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  1. Danchat
    It's time for Dobnak, Maeda is cooked out there. He's far too hittable right now.
  2. Danchat
    Maybe Kirilloff really need did more seasoning at AAA to work on his fielding skills?
  3. Danchat
    How does Maeda go from untouchable in Spring Training to throwing meatballs and struggling with control like this? Just bizarre.
  4. Danchat
    Not re-signing Odorizzi was the right move for the Twins to make. He really shouldn't have accepted the qualifying offer for the 2020 season...
  5. Danchat
    I'm not surprised some of the soft-tossing relievers are struggling, but everyone in the bullpen has regressed with no exceptions. Rogers may have a 0.00 ERA, but he's let in most if not all his inherited runners and he's leaving meatballs down the middle. Duffey looks out of shape, velo down, no command. Stashak looks hurt. Thielbar has been beaten up. Alcala can't stop giving up HRs. How can they all be sucking at once? Rocco has done a poor job managing, but he's got nothing to work with here. Wes and the FO have failed him. And the 6th inning mound visit debacle aside... how do you pull Arraez for Lin in LF?! Sure, Lin has a little bit of OF experience (78 innings in the majors and 50 starts in the minors), but you can't pull Arraez's bat out of the lineup in a close game. These have been some baffling moves being made...
  6. Danchat
    How is Colome this bad?!
  7. Danchat
    1 for 7 in RISP, again...
  8. Danchat
    Everyone says it's "bad luck"... but Rogers' real problem is that he leaves his pitches in the heart of the plate in 2 strike counts.
  9. Danchat
    Why is Plesac still throwing when you have a killer bullpen? I get his pitch count is still looking good, but he's not a good enough pitcher to be facing guys the 4th time around the lineup...
  10. Danchat
    Definitely keep him in and try to go the 7th, we don't have enough decent relievers to cover this. Then Duffey and Rogers in the 8th and 9th.
  11. Danchat
    Kirilloff is making some sharp contact, he'll get rewarded with some more hits soon. The rest of the lineup, though... yikes.
  12. Danchat
    Wow, that's a new one. This season is full of surprises... mostly negative ones.
  13. Danchat
    A better defensive LF catches that ball from Rosario... and that was a really good throw home from Rooker. If Rosario's a bit slower, that's an out.
  14. Danchat
    Turns out there was reason to be concerned about the hitters' ineptitude in Spring Training... some said "I'll be concerned in Late April". Welp, we've arrived. This lineup is garbage, and has barely faced any strong pitching. Just wait and see once we face some really good starters and relievers. Cleveland's bullpen is going to blow our hitters out of the water.
  15. Danchat
    I don't think the ball has affected the team very much, and definitely not Garver or Polanco. Both of them had very similar issues in 2020 which still featured the 2020 juiced ball. Garver's issues are mostly related to contact, and Polanco isn't driving balls anymore. How many has he actually hit to the warning track / could have actually been HRs? This isn't a Joe Mauer "hits a ton of flyballs to the warning track" issue. Meanwhile, Donaldson, Cruz, and Buxton are smacking the ball around like it's 2019 again.
  16. Danchat
    That is correct, but he was up for just one game as an emergency backup. I am still suggesting this move, just probably in a week or two once the virus outbreak is over.
  17. Danchat
    They're committed to not spending any money on the O-line - they had the cheapest OL in the NFL last year and are virtually locked in to be the cheapest again. O'Neill will probably get extended, but that's about it. KC will likely franchise tag him if they can't get a deal done, so he won't be hitting the market in 2022.
  18. Danchat
    Honestly I think it's time they start considering optioning Garver to AAA (he has 2 options). He's starting to become clear that he's not in a slump, he's just broken at the plate. They'd call Tomas Telis up, he can at least hit for average (hit .330 in AAA in 2019) and rotate him with Jeffers. Rortvedt is also on the 40 man, but he's a defense-first catcher, and likely won't do much more than Garver at the plate.
  19. Danchat
    I think it's still above average. If it came to it and the Twins started trading veterans at the deadline, they'd have some strong pieces to sell and would be able to make the farm system a top-tier one. Of course, this team was supposed to be "going for it"... so to even broach this subject just makes me nauseous. We went through so many uncompetitive seasons just to see the window slam shut without even getting a freaking playoff win... but obviously I'm getting ahead of things here. Odds are they rebound to some degree.
  20. Danchat
    You might have a point, but you're simply wrong about Sano. He was crazy good in his rookie year, hitting .269/.385/.530 (.916 OPS) in 335 PAs.
  21. Danchat
    For those who worried about this lineup in Spring Training... you were right. This lineup is awful. They've faced AAA pitching the past two days and have been as feeble as can be.
  22. Danchat
    This lineup is just so disappointing once runners get on. Already 1 for 5 in RISP today...
  23. Danchat
    That sounds very difficult... that’s 93-50! I can’t realistically expect them to go 43 games over .500.
  24. Danchat
    Smeltzer got more outs than Pineda, despite consistently hitting 85 MPH with his fastball. He's not going to make it in the big leagues with that kind of stuff.
  25. Danchat
    Gameday is saying that Smeltzer's fastball is topping out at 87 MPH. If that's true... I mean, Bartolo Colon can still throw that much. And he's already hit two batters today. No command and slow pitches are a really bad combo.
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