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  1. nicksaviking
    If I was to assume Cousins was re-signed, it should be getting an edge rusher since there look to be some good ones. But I assume the opposite. I think Cousins is most likely gone and it's option E) trade up. Quite possibly with the team that does sign Cousins.
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    Yeah, that took awhile. I kind of thought Belichick and Jones wouldn't exactly work well together, but I also thought if Jones couldn't get Belichick, he'd fire McCarthy just to keep Dan Quinn.
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    I'm not throwing the GM out yet. One of my biggest Vikings pet peeves is blowing early picks on DBs and it always has been, so he started off rubbing me the wrong way from the start. I know, that's more on me than it is on him. And glad to see the Cowboys keeping McCarthy. Because I hate the Cowboys.
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    Must have been a rough class for corners. Blackmon only played more than 50% of the snaps in four games, and that was due to others being injured. Hope he turns out to be a stud. Adofo-Mensah has used five of his nine 1st-4th round picks on DBs in his two drafts. He'll never build a competitive team if he keeps blowing 55% of his top picks on those positions.
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    Ha, the young guys are the 'regression candidates' while you mourn the loss of Gray and Taylor? I mean, I can't imagine there are too many regression candidates in the league bigger than those two.
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    McCarthy is staying. No word on Sirianni, but I have to think that's a good sign for him. That would leave Atlanta, Washington, Tennessee, LA Chargers, Carolina, LV and Seattle. I think this impacts the Vikings because Belichick doesn't seem like someone who would want to take the time or the risk (for Belichick, the risk is the time probably) to develop a QB. I think a Cousins and Belichick matchup would be really good, but Belichick could try another option too I suppose. Either way I really want him to go to a QB needy team drafting ahead of the Vikings. If that theory holds water, landing in Atlanta or Washington would be huge as far as the Vikings getting a better shot at landing one of the top QBs. If the Vikings trade up because one is available, the Chargers look like a good fit. They'll have a new GM in there who may want to accumulate picks so he can have players that he likes, not his predecessor. Like Kwesi did his first year. Of course other teams will be looking to move up there too. Vikings can't let themselves get outbid, but it could be a ripe situation for the buyers to have to hand over more than usual. One team I think the Vikings are safe from bidding against is the Jets. They aren't going to want to piss off Rodgers like the Packers did by drafting his future replacement instead of help now to win a championship.
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    This point could be what saves the sport. Amazon is going to want as many eyes as possible on these games, which is different than all the other broadcasters of the past that have wanted as many PAYING eyes as possible on the games. Unlike the RSNs, they can promote the hell out of the games to every corner of the planet on every device that has an Amazon app or web page or pop up ads. If the initial results for Amazon pay off, they will push to expand and expand even further. If this works for them, it will work for the MLB, and the owners are going to be more than eager to lap up more lucrative deals that Amazon offers in exchange for broadcasting concessions. Why would Amazon want to stop at giving us only reginal games? They want to sell stuff to Pirate fans who live in Utah. And then why stop here in America? No doubt broadcasting games to a consumer happy Japan sounds like a great idea to them. If this goes through and works well for the all powerful Jeff Bezos, this is could be a bigger game changer than expected.
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    It's not like if the Twins traded Vazquez, they wouldn't pick up a cheap alternative. Curt Casali, Gary Sanchez Mike Zunino or Yasmani Grandal are still available.
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    Fine by me, but I don't think I see the draw for the Red Sox. Connor Wong doesn't look like a world beater, but he looks better than Vazquez and he has five years of control left. If you're rebuilding, are you really going to bump him just to bring back an old flame you made no effort to keep a year ago?
  10. nicksaviking
    Wait, what about Kars for Kids and Meshbesher and Spence? What would be the point of tuning into a Twins game without those gems.
  11. nicksaviking
    It's not art, it's authorized cheating. And only because unauthorizing it would have been impossible.
  12. nicksaviking
    Yeah, rating catchers on faking strikes is like rating soccer players on faking injuries. I get it, since there's no current mechanism to stop it, it's relevant to evaluate, but it's only part of the game because there was no technology to stop it in the past and baseball is resistant to change..
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    I'm not interested in the Pohlad's saving money, but if it was going to happen, this was a good year for it. They have lots of good, young but cheap players on the roster and few holes to fill. Regardless of the TV money, this would have been an organic year to see a lower payroll. Aside from a couple of pie in the sky names, this free agent class stinks. I have no interest in Marcus Stroman who can't get his own outs and would force Baldelli to run a defensive specialist lineup every fifth day, or Kiermaier who hasn't been able to string together two productive offensive seasons in a row in seven years. As always, they were going to need to trade for help in the rotation. As for the offense, there were only three names I thought were a fit and logical for this team based on position, strikeout concerns and a need to get reliable, not streaky/sporadic, offensive production. Lourdes Gurriel is gone, but Rhys Hopkins and Justin Turner are available. Should they fail to sign one of them, or someone of that caliber whom I personally don't find appealing, then I'll jump on the bandwagon to complain. Otherwise, I didn't want them to sign players just to sign players.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, the lack of games was already going to hurt his stats. And we probably also should consider the difficulty Carlos Beltran is having getting votes. He'd probably have been in on the first ballot had it not been for the whole trashcan bit.
  15. nicksaviking
    I'll trade Lee for top end pitching in a heartbeat. I'd actually trade him before I trade E-Rod or Marco Raya.
  16. nicksaviking
    Pitching changes with the generations. It wouldn't be accurate to compare them as they're being asked to do different things. I'm sure Walter Johnson and Cy Young supporters said the same things about Whitey Ford and Bob Feller.
  17. nicksaviking
    With apologies to Blake Snell who I have zero faith in, these guys aren't as good as the hypothetical arms the rest of us have been talking about getting from Miami and Seattle. Getting more guys who will fill out the middle to back of the rotation won't help this team win the World Series, and that's all I want. This team has enough top end offensive prospects and young players, they can afford to part with some.
  18. nicksaviking
    I like both pitchers, and they could both be All Stars and be 1 and 2 in the Cy Young voting next year. But I still want to improve the team. Asking for another pitcher who can be front of the rotation starter should always be the goal. Already having good pitchers doesn't stop the other teams from trying to get even more. But really, if these two were actually top of the rotation starters, why did the club go out of it's way to avoid starting them and then when they did start them, pull them early in the playoffs?
  19. nicksaviking
    I'm not looking to trade Jenkins, and the Twins could try to sell Miami on other prospects like Lee first, but no one is off of the table. All I want is to win a World Series, and the Twins won't do that without finding another top of the rotation starter. Also, Alcantara won't pitch this year, wasn't his usual self last year and doesn't miss too many bats which is what the Twins like to see from their rotation.
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    And a team that only scored 9 points against the freakin' Panthers with their season on the line the week before. The best players on Philly's D are old too. They better hope all those big-name defensive draft picks who have mostly been backups the last two years improve.
  21. nicksaviking
    The Marlins aren't trading for Buxton. And the Twins sound like they're expecting him to be back in center this year, so there'd be no reason to sell him low or eat his salary now. If they're wrong, they're just in the same spot they are now, if they're right, they've found themselves in a superior position. As far as Marlins pitchers go, I want Luzardo or Garrett much more than Alcantara.
  22. nicksaviking
    This is interesting too: So if the Twins had him back and asked him to resume working the count like the organization likes, it would also stand to reason his numbers would revert back to what they were pre-trade.
  23. nicksaviking
    Those odds sound about right, as noted, of the AL contenders, the Twins will have the least amount of competition. The entire AL East could be a contender (doubtful Red Sox) and there should be three contenders in the AL West. If the Twins just hold the line they should be in the playoffs. That said, those odds are based on the unknown of the regular season. Once the playoffs do start, and the chaff is cut from the other divisions leaving only the Twins and five other teams, the Twins odds will decrease dramatically with this hypothetical current squad. So anxious, yes, angry no. Waiting for the big move is pretty much the MO for the last half decade. Their real odds, come playoff time, won't be very high until/unless they trade for Sonny Gray's replacement.
  24. nicksaviking
    Yeah, any owner who takes their queues from the fans is stupid, and taking them from Eagles fans would be the absolute worst. That said, that team has got to be at a moral low point. Even if by chance it had nothing to do with the coach, they might not be able to dig themselves out of that hole without new leadership. Self doubt and self pity are contagious. Also, looking at the game logs, the Eagles went in the tank right about the time Jalen Hurts stopped running 10+ times per game. He probably can't lead that team to a Super Bowl with his arm alone, and I don't know if he can stay healthy if he continues to run. If this holds true, I can't wait to see those angry, fickle fans turn on their golden boy.
  25. nicksaviking
    If the Marlins are willing to trade Arraez, that should indicate they're willing to dealing pitching. That's the bigger take away to me. If the Twins want Arraez back (and I prefer not to do reunions) they can sign him as a free agent after the 2025. A guy with no power and defensive limitations won't be very costly regardless of his batting average.
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