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  1. Danchat
    Hmm, if this trade continues to go the way it looks to be, with Jax regressing sharply and Bradley seemingly turning a corner over the offseason, this could be the second time the Falvey regime embarrassed the Rays in a trade. Taj's stuff seems to have taken a big step up over the offseason, perhaps a reminder that players can breakout later into their careers. Though it's hard to call Taj a late bloomer when he's still so young.
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    Hm, I did think the name was vaguely familiar. Looks like we sent him to the Royals in the Michael A Taylor trade. I had no idea, he was even a regular reliever for them last year with passable numbers.
  3. Danchat
    Looks like Rogers is going to need to get the final 4 outs.
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    I don't think they see him as a high leverage reliever right now, he's only appeared in games where we are trailing and it's not close. I think he's only above Laweryson and Kent on the totem pole.
  5. Danchat
    Intentionally walking Larnach to get to Buxton is certainly a choice...
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    When he started playing against the Twins!
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    That's a tricky question, as a plain pocket passer he is below average and his running has been his best trait, problem is defenses have been taking that away and forcing him to throw in the intermediate range, where he has failed to get AJ Brown the ball. He has his strengths - we saw him connect on 3 or so deep passes in the previous Vikings game - and I think the OC has to do a lot of work getting the offense to revolve around his strengths, more than the typical QB. But he does come with the cheat code that is the Brotherly Shove that gives him the luxury to only need to get to 3rd/4th and 1 when other QBs need to get the full first down. Russell Wilson is a fair comparison, I don't think he is going to last as a starter very long into his 30s. I have him and Kyler in a 2QB dynasty league and it may be time to start planning for the future. Hurts is only 28 but he might be going down the Kyler Murray path soon and playing on a one year deal somewhere else, maybe even in 2027.
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    The AAA bullpen gave up 19 runs yesterday, so it's not like we have quality options waiting in the minors...
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    Evidently we're gonna need our challenges today with the way this ump is calling it... missing calls right on the edges is acceptable and expected, but that's already 2 obvious misses in one inning. Yikes!
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    He had shoulder surgery in April 2025... and I found people debating in the MLBT comments whether it was a major or minor surgery. I think we know the answer to that question, given he isn't pitching.
  11. Danchat
    Are the Orioles that good? They were only a few games worse than us last year, though they've actually made an attempt to make the roster better over the offseason.
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    Looks like Raya is the AAA closer now, he had a rough spring training after a bad season last year so I get it if they want to see him pitch well out of the pen at St Paul before giving him a bump to the majors. Looks like Klein is being used as a long reliever, as he pitched 2 1/3 inning in relief. I'd just move him to full-time one inning relieving.
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    Already 3 appearances for Funderburk in 4 games, obviously a small sample size but you know you have a bad bullpen if he's the guy they're going to use the most. They don't really have any young relievers ready at AAA, Raya has been a mess for a while and needs more time and I don't know what Klein's status is, the rest are hurt. The bats at AAA could definitely help, or at worst would start taking their lumps in the majors now rather than later. But they love to delay that to later on the regular.
  14. Danchat
    Wow, two overturned ball fours in one AB. Welcome to the ABS era!
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    Might be that the batters aren't that great...
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    Pinch hitting Outman for Martin... the heck? I get the splits but Outman is one of the worst batters in the game right now.
  17. Danchat
    So we are doing the piggybacking thing with Abel after Ober... huh.
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    Can't remember the last time I've seen a team ground into a double play with a runner on 2nd and no outs...
  19. Danchat
    That's a heck of a first PA as a Twin for Gray, even if it did end in him tagged out on 3rd.
  20. Danchat
    Bases loaded no outs... Twins teams in recent years have really stunk in these situations. Let's see if this squad is any better at it.
  21. Danchat
    Yup, that AAA lineup is absolutely loaded. I'd like to go to a game before any promotions or injuries start hitting the lineup. Too bad to hear Rojas is hurt, he needs all the innings he can get to build up if he's gonna be a major league starter.
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    Yikes, Clemens in the lead-off spot? And we brought back Larnach just for him to hit 7th in an already weak lineup? Ugh... they may as well have let Roden start in LF and if that failed, start trying out the top prospects. Rodriguez, Gonzalez, and Jenkins are close... just makes zero sense how this roster was constructed. I'm going to give Shelton a grace period as the roster construction is not on him, but at some point when Clemens is hitting .200 in May, that's more when Shelton should be doing his best to keep him out of the lineup.
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    To be fair, this is something most teams do with their starters at the beginning of the year, Ryan will be allowed to go to 100 pitches within a few weeks' time. But yeah, short starts are gonna be devastating with how weak this bullpen is.
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    Yup, this is what I've been expecting after Rocco was canned... we'd find out that most of the things people complained about him are going to continue with this regime's next manager. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
  25. Danchat
    Tyler Wells is a reliever now, huh? Maybe he'll be yet another former Twin starting prospect to turn into a quality reliever.
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