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  1. nicksaviking
    I was in favor of firing Spielman, but it made zero sense to do it when the new GM either opted, or was told to keep all of Spielman's guys. Anyone in that building who thinks they can improve off of last year is delusional though; they HAVE to start making the tough decisions to get rid of the old, slow expensive players.
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    They could do some of those, but there's only one player this team needs to figure out how to work an extension, and it's not those guys.
  3. nicksaviking
    Tony Pollard, Saquan Barkley, Josh Jacobs, Jamaal Williams, Kareem Hunt, Miles Sanders, Devin Singletery, David Montgomery, D'Onta Foreman, Rashaad Penny, Damien Harris, Darrell Henderson, Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson, James Robinson and Alex Mattison are all free agents this year. Even if Barkley and Jacobs get franchise tagged, I think teams would rather pay many of these other guys a couple million bucks than pay Cook 10M per year AND give up draft picks.
  4. nicksaviking
    Don't you know that you should do these mid-December? January is when the Twins actually start to do things. December is when they do nothing and everyone wants to burn the site down!
  5. nicksaviking
    Yeah, Pittsburgh has the worst ownership in the league. It's nice the McCutchen got to go where he wanted. It's an absolute travesty that ownership never put an effort into actually being a contender when he was in his prime and the team was competitive. They made the playoffs each year from 2013-15. They ranked 20th, 27th and 25th in payrolls those years. Makes no sense why the other owners allow Pittsburgh to share revenue when they refuse to use it on their payroll.
  6. nicksaviking
    The page loads are quite slow for me. I assume it's this part that's causing it? This stuff is all beyond my comprehension though.
  7. nicksaviking
    Frankie Montas is only a good pitcher when the Twins visit Oakland. He ranges from average to terrible everywhere else. Lou Travino was the best pitcher the Yankees got in that deal.
  8. nicksaviking
    The only comparable prospect the Twins had to Chisholm was Royce Lewis, and after only 7 MLB starts, trading Lewis for Gallen would have been crazy. Now, trading for Gallen would probably be crazy because if the Twins trade for another guy with a damaged UCL, they'd get eaten alive.
  9. nicksaviking
    I completely agree that the Defense was 100% at fault. Daniel Jones threw for 300 yards three times this year. twice against the Vikings. The other game was when the Giants were down 24-6 in the forth against the Lions, which obviously is a recipe for every NFL QB to throw for 300 yards. I'm just saying that Cousins isn't a guy who can win 3-4 playoff games himself. The top QBs can do that. Even though it was one single play where Cousins choked, and he did choke, that was the one play all year long where it would actually doom the season. Chucking it up in the middle of the field in the vicinity of one of the WRs would have had a higher chance of success than the pass he made to Hockenson. I'm not blaming him for the loss, not at all, I'm just saying he isn't the solution. Unless the goal is only to simply be a competent team, not actually Super Bowl winning team.
  10. nicksaviking
    Ugh, this seems like it's going to be a long upcoming season. No draft picks, no cap room, a team that is old as dirt and the last two drafts may have been the worst in team history. Who are the building blocks? Anyone other than Jefferson, Darrisaw and O'Neill? 2022 was a fun year overall, but I think we're in for a pretty rough stretch now.
  11. nicksaviking
    It's not on Kirk. But the final play shows precisely why Kirk will never win a team the Super Bowl. Mahomes, Brady, Rodgers, Allen, none of them would have EVER thrown short of the sticks with no chance of a 4th down conversion and the season on the line. Sure, he could pull a Flacco and be a QB on a team that wins a Super Bowl, but he'll never beat 3-4 playoff caliber teams in a row by putting the team on his back. He'd need a great defense making most of the plays. And, the Vikings aren't close to having that.
  12. nicksaviking
    Finally a Cuban player! Wait, this isn't that serial killer from Cleveland is it?
  13. nicksaviking
    Everyone wants to pick an upset, but they don’t have the balls to pick a REAL upset do they all go with the easy pick.
  14. nicksaviking
    The logjam isn’t great because the vets Kepler and Gallo have been unproductive recently, and the young guys are unproven. But I’d take unproven over unproductive so I’d trade Kepler AND one of the young guys for pitching. Likely in separate deals unless the buyer wants two LH OFs.
  15. nicksaviking
    No. That’s why if they insist on another RH outfielder, it should be a bench bat, not a starter.
  16. nicksaviking
    The right handed options aren’t very attractive, I’d rather go with the left handed young players. If they really want another righty, it should be a bench guy. Not a guy who is on his last legs but will be expected to start. They have to start finding room for the young bats, it shouldn’t only be Miranda.
  17. nicksaviking
    I’m not thrilled that the team seems deadset on filling the outfield with aging and/or declining vets.
  18. nicksaviking
    I feel bad being so frank, but Randy Dobnak was less much talented and had no upside.
  19. nicksaviking
    Let’s do 2026 since we just paid a new catcher to steal strikes from those snooty human umps.
  20. nicksaviking
    This is a pretty solid low risk gamble. Well done. With the extra year, and with him being dirt cheap in 2024, there should be no imperative to let him step on the field this year.
  21. nicksaviking
    Vikings come out hot, Jones tries to keep up but presses and turns it over a couple of times. Vikings 38 - Giants 17.
  22. nicksaviking
    Until they start sloughing off some of the existing vets, or trade some of the MLB ready young players, I'd rather just roll with left handed outfielders. I don't want to keep clogging up the roster with questionable veteran bats when there are eager and more talented young guys who are trying to make the team.
  23. nicksaviking
    I really want to Moran to end up being a homegrown bullpen staple, but we so rarely see the guys with control issues turn it around. By "we", I mean Twins fans, maybe other teams have more success than we do.
  24. nicksaviking
    I really don't need a firm RF, at least not to start the year. I'd be just fine if the team gave regular reps to several players until one runs away with the job. But I'd move Kepler and Arraez for pitching then sign Trey Mancini who can do both of their jobs but hits right handed.
  25. nicksaviking
    Yeah, the surgery sounds gruesome, but really, in the end isn't it just a broken bone growing back together?
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