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  1. nicksaviking
    Maybe, but teams are much less eager to take on salary in-season. The Twins might have to eat most of it. Which is fine by me if it's fine by them. And honestly, he's probably still here because no other team found the remaining 9.5M salary reasonable. Particularly since you can still get David Peralta, Robbie Grossman, Tyler Naquin, Ben Gamel or Kole Calhoun for a fraction of that.
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    It wouldn't make sense as far as getting equity is concerned. But if one had the opinion that his absence would improve the roster, that would make sense. Not saying that it necessarily would, but I'm also not saying it necessarily won't if he doesn't show a dramatic offensive improvement early in the season.
  3. nicksaviking
    I'm very interested to see how all of this plays out. Some teams, but probably very few, will have figured out the exact right formula to work with the new rules. A few teams will probably already have lucked into having the exact right formula on roster. Most of the rest, will have to adjust on the fly. The worst of the rest, will have to adjust after the season. I'm always way more interested in the offense than the defense, but even while I don't like some of the player choices (outfield, not infield) I like that this team is being proactive. But, they can always minimize any sub par infielder velocity if they make sure to focus on pitcher velocity. The most efficient and optimal out is a strikeout.
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    Great hire. I really hope they hire some additional upstart position coaches who can pick up the slack if Flores turns this around and gets a HC job next year.
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    And the Twins have had just as much luck, if not more luck, in getting the less heralded offensive prospects to perform. I'm looking forward to seeing where the guys who played in Wichita last year end up. Everyone's excited about Brooks Lee, and people still talk about Austin Martin, but Edouard Julian, Jair Camargo, Anothy Prato, Alex Isola and Yunior Severino were all hitting well in AA. That's five under-the-radar guys that could get looks this year if they keep producing.
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    That baseline is nowhere near acceptable for a starting RF though. The unknown is a better option than the known when the known can no longer hit. Keep him as depth, but don’t start him. They cut bait with Rosario after a down season with a .792 OPS. Kepler hasn’t sniffed that kind of production in four years.
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    I always thought it was weird that they thought they could get much value for him. Keep him, fine. But does he have to be promised a starting job? Larnach, Wallner and Gordon should all have a shot at getting the RF job, seniority should have zero impact on the decision either. Kepler just is not productive any longer.
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    If they hated it so much, they probably wouldn't have traded for Lopez and then immediately tell us that Maeda has a rotation spot too. Don't get me wrong, I ALSO wanted another rotation spot open for a younger pitcher and Ober has easily been the most undervalued starter this team has employed the last two years. I also don't much care about free agent relievers; ain't a one of them any more reliable than what the Twins already have as options. Point being, relief pitchers by and large are not reliable, paying for them is a sucker move. But the Twins have had success as of late turning starters into their best bullpen pieces, so I prefer that move over free agents.
  9. nicksaviking
    I wanted an offensive minded coach last year, but Ryans did make me consider the opposite. That organization seems pretty dysfunctional, hope he gets the right QB and OC and they turn things around despite that.
  10. nicksaviking
    I got no skin in the game, but I would have thought if there was any rigging, it would have been in the Bengals favor. I thought they were the hot new "IT" team with Burrow's face being everywhere lately. Both teams are in small markets so I'd think that factor would be a push. But that was only my recent perception, it could have been the opposite too I suppose.
  11. nicksaviking
    I like them right now by default. Screw Philly.
  12. nicksaviking
    Yeah, big risk, but if last year's draft was a barometer for how this regime evaluates players, 2nd round picks may not be terribly valuable to this club. SF may prefer a Bridgwater or even a Mike White type. They'd have to deal with some heavy fallout trading him for only a 2nd rounder though. And SF would probably prefer to deal him outside of the conference. The GM who drafted him is now in Tennessee and they have an unsettled QB situation, I wouldn't be surprised if the Vikings would have to pay more than most people would feel comfortable with.
  13. nicksaviking
    I'd be interested in Lance, but the problem is going to be that they'd have to decide on picking up his 5th year option after next year, and assuming he's sitting for a year under Cousin's, they probably will have no idea if they should pick it up.
  14. nicksaviking
    His dad coached at NDSU so he spent his elementary school years in Fargo, which is obviously Vikings country. Pretty sure he'd moved on to wherever his dad coached next by the time that photo was taken though, pretty cool he was still rocking the Moss jersey!
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    I’m happy they brought Correa back, but no, this team isn’t better than 2019. Defense wasn’t a problem last year, and despite that, they’ve sacrificed offense for more defense. Even backup defense. Michael Taylor makes 2019 Jake Cave look like Ted Williams.
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    I think you're being generous. This team is waaaaaaaaaay over correcting. They need more offense, not defense. I get it, there wasn't much as far as bats go in free agency, but now another no-bat player is going to take a roster spot from a young guy who may have that potential to be the bat they need? Why are they doing this? They're getting too cute with this offseason, Taylor should be a AAAA break-glass-in-case-of-emergency kind of guy. Edit: And looking at his splits last year, he hit just as poorly against lefties as he did against righties, who cares which side of the plate he stands on? Even looking at his career, he's never hit lefties all that well. What's the big push for a right handed bat unless it's someone who mashes lefties? I was more than fine moving on from Kyle Garlick, but at least there was SOME explanation for him to be on the roster.
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    Yeah, to make up for the lack of talent (and likely the lack of most of this year's vet players), they're going to need somebody creative to slap something together. Probably a team and a system based more on speed than the other factors.
  18. nicksaviking
    Kind of seems like Sean Peyton would have already anointed his chosen city by now except he's waiting to see if Dallas comes calling. And if they do, I hope Dallas gets nailed for making a sham of the Rooney Rule.
  19. nicksaviking
    Yeah, hold on to him forever Dallas. Having a good QB, but not one that can win you the big games is going to doom you to purgatory.
  20. nicksaviking
    No interest; his power fell off the same cliff Kepler's did after the 2019 ball de-juicing. Start with Kirilloff and Miranda manning 1B, and if Kirilloff doesn't end up cutting it, then it's time to reach down for Julian, Martin, Lee or Lewis to jump in the infield mix. This team isn't going to build a WS team by chasing these below average veteran bats, they need to be rid of them and give as much playing time to the prospects so they can see which can be difference makers later.
  21. nicksaviking
    If he’s a utility guy, sure. But with or without Kepler, I’m not signing him with the idea that he’s getting handed a starting OF job.
  22. nicksaviking
    Carew’s worst years were on par with Arraez’s best year. These are not similar players. I get frustrated, but can accept that even here in 2023 some people still look at a batting average as a sacred number, but even using that, Arraez’s average last year is WAY below what Carew and Gwynn did for their careers. Arraez is more like Denard Span, is Span couldn’t play CF or steal bases.
  23. nicksaviking
    I don’t mind moving Arraez, but I’d have rather given up more to get one of the better and more controllable pitchers. They just going to trade assets for pitchers with two years of control every year,? Seems very inefficient.
  24. nicksaviking
    Wow, nice callback. You may win the persuasive argument of the week award with this find. Yeah, I'd want to be convinced he's changed his attitude and approach. Though, struggling as a top prospect does seem like it could instigate a reality check for a young guy.
  25. nicksaviking
    Yeah, that's fair, but I can't imagine it's all about the play calling. Don't get me wrong, he called some atrocious gimmick plays at the absolute worst times, but the execution of some basic stuff was just terrible. Like the screen/swing passes I mentioned. And the WRs working to get open when Kirk was in trouble? Where they even working to get open, or did they just stick with their routes? They rarely seemed to bail out the QB when he had to improvise. And when or when not to pick up blitzes.....I don't think any position group was on the same page in those cases.
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