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He should know to never take advice from a ghost that looks like this..
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Probably not an either or. He probably gets prison time THEN gets deported.
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Yeah, for MLB the big pocket Dodgers are probably a secondary concern. How can you clear the dollar signs out of their eyes when they think about their market in Japan?
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-20/gambling-story So I doubt few actually believe that Ohtani's interpreter himself racked up 4.5M in gambling debts. Had all of this been don through legit gambling sites, I'm sure it would have been tracked, but it sounds like it wasn't. All parties deny that Ohtani was placing, or asking his interpreter to place bets, and all parties deny that there was betting on baseball. Really curious how hard MLB will investigate this, because clearly the Dodgers are going to want to sweep this under the rug. I mean, we know the history of what is supposed to happen if you bet on baseball, especially if it's your team. I'd not want Ohtani to be banned from the game, but I'd also not like to see the MLB put on an obvious dog and pony show with an investigation. Casting a blind eye would probably be worse.
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Yeah, last year Patrick Jones was the number 5 LB (including Hunter and Wonnum) and played only 40% of the defensive snaps. Troy Dye was number 6 and played only 11%. Now two league-wide know guys, Ward and Grugier-Hill are numbers 5 and 6, both guys are used to playing more than Jones and Dye. I doubt they both sign here on the same day unless the Vikings say they'll be in the rotation. Jones and Asamoha are still here too. With fresh guys, it really seems like it's going to be blitz city around here next season. Should be fun.
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Signed two more LBs now. Jihad Ward and Kamu Grugier-Hill. Neither were full time starters, but both were on the field regularly. This obviously isn't the Jets or Eagles defense, but the Vikings seem to be stocking it with lots of capable players so like those teams I assume they'll be rotating guys in and out way more than last year. Should keep the defense fresh for the 4th Q.
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Ha, yeah, I put about as much stock in spring training as I do the All Star Game. Just get the reps in.
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I think Paddock is going to be better than expected. As for the internal options, I really wish they would have pushed Raya's innings closer to 100 last year. He's the one that I think has a chance to come in here and be an actual top of the rotation arm. -
The Twins new hitting philosophy of taking as many pitches as possible seems to have really clicked with Castro. His K% remained about the same but his BB% about doubled. He keeps that OBP above .330 and he'll always be a useful player.
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If they get Maye, or even McCarthy, I'll probably have to reconsider my eye-rolls at this 'competitive rebuild' stuff. They probably won't be great next year, but they should be watchable, and if they get the rookie QB, they should be on the upswing, not downswing.
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Disagree. They seemed to shift to an extremely conservative offense at the ends of games once they crossed midfield. To be clear, that was not a glowing endorsement.
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Vikings sign CB Shaq Griffin. Most of the free agents they've signed aren't terribly exciting, and most of them are short term, but I'll give them credit, they seemed to have filled most of their holes. Really makes it seem like just about all of this year's picks are expendable to move up as necessary for the glaringly obvious missing piece.
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Snell signing could push Giants into postseason in '24
nicksaviking replied to RpR's topic in Other Baseball
They should have some top end pitching, even is Snell takes a step back as he tends to do, but even if they make the playoffs, I wouldn't expect much from a team who's best hitter is LaMonte Wade. I know they must be pretty excited as they did make big moves in free agency finally, but Matt Chapman is only an average hitter these days and going to SF doesn't tend to improve on that. Maybe Soler will be good again, but he tends to be really inconsistent year to year. -
2024 Other NFL Offseason News
nicksaviking replied to nicksaviking's topic in Minnesota Vikings Talk
Vick was a bad passer, not unlike Jalen Hurts, but both were/are aggressive gunslingers. Every game I watched Fields he was tentative and indecisive, as bad as Christian Ponder. -
Last year Vazquez pretty much always caught when the 'defensive' team was playing. And teams do account for pitching styles when they chose the catcher because just as sinkers=groundballs, sinkers=balls in the dirt as well. And if you don't think they'll pull Julien when a groundball pitcher is on the mound, see last year's decisions when the groundball heavy bullpen came into the game. Not that I think they should pull him, but they did, and regularly.
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Larnach and Miranda Optioned. Balazovic Reassigned
nicksaviking replied to stringer bell's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Yeah, I'm not sure the reason he stuck around this long, (maybe hoping the maturity of the big league club would rub off on him finally) but him being on the MiLB deal meant there was next to no chance he was making the club. -
Whole heartedly agree they failed. I'm sure they tried to get an actual pitcher this year on the trade market but nope, couldn't convince anyone or wouldn't pull the trigger.* I don't think DeSclafani was anything more than a the Mariners requirement for getting the prospect though. Had the Twins gotten one of the Mariners top five starting pitchers, the Twins would have promoted it, put the guy front and center in a news conference and threw a dance party like they did with Lopez last year when they tried to assuage the fans who were bummed about losing Arraez. They didn't do any of that, instead they basically just played a dirge for Polanco. They knew DeSclafani wasn't anything more than a lotto ticket salary dump. *I don't know why, but I suddenly have a feeling the Twins end up trading a young hitter for an OK-but-not-great Angels pitcher.
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Another guy where we have to look at a half season of ERA and forget about everything else? Hard pass on Lorenzen, he won't help this team. Consider this is a guy with a brutally low ability to miss bats and a high groundball rate. That means that Julien, Jeffers and Kirilloff are probably sitting every one of his games for Farmer, Vazquez and Santana. Now, not only do you have a sketchy pitcher on the mound, but you have your B lineup on the field hitting as well. Huge net negative.
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8 ways to appreciate the gap between the Majors and Minors
nicksaviking replied to RpR's topic in Other Baseball
Good stuff, and the end was very complementary of the Twins St. Paul hitters. I really like the Jair Camargo tease. -
Just sign Jonny Cueto or Matthew Boyd to a MiLB deal and stash them in St. Paul in case of emergency.
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Yup, like they say, you're only as old as you feel. But he feels about 75 at this point.
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Bummed about Duran, but I'll take an oblique over an elbow or shoulder, so this doesn't sound devastating. Not shocked about Thielbar. I can't wait until he's back, but this is pretty SOP for him lately. Less shocked about DeSclafani. They always could have done better anyway, so I feel bad for him, but the team might be better off for it.
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And relative to what the owners are making from their work.
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I agree that KOC probably wants a pocket passer, but I'd like someone who can operate out of the pocket though, which I still think is different than the Jackson/Hurts model. I absolutely do not want another statue back there, especially not with this interior OL. So my order would be Maye, Daniels, McCarthy, Nix ------------------> Penix. I think I like Rattler more than Penix. I understand I'm an outlier on this one.
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I never had interest in Snell, but I mean I get it from the players' perspective, especially pitchers. They typically don't get paid what they are worth during the initial contract. This is their last chance to cash in on what they should have already been paid. Teams are now wiser though about paying for future production instead of past production. Which is smart by the teams, but the system is pretty broken for the players.
