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  1. nicksaviking
    Hard pass. I don’t want a Shannahan special game manager. He might be good for a team that’s looking for a Kirk Cousins ceiling. I want a QB who can drag a team to the Super Bowl, and I’m willing to draft more JJ McCarthys until he they get it right.
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    I thought i saw green all around him, but I’ll defer to those with a more functional view!
  3. nicksaviking
    Was that the first one? I’m at a brewery and a bit far from a TV. Poor eyesight speaking, but the second two looked like they got blown up and had zero chance.
  4. nicksaviking
    And if you pause the plays, check out the linemen, every one of them look lost and unsure who to block.
  5. nicksaviking
    Did they really just try and fail to run three screen passes in a row? They haven been able to run screen passes in five years.
  6. nicksaviking
    For sure, he’s clearly talented. But he’s not in Heisman talks or top of the draft talks like expected. And he’s capable of being in those talks. That was a Sarkisian rip, not a Manning rip.
  7. nicksaviking
    Sure, but the position scarcity associated with those other guys should be completely negated by the fact that a rebuilding team like the Twins should never give one of them a single at bat.
  8. nicksaviking
    I bet Manning returns to school next year. Though I'm thinking top rated HS QBs might want to start avoiding Steve Sarkisian. Jake Locker at Washington, Cody Kessler at USC and now Quinn Ewers and Arch Manning at Texas? Most college coaches never get a QB recruit as highly rated as those guys and none of them lived up to the hype.
  9. nicksaviking
    On a team that has James Outman, Mickey Gasper, Ryan Fitzgerald, Carson McCusker, Ryan Kreidler, Eduard Julien, Kody Clemens and Johnny Pereda also on the 40-man roster, I don't get why there is any huff about Larnach. Definitely not a Larnach apologist, just wondering why anyone would care when there are this many players even worst than him still on the roster. If all nine of those guys were DFA'd how many would get signed to another team's 40-man roster? Two? Maybe three? One of which would most certainly be Larnach.
  10. nicksaviking
    Obviously this team needed another catcher. However this guy looks like the type that is constantly floating around on the waiver all year, so I’m not sure why you’d want to roster this caliber of player now.
  11. nicksaviking
    I don't have any problem cutting ties with Larnach. I do have a problem suggesting this team has any kind of roster crunch. Aside from Larnach, I count nine other position players this team can drop with zero remorse. If I had to rank them, Larnach might actually be my tenth choice to drop, but he is paid more. And I guess that matters to some people......
  12. nicksaviking
    There better be zero chance McCarthy is battling some FA vet for the #1 spot in 2027. If that's the case we already know he's not going to cut it and the team needs to give him the Josh Rosen treatment. In this scenario, the new QB draft pick should be the #1; stop fooling around with project QBs and go get a rookie that can start Day 1.
  13. nicksaviking
    I have to disagree that Foley was or will ever be a "legitimate high-end reliever" as the guy can't strike anyone out, which is pretty imperative for relievers who are constantly inheriting runners. So on that note, sure, I'd toss the dice with Moreta, though the Pirates aren't exactly in a position to cut bait on upside players so I'd suspect something more might be going on there. I'd take Lowe over Clemens in a heart beat. His down year was almost as good as Clemens unsustainable career year. If I have the choice between two sketchy hitters, I'll take the one that has a history of being able to get on base. Lowe has a history of doing that well. Obviously it goes without saying that I'd trade them both for Door Number Three, even without seeing what's behind it.
  14. nicksaviking
    Yeah, and tabloid rag aside, the quote is taken from an article called, 'How Yankees can capitalize on MLB’s growing trend of relievers converting to successful starters'. Joel Sherman is as tied into the Twins as he is the Italian National Baseball Team. If they up and vanished tomorrow, he wouldn't even notice. The Twins may be looking to move Lopez, but Sherman is getting this info second or third hand from his sources on the Yankees or other East Coast teams. And if the Twins are actually looking to make trades, it would be in the Twins best interests to obfuscate their true intentions.
  15. nicksaviking
    Right, but then why would another team want to trade for him? You can either trade Ober and get nothing of value for him, or hold on to him, cross your fingers his velocity returns and with it his value.
  16. nicksaviking
    Sure, but you forgot to include how many games Joe Ryan pitched in 1985 and how many games Bert Blyleven pitched in 2025.
  17. nicksaviking
    I mean, anyone who watched baseball in the 1980s remembers how rare HR were. Those Cardinals teams that were in the WS every other year probably stole 3x as many bases as they hit home runs.
  18. nicksaviking
    Pace screwed up in coverage?!?! Shocking.
  19. nicksaviking
    Some of my best work! Almost got the Pulitzer.
  20. nicksaviking
    And speaking of Peter Dinklage, he had a one episode cameo in the new(ish) show The Lowdown, staring Ethan Hawke. It was a pretty decent show. Real Elmore Leonard vibes; felt like it was trying to be Justified. Anyway, Dinklage was a side character who obviously stole the show; if it comes back for a season two, I wouldn't be surprised if they bring him back and turn it into more of a buddy duo.
  21. nicksaviking
    Actually it got cancelled because the star, Natasha Lyonne, created and is pushing an AI movie/TV studio. The behind the scenes workers are obviously pissed off about it cutting jobs and Lyonne appears to be on the brink of being blacklisted. But it sounds like the show is being shopped to other networks, but with Peter Dinklage staring instead of Lyonne. Not playing a different character, but a short, middle-aged man playing the same character. Not an Onion story if you can believe it. I've also never seen it.
  22. nicksaviking
    From the onset, my position was that the Vikings needed to know after 2 years max, then try again if needed. So of course last year was a complete waste with him getting hurt in camp, and now we won't know after 2 years. They're stuck kicking the can down the road again, unable to commit one way or the other. I'm so tired of this as it's basically been the exact position this club has been in for the last 25 years. I know a lot of this is circumstances beyond their control, but it always seems the Vikings are victims of circumstances beyond their control. There's really no good options, they're going to have to try McCarthy again next year even if it looks fruitless.
  23. nicksaviking
    If that's the case, then it's better to roll with the cheaper (and better?) Jeffers.
  24. nicksaviking
    Agree with other posters, I don't see it. He has only one more year of control than Jeffers and has taken a major step back offensively from Jeffers. But because he was once a top prospect, his arbitration figure is higher and the ask from Baltimore will likely be higher. I've really had enough of the Twins chasing post-hype prospects and rebound players. It's pretty much all they trade for and sign as free agents. When you need 90% of your roster to 'bounce back' you're basically making long-shot bets on 20+ players on your roster. Go get good players, not players who used to be good.
  25. nicksaviking
    And I wonder if MLB has not approved them yet, because the Twins haven't given any assurances that they won't turn into Bob Nutting and the Pirates even with these new guys paying off the debt from the Pohlad's other businesses. Zero chance the Twins brought in these new investors without discussing future payroll with them beforehand. They know what they WANT payroll to be. I'm wondering if the hold up is the rest of the league is balking at them becoming a bottom basement payroll team.
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