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  1. nicksaviking
    It is, but as much as people like to sing the praises of TB, they only had the one year where they made a dent in the playoffs. These strategies are clearly great for the regular season, but I'm not sure they translate in the post season. Having enough players who don't need to be taken off of the field for platooning, along with having some top end starting pitching seems like it's needed come October. A roster full of platoon players and using 'bullpen' games in the post season doesn't seem to work too well. As it is, I think the current Twins are trying to copy the Rays, who are in fact re-enacting a version of the Twins and A's from the first decade this century. I don't want to emulate that.
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    I'm not giving Luke Raley any credit until he does something with the Mariners. He looks like one of those nobody players the Rays find and turn into gold before they turn into dust with their new team. But willing to open up to the idea of this being a bust if the Mariners find the same success.
  3. nicksaviking
    Well then I blame Florio for getting my hopes up. Maye better be the target then.
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    I agree, but I don’t think of Chargers ownership as rational football minds. I had ZERO interest in Harbaugh as coach. They are celebrating hiring him as if he was the best thing that ever happened to the franchise. They’re going to do whatever Harbaugh wants them to do until Harbaugh burns all his bridges.
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    Yeah, that's what I've wanted for so long. A young star QB like Herbert could make me change my mind though. Herbert getting traded could be like Matt Stafford getting traded; top end QBs that were cursed to be on dysfunctional franchises get moved to a better situation. The odds that even one of those rookie QBs are as good as Herbert is probably 50/50 at best.
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    I'd have to think having Herbert at QB would make him interested in staying. I mean, as long as the money is right.
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    Teams don't usually trade picks for picks this early, mostly because if there's a guy they wanted at 23, it's too early to tell if he'll be there. Have to think they plan on moving up, and maybe before the draft starts. Although Florio did suggest the Vikings could use the picks to trade for Justin Herbert allowing Harbaugh to draft his guy McCarthy. Florio said it's a long shot, but I don't think it's that crazy of an idea. Herbert would probably be awesome in the Vikings offense, though then they wouldn't get that rookie contract to aid them. They could probably find a way to pay Jefferson still by rearranging some money, but it would be tight.
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    At least he's 31, he can toast the Vikings next year if the Vikings are going to struggle anyway. And the Bears have a lot of picks, I was worried they'd pick Williams at 1 then package 9 and something else to move up for Harrison, paring them together for years. Probably not happening now.
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    Jarvis Ardel Brown was born March 26. 1967. He was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round, 9th overall, in the 1986 draft. He made his MLB debut on July 2, 1991 and was added to the playoff roster which won the World Series. He left via free agency in 1992 and played for a few more teams that absolutely nobody cares about. View full player
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    More information about "Jarvis Brown"
    Jarvis Ardel Brown was born March 26. 1967. He was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round, 9th overall, in the 1986 draft. He made his MLB debut on July 2, 1991 and was added to the playoff roster which won the World Series. He left via free agency in 1992 and played for a few more teams that absolutely nobody cares about.
  11. nicksaviking
    The frustrating Minnesota sports franchises turned my heart turned to stone awhile back, so my emotionless terminator mind says the top directive is to let Smith go and spend his salary elsewhere, however my auxiliary information bank suggests retaining him will lessen the desire of the front office to once again blow another early pick in the secondary. Processing, processing, processing...... Result: Negligible negative impact to possible positive impact. Proceed.
  12. nicksaviking
    Josh Mettellus playing nickel might have been the best defensive player they had last year outside of Hunter.
  13. nicksaviking
    Smith played 98% of defensive snaps. In fact, he played 1113 snaps, the most of his career. Bynum played 99% of the snaps and Metellus played 94%. So with three safeties they ran a nickel or some kind of 5 or more DB coverage 94% of the time. That's why it kind of seems odd to sign both Van Ginkel and Casham while Pace is here and seemingly capable. One of those guys will be off the field just about every play unless they're lining up with the big boys up front next to Phillips. Van Ginkel seems most likely, but he's a heck of a lot smaller than Wonnum, and way smaller than Bullard and Lowery who were on the field when Wonnum wasn't.
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    Harrison Smith is coming back per PFT (they curiously didn't provide a source): https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/harrison-smith-agrees-to-remain-with-vikings-on-reworked-contract This seemed inevitable since he wasn't released with the slew of other safeties last week and the Vikings aren't a team that would do a long time player dirty by screwing him out of first dibbs on free agency. He's definitely taken a step back the last couple of years. They must not think much of Jay Ward, and this leaves no doubt about Lewis Cine being a bust. There were lots of younger, better safeties out there, I assume this reworked deal has to be for near league minimum.
  15. nicksaviking
    For sure. QB first, than the IOL and then defensive front seven were my only priorities this off season, so they were close to my game plan, but off a bit. Build from the inside out. I preferred to spend money on the IOL first, mostly because the last couple decades this team has been way better at finding D front seven players at all spots in the draft and has really struggled with the OL. But I suppose it's a new front office, maybe that will all change. So far I've seen little evidence of that, but with them using 50% of their picks on DBs in the first two drafts, I suppose we don't have a great read on their proficiency at other positions yet.
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    I'd have rather signed a better guard or center than signed BOTH Cahsman and Van Ginkel. I can't imagine there will be a ton of packages with both those two and Pace. Seems to be some overlap there unless Van Ginkel is going to be a very undersized DE.
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    Yeah, I get it, and I'm guessing that's the idea, even if the team is deluded. But they also don't have enough draft picks to fill up the defensive side. And they didn't draft well enough in terms of players or positions the last two years to plug in guys they previously drafted either. So Cashman and Van Ginkel are basically stop gaps until they do. I hope.
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    I know he's been a big name ever since his prospect days, but I wanted a guy to be the #2 starter, and I don't think Cease is any better than Ober or Ryan. I mean if he's cheap, I'd rather have him than DeSclafani, but if the Yankees, Rangers and Padres are bidding on him, I'm guessing there will be an overpay. And of course the White Sox would make the Twins overpay the most out of any of those teams.
  19. nicksaviking
    Dobnak and his lack of strikeouts and heavy sinker usage means the Twins would run out the defensive infield, benching guys like Julien, Kirilloff and Jeffers. Which in turn means he's going to get much less run support. We trusting Dobnak to win a bunch of 3-2 ball games?
  20. nicksaviking
    Man, I really dislike the interior of the offensive line. It really seems weird for a modern NFL team to dismiss this area and regard it as unimportant for so long now. Can they get Connor Williams? And if so, will he be healthy? Outside of a trade or the draft, the remining interior free agents don't look very good. Risner is like the best available.
  21. nicksaviking
    Yeah, if they screw up the QB, they'll be back to square one. It will be frustrating, but it's already frustrating being on square 8 or whatever this purgatory we call mediocrity is. And if they are BAD bad, then we don't have to have coaches and GMs waste our time for half decade desperately trying to be average at the expense of actually being great, just to save their jobs. They'll just be gone. Greenard is the only free agent that will be difficult to part with should it be necessary. And if they do use additional picks to move up, they'll need some free agents because they won't have a ton of picks to plug in. Not that they like to plug in rookies unless they have to.
  22. nicksaviking
    How are the Giants going to justify this part though: By cutting him now, the Giants could potentially only owe him 30 days of termination pay — about $1.11MM. The CBA, however, explicitly states that this applies to players who have “failed to exhibit sufficient skill or competitive ability.” That hardly seems to apply to Davis, who hit .248/.325/.413 with 18 home runs during the 2023 regular season and is 6-for-15 with a pair of homers this spring (.400/.471/.800). I hope they get taken to the woodshed on this; that's a big pile of crap.
  23. nicksaviking
    Man, the Mariners pen has taken a beating. I think they've lost three guys since this trade. That'll teach them to deal Topa instead of Miller. When the Twins offer Topa back to the Mariners, do they settler for Miller? Or do they ask for Julio Rodriguez too?
  24. nicksaviking
    I clearly didn't read the room correctly on the Jones signing, I thought it would be met with yawns, I was wrong, sorry. Didn't mean to undercut anyone's optimism for him. I'm a Vikings fan, I hope he does well.
  25. nicksaviking
    Which part isn't realistic? Jones being washed up?
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