He's still better than Spergon Wynn (seriously, look at his stats), so Vikings fans have seen worse.

Revenge game! He could do better having never read the playbook.

Yet, can he please start for the Vikings next week?

He wasn’t signed until Sept. though. They went into Week 1 with no parachute.

Good point. Still, very little competition compared to the rest of the calendar especially against its own MLB games.

Isn't that usally PR to the player. ie. I don't think that player is that good, but post game I have to say we wanted to give him more work so he doesn't get irate.

I’d be good with that too. Just pointing out they can give teams full rest with current schedule.

Or just not have a Thursday game in Week 3 and maybe the final two weeks. Otherwise can work.

It wouldn’t be that difficult to have each team have a bye week before a Thursday game. That’s what I don’t get.

Would they be a factor for why impending free agents Njoku or Breece Hall were not traded for anything?

That's definitely a factor. Or later round draft picks. That and maybe a team can't integrate a player mid-season. But why not get something for Breece Hall?

A-Rod's late-inning heroics were pretty amazing in 2009. He had three HRs or doubles in 9th inning or later that were game changing. Each series of that playoffs. Kind of an epic run. Twins fans remember (game 2 ALDS) - 9th-inning homer.