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  1. Danchat
    Many of us have been asking for starters to get moved to being relievers, so seeing Morris break through isn't exactly shocking, this seems to be how the best relievers get discovered. So next up, move Klein to being a one inning reliever and see what happens. I do wonder about Raya, I'd like him to get more of a chance in the majors now that he's healthy. Oh, and Nance isn't a Tier 2 reliever. I haven't been impressed with what I've seen from him so far.
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    Gross! It's that poor roster construction we talked about at the start of the year, locking in Bell to be a mediocre DH, and with Clemens needed at other positions, 1B is now the place for our backup catchers to start. *vomit emoji here*
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    Jax did get a legitimate shot to start at the beginning of his Twins career and was very bad... maybe if they ever bolstered the bullpen with legitimate external options they could have experimented with him as a starter last year, but they needed him in the pen.
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    3) Selling Varland right before his breakout with a ton of team control Stewart still had 2 years of arb left on his deal. And while I agree that they were right to trade Stewart while he had some value, I would have much preferred a lottery ticket than an incredibly questionable rehab project. And this isn't from hindsight, many of us were complaining about that right after the trade happened.
  5. Danchat
    Rojas puts a lot of hitters on base, but they rarely seem to score.
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    I think we are forgetting how easy it is to hit AAA pitching... Fedko and Roden were also raking and their numbers have not remotely translated to the majors. Uh, Wallner has had 1100 PAs in the majors and is 28 compared to Rooker getting only 230 PAs as a Twin at 26 years old, not to mention Wallner has played parts of 5 seasons with the Twins compared to Brent's 2. We are in Sano territory, not Rooker. Actually, you know who is 26 and has struggled in his first 190 PAs? Alan Roden.
  7. Danchat
    Caratini should not be playing at 1B...
  8. Danchat
    Adams got moved to LB for the Raiders because he was shot at safety (he just couldn't cover anymore), he played 75% of his snaps at LB and another 25% at slot CB, only 2 snaps all of last year at safety. And he has a serious tackling issue. And he'll be 31 soon with an extensive injury history... probably not a guy who is going to make an impact on this team. He really fell off a cliff after having 3 straight All-Pro (1st or 2nd team) seasons, getting traded for 2 1sts and getting a 4/$70M deal, then at around age 26 he was never the same, probably injury related. They gave Pace $3.5M when they didn't have to, presumably to play special teams. Golday getting drafted in Round 2 was already the deathnell for Pace playing any snaps. He already wasn't with just Cashman and Wilson ahead of him. That money is unguaranteed so he could get axed and that wouldn't be shocking, but the fact that they paid him that much in an offseason where they barely spent anything makes me think they believe he is a very good special teamer. The only spot I see Adams makes sense is as the Metellus backup, but the defense was totally fine when Metellus hit the IR last year and Jay Ward picked up his snaps. Once upon a time he was an elite blitzer so I get why Flores would like that... but not now in the twilight of his career.
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    Not to mention they can open a 40 man spot by moving Banda to the 60 day IL and you have the likes of Rashi in the AAA bullpen that can be DFA'd... they have 40 man spots to spare.
  10. Danchat
    I believe Sands was at the maxmium rehab days? They either had to activate him or put him back on the IL if I'm not wrong.
  11. Danchat
    FYI, Sands in 131 appearances in 2024-25 had a 3.89 ERA (3.11 FIP), 1.08 WHIP, 1.9 BB/9 and 9.4 K/9. He was a fine reliever, not a bum/garbage reliever.
  12. Danchat
    He was very good in 2024 (WHIP under 1.00, K/9 of 10.7), took a step back in 2025 and doesn't seem like he's back to 100%. Might be a lost season for him.
  13. Danchat
    I don't know what you mean by "keep", this is his first appearance since late April. He didn't give up a run in 6 AAA appearances, but his velo was down compared to his career norms.
  14. Danchat
    Sands might need to work in low leverage outings for a bit...
  15. Danchat
    Buxton just ain't clutch this year.
  16. Danchat
    Bader randomly having a 4 WAR season last year was nutty. Good thing they got something for both of them, which is why you trade away rental players. Meanwhile, Julien has a .615 OPS in Colorado... *skull emoji here*
  17. Danchat
    I tire of the "anything can happen" argument, I've heard it so many times over the last 15 years and yet all we have is a single playoff series win to show for it. I am all for pushing in the chips when the time comes (looking at you, 2019 and 2023), but adding on to a middling team that might push for one of the recently added extra wild card spots is not wise. Especially when the AL is historically bad, and we'd be in 4th place in two NL divisions. There's reason to be excited about the core of this team going forward, I think there is a legitimate chance this team could run away with the division next year if everything breaks right after we've seen plenty of players take steps forward in 2026. But a World Series run in 2026 isn't happening.
  18. Danchat
    It's good news for Ben Ross, who would get every rep at SS if Culpepper were to get promoted.
  19. Danchat
    I'm not one to say this often, but that was a bad loss.
  20. Danchat
    Miller is the type of guy I'm fine with trading... but unfortunately all he brought back was Margot.
  21. Danchat
    I get why the lefty would want to face Larnach, but the way he's hitting this year, he's the one to walk.
  22. Danchat
    Or they could do what the NFL does and call it a tie, which will make the teams' records stick out in the record books when looking back on past years.
  23. Danchat
    Cleveland is doing an equally bad job advancing runners...
  24. Danchat
    Nance has a lot to prove before being mentioned as part of a "legit" pen... Except for the fact that he has the team's only RBI, which is the only reason why we haven't lost yet?
  25. Danchat
    It's 3 BBs in that 8 inning stretch, not 6.
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