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  1. nicksaviking
    Yeah, some coincidence. The entire board was down on this team preseason, then they started off hot and when they lost two games you came back to pile on. This team's QB is Sam Darnold. that was a league-wide joke until week 1, but NOW you talk like he was supposed to make this team a top 5 offense. Sorry, you need to face it (but won't) this team has over achieved. If you don't believe me, maybe you'll believe this guy: Damn KOC, you were supposed to have this offense as a top end unit!!!!!!!
  2. nicksaviking
    Do they prioritize good defense at 1B? Not when Sano was here, not when Alex Kirilloff was the primary 1B all off season until signing Santana two weeks before spring training opened. Miranda was the primary 1B in 2022, I think you're underestimating their acceptance of his glove and overestimating what they demand from the defense. I know there is an unfair assumption that if you can play any other position you can play 1B, which isn't true, but honestly, being able to play 3B is perhaps the best indicator you can. Right handed players have to backhand balls at the hot corner which is the most similar play to snagging errant short hops from the infielders, and with right handers, their glove hand directly guards the line at 1B. If there is one position that should translate to 1B, it's 3B, and Miranda hasn't shown anything to prove otherwise. Spend the money elsewhere, there's likely not a 13M upgrade, and if there was, there'd no money to upgrade anywhere else. This spot would be very, very low on my priority list.
  3. nicksaviking
    Well he’s only hitting his prime years and he’s been at .750 OPS in two of his three seasons. I don’t see that as his best case scenario. But really, if they have only $10-15M to spend (and I suspect the 130M promise might be reneged), I don’t suspect you’re getting much of an upgrade at 1B for that amount. I’d take the .750 OPS at 1B already in hand and look to improve elsewhere. Miranda had the fifth highest OPS+ on the team last year. It's understandable if someone doesn't believe in him, but I don't understand how there aren't a dozen players one wouldn't believe in even less.
  4. nicksaviking
    https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/ikem-ekwonu-out-xavier-legette-questionable-for-panthers Hmmm, I wonder if an even better LT wasn't actually available. The Panthers are sitting Ikem Ekuonu due to an ankle injury. Probably accurate, but sitting a guy to protect his trade value has become a bit of a trend. Probably wouldn't have been a great fit though I suppose. He was a first round pick in 2022 so he'd be on the books next year too and in 2026 unless his option isn't picked up. He'd likely cost considerable draft capital AND the Vikings would have had to pay 3 starting caliber tackles. And he's probably legitimately injured and I'm reading too much into it.
  5. nicksaviking
    Impressive. I'd venture to guess that a guy who can (barely) play SS is rarely the last guy on the list. That spot is probably usually reserved for no-name relievers, AAAA catchers, starters with a +7.00 ERA or CORNER bats who can neither hit or field.
  6. nicksaviking
    It's looking like the Vikings will be without Cashman again. I think the Vikings win, but Flacco will will certainly take advantage of Pace's coverage problems.
  7. nicksaviking
    Absolutely time to move on, but I wish him well. For as rough as 2024 was, his versatility coupled with his league average bat was a key contribution to the 2023 team's success. Thanks Kyle and good luck.
  8. nicksaviking
    To be fair, Carlos Santana was both a plus defender AND played 150 games this year with 146 of those games as the starting 1B. The fact that Miranda made 12 starts seems like a good sign to me actually. No one other than Kirilloff started a game at 1B and Kirilloff was supposed to be Santana's left handed compliment. Once Kirilloff became unusable, Miranda was hands down their back up 1B and they didn't even bother looking for another option. And in 2023 Miranda didn't beat out Solano for playing time because his bat wasn't good enough to play in the majors.
  9. nicksaviking
    Right, but the lack of competition is pretty typical for a backup catcher, whether he's paid 10M or 1M. And really, in the years that they aren't rostering a Vazquez of Jason Castro in addition to their internal option, they usually stash a veteran in AAA. I'm Ok rolling with Camargo, but I suspect most aren't, including the front office. I'd just grab a Tucker Barnhart or Yan Gomes knowing that whether it's an OPS of .400 or .600 it's not worth worrying about the degree to which they are impacting the team. You're not counting on them to help offensively in any scenario.
  10. nicksaviking
    I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer, mostly because my enthusiasm for next season isn't high regardless of the payroll, but if the Twins are able to move Vazquez and Paddock, I'm not sure that the savings will be re-invested back into the payroll. The Twins announced the payroll won't be going down this year BEFORE both the Rangers and Cardinals, two teams who historically spend over expectations said they are dropping payroll, and it's thought that many other teams will do the same. To me, that sounds like a green light for Joe Pohlad to renege on his previous statement and also cut back. "Well, we said it wouldn't be lower, but we didn't expect things to change so quickly. Look at what all the other teams are doing."
  11. nicksaviking
    I'd disagree, in that even if you sign a pricey backup, he's still likelier than not to hit like Vazquez. I don't think Danny Jensen's odds of being an offensive weapon are significantly higher than say Christian Bettencourt or Yan Gomes. It's the backup catcher spot, I'm more than happy going back to the Mike Redmond/Drew Butera method with the position. Spend the money elsewhere.
  12. nicksaviking
    The Dodgers don't tend to be a prospect-for-prospect kind of team. I'm thinking they'll want MLB talent, and I'm not giving them Jax. But really, top catching prospects don't tend to work out too often. I think the odds that Jeffers rebounds is higher than the odds that a AAA catcher turns into a star player.
  13. nicksaviking
    New York doing a replay assists for the face mask? Yes, it happened. One week after they said there was nothing that could be done about the Vikings face mask.
  14. nicksaviking
    I'm not as emphatic, but I like his chances. I'm not sure if a new hitting coach can iron out the team-wide epidemic of inconsistent hitting, but the roller coaster production isn't just a Julien thing. Just about all the players are doing it, which makes me think there's an underlying issue the team hasn't addressed yet.
  15. nicksaviking
    Their D still looks pretty dang good. Which makes Rodgers and the offenses ineptitude all the more fun. Gotta think the defensive players aren't happy with Rodgers.
  16. nicksaviking
    You see that once in awhile and I can't figure out what's going through the players' heads.
  17. nicksaviking
    Are you kidding me?!?!? New York will now call down and tell the refs to throw a facemask flag for the NEW YORK Jets? I wish I could quit this league. It's so corrupt.
  18. nicksaviking
    I mean, if it was up to me, I'd like to see 10 batting titles with 10 teams in 10 years. That would be a heck of a lot of fun. Although probably less fun for Arraez. Also, woof. Any list that is dominated by relievers isn't a terribly attractive list.
  19. nicksaviking
    Right, this team can't run up the middle and the other teams know it. Makes it that much harder to run to the outside and frees up the LBs to focus on taking away underneath passes and play more DBs to double team the receivers.
  20. nicksaviking
    Yes, you are. That is your entire argument. He has gotten Sam Darnold to run the offense up to Kirk Cousins level of play in what EVERYONE said should have been a step back offensively and a rebuild year, yet you won't stop complaining about it.
  21. nicksaviking
    So four coaches who've found success with HOF QBs in Mahomes, Jackson, Rodgers and Stafford, and Mike Tomlin who is a HOF coach but who Vikings fans would have wanted out of here a decade ago due to his club's inability to get out of the first round of the playoffs BECAUSE they don't fix the QB situation. Why do you continue to duck the obvious correlation between the caliber of QB on the team and the offensive success?
  22. nicksaviking
    Sad news. Clearly this is due to his inability to stay healthy. I hope those injuries don't impact his quality of life going forward.
  23. nicksaviking
    Extremely sad news. Tough break for the young man as I'd guess this is related to his inability to stay healthy.
  24. nicksaviking
    I mean if you're going to refuse to correlate the offensive production to the starting QBs the team had during those years, I don't know that there's much more to discuss here. There wasn't a person on this planet who thought Darnold was an upgrade to Cousins in his prime, which was why McCarthy was drafted. Arguing that Darnold was expected to be an improvement seems irrational.
  25. nicksaviking
    I would venture to say that anyone who has started even a single game at LT this season is a better option than Quesenberry.
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