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I’m so tired of Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers should just trade for Mac Jones or Jacoby Brissett and tell him to go right ahead and take his drama to the USFL.
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OK, well maybe not 'most', but many. He can't go through the lineup more than twice, and often not more than once without getting lit up, and he can't hold his velocity throughout the season let alone throughout a game. The Twins don't need #4-5 starters either; they need #1-3 starters and they need late inning relievers, because that's what they can't afford on the free agent market. -
Like Matt Gurrier.. Long relievers are too bad to be starters and too bad to be late inning relief. You don’t need a dedicated long-man because the guys you want for this tend to be the caliber that float around the waiver wire. Don’t waste this on Morris or any other internal starter who could instead be tried out for a velocity bump as a one way mining guy.
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Fan of Morris. Not a fan of long-men. The inning eater bullpen guy is typically a low leverage, get-us-through-the-game spot. Give this to the no-name, waiver-wire pickups. Let Morris do the one inning work and see if he can ramp up that four seamer like Griffin Jax.
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Then ride or die in the MLB pen, no matter how thin the rotation gets. Results don’t usually show up the same year, so I won’t hold transition results against him in 2026. It’s all about putting the right starters in the pen for 2027.
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What’s the small sample size? SWR? Most have suggested he’s not starter material since 2024.
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Does SWR still have an option? I suspect not since he’s been a prospect for about a decade. I put him in the pen either way, but I send him to St Paul until June to start the transition if he does.
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Im not sure a 3rd WR is terribly valuable in this offense and with these QBs, but I’ll take the downfield blocking. Surprised Jennings came here though. After spending most of his career in the shadows of Samuel and Aiyuk, he finally got to be the #1 last year. Seemed like there might have been a dozen or more teams where he could be th #2, if not #1.
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A lot of teams take out insurance on the players with the big, long-term contracts. I wonder if Correa is still covered by the Twins? And if so, I wonder what real estate venture the Pohlad's will reinvest that savings into.
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https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/vikings-request-g-m-interviews-with-dave-ziegler-rj-gillen-chad-alexander Are you kidding me? Candidates from the Titans (who was the Raiders GM in 2022-23) 49ers and Chargers. With all due respect to SF and their consistent winning, none of these organizations have been very good on draft day lately. Why aren't they interviewing people from organizations that are good at drafting? No one from the Rams or Seahawks? Not the guy from Philly? Throw in the guy from the terribly drafted Bills franchise, and one might come to the conclusion that whomever they bring in is going to merely be a figurehead that defers to KOC on everything.
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https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-begin-search-with-new-gm-request-interview-terrance-gray This is possibly a Rooney Rule interview, but he seems like a legit candidate for GM. First instinct would be that I don't want anyone in the Bills draft room and I don't want anyone who used to be in the Vikings draft room. However, it says he was with the Vikings as a scout 11 years prior to being hired by the Bills. Presumably that would mean he started in 2006 with Spielman until 2016 or maybe through the 2017 draft. Anyway, the team did draft significantly better back then. In fact, between Harrison Smith, Danielle Hunter and Eric Kendricks, more defensive players drafted in those bygone years started games last season than all the defensive players KAM drafted combined did.
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Tigers thinking about their ace
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Target Field concession workers vote to strike
nicksaviking replied to Patzky's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Searching 'news' on Delaware North, just about every 'article' is written by something called Delaware North Newsroom. Dump this company ASAP. -
Target Field concession workers vote to strike
nicksaviking replied to Patzky's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
It doesn't say but I presume it's due to low pay? This is already by far the least popular of any of the state's professional ownership groups, how can they be this tone deaf? I'm not sure how many concession workers there are, but I know a lot of the stands are just run by random service groups that come in and get an itty-bitty fraction of the profits for their charity. I'd bet good money the Pohlad's will just make all the concession workers voluntary service group workers. -
Minnesota Twins Prospect Retrospective: John Klein
nicksaviking replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I don't follow. Starters can't be converted to relievers? That's exactly how the Twins have gotten their best relievers the past 35 years. -
Banks and Orange could be good players if healthy. Neither seem to get much pressure, but eating up blockers for the blitzers is more important in this defense I guess. Chad Greenway compared Golday to Anthony Barr the days after the draft. And my problem with that is the same problem I had with Golday on draft day; Barr wasn't going to be a fit when the Vikings switched to a 3-4. Golday doesn't look big enough to be an edge guy, but if he's interior like Cashman or Wilson, the guy has to be able to cover. OT is always a need on this team as they rarely have both healthy so I liked the Tiernan pick quite a bit.
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I'd take him back if it stops the team from making the mistake of wasting Zebby Matthews or SWR in the rotation for the remainder of the year. This team needs to start taking a look at these guys for the back of the bullpen now or we're going to be in the same position this time next year.
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Minnesota Twins Prospect Retrospective: John Klein
nicksaviking replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
"Whether he settles into a rotation spot, a swingman role, or a multi-inning relief job" I'm excited for Klein and I think he'll do well, but no, no and no. This team needs late inning relievers and they are exponentially more valuable than long-men, swingmen and back-end starters. The team infamously gutted the team last year, but that was mostly by trading away Duran, Jax and Varland. I simply cannot comprehend how this organization is dragging it's feet in trying to make pitchers like Klein ANTHING OTHER than the next Duran, Jax and Varland. He absolutely, positively will not be more valuable as a #5 starter or low leverage, inning eating reliever. -
But if we're acknowledging that an 85 win team is not an actual contender, then I stand by my post. I don't care about playoffs, I care about championships. We're long overdue. I absolutely care about building to get to one, but I don't think you build one measuring by wins. In fact, I think if you DO measure by wins, than you're almost certainly sacrificing developing future players who could possibly get you there by chasing those 85 wins. Case in point, keeping SWR and Matthews in the rotation instead of developing them as late inning relievers. Rostering Kody Clemmons and James Outman instead of (a day too late now due to injuries) rostering E-Rod and Culpepper. So since most young players don't come out of the gates superstars, pushing their MLB development back to chase these empty wins is also pushing meaningful contention back. From my point of view, the only obtuse fan or owner, is the one who thinks 2026 is going to be memorable in a good way.
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Sorry, but I'm also not interested in an 85-win "playoff" team either. I'll perk up once there's an actual championship contender on the field. And no, I absolutely do not believe that every team that makes the playoffs has a reasonable chance at winning the whole thing.
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Yeah, looks like they are big time underdogs at 11.5 points. But not as big as the Lakers are against OKC it seems. The Lakers are getting 15.5 points.
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When will we start seeing changed to MLB Roster?
nicksaviking replied to jaimedude's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
The bullpen cannot be fixed soon. It couldn't have been fixed soon even if they spent a bunch of money in free agency and it certainly won't be fixed by trading for some other team's 2nd or 3rd tier relievers. Even the league's "good" relievers, tend to only be good on certain teams or certain situations. It's not a plug-and-play and definitely not a predictable spot as the nature of the players and the position is volatile and inconsistent. Good relievers for the Twins have been the guys they've developed themselves (almost always former starters) and found their footing and place in the bullpen after about a year of trial and error. Sorry, for this particular aspect of the team, the only remedy is patience in the team finally putting the in-house starters in the pen, and then patience in them developing them. Fingers crossed it's 2027, but if they drag their feet and try to keep these guys starters, it might be even longer. -
I would take the completely different path with this injury situation. SWR, Matthews, Festa. I see little reason to keep them in the rotation, even if desperate for starting pitching. Because there is starting pitching available; guys are always floating around being DFA'd. Yeah, they're unattractive, but they aren't going to be discernably worse than what we've seen from SWR, Matthews and Festa anyway. The Twins do NOT need to constantly look for the future 4th, 5th and 6th starters in the rotation because even a thrifty team like the Twins can afford to pay for such pitchers. They need to focus on looking for future front of the rotation pitchers and late inning bullpen help because those are the pitching spots the Twins can't won't pay for. So put these guys in the pen, now. Not swing men, or long men. Mostly one inning guys like Duran, Jax and Varland. Anyway, that's what I think the most beneficial long-term move would be. Unless we're all going to pretend that 2026 is going to be some magical World Series season.
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The Twins famously dealt Viola for Kevin Tapani, Rick Aguilera and David West who helped the team win the 1991 World Series. And the collusion era was a different era of baseball. The Twins could have afforded to retain Viola, just as they were able to afford to make Kirby Puckett the highest paid player, and Jack Morris the highest paid pitcher at one point.
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Yeah, he has the 'respect' of the coaches who know they can tell HIM what to do.
