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  1. nicksaviking
    He didn't label him a cancer, nor did he comment on his behavior with the Twins, you're making more attributions about his ambitions than he did about Donaldson's. *******Moderator Note************** I know where you want to drag this tangent but it is not going there. This thread will stay on topic or we'll be removing posts.
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    Why would it matter when getting rid of him was a sound financial decision anyway?
  3. nicksaviking
    You mean like numbers? There was 52M ways to substantiate it in that case.
  4. nicksaviking
    Garver is the ONLY loss in that situation, and he's been injured basically the entire time. IFK and Rortvedt have no businesses being anything other than emergency, last-man-on-the-bench players and Donaldson is done. The Twins did a great job recognizing Donaldson was finished and getting the equity back so they could use it elsewhere.
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    You are exaggerating, you said everyone was calling Ober a world beater and Maeda a scrub. No one did either, the entirety of the argument seemed to be the hesitation about giving an aging pitcher who took extra long to recover from TJ surgery a spot in the bullpen instead of the rotation. Which many people were suggesting long before this season ever started. But worse, you keep moving the goalposts. You first were arguing that they have to start Maeda because of the incentives. Then only after being shown how ridiculous that was, you decided the fight would be that Maeda is a better pitcher than Ober.
  6. nicksaviking
    Right, it's crazy that anyone would think a 26-year-old is a better option than a 35-year-old. Again, the Dodgers were doing exactly the same thing with him with their young starters YEARS ago. You don't like Ober? Fine, give Varland the job, but you're exaggerating the situation. No one is calling Ober a world beater or Maeda a scrub, but don't promise jobs to ANYONE in pro sports. Maeda was good out of the pen for the Dodgers, reducing his innings and using him as needed could be a significant asset to this team.
  7. nicksaviking
    The Twins didn't negotiate incentives, the Dodgers did. And the Dodgers clearly didn't give a damn about them seeing as he was a regular in their bullpen. I honestly don't think any free agents would want to come to Minnesota if they thought the Twins would put together a less competitive team to appease inferior teammates.
  8. nicksaviking
    Also for a herpetologist.
  9. nicksaviking
    Kirk is a fine QB, but since I was ready to just cut bait with him to start the rebuild, the cost doesn't seem terribly high to me. The Vikings cut bait on 3rd round pick Mond after just one year, nothing should stop them from using a top pick on a QB next year if that's basically the priced for Lance and he doesn't work out.
  10. nicksaviking
    My biggest issue with Lance is that they'd have to make the 5th year option decision after this year, which would be complicated even more if he were to sit behind Cousins for a year. I used to think that Shanahan was a guy to listen to when he has a thought about a QB, but I'm backing away from that thought a bit. Not because he hasn't had capable QBs, but he seems to go out of his way to get not terribly mobile pocket passers. Kaepernick is out as soon as he arrives, then he wanted Cousins, goes with Garoppalo, Brian Hoyer, CJ Beathard, Nick Mullens, Brock Purdy and now, his most mobile QB, Sam Darnold. Lance sticks out like a sore thumb, why did they trade up for him when he's clearly not what they were going for?
  11. nicksaviking
    Nashville, Portland and now Salt Lake City (don't see that happening) are the places with established groups campaigning for a team. Since MLB has four places, including St Pete, vying for only one team now, I'd guess they'd pit them all against each other and make sure the word 'expansion' is verboten from all league talks until they fleece the city with the most generous offer.
  12. nicksaviking
    Seemed inevitable, but sounds like there's no stopping the relocation now. https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/athletics/major-league-deal-as-to-purchase-land-near-strip-for-new-ballpark-2764701/ In this case the city isn't without some liability I feel as that truly is a wretched stadium that they never had much appetite to fix. However, that ownership group sounds as vile as any in the sport. They have suppressed payroll for decades for the sole purpose of negotiating a better stadium deal, and now this sounds like the A's will fully fund the new Vegas stadium while Vegas is letting them develop the land around it. They were never offering to fully fund or even majority fund the proposed stadium in Oakland. I'd feel bad for Oakland fans but the franchise seems to have made a concerted effort to have no fans at this point.
  13. nicksaviking
    https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/trey-lance-on-vikings-radar-three-potential-trade-offers-49ers-could-consider-ahead-of-2023-nfl-draft/amp/ CBS sports put together three Trey Lance trades for the Vikings, none involving 1st round picks. Might be interested unless this same equity could be used to get Richardson. Who admittedly is this year’s version of Trey Lance.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I don't think we know the strategy from this distance, but I tend to think it's this one. The Twins would rather save the bullets for when he gets called up. Because while they MAY limit him at the MLB level because they don't want him going through the order three times, I don't think that would be the intention in AAA, I think it would be just an attempt to keep him healthy.
  15. nicksaviking
    With the high hopes we (I) had for Graterol, I'd honestly be pretty disappointed in him had he still been a Twin. He's been OK, but for the most part pretty fungible. That his fastball never translated into dominant strikeout numbers would have been a huge disappointment. MAYBE the Twins front office would have had him drop the sinker for a four seamer, and they probably wouldn't have had him add the cutter since the cutter and sinker are a pretty redundant pitch, but the Dodgers are known for getting the most out of their pitchers, so I'd think they're getting close to the most he has to offer.
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    Just, lets not do the Lions again. I'm not sure yet what I like I guess. The Chiefs deal does look like the best of both worlds. Still get to stay in the 1st round, and pick up two additional picks.
  17. nicksaviking
    That's pretty opposite of my preference of going hard at the defensive front seven but good take.
  18. nicksaviking
    Yeah, DRT isn't my choice for the 2nd round, but I don't like all the group-think that occurs with college kids and draft picks so I do like a different take.
  19. nicksaviking
    That's a relief to me. I'm still a bit worried that they may like Tanner McGee though. O'Connell won a Super Bowl with Stafford and has been fine with Cousins, so I do have concerns that he doesn't view the need for a mobile QB the same way I do. I really don't want another pocket statue though.
  20. nicksaviking
    Not to mention that MLBTR imbeds the player profile links to BBR. That's awesomely slick.
  21. nicksaviking
    I like Fangraphs, but it feels like I'm using MS DOS. Maybe it's all the green or maybe it's just the sparseness to it. It's definitely a good site, but it's not terribly attractive to an optically challenged guy like me. And the search function stinks. I also like Brooks Baseball for deep dives into pitch info, but that's not user friendly at all. And don't even try it on a mobile device.
  22. nicksaviking
    I agree, if user friendly is the goal.
  23. nicksaviking
    I know it wasn't a popular move keeping Sands, but I really like how they're using the last spot in the pitching staff. Sands to Varland to Headrick, this flexibility is exactly what they needed this year, and it's a great way to give these guys the experience and audition they need for next year.
  24. nicksaviking
    And if he's talking extension with his new team in April, it seems like a good indicator that HE wants to be here too.
  25. nicksaviking
    I don't want to label Gordon a fluke either, but that very poor BB% was not a good omen. Gordon does have the same thing Miranda has going for him in that neither are striking out much this year, the balls just aren't falling in. Still, I'd not be inclined to give Gordon the full year to recover as he doesn't have a terribly high ceiling. I hope the team doesn't shy away from tough decisions like losing a Gordon or Kepler just because they want to stockpile assets. Now is clearly not the time to have to worry about those tough decisions, but it's likely coming in the months ahead.
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