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  1. Danchat
    Rocco doesn't have the power to DFA Pagan and call someone up, that's on Falvey/Levine to make the move. The most he can do is reduce Pagan's usage and change the situation he comes in, like he's done with Duffey for a stretch a week or two ago. The front office is responsible for keeping Pagan around, just as they did with Colome last year.
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    I saw folks on MLBT talking about him having a high price so I assumed he had another year of control… I wouldn’t mind if he’s just a rental.
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    On second inspection, that does look quite bad. Maybe it’s my memory or perhaps he had a very bad August/end of the year. But his numbers this year have been stellar.
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    He hasn't been terrible - since moving to DH full-time on May 19th, he's hitting .767 OPS. Not great for a DH, but it's not like he's a black hole in the lineup. It does look like the Twins picked the right time to trade him while his value was high.
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    Yes, the focus needs to be adding pitching, but I wouldn't mind acquiring one of these batters for the right (small) price. I dunno about giving the Cubs a haul for Contreras, catchers don't age well into their 30s.
  6. Danchat
    Well, they may be "tanking" at the QB position, but they're probably still going to win enough games (6-7 I'd guess) and Pete Carroll isn't going to concede anything. I think his days of being a top 10 coach are over, but I still think he'll get enough out of Seattle's roster to make them not terrible but also lose out on a nice draft pick. Conversely they could have went down the Bears path, which I actually think is too far in the blatant tank direction. Fields is being left out to dry, they have maybe 2 above average players on offense. They didn't even try to add young talent in free agency and they didn't even get a high 1st round pick in the 2022 draft.
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    He pitched really well last year in AAA too, but still never got a shot over the likes of Barraclough/Gibaut/other waiver wire fodder. Feels like a Jake Reed situation, where the numbers are good but the coaches don't think he has what it takes to get MLB hitters out. Usually they are right, but it'd be nice to give him a shot (more than one inning vs Toronto).
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    There would be endless complaining here if we didn't trade Berrios and he was pitching like this for us - especially if we knew that we'd get 2 top 100 prospects for him (I think SWR was borderline, but you get my point). Let's not forget that the trade was only for control of 2021-2022 for him, so once this year is over, that's all they got for Berrios. They'll have gotten 12 good starts in 2021 from him and then a sub-replacement level 2022 from him.
  9. Danchat
    Methinks it's time to move Sands to the pen... it just doesn't seem like he's got what it takes to be a MLB starter. And could we get Schulfer up to the majors? There's nothing to lose, just try someone else in the pen!
  10. Danchat
    The best options are guys recently called up from AA (Schulfer and Sisk), and Cano is still pitching really well. Other than that, maybe move Sands to the pen and see if he gets better. There's not much outside of this... Canterino to the pen could be the next Duran situation, though I think he's got an elbow problem and he's also walking about 6 guys per 9. That's true, and was the antithesis of Nick's article on Pagan yesterday... but how many more games do we have to endure him shipwrecking before we get the good version of him? I wonder if part of it is pitching sequence: A similar thing happened with Megill, he hung breaking balls that resulted in the single and then HR - I was listening on the radio and Provus suggested that going upstairs with his 98 MPH fastball was probably the better option.
  11. Danchat
    The problem is that the bullpen is so bad that Duran needs to go 2 innings in every close game - his arm's going to wear out at some point. He's already on pace for around 80 innings this year and will probably go 90+ if he's consistently told to go 2.
  12. Danchat
    Yup, he tried to bump Pagan down, gave Megill a shot as the setup guy... and still got burned, plus Jax looked bad. Maybe he should have sent Duran out for the 8th / 10th, but he can only use him so much. We need middle relievers and high leverage relievers... meanwhile, the front office twiddles their thumbs, as the only bullpen move the past week has been to get Minaya up and down. I get it if you can't make a trade right now, but at least try something!
  13. Danchat
    Nick timed his Pagan article well. At what point do we concede that he's just a bad reliever and add some other options? It's just not working for him - the Padres gave up on him for a reason.
  14. Danchat
    Pagan in the 5th? Weird. Probably better than him in the 8th or 9th.
  15. Danchat
    Darn. Ryan just hasn't been the same since COVID - not bad, but just not sharp.
  16. Danchat
    Maybe he could borrow some VHSs from the fossil managing the other team?
  17. Danchat
    Gameday is telling me Gordon reached 1st on an error, but was called out? That's not an error, is it?
  18. Danchat
    A 2024 5th for Mayfield? Yeah, he was bad last year, but when healthy (he certainly wasn't last year) he can be an average QB - which for $5M and a late pick in 2 years is an incredibly reasonable price. The Panthers still probably won't be that good, but they did well to wait until the Browns were desperate.
  19. Danchat
    I would consider the move, depending on several factors - I'd like to get Sanchez out of the DH spot, but it may take an injury and a very cheap cost of the trade (no way I'd give up 2 #10-20 prospects like Tampa did). But the bullpen needs to be addressed first and probably another starter for the rotation would be wise... I am concerned that he may not play well down the stretch like he did last year... but I'd still take him over having the Jeffers/Sanchez combo at C/DH in a playoff game. Will Larnach/Miranda/Steer be competent options for that DH spot? Will Garlick still be eating lefties alive? It's hard to say. I'd probably pass, but it depends where we are in 4 weeks' time.
  20. Danchat
    MLB gameday is confused, and so am I since I just checked in. What happened?
  21. Danchat
    Have a day, Kirilloff!!!
  22. Danchat
    Wonder if anyone still thinks La Russa would get this team to be 8-10 wins better than we're currently at...
  23. Danchat
    Man, if only the White Sox had a old-school, fundamentally sound manager who made them practice baserunning more! Oh wait...
  24. Danchat
    Which is why Winder should be in the rotation over Bundy...
  25. Danchat
    Is Bundy hurt? I get not trusting him, but if he's fine then that makes zero sense to me.
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