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  1. Danchat
    And there's the first Rosario overthrow of the cutoff man resulting in a run of the season...
  2. Danchat
    13 pitch strikeout... not bad!
  3. Danchat
    Nice first inning for Dobnak. Hopefully we can get about 5 clean innings from him.
  4. Danchat
    At least we're turning to a guy who had a 1.59 ERA in the majors last year, instead of most previous seasons we'd likely be throwing out AAAA guys who were mostly cooked.
  5. Danchat
    I am 100% down for this.
  6. Danchat
    It was mentioned yesterday that he likely wouldn't play this weekend... his statement that he "thought he could play Friday" was too hopeful.
  7. Danchat
    I had a feeling Buxton wouldn't be in the lineup... but Cave in CF? Yikes.
  8. Danchat
    The Twins still played the AL East, West, and NL East... we were 40 games above .500! It's not like we barely crawled in 10 games above .500 or anything.
  9. Danchat
    I'm surprised Trevor Hildenberger didn't even make the Red Sox 60 man roster. Yikes.
  10. Danchat
    Nice article, and very thorough too. It's looking like Nick Gordon and Brent Rooker will likely make their major league debuts at ages 25 and 26 respectively, since I doubt they will play for the Twins this year, or at least will play very little. I see that Gordon isn't even considered a top 20 prospect anymore... if he's going to have a long MLB career, he's got to crack the big leagues at some point.
  11. Danchat
    I see, so it seems they're playing a service time game with Celestino. Whitefield is a non-prospect and unlikely to be anything more than a pinch runner/fielder, so it makes sense to add him and is an easy DFA option.
  12. Danchat
    I can't say I'm a fan of the expansion of the playoffs for the NFL and MLB in 2020... it makes sense only in a financial sense. Who wants to see teams with losing records in the playoffs? Gee, I can't wait to see the 27-33 New York Mets get walloped by a far superior team in the playoffs. I'm fine with this as an experiment in this weird year, but I hope we will draw the right conclusions from it. We have already seen the NHL and NBA have half their teams make the playoffs, and the late seeds are almost always irrelevant. I like 10 / 30 teams going to the playoffs fine enough (I do think 8 was a bit low originally, and I am a fan of the wild card game).
  13. Danchat
    I was just reading that Brad Hand's velo is down a few ticks, and didn't he struggle at the end of the year? Hmmmm... Boy, I'd be happy to see all those players hit and pitch so well. Nothing is for certain this year, though.
  14. Danchat
    This is about what I expected, minus Blankenhorn and instead Whitefield. He’ll probably be used like Ian Miller was last year. Do the taxi guys not need to be on the 40 man roster? Thielbar and Telis would need to be added, so I’m guessing the answer is no. Wait, but that means Whitefield needs to be added to the 40 man roster... if they needed a speedy OF, why not Celestino?
  15. Danchat
    Hmmmm... I have a feeling Cleveland is going to disappoint this year. I don't think they will have enough offense - their outfield is not good, Reyes was a subpar DH for them, and they'll have to hope Jose Ramirez doesn't slump again. Plesac and Plutko could regress as they outperformed their FIP last year, and the bullpen isn't all that special, and their one big upgrade, Clase, has been suspended. You know what? I'll do it. I'm predicting the Indians finish the season below .500.
  16. Danchat
    With Chacin off the roster, I think we can safely say that barring injury or the virus, we'll see at least 15 pitchers, including the usual 5 starters, 8 relievers, and then 2 of Dobnak, Thorpe, and Smeltzer; if not all of them.
  17. Danchat
    Buffalo makes the most sense, I think, since it's not going to be scorching there, and I think upper state New York isn't surging with the virus as much as Florida.... I think?
  18. Danchat
    This is pretty similar to the Vikings' Dalvin Cook. They're both incredibly talented, but unfortunately injury prone.
  19. Danchat
    I think they've vastly overrated the Rangers on that list; I'm not sure I'd put them in the top 10. I think I'd put the Twins at #8 or 9. The A's probably belong on this list too. Not sure if I'd put Houston on there with no Cole and McCullers returning after surgery, Urquidy injured / not with the team, and Josh James being a reliever in 2019. They appear to be lacking depth (next options appear to be Framber Valdez (5.86 ERA in 70 innings last year) and Forrest Whitley (their #1 prospect)).
  20. Danchat
    We have an opening on the 60 man roster, so no need to cut anyone. Also, I believe the only reason why Tovar is on the roster is because he can play SS, which is something Dozier can't do. But I would much, much rather have Dozier's bat over Tovar's and others like Reinheimer.
  21. Danchat
    I'm hoping Alcala can be that guy, though if things go right, he shouldn't be pitching too often. I think it's been rather clear that he's not going to make it as a starter, so hopefully they will work on him as a reliever.
  22. Danchat
    With the season being only 60 games long, I don't think we'll see the same issues Berrios has had with August/Septembers in the past. And with an easier schedule than usual... Jose should put up some good numbers.
  23. Danchat
    HR and XBH are included in slugging percentage, which was on there - Cave was at .455, Rosario was at .500. Also, let's check out clutch hitting: Rosario: RISP: .340/.370 .908 OPS -- 109 RBIs in 590 PAs, 5.4 PAs per RBI Cave: RISP: .244 /.340 .740 OPS -- 25 RBIs in 228 PAs, 9.1 PAs per RBI
  24. Danchat
    You jinxed it!
  25. Danchat
    I'd bet it's a perception... I think it's the combination of no talks of an extension and the other corner OF just signed one, and the fact that Kiriloff, Larnach, and Rooker are coming up and haven't been traded away. The way things it going, it appears Rosario isn't going to be here past 2021... emphasis on "appears". Rosario is a player with high highs and very low lows... he'll get you somewhere between 1.5 to 3 WAR in a given season, and he can be a great clutch hitter and has a great arm to throw out runners with, but all the crazy strikeouts, refusal to take walks, and airmailed throws into the infield drag down his value, not to mention that recently his defensive abilities have waned. For a team which has its core aging up and getting more expensive, it makes sense to transition LF to one of the prospects, but that doesn't mean we have to kick Eddie out the door. I'd wager on him getting tendered next year and then hitting free agency in 2022.
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