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That gives me little hope that this front office has a good read on player values. Reese McGuire, Kory Lee and Ben Rortvedt have all be DFA'd in the past couple of weeks. And those are just the catchers off of the top of my head that at one point were similarly well regarded prospects. I'm guessing there are a half dozen similar but lesser known journeymen catchers in the same boat. But the Twins I guess have a special flower in Jackson that every team should covet? Except the Twins obviously because the team is so stacked.- 45 replies
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Just so we're clear, your side is that the Twins keep Arcia, and my side is the Twins trade for Bobby Witt Jr. Deal.
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With Kreidler being sent down and Arcia not yet added to the 40-man, I hope that means the Twins are looking for other options at shortstop.
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Rob Manfred snuggles up to another Gambling Company Polymarket
nicksaviking replied to Vanimal46's topic in Other Baseball
Wow, so bipartisan legislation is being proposed to at least stop this stuff in terms of sports betting. I only see two lawmakers mentioned for this being 'bipartisan'. Unsurprisingly the lawmaker on the right is from Utah, which is obviously anti-gambling of any kind. I hope they make this work, but I have doubts considering how much the president's family is now tied into this industry. If they are able to stop this, it would be great if MLB has a good enough contract and lawyers to make this shady company pay them the 300M anyway. -
Right. He was giving himself nicknames and publicly defying his head coach months after the national narrative had turned on him. And we all know a guy like him is on social media, so he's heard the bad press. And I'm not any more bewildered by this than I am when other normal 23-year-olds continually fail to grasp their situations while their parents are rolling their eyes saying, 'Why can't this kid get it?!'.
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He was topping out at 86 MPH. Paired with his typically terrible walk rates, I’d rather throw a dart at any random Saints reliever. Or even find something better on waivers.
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Kind of surprising, but probably not impactful. I was really hoping the Twins would be convinced to move on from Topa. Also not a fan of Orze or Kent. Or Chaffin or Banda. At least not all as a group. I'm kind of confused why the Twins are suddenly OK with so many pitchers with control issues. It's the exact opposite approach to what was working for them most of the last half decade.
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I'd agree that statistics that measure on productivity are often useless this time of year. Particularly the kinds of numbers you see on a baseball card. But biometric related numbers seem to be a bad omen as they would indicate physical limitations. How hard you can throw seems more akin to how much Miguel Sano weighed on opening day. Or how many inches Eddie Gaedel grew when he showed up to camp.
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I just heard from Christian Ponder and he says he's never been more offended. He thinks you failed to mark the cut off at top 12 overall picks simply to spite him.
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McCarthy has the physical talent. So like Smith, Mayfield and Darnold, if I had to bet, at some point the Vikings will be proven wrong. But not until his rookie contract is up, and likely not until he's been humbled and has to rebuild his identity. And I'll accept that. I'm not sure if Browns fans like Mayfield or Jets fans like Smith or Darnold. But if McCarthy turns into a grown up and becomes good for another team four years from now, I'll pledge right now that I'll keep any resentment to my self and put on a happy face for him.
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I really want to believe this because it would indicate the Vikings may still be on the right track, but I'm still skeptical. Mostly because of the leaks regarding Daniel Jones. So what I'm hearing via Mike Florio, is that someone (obviously KAM) wanted McCarthy and ignored everyone else; Darnold, Jones and Aaron Rodgers. And Florio's implication was that KOC truly wanted Jones to be his QB and was advocating for the Vikings to sign him. Jones decided against this as he'd have a better shot at starting in Indianapolis. That is where the logic falls apart for me. Because while KAM may have had absolute authority over the roster, (eh, maybe???) it would be undeniable that KOC had absolute authority over who takes the field. If KOC really was upset about losing Jones and being stuck with McCarthy, all he'd have to do is tell Jones and his agent, come back to Minnesota, I guarantee you will be the starter. I really do want to believe, and I still believe KOC can be a great head coach, but with KAM gone, a lot of this smells like a spin job. It's Ok if KOC liked JMac, but just like the rest of us has since changed his mind. Despite what some think, changing your mind isn't a character flaw.
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I'll say I'm annoyed by the immaturity. But for years I've said I don't need a QB I want to hang out with, I need one who has the talent and ego enough to carry a team to a championship. So I won't demand maturity if the elite effort and production are there. But in this case, I 100% believe the immaturity is the root cause of McCarthy's problems. A good part due to inexperience, which is not his fault. But another good part due to things that may be related to study, effort and other between the ears issues. Way too tone deaf too.
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Kirilloff was born with a wrist deformity.
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Rob Manfred snuggles up to another Gambling Company Polymarket
nicksaviking replied to Vanimal46's topic in Other Baseball
I hate this stuff so much. Not because I care much about gambling, but I do care how many uncontrolled faucets are pouring money to the people who absolutely have no need for it and won't reinvest it back into the economy. Come on middle class, don't be suckered. If you think you have disposable income to spend, great, spend it locally. Food, shopping, entertainment. The economy isn't going to improve if you're shoveling it to Wall Street and foreign investors. -
Well most reports suggest Zoll, who has been the GM for over a year now, was in fact acting as the GM this entire time. Therefor, Outman and Bell would be his players, and quite possibly Clemens as well.
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I don't think there's much of a chance that Outman and Clemens get more than a PTBNL or cash considerations. Even if they played acceptably, no team is going to see that for more than a small sample size fluke. Larnach's salary has got to put him near that side of the scale as well.
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Not sure many teams would want to roster both Jackson and Larnach. The headline had me come here thinking we were talking about the Twins trading for another post-hype prospect, Jackson Holliday.
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I don't know about his PFF grades, but I do know he was the better fit for Jefferson. 34 catches for 477 yards in the five games they played together, and those games included by far the three toughest defenses the Vikings played last year. That was over 40% of his season output in five games and that pace was better than Jefferson had with Darnold. Anyway, not a Wentz endorsement so much as another plea to keep McCarthy off of the field and a desire to keep Jefferson active and happy.
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Wentz picked up the offense in a month and McCarthy couldn't pick it up in two years. Not surprising as Wentz was a well travelled veteran, but I think there's little chance McCarthy would beat out Wentz. Back up QBs are almost always the low ceiling high floor guys who help with preparation beyond what happens on the field. When we find out Wentz's salary, maybe that will tell us something. Minshew got 5.7M, Trubisky got 5.2M AAV, Mariota got 7M. Lance got 6.7M. If Wentz is getting something in that range, I have a hard time seeing him being a healthy scratch on game days.
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Yeah, oddly, this move makes it look more like KOC has given up on him than the move to sign Murray. They had talked about adding 'competition' for the starting job all offseason. Now they've added 'competition' for the back up job? Not that it was ever much a consideration for me, but what do you get for McCarthy? Trey Lance only got a 4th, though I think he had one less year of control. Darnold got traded for a 2nd and and 4th and a 6th though that 2nd was for TWO drafts out. I'd take a 2027 2nd for sure.
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Ha, and now Dortch is going to the Lions. Maybe we should stop brining up the players we're still interested in.
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Amazingly, he'll be half way there this season.
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Wow yeah, Epenesa looks like a underrated high pressure guy. He'd be a fantastic rotational piece. I'd be interested in Dante Fowler too. I'm not sure about Dortch unless KOC changes his playbook. Seems like a lot of Dortch's plays were manufactured touches closer to the line of scrimmage. The Vikings don't seem to do a lot of that stuff, and when they do, it's with Jefferson, and I'm in favor of Jefferson getting as much work as possible. With Murray at QB, I think I'd like a big bodied slot WR this year. Nick Westbrook-Ikhine maybe? How much will Keenan Allen cost? Can't be too much. Edit: Westbook-Ikhine is now off the board. I have to say, 2026 is becoming a terribly boring year to play Guess the Vikings Free Agent Signings.
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Ah it's that special time of year where hope blooms and we can debate the merits of a guy with a .529 OPS last year vs a guy with a .296 OPS last year. For what it's worth, I'm quite confident that when you get to something like a .650 OPS, the laws of diminishing returns really starts kicking in. Or take any offensive stat you want like wRC+. When you get to be this much of a liability offensively, how many more wins are you actually going to have using the 33 wRC+ guy instead of the -12 wRC+ guy? One? Probably none? Obviously neither are coming through when you need them and it's to the point where it would be a fluke if either did. So who do you want.....? Ummmmmm, pass? Let's just skip shortstop this year and start two DHs instead. There's lots of guys that can play that position.
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Hopefully they get him. Not sure what the Bills cap situation is. The Vikings also signed formerly great car salesman Denny Hecker punter Johnny Hekker. They of course had to do that because their salary cap situation is so bleak they couldn't afford to retain their punter. That sentence has surely never been uttered before.
