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  1. Danchat
    I have no problem acquiring a guy who looks to be a middle inning reliever for an at-best top 40 prospect of ours. Especially since Nance isn't a rental, though who knows how long a 35 year old reliever who's been mainly tasked with throwing in low leverage situations is going to last.
  2. Danchat
    I was about the post the exact same thing, the Yankees aren't going to rob Peter to pay Paul, especially not for two of their better relievers in exchange for 2 months of control of Jeffers.
  3. Danchat
    Hard to be upset at the lineup when they've hit so well, enough to somehow have the most runs in the American League. These kinds of games are going to happen. As mentioned in an article, they need to commit to using Rojas as a starter or have him go fully into being a reliever. Being a 2-3 inning pitcher isn't a viable strategy going forward. That role makes more sense for a guy like Paredes, who doesn't have the upside Rojas does but has been decently effective in the majors so far. They fully committed on Morris to the bullpen and he's been great in the setup role, I'm not recommending doing that to Rojas but the option is there.
  4. Danchat
    I don't want to take away from the Twins win, but if I didn't know better, Cleveland these past two games have played like a team that is 20 games below .500. I still can't get over how in the 7th inning their relievers threw 14 consecutive pitches outside of the strike zone (only one called as a strike with zero swings).
  5. Danchat
    With Ober, Rojas, and Paredes rested, they certainly have the length to cover a bad start and then some.
  6. Danchat
    The Twins have put Marco Raya and Connor Prielipp on the 15 day IL, recalled Kendry Rojas and activated Bailey Ober from the IL.
  7. Danchat
    Hey, whadda know, they finally give Roden a chance and he hits two RBI singles. About time they finally decided to use him!
  8. Danchat
    This is a catastrophic meltdown, two straight games for Cleveland. You love to see it.
  9. Danchat
    13 straight balls! What is happening?
  10. Danchat
    Geez, 10 straight balls from the Cleveland pitchers.
  11. Danchat
    Well, heck of a rebound inning, boys.
  12. Danchat
    Geez, I don't want to jinx it but this Cleveland lineup stinks. I'm not sure how they're going to score runs.
  13. Danchat
    That tracks, you'd think the Tigers wouldn't let us have him for nothing if the numbers were suggesting he could be a legit bullpen arm, seeing how they themselves could use a high-leverage reliever.
  14. Danchat
    Yup, I kinda called it in that thread, this happens every year with a marginal OF hitting well in AAA. I was on board since Outman was so bad, it's a classic "he can't hit worse than Outman" and then he actually does hit worse than him. But I'm glad they found out and gave the kid a chance. It's not as if Outman is any different in Detroit except he's managed to hit a handful of HRs. My question is, next time Sabato hits 4 for 5 in a game, does the comments section get filled with people calling the Twins to call him up?
  15. Danchat
    Yes, he has been added and Laweryson was optioned.
  16. Danchat
    Woo-Suk Go has been added to the 40 man roster and called up from AAA, Laweryson optioned. 40 man roster is full.
  17. Danchat
    Perhaps the Twins could have waited to see Varland's second full season in the bullpen before moving him, he's still got 3 years of control after this season finishes. Rojas and Roden could produce enough to justify the move, but I argue the Twins were absolutely wrong to trade him when they did. Feels eerily similar to the Pressly trade, and even that one was for 1.5 years of control of him rather than 4.5 of Varland... and also similar was the defense that Alcala and Celestino would justify the move.
  18. Danchat
    Not only did they have a 40 man roster spot open, but they could also easily shift Abel, Sands, or Banda to the 60 day IL to get more spots. Might as well take a shot on a guy who isn't old and put up pretty good numbers at AAA.
  19. Danchat
    Yeah... as already mentioned an .825 OPS at AAA is passable, but certainly not impressive with the way other hitters are crushing that level. I know it's not a popular take, but I'm fine with the choice of keeping Jenkins at AAA for the full season. On the other hand, I want to see Culpepper up when healthy at latest by the time the trade deadline is over. Rodriguez needs to be up once he is healed up just to get a taste in case he is out of options next year. Roden should already be up, and Mendez should be a September call-up given he is already on the 40 man and using up an option year. Time to figure out what we have, but I don't think we need to rush Jenkins. He should be an early call-up once the strike is over, whichever year that is.
  20. Danchat
    Guess they gotta go Rogers in the 7th, Morris in the 8th, Gomez in the 9th. And pray.
  21. Danchat
    Only one out achieved vs 5 batters, get Adams out of there and send him down to AAA.
  22. Danchat
    Yeah... almost 60 career innings for Adams with an ERA over 7, he has swing-and-miss stuff but he's really hittable and gives up too many walks. He's probably just not a major league reliever barring some significant tweaks.
  23. Danchat
    My issue with the trade is that Roden is seemingly being treated like a throw-in and Rojas seems to be the key to the trade - but trading 5 years of control of a good reliever for a single pitching prospect, a notoriously risky asset, is not good business. Yes, we didn't foresee Varland becoming an elite closer, but putting all of Varland's trade value into Rojas instead of more prospects wasn't a good call. They easily could have waited until 2026/27 to trade him. Roden has had troubles staying healthy, but he's been good to go for a few weeks now and is raking in AAA. I don't know if he will be a useful major league player, but what's the point in postponing finding out what they have in him? He's had something like 600 PAs in AAA with very few struggles mixed in there, now is the time to play him. Frankly, they should trade him for what they can get because what's the point of holding on to him? If Jenkins and Rodriguez and others like Mendez are going to get chances over him, why not cash him in at the trade deadline for something they might use?
  24. Danchat
    Gray has only had 120 PAs coming into this season, so I find it funny that they'll trust the 30 year old career minor leaguer to be their starting SS but won't give a shot to their AAA prospects with nothing left to prove and need to start gaining MLB experience. Ugh.
  25. Danchat
    He's out for the year as he had an internal brace surgery - hence why you haven't seen people complaining about DFA'ing him since last year. He was on fire the last two months of 2025, he has stretches of not being able to throw strikes followed by dominance.
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