swift being able to carry defenders five yards after contact before.
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Wow, poor timing on that take....
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They've hardly used Nailor recently, so they might as well just stick with two TE sets to help out the tackles now. Oliver and Mundt have been capable pass catchers when they absolutely need them to be.
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Seems pretty unimportant. I wear sweatpants and tshirts. Sometimes my wife makes me put on a nicer shirt and jeans if we go out.
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What was Hockenson doing on that pick? Replay looks like he catches that easy if he’s looking at the pass. Looked like he was trying to block.
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No. As long as it doesn't impact their play, they could wear top hats and speedos for all I care.
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I'd like to hear more of Joe's resume but my guess has been that Jim didn't want to run the team anymore so they decided to explore selling and gave the keys to the youngster to play around with it before the family was done with the team. As to St. Peter, I can't imagine he ever knew much about business. He was hired as a kid out of college and has zero work experience outside of the Twins. I mean if he ever actually was learning about TV deals, marketing or fan engagement, it would have been from some old-timer back in the 1990s. Not exactly a relevant period to today's strategies. I envision his sage advice something like:
