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  1. Danchat
    Y'know, for as flukey as Harper's pitching seems to be, guys just don't seem to be hitting him that much. I know the Tigers lineup isn't great, but they had no idea how to hit that curveball.
  2. Danchat
    Schoop hasn't looked good for a few days now. I wonder if Gonzalez should start getting some more starts at 2B. Adrianza's been better at the plate as well.
  3. Danchat
    Not sure what you're talking about, Gonzalez was one of the most highly rated LFs in baseball last season. He doesn't have great range but he's only playing corner outfield.
  4. Danchat
    ...and suddenly Pineda gets 6 outs in 12 pitches. OK!
  5. Danchat
    Whoops, I meant that Giles and the Kintzler-esque guy are two separate pitchers. Giles isn't coming cheap.
  6. Danchat
    Giles and a Kintzler-esque guy are good players... unless you don't think so? And I haven't discussed trading for a starter. That would definitely be in my plans, but I was only talking about the bullpen.
  7. Danchat
    Oh, and you know who has a sub 3.00 ERA with a 0.815 WHIP with the Cubs right now? Yup... it's Brandon Kintzler.
  8. Danchat
    Brandon Kintzler wasn't marginal in 2017 and had a very good year, and Rodney was at least OK. So get a Ken Giles, a Kintzler-esque guy who's having a good year but is going to hit FA so he'll come cheaper, and then look for guys that might have been August waiver guys but that's not a thing anymore but they'll be better than Magill/other journeyman AAA guys.
  9. Danchat
    I'm not sure if they have to give up a haul of prospects. Making trades like the Brandon Kintzler move happened for a borderline low A prospect, and we got a non-prospect for Fernando Rodney last year. At this point we need several decent at worst pitchers and one headliner guy (Will Smith/Ken Giles).
  10. Danchat
    We needed to add relievers during free agency... like how we added Rodney, Reed, and Duke the previous year. The results weren't great but they weren't bad like the bullpen's current status.
  11. Danchat
    Even with Berrios at 103 pitches I'd send him out there for the 7th. Gotta give the bullpen some time-er, I mean ready Rogers for his 2 inning save.
  12. Danchat
    I've got a good feeling about Berrios so far- I think this is one of his games where his stuff is going to be on point.
  13. Danchat
    Now, where's that guy complaining about Kepler swinging at first pitches? I like it when hitters put the first into play... because it speeds the game along. Strategically it is better to force the other pitcher to throw as many pitches as possible, but I do like a fast game.
  14. Danchat
    That was Terry Ryan's FO that traded for Jepsen, but yes, the board did lose its mind over losing a middling prospect (I was apart of that too. Shame on me!) TR got ousted during the horrendous 2016 season.
  15. Danchat
    Details on the numbers on Kimbrel's deal: 2019: $10M 2020: $16M 2021: $16M 2022: Vesting option for $16M, if vest fails then it becomes a team option with a $1M buyout
  16. Danchat
    I definitely can see it happening. It's just hard to imagine because Falvine hasn't had the opportunity with a club in a position like this so there's no precedent. They say when you hit the ball directly backwards, you were closing to hitting it... or however that saying goes.
  17. Danchat
    Darn... I think we really could have done something against Cimber there. Marwin just barely missed a 2 run HR.
  18. Danchat
    I guess, but it's not like the bullpen suddenly pitches better because of the announcement of the Kimbrel move, so this crappy performance still happens and then we say "well that's why we signed Kimbrel".
  19. Danchat
    Well, I'm not surprised they lost the lead, I just thought they'd hold it for a little longer than this... I had said I liked adding Parker as a 6th/7th inning guy in non high leverage situations. Parker had been proving me and many others wrong until this last week... this feels eerily similar to how Addison Reed pitched last year.
  20. Danchat
    It feels like Larnach is having the year Kiriloff did last year. Perhaps he'd make for a key trade piece since his stock has got to be high right now...
  21. Danchat
    3 year $45M is about the borderline for me - I'd pay that much for Kimbrel but not anything about that. It's a solid deal compared to the numbers that were being thrown around for him in the offseason.
  22. Danchat
    You guys do realize we are winning this game... right? All this doom and gloom seems fitting for a game we're losing by 10 runs, not a close game. Let's not forget, even if our pitcher blows this lead, our offense has shown to be more than capable at getting the lead back.
  23. Danchat
    Well, this is the Perez I expected to see when he signed that deal. He has a track record of giving up a lot of runs... Well yeah, I don't think there's much debating there. This team needs more pitching. Have you seen the 2019 AL Central? Perhaps most divisions would be a better way to phrase it.
  24. Danchat
    Even legendary Twins Killers like La Stella and Altuve can be retired on rare occasions.
  25. Danchat
    I dunno, we have a bit of a prospect logjam coming this winter (40 man roster) and I think our farm is deep enough to trade from. There will be plenty of relievers to trade from. I also said the same thing about relievers in free agency but they stood pat... but now with Hildy/Mejia/Romero flunking and Rogers/Parker as the main guys, methinks they will be addressing the need more aggressively through trades.
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