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  1. nicksaviking
    I'm not a big believer in Malik Willis, because I think the Packers would have ran a similar offense with him to what they ran with Love if they truly thought Willis could make all the throws and reads. But still, weird signing now that they're clearly tanking. Two guaranteed years and a decent dead cap hit if he's gone before the third. Anyway, can't wait to watch an NFL team run an old school option offense.
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    The Twins best relievers are always guys like Bradley, but just about to a man, they take a year of committing them to the pen before they produce. So it's not about 2026, it's about setting up 2027 and beyond.
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    I have no disdain for Bradley, I’m very excited about him. Im just annoyed with how many service years this team blows chasing the preferred, but long-shot option of being a starter, instead of transitioning to the much more reasonable option of being a back-end reliever.
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    Plenty do, but the Vikings don't. Particularly on defense. And I really don't want to be in a spot where the Vikings have to pass up someone who's unexpectedly falling because there's only a few starters Flores would start and they are force to get one. The years where this team was absolutely locked in on one position were almost always the worst drafts. They were locked in with Darrisaw and that worked out; Bradbuy was OK. But not McCarthy, Cine and Booth, Mike Hughes, Laquon Treadwell, Trae Waynes, Matt Kalil, Christian Ponder, Troy Williamson, Michael Bennet. When there's little doubt what the Vikings HAVE to take, it's just about always a reach that backfires. Maybe I can conceded to an OL rule, where those have worked out often enough that it's not the end of the world.
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    Matthews probably should be in the bullpen. But we're talking about overall poor results from 25 starts and 117 innings across two seasons for him, versus overall poor results from 73 starts and 385 innings across three seasons for Bradley. What's going on here? To be fair (for now) to the Twins, I haven't seen THEM say Bradley gets a job over Abel or Matthews, but every article here seems to imply it. Why? Because the Twins need to give longer leashes to players so they can prove the front office was right about a trade? That's awful roster management. For the Twins, failed starters make for the team's best relievers. Just do it already.
  6. nicksaviking
    I'd like to target both, but the problem when you have to find a starter in the draft, is that you can't sit and wait for one, since most probably aren't ready to start. And surely the other teams will take advantage of this. I'd like both spots to be filled with free agents, even if it's just a passable stop gap.
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    If the Twins want to present any facade of there being an 'open competition' for jobs, Abel has to get a spot. Why is Bradley being given a rotation spot though? If he had put up those 73 starts in three years all with the Twins, he'd have opened spring training as a reliever. Are we just ignoring his time with Tampa and presuming the Twins coaches have fixed what ails him?
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    Maybe I'm under-estimating him. If he's as good as the remaining free agents, I guess that's fine. I just don't want them going into the draft thinking they HAVE to get a center. Targeting a position because of a recently created hole almost always backfires for them.
  9. nicksaviking
    Is this team really going to go into the draft with Brandel as their current starting center? If so, this is a terrible idea. I know many of us like the idea of grabbing a Center who can start early in the draft, but if that's the plan, then that means they're going to have to plan to waste more draft capital to trade up for someone. And that's just a poor use of the equity.
  10. nicksaviking
    I thought if you made the playoffs in the past two years you got a pass. Should you want the pass.
  11. nicksaviking
    Yeah, not sure what's going on exactly, but until it doesn't work, I'll trust it to work.
  12. nicksaviking
    Maybe different sites have different methodology, but on NFL Reference it shows Hargrave with 10 pressures and Allen with 15. Either way, It could take a step back. But the Vikings were 1st in pressure rate and 5th in sack rate in 2024 without those two. Sack total was 49 and pressure rate was 44% in both seasons. I can't remember if it was Allen or Hargrave who complained that DEs can't thrive in Flores' system, he's probably right, they're probably regularly clearing runways for the LBs and DBs to blitz.
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    I'm trying to remember if somewhere in the back of my head I knew that Murray was a life long Vikings fan. He played with Larry Fitzgerald for two years, so that might have been mentioned at some point? Anyway, I'm not sure if that makes him slightly endearing, or if it means he's just resigned to losing big games like the rest of us.
  14. nicksaviking
    I was going to ask just that until I read this sentence. Honestly, I don't know that it matters. Flores is so good at masking coverages and getting quick pressure, most of these guys don't have to be great at man coverage. Even with a secondary full with guys most fans weren't terribly impressed with, the Vikings were second in the league in passing yards per game. Big pass plays typically weren't due to a CB getting beat, it was almost always due to blown zone coverage or the receiver just being good at finding the soft spots.
  15. nicksaviking
    The Twins can afford to pay for defense, it's dirt cheap. They need better than league average hitters, those aren't cheap. And I'm not sure if league average is expected of Houston, I'm remembering hit and power tools being graded at 40-45 for him.
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    If a new level of consistency is a consistent 89 MPH fastball, that's not going to work. Consistently throwing a change up isn't going to work either. Ober was a great find by the Twins, and it's been a great run, but it's looking like it's going to be a short run. Really sucks. For the fans, but even more for him because it's looking like his shoulder isn't going to get him to a large multi year free agent deal or extension.
  17. nicksaviking
    I loved Maddux. But Greg Maddux with a defined and automated strike zone wouldn't have been Greg Maddux.
  18. nicksaviking
    My problem is that option four seems way more likely. He's just mediocre. I think the chances he's great next year are next to none. He could be awful, but he'd almost certainly be better than last year, so that would put him in position to be mediocre. Daniel Jones, Tua, Murray and Love all got terrible extensions for being mediocre. The Panthers and Texans are up next to see if they have the stones to make the tough decision and cut bait on their QBs. The Vikings, who much like the Steelers, seem to be more concerned with not being bad than they are with being great, are extremely susceptible to making a poor decision here.
  19. nicksaviking
    It has nothing to do with Houston's 100 AB's in MiLB. His draft profile said he had no power and his hit tool was very questionable. And I was also amongst the lowest enthused fans on this site about Lee. I didn't dislike him, but just like Austin Marin, he never profiled to be a major offensive force. But I am far from given up on Lee, he may have more pop than expected, and his offensive potential has always been miles beyond what Houston profiled as. But going after a Houston just seems like it defies big picture logic. If or when Houston, Lee or Martin were free agents none of them profile as a guy that is out of the Twins price range. But if this team is EVER going to win a championship, they need to somehow acquire guys who typically WOULD be out of their price range. They should be using their 1st round picks on those kinds of players every single year. Same when they trade away their top players. So if Houston doesn't profile to be a 'forever' shortstop, then he shouldn't be drafted in the first round.
  20. nicksaviking
    If he never hits 'well enough' then how is he different than Ryan Kreidler or Orlando Arcia? Sorry, but Houston was a bad pick. Even if his batting average isn't awful, which is much in doubt, he's only a slap hitter. Shortstop is no longer a position where glove only players can survive, they tend to be amongst the best athletes in the league, therefore amongst the best hitters too. 14 shortstops had an OPS at .740 or above last year, and that didn't include down years for Mookie Betts, Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts, Dansby Swanson and JP Crawford, who historically hit better, but still all had OPSs over .700. It shouldn't be too much to ask for the Twins to have a top 20 shortstop offensively. Slap hitting and questionable hitting Houston seems very unlikely to be a top 20 offensive shortstop. Bottom ten shouldn't be acceptable, it's not for other teams. The Twins can afford glove only shortstops. They have grabbed them left and right off of waivers the last several years. More than we can count. Therefore they should NEVER blow a 1st round pick on a guy who has a significant chance to be a glove only player at the majors. Because what the Twins can't (won't) afford are top end hitters. That's what they need to do with their first round picks.
  21. nicksaviking
    So the Raiders significantly improved their defense and now they are forced to keep Crosby. They also significantly improved their OL. Their receiving corp sucks, but they should have a stud RB and TE. My hot take: they should trade pick 1.1 to the Jets and make sure to get the Jets 1st next year. I know lots of folks like him, but Mendoza is not in the same prospect class of Williams, Maye and Daniels, and those second tier QB prospects have largely been huge busts in recent years. That team might under-the-radar not be on it's way to being sneaky decent, but it will all be for not if they don't get the QB spot right. Not that I like the Raiders. But if I were a fan, that's what I'd be stumping for.
  22. nicksaviking
    I'm guessing selling or keeping McCarthy would be pretty split amongst Vikings fans. You got my vote though. Full steam ahead for trying to find a franchise QB in 2027 again; I'm good taking away all temptations to do otherwise.
  23. nicksaviking
    Way more concerned with his offense. Glove only SS's pass through the waiver wire weekly. The Twins currently have two of them I'm desperately hoping to keep off of the opening day roster. Is Gray good defensively too? No idea, and really don't care. Let's have some timely hitting and score some runs this year.
  24. nicksaviking
    But only the breaking news they want you to know.
  25. nicksaviking
    I would pay to watch Schefter get eaten. By angry chimpanzees preferably. He's the worst thing that's ever happened to sports journalism. Knowingly passing off league, team or agent propaganda, disinformation and flat out lies as actual fact based news so he can get a scoop five minutes before real reporters. So many others do it too now, but he was the one who started doing it unapologetically and somehow still has the nerve to deny it. Note I did say sports journalism. I had to include that bit as sports are still inconsequential compared to real world journalism fraud.
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