DocBauer

I deliberately "touched" on the OL last post about the draft to address it more directly here. There is a black hole problem here that goes way beyond Spielman's selections. Indeed, it may be a problem that is beyond Spielman's responsibility, even though he is supposed to be "the man in charge". But even a GM can't always wear the crown of responsibility if those in charge under him drop the ball. It's been pointed out recently on another Vikings site tbat NOBODY has drafted an OL in the first 2 rounds in the past 3yrs except the Vikings; O'Neil, Bradburry and Cleveland. So it's not as if Spielman has just ignored the OL. Samia, to best of my knowledge, was 1st team BIG12, and I want to say 2nd or 3rd team All America. Udo was a tall, long, athletic, powerful but rough small school OT that looked so good his rookie season the Vikings didn't dare expose him to waivers to keep him on a practice squad they kept him on the standard roster. He played a good game as a starter in the final, meaningless, game in 2019. There was NO rookie camp or OTA or pre-season in 2020. So to say Udo got screwed for developmental time in 2020 would be an understatement. (We can argue this with Samia if you want to). One GLARING question about 2020 I would like someone to answer. Desperate for quality guard play, Cleveland...an athletic left side player his whole college career...was out at RG with Dozier at LG? Experience? Experience at what? Letting rushers overwhelm him? I would have put Cleveland on the left side and put the more more limited Dozier on the right side. Personally, I believe the late 2020 choices of Brandel and especially Hinton were very smart. With a year or two of development, each could be a solid player. Especially Hinton. His top 4 testing numbers at the K-State pro day would have put him in the top 5-10% of ALL OL had he been invited to Inianappolis for the combine. There is a MAJOR problem here in regard to development and philosophy! Is it Zimmer? Is it extenuating circumstance? I'm not sure. But somebody better figure it out really quick. Let's examine the past few seasons from an offensive standpoint: 1] Norv Turner had a great career and did great work with the Vikings and decided he was done. Since then, the Vikings offense has been run by Shurmer, DeFiippo, Stafanski and Kubiak and memory forgive me, I swear there was someone else temporary. And amidst all of that turnover, there was the addition of Sparano and his sudden, tragic death, followed by fill-ins until Dennison took over. Four straight years of death, promotion and at least 1 dismissal of OF co-ordinator and OL coach. Zimmer is a defense coach who has largely done a great job doing so. He's, for the most part, placed the offense in the hands of someone else. He trusted Norm and believed in him. I think he's been scrambling a bit since then because two of his co-ordinators got head coaching jobs. You can draft all the OL you want to. But you still have to have a system in place, with coaches you trust, to implement tbat system. I remain exited and equally dubious that the younger Kubiak has learned from his father and will also be aggressive and progressive in how to run a modern offense and attack while also being fundamentally sound with a quality ground game. More to the point; does Clint have enough balls to tell Dennison he's wrong or replace him? Despite Dozier..,who MIGHT have value as a reserve...whats on hand and a couple smart draft choices could take this OL from mediocre to at least pretty good with potential. But what Zimmer wants, and has always wanted, was for an OC to take charge.

This! Totally on board with a trade down if the 1st round plays out as it SEEMS likely to do at this point. I don't like the idea of passing on a great player at 14, but overall, this draft appears to be as deep as last year despite fluctuations by position. It may be in the Vikes best interest to trade down, if possible, to garner an additional selection. My question woukd be, would you still trade down X number of spots if you could only get a 3rd third round pick? I'd still be tempted as I think their greatest priorities...interior OL, S, and some talented WR and DT for the staff to develop...could bring in a nice harvest in the 3rd and 4th rounds. Mock drafts and draft analysis would say there are about 4 1st round DE talents that should be available from 14-24 with talent and projection. There are also some very interesting options in the 3-4 round areas that could play with development time under Patterson. Seems to be a very good S class and WR depth seems every bit as good as 2020. DT depth is shallow on top, but has mid round fliers that could develop. Meaning what? Trade down if you can, grab the best DE you can, grab TWO G ASAP, and snag a S and WR. Period. That's 5 of 8 picks in the first 4 rounds you have. Don't get cute and start trading up for someone unless you are 100% convinced you get a difference maker! Use those remaining 3 picks to address athletic projects/possibilities at CB, QB and LB. If you just feel you HAVE to have more picks because you believe the draft is deep enough you can do more, then use your 2 5th round and 6th round pick to do so. But bring in a RB, WR who can contribute on ST as well as on offense, potentially. Maybe a TE to compete with Dillon at TE. Another S to develop wouldn't be a bad idea. Trade down for a 2nd round pick if you can. Settle for yet another 3rd round pick if you don't have to drop TOO FAR. There is still real potential value there. And just don't get cute and reach. Draft for need where you need it. Because it sure seems that where we need it most is deep in this draft.

There is just way too much talent and depth on this roster to be this bad and make these many mistakes over this stretch. Has anyone informed the baseball gods it's NOT 2020 any more and things are SUPPOSED to "normalize" now? Roughly 2 weeks until May 1st. Things had better "normalize" by then or some serious changes will have to be addressed. I'm not one to panic or knee-jerk, but this team is too good to be playing this poorly. On top of that, they are ruining the mood of my vacation. Go Twins!

Despite his struggles, I believe Polanco IS a good hitter. But but man has he been struggling! Really disappointed as he had a nice spring, Now, to be fair he hit when Molitor was the manager as well, so this isn't all about Rocco seeing him produce. His use of an illegal substance has been brought up. But IIRC it was one of MANY players who were guilty of a banned substance and not necessarily steroid related. I think that distinction has to be made as he hit before Rocco, and he's hit since came on board. I just think his timing has been completely out of whack for whatever reason. Maybe he's coming out of it now. But be should absolutely drop down otherwise until he figures stuff out. And a day or two off wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Great article, I only wish it was longer. A lot of it is about development, especially at the lower levels. You’re trying to develop kids, so putting the best lineup on the field isn’t always what you’re doing. There’s times when you’re not putting the best guys out there or you’re putting guys in positions that they’re not the most comfortable in,” Gardenhire said. “It’s about trying to develop those guys, so that when they do get up to the Big Leagues, they’re ready for whatever gets thrown at them. It’s a lot about development at the lower levels. As you get going up, then it’s not as much. Then you’re trying to win more games and stuff like that.” I really liked Toby's comments and perspective here. If he can bring all of his player perspectives and coaching perspectives together, he could be a very interesting amalgam of old ways of doing things and new school analytics. He's not the AAA manager due to nepotism. I think we know the FO better than that. I'm excited to see what he does and accomplishes in his role. Bench coach at the ML level in a year or two??

I think what we are seeing from Buxton is unsustainable because he's just been lightening and thunder at this point. But I think we are seeing growth and development that is real and being a mild, consistent thunderstorm is probably real. Sooo frustrated with Polanco and Sano at this point. But I can't dismiss Polanco being healthy and having a good ST and have to feel he's going to get going. Sano has been laying off bad pitches and "just missing" good contact. Now, he can't just "keep missing" for much longer. But I'm considering his past and not worried yet. I'm actually more worried about Cave at this point. He's proven to be solid, but he just hasn't looked good at all thus far. I'm pleased with the rotation, even though Happ and Maeda are still rounding in to form. Happ needs innings and I'm wondering if Maeda is just lacking a bit of "feel" with colder weather at this point. I won't lose "season" faith in Colome because he's been so good for 5yrs and his game has never been about pure velocity and super high K rates. But at this point, he's looked OK a couple games and just aweful the rest. It's time he gets low leverage. You have to pitch what you have. And you have to use everyone and make moves as needed. As pointed out already, 2019 didn't start out great but the pen worked out very well after some time. I like Rocco so much as a manager! And I laugh when people talk about having a "firey" manager that would make a difference. I think, maybe, a football coach with fire can help motivate to some degree. But that fire tends to burn out rather quickly. And I don't believe fire works in a day to day sport well at all. Kelly, so revered, and deservedly so, had an old school and occassional "red ass" approach, but generally preached a calm and day to day mantra because baseball IS a day to day game. But I do believe Rocco blew the game Sunday. Now, we can't scream to leave SP in longer, and then complain when it backfires. But, especially this early in the season, I don't understand pulling Pineda with about 70 pitches one day and leaving Shoemaker in for as long as he did when it looked like he was running out of gas. And while the intent Sunday was for Dobnak to start a clean inning, sometimes you have to make adjustments. I just don't think Rocco handled Sunday well. I hate the extra innings rule and believe it should be implemented in the 11th inning at earliest and would prefer the 12th. And you will lose a few games as the rule is in place right now as is. Really not sure a bunt for the first batter is some magical and automatic move. First of all, hunting is not automatic, especially in today's game. Second, who's up to bat? Not happy with 5-4, not happy with missed opportunities, unhappy with a couple of Rocco's moves. NOT depressed or filled with anxiety after 3 series and 9 games. While all games matter I learned a long time ago how little the first month matters in the marathon that is MLB unless you just stink. Nothing truly stinks after 9 games except for some blown opportunities. Despite some flaws and missed opportunities, this team is trending in the right direction. What DOES STINK, IMO, is the delayed start to the milb season because, IMO, it creates unnecessary confusion and lack of opportunity for any team to make changes for the first month plus.

Can't disagree with a thing you said, mostly because I think I said the same things, lol. There are a lot of ways to get outs. While SO the side is exciting, it's not so great if it happens after a walk and a 2 run HR. But a baserunner allowed with a couple groundouts and a fly ball can be even more effective. I don't know. I miss May. But if Colome pitches as he did the past 5 seasons, aren't we better off with fewer K's but as good or better results? To me, jury is out and still too early to make any decisions. Especially with Robles looking solid and the potential of Alcala. A few weeks from now, this pen could be outstanding.

Am I happy the Twins have lost 3 games, all in extra innings, that they could have and should have won? Nope! Nada! Nyet! Am I worried about the pen at this point? No. Not yet. Nor am I worried about a slow start for Sano or a healthy Polanco, who had a fine ST. I'm just going to panic or be worried after 8 games. A couple brain farts and a mis-handled ball and 2 of those 3 loses likely don't happen. Likewise, just another clutch hit or two from an offense that has generally looked solid so far and those games don't go to extra innings. If the pen was actually imploding, those 3 close games don't even go to extra innings. Think about that perspective for a moment. I think Robles could be a sneaky good signing. Thus far he's looked like such. Colome has been back and forth so far and I admit some frustration and concern, but I am not reaching for a panic button on him at this point. Same for Rogers who has also been 50/50 thus far. Sorry to play the old tune, but such a SSS, despite the frustration of the losses, does not call for decision making or desperation. Despite his inconsistency at times, my "worry" was losing May, not Clippard, Wisler or Romo. Despite some cold spells that made you want to throw your hands up, May could bring pure heat and SO potential you just need sometimes. Alcala may be that guy, but I don't think he's ready for that role just yet. But I don't think the pen is worse or less talented with the elder Romo and Clippard, or 1yr flash Wisler gone and replaced by Robles, Colome and Alcala. Someone to take that May role does give my pause at the moment. Rogers and Colome settle down over the next week or so, this becomes a non-issue and we won't even remember talking about it. Now, that doesn't happen, THEN we can talk about real issues with the pen. Until then, 3 close losses but the pen not exploding/imploding, looking like an old Irwin Allen disaster movie, after only 8 games is frustration and nothing more.

Waddell a little wild but I can see the slider the Twins like. And a little late love for Thielbar looking very good thus far and easing my consternation for the front part Of the pen. Just need Stashak to settle down.

Not sure I can stick around for the full game. Barely slept the past day and a half. Lost a furbaby very early this morning and functioning on fumes. No pity asked! Just a really nice diversion to see the Twins play well and enjoy some conversation and laughter in a game thread with my TD family. Go Twins!

IMO, Gardenhire did a good job while he was the Twins manager. Yes, he's "old school" but so was TK. And to this day, there are some good things about being "old school" such as defense and fundamentals that STILL PLAY today. I LOVE Rocco as our manager and think we have a good one! With no disrespect to Ryan, who I appreciate and feel did a lot of good things in his time, Gardy's final results might have been greater had he been manager with the current FO's ability to assemble a team. Of course, would Ron have accepted the new analytics that Rocco embraces? Hmmm...maybe...maybe not. But a little better team and depth might have still seen better results overall. Still, whatever, I like the guy. And having him in the booth makes me laugh and smile. And I've always found his comments to be honest. It was fun to listen to him and he brought some good luck.

NOT meaning to re-create a SSS post that already exists elsewhere, BUT, it's hard not to look at Garlik's ST and first few opportunities and his great throw from RF Wednesday and not wonder if the FO didn't bring in a solid contributor.

Opinions will vary and only time will tell if it as a mistake to not protect Badoo. But I do agree that "gave up" is the wrong title/approach to the OP. If this was the Twins from 4-5yrs ago, losing 90+ games a season they probably would have protected him on the 40 man due to potential and lack of talent. But that's not the case today. They are a TOP contending team that needs to protect youth where possible while also providing depth for a long, contending season. And as was already pointed out, there are only so many teams that could "afford" a roster spot for an A ball player, even a tools one, who had barely seen the field the past 2yrs. And I don't buy in to the "spots were available" arguement. The Twins, like most clubs, especially those who should be contending..fill their 40 man with a combination of today and tomorrow while usually leaving a spot or two or three for FA signings or trade acquisitions. Two important items to consider here: 1] How many contending teams...Yankees, Dogers, Astros, Dirty Sox, Etc...would have had room to add a toolsy, no hit, A or A+ OF who had played little or not at all the past 2yrs who didn't "figure" to contribute in the next season or two? 2] Want to argue room on the 40 man for said player, Badoo in this example? Fine. You keep him instead of Wade and cut Wade loose. Now you lose Wade for nothing. One example. The Twins signed and kept some pitchers only to demote them off the 40 man to add someone else? Happens all the time. But it's also a "timing" issue. Cut someone too soon, they get claimed and you lose them to a team still trying to set their roster. Wait a little, as the Twins did, and those guys tend to sneak through. Think about the entirety of the 2021 season and the potential of Clay and Waddell to contribute. Coming out of ST, both looked like great additions who could help. 5yrs ago, they make the opening roster, but not now. Waddell is up now only because Colina was transferred to the 60 day. But at least he's available. Let's say they "crowded" the 40 man with Badoo, who honestly didn't figure to play for a couple years at the ML level. Then, you cut him before ST to make room for Shoemaker, Happ, Garlik, whoever. He then passes through waivers. The Tigers couldn't have just picked him up THEN? The only difference, from Detroit's perspective, is they had to wait a few more weeks to add him if they liked him and had their eye on him. Tell me the last guy the Twins, or anyone, "lost" an A ball player via rule 5 that turned out to be a stud player that turned out to be a "mistake" by not protecting". Most "loses" by the Twins, or anyone else, usually come in the form of AA or AAA players lost who find new life with a new opportunity. 6 games and 11 AB, despite a hot ST, indicates NOTHING at this point. Simply being a Twins fan for more than a few years...much less a baseball fan...you could make a decent sized list of guys who had a great ST or early season hot start only to never be seen again, or need to be demoted before coming back again later. 2020's missed milb season is going to have an affect that we can't even see at this point. Badoo plays a full season in 2020, he might have been an automatic "keep" no matter what. But you CAN'T make 40 man roster decisions based on a non-existent "what if" scenario! History and statistics would tell you Badoo is going to have his balloon burst in the next few weeks. Time was, unless there was an IL stash and manipulation, Badoo would then be returned to the Twins and we wouldn't have this debate. But things have changed and Detroit will have the option of a re-building team to just stick with him for the duration regardless of any balloon burst. No doubt the FO played 90/10 or 80/20 odds at worst that Badoo wouldn't be selected or would be/will be returned. And as a baseball fan, it's not hard to root for Badoo to defy odds and have a good/great career. But the Twins did not make a mistake not protecting an A ball player with a questionable future from A ball.

So any implication to steroids for Cruz dates back to 2012, over 9yrs ago. Nothing since. So??? He is Ortiz 2.0. He is a well conditioned and experienced and smart hitter who is very well prepared and ready to go unless I see evidence of anything else. These kind of players come along once in a while. Witness Brady at QB and the recently retired Brees. Sometimes, you just can't quantify a player's development, nor their career projection. Unfortunately, there still remains the age factor. Baseball has so few players who exceeded normal production past 40yrs old that at some point you just have to expect a loss of ability. Right now, Cruz looks like he is ready to defy age and have another good/great season while turning 41 soon. Were I to make a bet, despite his greatness, he will be on the market in 2022 as the Twins will move on to younger talent and not take on the risk. I'm betting on one more good/great season in the sun before a quiet fade with someone else. Bless him if he could achieve the 500HR milestone but I just don't see it.

I'm a very smart amateur psycholist and sociologist only but damned if you didn't make me LMAO with this post! Thank you!

They did? We do? SOME people weren't tremendous fans of Rosario. From my best recollection, nobody was looking to get rid of him 3 year ago. Was there SOME debate about his value 2 years ago? Yeah, maybe some. The replacement debate really started in 2020 and this last off-season based on finances and replacement cost/value as well as pure roster finances. Even the majority of "time to move on" posters acknowledged he was productive and fun and didn't necessarily want to see him go. I'm in that group. I never wanted to see him leave, I'm a fan. But even as fan, I saw the talent comjng up and the financial implications involved. Had 2020 been a normal or semi-normal year, I believe the Twins would have spent the $10M to sign him for one more year to buy time. But we can't re-write history. Sooner or later, 2021 or 2022, room had to be made for the future. Is LF a mess? IMO, NO. It is only in transition. EVERYONE knew Arraez would be part of LF unless Kirilloff just took off. But to blindly assume he would just grab the spot and run with it jumping from AA ball with only the alternate site in 2020 to make the jump was optimism. The FO knew that as well. It's part of the reason they claimed Garlik not once, but twice. They love Kirilloff and Larnach. They like Rooker. They also like Cave and knew Arraez could be part of the equation, at least early. These guys in the FO are pretty smart. LF is NOT a mess, it's a spot with opportunity and a transitional spot for Cave, Garlik and Arraez to play and produce while waiting for Kirilloff and Larnach....and to a degree for Rooker...to grab hold. Rooker is a DH who can play some 1B and corner OF as/if he improves defensively. Kirilloff and Larnach will be fixtures at 1B and corner OF to replace Cruz. There is a method to the madness here. Garlik is a fill-in who has a great milb track record who has never shined at the ML level thus far. And you could make an arguement he hasn t had a sustained opportunity or could be a late bloomer. IMO, he's a short term option only unless he surprises. But LF is NOT a mess, simply a position with multiple options who can contribute until someone grabs hold. And that will probably be Kirilloff very soon, though I hope very much Rooker will show he's ready to be a 5th OF/1B/DH option come 2022. But none of this accounts for Badoo, potentially lost. Celestino is above Badoo. Period! A couple of kids like Urbina and Rodriguez are generally ranked as high or higher than Badoo. I wish the best for the kid and hope he is returned to us. But we are in no way decimated if not. Nor is LF some some sort of disaster.

There are least 3 posts I would like to copy and paste but that would difficult, long, and perhaps boring, lol. Unless you are a bad team with limited talent and in re-build, your 40 man is very complex. If you are a contending team, you HAVE to consider depth for your team, not just an opening for a roster spot for an A ball player with skills but limited results thus far. How many good, contending teams would EVER protect an A ball OF on the 40 man with limited results thus far over someone who not only has produced at a higher level, but could actually be "expected" to contribute when called on for said contending team? The Twins ARE a contending team with talent, depth, and some great prospects. Some of those prospects, well ahead of Badoo, are on the 40 man already. Some are going to have to be added next season, if not before. Already, there is discussion about potentially adding a quality BP arm or two and who would have to be let go or transferred, unfortunately, to the 60 man IL just to make room for them. It sounds so easy doesn't it, cut Gordon, cut Garlik, cut Smeltzer, and just add and promote someone else. But then someone gets hurt, and you have to promote someone from a lower level. Think Polanco about 5yrs ago. And then the guy you let go does really well with a different organization and you wonder why we didn't keep him? Vicious circle with best guesses. Oh, BTW, if you fill your 40 man then you can't sign FA without cutting someone. Almost forgot that POINT! I hope for the best for Badoo as baseball fan and a fan of the young men in the Twins system. Selfishly, I hope he struggles enough, and avoids injury, and the Tigers give him back to the Twins. But not protecting him was the right move to keep roster spots open for signings and depth.

Not sure we can take a lot of speculation for 3 games, now 4, but everything so far has looked very encouraging. While only ONE Game not going to lie that blowing the opening game with some Keystone Cops play doesn't stink. Giving a game away is never a good thing, but knowing you coulda/shoulda won and would most days is a tiny moral victory. Glad to see Colome come back. Glad to see Robles get off to a good start. I've said for months now he could be a real key to the pen. Forget 2020 and look at his career before that. THAT GUY is really good and should give us a really nice back end to the pen. Alcala's stuff looked good to wicked. Imagine how good and how important he could be to the pen a couple months from now when his confidence groes?

Caught a little of the game in the background at work today, (had to keep changing the game back because the boss kept golf on, lol), and during my lunch. Really liked what I saw, of course. A couple comments: 1] Cruz, what a bum. Instead of taking a ball and waiting for a better pitch to try for a HR TRIO, he instead inside-outs a rocket double down the left field line. (Hehe) The guy is just amazing and early indicators are he is ready to defy age for another good/great season. 2] I never panicked about Kepler having a bad ST. He's done it before. He even spoke recently that be was "trying different stuff" in many of his AB. I really like him sliding down in the lineup and I think when all is said and done he's going to look like his 2019 self. 3] First start of the year and a big lead, I was happy Rocco let Shoemaker pitch the 6th and stretch himself out. It's one thing to protect your starters and believe in your pen, but it's also valuable to let your SP a full 6 when you can and save the bullpen as well. 4] I really would have liked Thielbar to get an IP today instead of giving Dobnak 3. Felt unnecessary to me and I don't believe Thielbar has pitched yet. As far as Dobnak goes, I wasn't able to watch the last 3 innings. But looks like he pitched 2 clean ones. Not the first guy to finish a HUGE BLOWOUT while allowing a few runs. Even for a professional, a competitor, sometimes the juice just isn't there with a 14 run lead and you're just getting your work in and mopping up. Sure I'm disappointed he didn't just put away everyone in the 9th, but I've seen this before over the years and not going to freak out. 5] Really glad Buxton and Arraez aren't hurt, simply ill. Personally, no disrespect to the Tigers at all, but I'd probably sit both tomorrow and have them in reserve roles. We have enough depth and a talented enough roster I'd rather see both Buxton and Arraez just have another day off to recover and get their strength back. 6] I missed Rooker's great catch. Wish there was a replay. Not trying to be dismissive of Garlik's effort to make the team or his ability, but as long as Rooker is here I want to see him play and not sit. 7] Send down Cave after FOUR GAMES? Not going to happen. He's earned more than a little leeway at this point. Now, if he's still struggling in a week, some re-set time could be in order. 8] Come on, you KNEW there was going to be as Astudillo comment, right? History has shown he can hit a little, and he's developed more pop/power since joining the Twins organization. While nothing more than average defensively...i actually think 3B might be his best spot...very few teams can toss the last man on the bench in to a game and he can still produce at least a little bit. Blankenhorn and perhaps Miranda may replace him in the next year or two, but I just don't know how anyone can't appreciate him as a last spot on the bench player. I'm really excited, with the "lights turned on now", to see what Happ can bring tomorrow. I'm really hopeful for 5 solid IP.

I've kind of stayed out of this loop for a while deliberately to see what would happen. And I won't even pretend to understand the complexities of the NFL salary cap..,which will probably jumpy to $200M next year...but it was my understanding that despite some "dead cap" $ involved with players let go, that most all of the re-negotated salaries in place included a lot of various signing bonuses and such that don't count towards the cap. Please tell me if I'm wrong. But it sure sounds like a lot of off the NFL salary cap books being paid out by the Wilf's to me. But there is also a reason why Bryzinski is an assistant GM and very well paid and in demand. Simply, he may be the smartest person in the league when it comes to actually understanding the league and how it's structure works. BUT, in regards to FA, I have a few opinions. 1] Losing Reif could hurt badly. But did they have a choice? Maybe. The entire roster needed various help and the reduced cap necessitated moves of some sort. It did for most teams. The Vikings "trusted" in new funds for defensive improvement. Will they prove to be right? Only time will tell. 2] On the surface, every defensive player signed is an improvement. Or at least a quality replacement with upside. Woods could be a nice S addition. Replacing Stephan is an improvement. Alexander never should have left. Now he's back. But he's a negative a year removed why? Weatherly should have never been allowed to leave as a nice rotation piece but he's back now as the same and a negative why? The answer is they should have found a way to keep Odenigbo AND bring Weatherly back. Rhodes stunk and then had a sort of re-emurgance with the Colts. But to some, signing Peterson is a mistake. You can't have it both ways. I think Peterson is signed for too much, but not that old at 31 and tons of experience, can you go wrong? Especially if he's ready to impart knowledge to the young CB room? Vigil is a so-so replacement option for Wilson...and Davis and Gedeon, for someone who plays defense 33% of the time. We're just better off signing Wilson back at this point. And he remains unsigned, unless I missed something. Bring him back now for next to nothing. Trading a 6th round pick for the young Mason Cole is not a bad move. And while not a FA move, I include him as an off-season move. Youth and potential to replace the solid but never used Jones is the ONLY reason to make this move. If Spielman has any other intention, then he just moved towards the "hot seat" as the GM. 3] I drifted a bit, but re-signing Dozier is either stupidly, or a cheap move for experienced depth you think can get better. Time will tell. 7 picks in the first 4 rounds is nothing to dismiss. And Spielan better get it right and just STOP grabbing a "gritty" kid and trust in athletic talent and his scouts and coaches. 1] Draft 2 high quality OL. Make up your mind who Cleveland is, G or T. Work around that. 2] Draft another talented DE and 3 DT with potential and trust in Patterson. Hell, trust in Patterson's choices! 3] Draft the best S you can find and trust in your staff to develop him. 4] There COULD BE a QB or 2 in the 3rd 4th round mix that has a lot of potential if allowed to sit and develop the next couple of seasons. Grab him if you really think he's there. Otherwise, just drop it and look for an athletic LB you can work with. 5] Assuming no steal at QB by now I may pass for 2021.With 3 picks left I look now at RB, TE, LB and potential 2nd dip at WR. The draft unfolds as it does. And guys you want get snaked away. And potential steals also can come your way. The Vikings are in a great position because they have enough talent right now to draft the best player available. But you can't just dismiss team need either. Spielman has had a couple pretty good recent drafts. His 2020 draft could be tremendous with a little more time. His 2021 Draft could define him.

So, the earth is still spinning at 1-1 and the Twins still have a chance. Right? Lol! Great win!! TREMENDOUS performance by Berrios and the BP! What a game!!

Let's hope it's not a hamstring

Perfume or cologne I don't care as long as he finishes this game off right. Like a rose, he will smell just as sweet. (Not talking the locker room, just to be clear)

Always wanted one. Problem is, I'd always want one in my size so I could wear it on certain occasions to completely geek out. But how would I post or take a rest break? That's where my dream ended, alas. Lol

100%. But, I would be forced to answer with Henderson.