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  1. Danchat
    Because our bullpen isn't very good and we have to play a second game today.
  2. Danchat
    Wiel and Schales are having strong seasons to start so far... I wonder if Wiel might make his way onto the MLB roster at some point.
  3. Danchat
    We need more articles like this. Kimbrel vs Thanos... maybe Kimbrel could defeat him with a fastball, just gotta make sure he aims for the head.
  4. Danchat
    I have no problems getting Mejia out there against their 6-9 hitters who have about a .200 combined batting average. Then get Rogers or Parker to face the heart of the lineup.
  5. Danchat
    He’s already had tommy john surgery, so he’s got that put of the way!
  6. Danchat
    Cruz was the leading runner, and he's slow, so it made sense to pinch run the tying run. It was unfortunate that Cron got him out at second, but there's not much you can do about that.
  7. Danchat
    Hitters have been free to hit through the shift all they like, but it seems lately that players are finally trying to beat it. We'll have to see how the Twins adjust.
  8. Danchat
    Wait... Duffey's pitching? What?! I must have missed the transaction, I thought we usually create threads on moves like this?
  9. Danchat
    I think I know who I'm DFA'ing when Sano gets healthy. Plus, Torreyes is almost as good as he is, so we wouldn't be losing much.
  10. Danchat
    Our bullpen is so bad, we have a guy who's only job it is to clean up the inning when the bases eventually get loaded! There's obviously some hyperbole here, but this shouldn't be happening so often.
  11. Danchat
    The same Cave that had a great rookie season and he's hitting .333 now? I ain't defending Adrianza or Castro's bats, but Cave's bat is pretty solid.
  12. Danchat
    I'd like to see a handful of games get called by the 'robo ump' and see how it goes.
  13. Danchat
    Buxton is not going to last if he keeps doing that every day. He's going to get CTE from hitting his head on the wall that many times. I would say something cheeky about the bullpen, but I think we have already done enough of that. The FO has reaped what was sown by adding just a single new arm to the 'pen.
  14. Danchat
    Yes, he kicked butt at AAA last year, but had some problems with walks (BB/9 of 4.0, which isn't horrid). The FO just doesn't seem interested in using him, he'll probably have to wait until he lands in an organization that knows how to develop relievers to get his big chance.
  15. Danchat
    Just as I said yesterday, our bullpen was likely to be exposed with our high leverage guys needing breaks. Mejia has been hittable lately and he's not built for high leverage situations. The biggest mistake was having him go up against the heart of the Toronto lineup.
  16. Danchat
    Well, that's not saying much. We did have our worst year as a franchise ever in 2016.
  17. Danchat
    Ryne Harper is pitching in a high leverage situation... it's against the 8-9-1 hitters, but still, this will be big for him.
  18. Danchat
    Wow, what a HR by Cron! These hitters are doing a good job responding after our pitchers give up runs.
  19. Danchat
    Never did I think Garver would be hitting leadoff, but here we are! Oh, and here's the Jays' lineup: RF B. McKinney L SS F. Galvis S CF R. Grichuk R 1B Justin Smoak S LF T. Hernandez R 3B B. Drury R 2B Alen Hanson S DH Danny Jansen R C Luke Maile R
  20. Danchat
    Thielen is under contract through 2020, and the extension goes from 2021 to 2024. We have plenty of cap room to spend in 2021-2024 (Cousins' deal runs out after 2020).
  21. Danchat
    Catchers get hurt quite frequently and we don't have any depth behind Castro if we DFA him or trade him, so I'd keep him on the roster for the whole season, if possible. If we ship Castro out and either Astudillo or Garver get injured, we're going to have another Bobby Wilson-type as our #2 catcher. As most the others have already said, Cave makes the most sense to option to AAA. But just one injury to one of these hitters would change things and make this discussion irrelevant, so I wouldn't worry about the logjam.
  22. Danchat
    I imagine we'd be sending them minor leaguers, so I'm not sure if their current need would factor into that. Or at least I was under the impression that they aren't going to be very competitive this year. But yes, a trade for somebody like Smith would be great. I'd be fine if they dipped into our pool of prospects and shipped some out for a good reliever.
  23. Danchat
    I have my concerns with this team and I think some of our pitchers are going to get exposed soon (I see Perez flopping big time in the rotation, the bullpen isn't ready for high leverage situations in back-to-back days, can we trust Mejia/Harper/Vasquez in tight situations?). But this lineup looked good on paper, and it's translating. Garver and Buxton are hitting better than I've expected, and it seems Castro is basically the backup catcher at this point, which is good, especially for depth. The next 7 games are against two pretty bad teams... I'd like to see them go 5-2 and start building a lead for the division. And I hope we can see some more development of our AA/AAA guys so we'll have some reinforcements later in the year. I'm not super encouraged by the progress of some of the prospects so far, and some need to get healthy. The good thing is that it's still early, and things can change pretty quick.
  24. Danchat
    I can't resist putting up former Twins statlines, and here's a couple relievers who are off to great starts. The Marlins have both Nick Anderson and Tyler Kinley (Yes, THAT Kinley!) in their bullpen, and in a very small sample size: Kinley 7.2 IP, 1.17 ERA, 9.4 K/9, 0.78 WHIP, 3.93 FIP Anderson 6.2 IP, 1.35 ERA, 18.9 K/9 (!!), 1.05 WHIP, -0.16 FIP Yes, Anderson has so many strikeouts that his FIP is in the negatives! I didn't even know that was possible! Obviously these two are unlikely to continue these numbers, but I'm surprised that Kinley is already in the majors and looking far, far better in his first few outings than he did with us last year. Meanwhile, let's see how a couple more former Twin relievers, Randy Rosario and JT Chargois are doing: Rosario: 5 IP, 7.20 ERA, 12.6 K/9, 2.0 WHIP, 4.75 FIP Chargois gave up 2 runs in 1.2 IP and was demoted to Dodgers' AAA. I thought he was out of options, but apparently he had another year. Despite his troubles, I wish we'd save a roster spot for him instead of holding onto Duffey for far too long.
  25. Danchat
    Well, next time in your scenario he'll use Parker earlier in the game and we'll lose the lead then, and then Rogers/May don't even get to close the game. He doesn't have much to work with, and at the very least he's learning lessons about how to trust his relievers. If Falvine would have added more than just a single reliever for $1.8M we probably wouldn't be having these issues.
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