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Martin doesn’t deserve to be in the same conversation as Arraez, Luis hit .318 at AA (.298 in his first couple months), and Martin couldn’t hit well even in his second go-around at AA! There are few players who pan out like Arraez and Merrifield do. Nick Gordon is a solid comparison, I could see Martin taking the late bloomer route as a backup OF who has a decent season or two in the majors. But if he wants to be more than that, he needs to be more than a prospect whose only strengths are stealing bases and taking a ton of walks.

B-B-But they were never serious about signing him, or so it went from so many people. Turns out Kyle Farmer was not plan A for the starting SS job. 6/200 is fine, I highly prefer the shorter term. I give the deal an A+, with the only concern being the injuries. Turns out the Twins we’re willing to spend again this year, just like how they set a new payroll record every past year. Still don’t like the Gallo move, but ‘cheap Pohlads’ whiners be damned. And can we stop acting like Boras is some sort of genius? He didn’t end up getting Correa that big of a deal and it turned out Carlos was open to playing here long term. We just needed to pony up the most cash, and while it took some MRIs to get there, in the end the Twins are risking it. I will laid them for that over signing mediocre FAs.

Holy cow, this is the worst defense I have ever seen in my 7 or so years of doing these: Their CB group outside of Gordon has fewer than 50 snaps on this team, combined! Even our backups should feast on them.

I don't think the FO has ever DFA'd a guy and he turned into something... sure, I reacted poorly when we DFA'd Travis Blankenhorn and Edwar Colina, but I trust the FO knows what they're doing when it comes to that.

It sounds like the plan is to play the starters for a set amount of time, then put the backups in. I wouldn't be shocked if some veterans get the whole game off, perhaps Thielen/Z Smith/Tomlinson. Give Reed / Udoh the whole game at C and RT to determine things for the next week. Let's not forget the Bears are going to be starting Nathan freaking Peterman at QB, and the rest of their roster is only slightly better than the average practice squad. I'll post the depth chart later, it was really bad back when we played them in September and now it's historically bad. Plus they need to lose to get the #1 pick in the draft, and the Texans might actually be able to beat the Colts and lose the #1 overall pick... Lovie Smith's last gift to the Bears!

So what’s the allegory for the two failed physicals / upset potential boyfriends?

For me the real story is Enlow, they must be pretty low on him to DFA him now, as I have to think with his pedigree he gets claimed. I would have liked to see him as a full time reliever and see if he could make it to the bigs by the end of the year. Another pitching prospect goes down the drain… Ortega’s profile reminds me of Megill, high fastball speeds but too hittable. That BB/9 is not going to fly here.

Eh, this ain’t decimated, ask the Rams or Titans what a decimated OL is, they’re both down at least 5 guys. Udoh played pretty well at RT, and it is his natural position - he won’t be close to as good as O’Neill, but could be acceptable. Mancz is probably better than Schlottmann and Reed, but Bradbury should be back.

In the end, it was up to the coaches, not the NFL. And thankfully not Skip Bayless.

Looks like this guy's account is legit, hopefully this is true.

You mean O'Neill?

I was wrong, I thought our letdown was coming against the Giants, turned out it was the Packers. Why can't this team ever lose a one possession game? Some other notes: Slipping around on the grass was a big reason why the 1st half was so uncompetitive... how did they screw this up? They know playing in Lambeau is like this! Schlottmann's leg is broken, so he's done. O'Neill probably won't be able to play until the Championship/Super Bowl, so the OL will have to be Darrisaw-Cleveland-Reed-Ingram-Udoh until Bradbury is ready. Garrett should be ready by the first playoff game.

I'm surprised 2 RandBalls Stu articles made the top 5, not that I'm complaining, but the initial Correa signing wasn't in the top 5? That's a shock. I guess we could use another satire writer here, clearly there is demand for it!

I don’t think the Twins would be moving him for a lottery ticket, it sounds like there is some demand for him. I’d guess he gets one #11-20 prospect or a MLB reliever.

At least 4 sources have reported the same offer from what I’ve seen, it would be hard to believe that it was some sort of fabrication at this point. The offer fits the FO’s MO of coming up short to a top tier FA, so I don’t see reason to doubt it.

Maybe Correa can get Kirk Cousins contracts every other year or so? Just keep taking short deals high on APY and keep betting on yourself.

We have the payroll, and since we're not landing Correa, why not splurge a little on the bullpen? We shouldn't make assumptions with so many question marks in the pen (Pagan, Lopez, Alcala to start), and the FO already blundered the pen in the first half last year by making Joe Smith the only FA acquisition. They shouldn't let the ghost of Addison Reed haunt them forever.

If Joe had some playoff success, then he'd have better chances. The Yankees would certainly give him more chances for that... instead, 0 playoff wins with Mauer in the lineup.

They were also about $20M short on Zach Wheeler, who's been worth every penny so far through his deal.

The drama never ends! What happens next, nobody knows! I think there’s still a chance he ends up a Twin, but would he pass a physical here?

Jason Castro, Marwin Gonazlez, Nelson Cruz was technically a two year deal if you include the option. Maybe 'love' is too strong of a term, but it seems like every offseason they spend 60%+ of the available cash on hitting.

That's what the scouting report has read as, but over the past few weeks it's been pretty clear he's a poor leader (his post-game comments after the Patriots game had his teammates livid). I was responding more to gunnarthor's comment, while it's true that QBs need more time, they shouldn't look this horrible when thrust into action. The Brees comparison is an anomaly (which is why it's being used other than another QB move that happened within the past 15 years), it's pretty rare for a QB to look this rotten in Year 2 and then turn things around completely. I'd be down for him as a backup.

They love spending FA cash on hitters, but avoid paying pitching like the plague. They rarely pay FA starters anything more than a one year deal, and despise paying relievers. I understand why with how often they bust, but the alternative approach also isn't working. Imagine if Correa inked the deal they offered, the Falvine regime's spending on pitching compared to hitting would be something like 80% to 20%. Darren Wolfson had reported that they were nowhere close to matching Michael Fulmer's price on the market, so it looks like they are nickeling and dimeing the relieving market again.

Eh, I dunno, Wilson looks so bad this year I think he's going down the path of Josh Rosen... and he still netted a 2nd round pick in a trade! There's just too many red flags for me. This was from a scouting report pre-draft 2021: I'm not gambling on a low-character player, the fact that he played in New York isn't an excuse for me. Is he going to have a panic attack whenever he plays on the road against NY? What about Philly?

This deal mystifies me, Varsho was a 4 WAR player at both CF & C? Was he really worth that much?