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  1. Danchat
    Given he went 3 innings last time and 4 innings yesterday, seems like they are working on him as a starter. Just getting a bit late in the season to be ramping up...
  2. Danchat
    He's 32 now, was a 28 year old rookie for us. Didn't look very good in his first few outings, then got moved. Another lesson on being patient on young guys with plus stuff...
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    IMO he made the decision now because Kyler needs every rep he can get with the 1s. To be fair to him, even Kirk and Sam had some rough practices in their first season learning KOC's system. It's too early to panic, but also disconcerting that Kyler was not separating himself from JJM...
  4. Danchat
    You just know we're going to win 8-9 games again, not be good enough to make the playoffs / or win a playoff game, but also not have a high enough pick in a deep QB class.
  5. Danchat
    I'd give the Castro trade a higher grade, I am willing to bet one of Armstrong or Gallagher breaks through as a reliever in the majors eventually. That would be a great return for 2 months of Willi Castro.
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    Hard to know if it's legit or not, based on two weeks of practice. What I do know is that O'Connell rarely ever uses formations with 4 WRs and Jennings is locked in as the WR3. So add in 2TE sets with Hock and Oliver getting a lot of snaps and spending a 5th rounder on a FB, I don't see Felton getting on the field much without an injury to a WR ahead of him.
  7. Danchat
    I'm sorry, the Orioles only have one more loss than we do? Not after tonight, but geez, they're getting boatraced.
  8. Danchat
    Everything Martin does works today!
  9. Danchat
    He got on top of another meatball!
  10. Danchat
    Walker JenkinsVahn LackeyKaelen CulpepperMarek HoustonRiley QuickEmmanuel RodriguezEduardo TaitHendry MendezGabriel GonzalezCharlee SotoBrandon WinokurCarson TinneyKhadim DiawRyan GallagherEthan WachsmannBrett RenfrowQuentin YoungJames EllwangerEnrique JimenezYasser Mercedes
  11. Danchat
    Worth noting, he might get a 4th option year for missing so much time due to injuries.
  12. Danchat
    Rodriguez is still rehabbing in the low minors, he hasn't faced AAA pitching since May 1st. Given this is his 3rd year on the 40 man roster, I don't believe that service time would factor into this. Gonzalez had a foot injury on Thursday, but otherwise has been overmatched at AAA. I don't think he's a good enough prospect to be worried about his service time.
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    Uffda!
  14. Danchat
    I was pretty much out on Clemens this April, to be fair.
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    Culpepper wasn't dominating either and also didn't need to be added to the 40 man for another year, so why him and not Jenkins?
  16. Danchat
    Still feels like this game might end with the score being 11-10... let's see if the pen holds up.
  17. Danchat
    Wow, they are getting runs in bunches now. Lewis is red-hot again.
  18. Danchat
    The pen has been upgraded, time to stop letting our starters get into sticky messes like this. Zebby isn't fooling this lineup, get a middle reliever in there now.
  19. Danchat
    Yeah, that weight was probably from years ago. He's pretty chunky now. Funnily enough, his first inning was by far his worst, but I do agree. Seems like they've run out of starters at AAA so they're having the likes of Culepper and Mike Bowman go 3 innings at a time. More of a way to get the pitching staff through the game rather than ideal development of the players.
  20. Danchat
    Picking nits here, but most of that came from the 48 point game against a decrepit Bengals team, they didn't cross 22 points in any other game with Wentz. Not to mention Isaiah Rodgers accounted for 14 of those 48 points on defense. That might go into why Wentz didn't get a QB2 deal out on the free agent market. Kyler has a history of feeding his top receiver plenty of targets, so I think it's safe to say Jefferson will rebound.
  21. Danchat
    Joe Ryan placed on the 15 day IL, Kaelen Culpepper has been called up (40 man move yet to be announced). Fangraphs states that Zebby Matthews is expected to be called up, so another 26 man move will be needed.
  22. Danchat
    I finally got to go to a Saints game, and I just so happened to be filming when Jenkins popped off with HR #2: I also have a video of Culpepper whiffing on a low pitch, he chased 2 or 3 pitches below the zone. Not a great day at the plate for him. Not mentioned in the article was Gabriel Gonzalez got injured in a collision at 1B, tagging the runner out was the only play but he plowed into him and he took the brunt of the damage. Not very impressed by the pitching, Culpepper had a bad first inning and Acton / Orze looked very questionable.
  23. Danchat
    Y'know, I happened to be looking through the Twins Fangraphs Depth Chart earlier today wondering which prospects would need to be protected for the Rule 5 draft... I couldn't find a single one that I'd call a lock, which for most years is rare. The only ones I can see a real argument for is Yasser Mercedes and Sam Armstrong. Mercedes is only going to be 22 next year and hasn't crushed A+, I could see Armstrong being the only new addition to the 40 man. Fedko, Acton, and Orze are easy DFA's. Fedko might not play next year if he did have an ACL tear, Orze will be out of options and there's no need to keep him around, Acton is just a guy. I'd hang onto Adams as he's shown some upside. Conclusion, they have plenty of room to add to the 40 man roster.
  24. Danchat
    I'm basically the same, more B on Hoffman because I'm not high on Hill and they get the extra year of control of Hoffman. On Kremer, if anything the extra year of control is not helpful. Do we really want to lock in on Kremer at $7M next year when he's a total question mark, and at age 31 who knows if he returns to what he was in his 20s? Would they start him over Abel if they keep Ober? The one argument I can give is that other teams treated extra year(s) of control similarly to the past, teams seem to expect that even if they are locked out in 2027, the contracts would toll to 2028. He's pitched every bit as poorly as Ryan this July, why should we expect him to pitch at a career high level suddenly in August? He's a career 4.37 ERA starter who is clearly not right this season. I could get being bullish on him rebounding in the offseason (a la Taj Bradley last year), but I don't see where this optimism is stemming from.
  25. Danchat
    Uh, Shoemaker's career ERA is lower than Kremer's...
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