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  1. Danchat
    That's more of what I thought Dobnak was going to bring. I'd prefer him in the rotation over Happ, but we're paying him $8M...
  2. Danchat
    cHawk had said that Rocco was turning into Bill O'Brien, who I would say is most famous for taking over the GM position while also being Houston's HC, and then traded away WR DeAndre Hopkins, one of the best receivers in football on a great contract, for a broken down RB and a 2nd round pick. All because he didn't like him. And don't even get me started on the Laremy Tunsil trade...
  3. Danchat
    Rocco is going to take over the GM position, and then trade Buxton away for peanuts?!
  4. Danchat
    Rocco, what happened to pulling your starters early? Why do Happ and Shokemaker get this much rope?
  5. Danchat
    Here’s hoping we can put up some runs on Perez, they had better be able to hit up a mediocre lefty like him. Prove me right, hitters! Wait, I thought this game was in Boston. Whoops. Probably too rainy to play today.
  6. Danchat
    It’s looking like we messed up the Jaime Garcia trade. Ynoa has a chance to be a MLB starter, while all we got was one decent season out of Zach Littell and he’s gone now. Whoops!
  7. Danchat
    Good teams will drop series to bad teams occasionally, but boy, we should have swept the Mariners this weekend. More poor situational hitting, relievers losing their minds while defending 1 run leads, and then watching some no-name relievers completely shut down our batters late. Sano looks committed to setting the all time K% record. Sure, I know he's going to have a 2 week stretch where he hits 1.100 OPS in June, but is that going to be worth having a black hole that will take a few walks in the lineup? It's not like he provides any value as a fielder. He looks like Chris Davis after he got paid. The bullpen has some question marks in it, but there is time for things to turn around. Outside of Colome doing his best Addison Reed impression and Stashak looking like his postseason form, the pen is doing alright. Robles looks like he's going to be a solid K getter and is a valid option to handle the 9th. Duffey has been one of baseball's best relievers the past 2 years. Rogers is iffy but capable of being dominant. Alcala has the potential to be a top notch reliever, but isn't there yet. This has the potential to be a good bullpen, but they will likely need to add at least one arm at the trade deadline if they want to be better than that. I do hope we'll eventually see some reinforcements from the minors - Cave is begging to be replaced by Kirilloff. I'm down for a platoon of Kirilloff and Garlick.
  8. Danchat
    Colome has a 8.9 K/9 since 2016, and a Hits/9 of 7.0. He should be better than this, especially under Wes' tuleage. This is starting to feel a bit Addison Reed-esque... dude with a strong track record comes in and his arm gives way and he bombs. Which is probably in part why the FO is so hesitant to pay up for a reliever, since they expire so quickly and their effectiveness can fluctuate incredibly quickly. That is to say that they need to get Colome through in non-high leverage innings and see if they can figure out what's up. He definitely can't be closing games like this.
  9. Danchat
    Silver lining... Buxton gets another chance to hit for the cycle!
  10. Danchat
    Glad to see Colome has waited until now for all his 2020 regression to come sweeping in. No wonder why he was so cheap!
  11. Danchat
    It's hinging on how Kirilloff does once he gets the call-up. Plus, I'm hoping Arraez gets more duty in LF once Donaldson is back. But yes, I never bought that Cave was going to work as the starter in LF. He's overrated.
  12. Danchat
    Yeah, 'cause we'd all be groaning over Colome and Rogers after they gave up runs yesterday.
  13. Danchat
    This is why Rocco usually pulls his guys sooner... this went from a decent start to a bad one pretty quickly. Can't afford to drop another lose game to a bad team.
  14. Danchat
    Thanks for the free out, Bishop. A sac bunt when trailing by 4 runs? Weird gamble, but I'll take it!
  15. Danchat
    My ideal lineup: 1. Buxton 2. Cruz 3. Buxton 4. Cruz 5. Buxton 6. Cruz 7. Buxton 8. Cruz 9. Arraez
  16. Danchat
    Not a great first inning there, Shoemaker was all over the place.
  17. Danchat
    How would that have helped? Cave still pops out and Buxton grounds out, and you lose all the same. Bunting with Tortuga gives Seattle a free out that could have potentially been a hit.
  18. Danchat
    Just really poor execution in the 10th, yet again. Cant blame Baldelli for his guys not simply doing their jobs.
  19. Danchat
    Say what you will about the pitching, but our offense should be able to muster more than this.
  20. Danchat
    Rogers was bad last year, and should have to prove himself to be worthy of closing games again. Being the “best reliever so far” through one week means absolutely nothing to me, very tiny sample size.
  21. Danchat
    Isn’t Trammell the prospect who Cincy gave up for Bauer in the 3 way trade? I think he was very highly rated.
  22. Danchat
    I suspect Kirilloff will be coming up soon after the date that gives the Twins an extra year on him, so let’s not assume LF will stay a “disaster” for the rest of the year. Plus, Larnach could ready to come up in the summer. To add on to what Tom said, I think Baddoo gets protected if we didn’t already have Celestino. Already have a bunch of OFs on the 40 man. If we applied this logic to other similar prospects, Wander Javier and Lewin Diaz would be taking up 40 man spots right now.
  23. Danchat
    Eh, we crushed them in game 1, and games 2 and 3 have been close. That's pretty normal in baseball, good teams lose series to bad teams sometimes and it's not a big deal. Though the Twins did struggle a lot in 2020 with putting away the bad teams, especially the Royals. Hopefully that changes this year.
  24. Danchat
    This feels like the opposite of yesterday - close game, but the Tigers are doing what they can to lose it.
  25. Danchat
    For the handwringing some have had about Astudillo, he's doing everything he's needed to and more. Great bat to have on the bench. Some hitters in this lineup wish they could make contact like he does...
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