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  1. Danchat
    I'd honestly trust Bundy rather than Smith with this inning in a close game... I'm surprised Smith hasn't been DFA'd yet.
  2. Danchat
    Didn't predict Bundy would strike out the side after letting a runner get to 2nd. Huh,
  3. Danchat
    I didn't know that Brock runs that site too!
  4. Danchat
    Because we are not allowed to have nice things, like healthy pitching prospects.
  5. Danchat
    Now that I've thought about it more, I'm down for getting Sano a few more cracks at it. If he's cold, he can be DFA'd and we have plenty of bats to replace him. If he happens to catch fire, then enjoy it while it lasts and let him hit the open market this winter. I just don't want to see him given too many ABs if it's clear he's back to his early 2021/22 self.
  6. Danchat
    I'd protect the first 6 (losing Urbina wouldn't be much of a blow, he's barely even played in the minors and is years away from relevance). Isola is a near-lock for me, as prospect catchers are a premium and as nicksaviking said, there's zero chance he makes it through the R5 draft. And we also have zero catching depth... One other name I'd consider is Sean Mooney. He numbers remind me a bit of Bailey Ober and Tyler Wells, and it'd hurt to lose another pitching prospect for nothing. I also wonder if Sisk or Schulfer would get picked up in the draft, but probably aren't good enough to be protected.
  7. Danchat
    Completely agree, though knowing this team, two of Arraez/Miranda/Garick/Kirilloff will probably hit the IL within the next week or two just because it seems like all of our roster crunches always get solved by other players getting hurt.
  8. Danchat
    Yikes, that's more than Mahomes is getting in both APY and guaranteed money - this is getting ridiculous. I'd feel better about this if Murray had any sort of postseason success, but the last we saw him he was getting crushed in the playoffs and reportedly not doing a very good job of being a leader. It's seemed like injuries have brought his play down in the second halves of the 20 and 21 seasons, so he needs to stay healthy to earn that money. No kidding: Eh, it was only a one year extension, so they'll probably need to extend him again next year (since the past two times they haven't waited until his deal ran out). He'll probably ask for $40M+ it will be have to be fully guaranteed...
  9. Danchat
    It’s too bad he’s only getting used in blowouts… it’d be nice if he or Cano could break through this year, but that’s probably just wishful thinking.
  10. Danchat
    Diaz was considered to be a top 20 prospect here IIRC, but the other three were mostly just wildcards. Davis was tearing up AAA (hitting .300 with 35 HRs!), so trading him did tick off some fans here, but it seemed the Twins knew that was a mirage, since he's been unable to get out of AAA the 3 years since. If they're going to acquire rentals, then moving prospects the caliber of these guys is totally fine to me. Maybe we could do the old trade and extend trick that worked well for Arizona when they got Eddie Escobar and the Astros when they traded for Pressly. My goal would be don't give up on the 2022 season, but don't ship off any top prospects unless the acquisition comes with more team control.
  11. Danchat
    You just can't field a competitive playoff team with a bad bullpen, especially when the starting pitching is not good enough / out of sorts. You can't go into the season with Joe Smith and Emilio Pagan as your primary additions and then fail to 'coach them up'. Now they're at the point where they probably should be DFA'd, but likely won't because they're simply out of options. Pulling starters out of games early hasn't worked well with the combination of having a bad bullpen, but Archer doesn't have what it takes to go past the 4th inning anymore. And the pitching pipeline... we've had a few breakthroughs, but still not close enough to what Cleveland's (like we expected). Outside of Winder, we don't have any prospects on the near horizon that will be able to help this year. And this front office has been subpar at developing reliever prospects - Duran and Jax are a start, but the 5 years before this it's basically been coasting off the previous regime's arms, vets on 1 year deals, and AAAA guys that they haven't been able to get the most out of. It's definitely not time to give up and sell... I just don't trust our front office to do the right thing.
  12. Danchat
    Since May 27th, hitters are hitting .426 against Smith with 6 HRs. ERA of 10.61 in that stretch!
  13. Danchat
    Remember the first 2 months of nearly perfect Joe Smith pitching? Ah, good times... seems like the reverse of what happened to him last year. Astros DFA'd him after putting up a 7+ ERA, then he figured it out in the second half with the Mariners.
  14. Danchat
    Duffey's been one of our best relievers as of late (very low bar, obviously) and Duran went 2 innings yesterday... so not sure who'd you use.
  15. Danchat
    I've been saying for a while that Archer should be converted to a 2-3 inning reliever, once he hits the 55-70 pitch range he's cooked.
  16. Danchat
    Seems like almost every Twins starter the past two weeks has self-destructed in the 5th inning.
  17. Danchat
    Oh yeah, I forgot my most important point - I love the pitch clock. The game goes by at such a quicker pace, we were at 2 hours 20 minutes in the top of the 9th. The pitch clock needs to be in the majors in 2023, no question in my mind.
  18. Danchat
    I was at the Saints game tonight, my thoughts: Sano is 100% healthy, no question - still could lose some weight, but you have to wonder whether what version of him we'd get if he is given his roster spot back. The icy cold version of himself or will he heat up in the 2nd half like he has tended to do the past couple seasons? Palacios is the real deal at SS, his defensive play is phenomenal. He deserves to be on a MLB roster as a utility guy, but the Twins simply don't need him right now. I hope he gets another shot at the majors soon. Sisk looked sharp, forced some lightly hit groundballs. I think it's time to give him or Schulfer a shot. Cave dropped a ball in deep LF that went down as a double and ended up being a huge factor in blowing the 9th, but he did gun down a runner at 3B in the top of the 10th. I'm in favor of keeping Contreras ahead of him on the depth chart.
  19. Danchat
    Fire Rocco and field the exact same roster next year, and I think we'd see about the same results. How is firing him going to fix the hitters' inability to execute in clutch situations, fix the completely imploded rotation, and also fix the bullpen that gets annually neglected by the front office? Yeah, I don't like pulling Smeltzer early either, but he gave up 7 baserunners in 3 innings and looked cooked. Even if he went 4 or 5 innings, Jax still pitches and probably gives up runs, and we know the hitters weren't going to put up any resistance. There are a lot of problems with this team, but can we stop acting as if Rocco is the only thing holding this team back from greatness? Would it hurt to put even a little bit of accountability on the players for not playing well?
  20. Danchat
    I'm about a decade younger than you, so I don't have quite as much misery under my belt... but even back in 09 I knew there was something special about that Vikings team. I went to the game vs the 49ers and the Favre revenge match at Lambeau that year... I may never go to a sporting event as exciting as those two. I thought the 2019 Twins could win a series, but I don't think I had much hope they could do any real damage with the pitching they had.
  21. Danchat
    I'm thinking it over, when was the last time a hot start ever lead to anything? Feels like every Twins/Vikings squad that has a great first half always falls apart in the second half (2015 Twins, 2016 Vikings are great examples)... it's also a thing for most other teams, I can recall so many NFL squads that start the year 6-0/7-1/8-1 and then lose momentum and accomplish nothing. I wonder if teams are almost better off playing .500-.550 during the first half and then taking off late in the season. Haven't felt that since 2017! Maybe if I were a Wild fan that'd get bumped up to 2021-22, but Minnesota sports is so consistently bad in the postseason that I've completely lost faith. It's going to take a Vikings 98/09 regular season level of play to get me to even think about winning it all for any of these squads.
  22. Danchat
    I dunno about that, Jax has been really good since the beginning of June and only gave up 2 runs in his last 9 innings pitched before today. Jax will be willing many more chances, seeing how many shots Pagan gets. But I do agree that Duffey should get bumped up, even if I am wary that his stuff isn't what it used to be.
  23. Danchat
    Oof. The bats are snoozing and the pitchers are stinking it up. The All-Star break can't come fast enough...
  24. Danchat
    Jeffers to IL with a thumb injury, Caleb Hamilton has been added to the 40 man and called up. He’s been hitting well at AAA and seems to have passed up Godoy.
  25. Danchat
    Incredible... 12 base runners and 1 run. That takes skill to not score those runs.
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