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  1. nicksaviking
    If I had my druthers Margot, Vazquez, Santana and Farmer would maybe each start once a week and only to give the other players a day off, not to avoid learning to hit left handed pitching. That is until the better players in St. Paul come and take their jobs. I've come to terms with rarely getting my druthers though.
  2. nicksaviking
    I suppose if the rule is that left handed hitters need to be 30-years-old to hit against left handed pitchers, that means either Margot or Vazquez will be the DH in such games. Bomba Squad redux.
  3. nicksaviking
    Agreed. If these guys will only platoon that's how the rest of the league will see them and you're just throwing value down the drain.
  4. nicksaviking
    Wow, Jeffers in the two hole and they're already keeping Julien and Wallner from hitting against lefties?
  5. nicksaviking
    If the Twins relocated to Albertville and changed their name to the Aardvarks, they'd be in first.
  6. nicksaviking
    Whatever the percentages are, they're going to be significantly higher for the better QBs. And yeah, if that was the new onside kick, I could see KC doing it even in situations you normally wouldn't expect. The bad QB teams would be getting the short end of that deal by a significant margin.
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    I know that's what Florio has been pushing, but I actually don't like that one. Teams with the best QBs would be at a significant advantage. That's probably like what, a 30-40% chance for success for KC but a 10% chance for Pittsburgh? I just think there's too much disparity in the play as the team with the best QB already has a built in advantage, than this would just compound that. Teams that build their offenses to be run heavy and control the clock would get screwed. Not that I want those kinds of offenses, but I don't want them to go extinct either since there aren't enough good QBs to go around as it is.
  8. nicksaviking
    Sounds like a lot of fun to me, but I like new things and I'm not opposed to switching things up if they aren't working. I also think this might not eliminate the surprise 'onside' kick aspect as much as the league thinks. The receiving team will have a 10 yard head start, but if the kicker can put the ball in a spot where it has to bounce first, there will be some mad scrambles for the ball. I think this could be a lot of fun.
  9. nicksaviking
    It would have taken way more than the 25M to get him two months ago, and I have no interest in him now after missing all of spring training. Those free agents haven't once worked out well for the Twins; this looks almost exactly like the Lance Lynn situation.
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    I wouldn't be chummy with him if I had to pay off a 4.5M gambling debt of his either.....
  11. nicksaviking
    The only challenge will be to try to identify Juan Berenguer from a spammer when he joins the site to create his own page.
  12. nicksaviking
    I think the distraction is going to be bigger issue for the Dodgers than they think. Especially if the feds start requesting information and interviews. Hope MLB not putting him on the restricted list bites them in the butt in the long term.
  13. nicksaviking
    Most seem to think the Vikings will trade up for McCarthy, not Maye. While I want Maye, McCarthy is growing on me. He still doesn't seem to have the 'gunslinger' mentality that I want, but most of the knocks on him seem to be related to the Harbaugh suppressed system he was in. If these QBs are smart enough, have the talent and go to a competent coaching staff, they'll get coached out of their college system in short order.
  14. nicksaviking
    Not a great start, but I'm happy none of the bullpen arms are down due to shoulder or elbow injuries.
  15. nicksaviking
    I'm not any more interested in Rich Hill than I am Clevenger, but Rich Hill was good with the Twins. Quite good in fact. His problem was that he was injured and only got 8 starts.
  16. nicksaviking
    A sincere retraction? Clearly you aren't taking journalism classes from Adam Schefter. Not that anyone would mistake him for an actual journalist.
  17. nicksaviking
    Yeah, the greed of it is what bothers me the most. Another way for the billionaires to take more money from the most susceptible, with no effort or or any contributory benefit to anyone else, and then the hypocrisy of raking in the cash while acting like nothing bad can happen from this.
  18. nicksaviking
    Last season is what I base my position on. A couple guys with significant strikeout issues is palatable, but I think their success last year was based more on the pitching. With strikeouts up and down the lineup, they stranded way too many baserunners.
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    It's also possible the Dodgers may decide in the near future that this disaster isn't worth the 700M they're paying him and see an out to void the contract. I'm guessing they won't in this case, but if the feds get involved and it gets messy and public opinion starts swaying the other way, maybe?
  20. nicksaviking
    I don't know, 2018 Lance Lynn looks an awful lot like 2024 Jordan Montgomery. Same age and almost identical track records. I think it would be hard to find a better comp for Montgomery actually.
  21. nicksaviking
    If it's up to MLB, for sure. But if the feds are involved? Taking down illegal gambling rings sounds like a party they get excited about crashing.
  22. nicksaviking
    Too late for me. The Twins have signed lots of guys who held out for bigger deals only to sign after spring training was about over or the season was underway. Lance Lynn, Chris Archer, Logan Morrison and Kendrys Morales. Somewhere between gut-punch and full blown catastrophe. I don't care how you do in spring training, but you need to get the reps in. Too late for Montgomery.
  23. nicksaviking
    I think eventually (not now) something will need to be done with the lineup if Wallner, Julien and Buxton continue to strike out at a 30% clip. I think that's a bit untenable. But if they put up .850 OPS, the team can absolutely live with the strikeouts from one or two of those guys. No reason Wallner can't be one of them.
  24. nicksaviking
    Maybe he's just a really, really big Carolina Panthers fan.
  25. nicksaviking
    He should know to never take advice from a ghost that looks like this..
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