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  1. Danchat
    The pitch clock is a no-brainer, and I don't see why not for a 26th spot. While I'd like a universal DH, I think the NL purists are still too many at this point and they would not like the change. Not sure about that anti-tanking rule, the draft is already a crapshoot so I don't think that would be a good idea... are you thinking something like the NBA draft lottery or whatever it's called?
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    I've heard Wilin Rosario is a pretty poor catcher (defensively), so I understood that he was a 1B/DH, and only added as organizational depth. 3 years $45M is a bit much for a reliever, but the Twins have so much cap room in future seasons, I can't say no to that deal. I suspect he will underperform compared to expectations, but at this point we need to improve the bullpen any way we can, so I'd be on board for that.
  3. Danchat
    His presence was felt immediately? You mean how they won 13 more games after he was fired? I agree with part of what you said, but firing Gardy was the right move and it that seemed like our first move from stepping away from the "country club" feel this team had. I do think Molitor was a poor manager, but I think you're overestimating how much he affected the team. Retroactively it would have been nice if the team would have started the rebuild from 2014 on, with a new front office and outside hire as the manager. Kinda feels like TR was treading water by hiring Molitor and hanging on for a couple more years.
  4. Danchat
    I agree that Granite has great range in the outfield, but his "far superior defense" is partially negated by his arm. He has a weak arm and won't be able to throw out runners going to third or home. Plus I think some here might have soured on him due to some of the most head-scratching plays we've ever seen - throwing to first base when the runner was going home and nobody was there at first to catch the ball, and Granite also forgetting to step on first when running out a hit in a playoff game.
  5. Danchat
    It wouldn't be a bad idea to predict a pitcher ending up on the DL, that's just how things go. I believe Pineda is healthy at the moment, but I understand if you're predicting he gets hurt again. Mejia is indeed out of options and as was mentioned he'd get a spot over Vasquez. Also, I think Moya will make the bullpen as the second lefty.
  6. Danchat
    I think he needs to hit better at AAA first. I think he has a similar ceiling to Cave (4th OF). Granite and Reed are fine for depth, but I don’t think the Twins need either of them.
  7. Danchat
    Nice, it turns out his cousin is CB Nickell Robey-Coleman, the guy who didn't get called for the obvious pass interference penalty a couple weeks back... but outside of that, he's one of the best nickel CBs in the game. Nick sure has some talented relatives!
  8. Danchat
    Wow, this is quite a list! Daniel Palka's answer was my favorite. Who is Nick Gordon's cousin on the Rams?
  9. Danchat
    Sounds like he'll get a chance at the rotation, but he'll likely end up in the bullpen. If they decide to do anything with openers, he'll probably be a primary pitcher.
  10. Danchat
    Career ERA+, yes, but I'd rather sign the guy coming off of a great season with a 159 ERA+ rather than the guy coming off a career worst 78 ERA+. I understand Miley likely isn't going to live up to his 2018 season again, but at least he has the upside of pitching that well. Perez's upside is that he will be league average but the ceiling on him seems to be very low... not to mention Perez has progressively gotten worse over the past 3-4 seasons (looking at WHIP, ERA, BB/9) and I would expect him to have another poor year in 2019.
  11. Danchat
    The Astros got Wade Miley on a one year deal for $4.5M... that's a bargain compared to what Martin Perez got!!
  12. Danchat
    At least Walmart is successful, right now this seems the Twins are more like Kmart.
  13. Danchat
    I still don't get this move, but I guess if you wanted the 5th rotation spot to be held by a veteran, there you go - have fun with that 6.22 ERA and 5.5 K/9. I guess the Twins will try to sneak De Jong to AAA, not sure if he'll make it. He wasn't much of a prospect, but I rather would have seen him throw innings than Perez.
  14. Danchat
    I saw Shawn Kelley signed with the Rangers for $2.5M, which would have been a similar move that would have worked well. Holland is fine, but his BB/9 is very high and his pitching was so poor with the Cardinals... not sure I'd like to take that risk.
  15. Danchat
    And hopefully, when the rookies get promoted from the minors, they won't play as terribly as they usually do. That's what I hope changes soon.
  16. Danchat
    With recent reports that the Twins like Mejia and Romero in the bullpen, then I guess it figures they weren't going to bring in much outside help for the bullpen. I like adding Blake Parker, but I don't like him as the only addition. Current bullpen: High Leverage: Rogers, May, Parker Middle Innings: Hildenberger, Reed, Moya Primary/Long Relief: Mejia, Romero They really need one more high leverage guy.
  17. Danchat
    I dunno, when it comes to a more marginal prospect, trading them at their peak value would be a good idea (one example I can think of is the Yankees shipping us Littell after a great season at AA). But when it comes to a guy like Kiriloff... nope. I'd hang on to the prospects with star potential, and once we're contenders, we can talk about acquiring guys like Realmuto with high-level prospects.
  18. Danchat
    A trade is worth looking into, but I don't think this team should be trading away one of their 3 "super-prospects" for two years of a great catcher. If you're thinking about sending a package of the lower tier guys like Rooker/Larnach/Enlow/Duran/Gordon/Garver, then I'd be more supportive of it. With the Buxton/Sano core tipping towards "bust" and the front office not making any moves to acquire MLB talent, I don't think it makes sense to do the move with a team that doesn't look primed to win now.
  19. Danchat
    Eh, I'd give the free agent additions a "C" because of A) Perez being slotted for the rotation and B; no additions to a weak bullpen. There's still plenty of time for them to add a guy and there are several solid options out there... You'd be surprised, plenty of fans will care that the payroll is just $100M. The common fan may go from criticizing the Mauer deal to "why aren't you spending that money that you finally freed up?!"
  20. Danchat
    It's funny that you bring up Correia - Perez is actually very comparable to him with the low K/9 and high WHIP - so I think Perez's signing is incredibly similar to the Pelfrey/Correia signings, especially with news that the Twins plan to use him in the rotation. It's great that he's 'only' 28 years old, but he's been a bad starter for several years now. At least Correia had a better BB/9 as a Twin! On the flip side, I do think the Schoop signing has a lot of upside and most everyone is too concerned that it's a one year deal. He's only a year removed from a 5.2 WAR season, and a repeat of something close to that would give this squad a major boost. We need more moves like this and less like Perez.
  21. Danchat
    Hopefully not, and if he moves to the bullpen he should gain a tick in velocity and he should end up much better than Duffey. I still don't understand what happened with Duffey - he has a great half season as a rookie starter, declines and gets put in the bullpen, and since then he's gotten worse. He should be considered an outlier... but with the way development has gone here, I can't say that for sure.
  22. Danchat
    Stewart has 3 options years, so unless they're DFA'ing him for some reason, the Twins shouldn't be losing control of him anytime soon.
  23. Danchat
    Nice article, I'll keep my eyes peeled for Stashak. I think Alcala could see similar leaps and bounds if/when he's transitioned to the bullpen, as I don't think he should be a starter. I'm intrigued to see more of De Jong, as I thought of the young pitchers (Gonsalves/Littell/Stewart) he did the best. I'd rather see him start games than Martin Perez... but maybe he could end up filling the Anthony Swarzak role of being the long reliever/opener. Here's hoping the bullpen prospects can finally find some success in the majors!
  24. Danchat
    It's odd, I suppose people would rather prefer that we A) try as hard as possible to compete for start tanking, but instead they're staying stagnant... it's hard to say much about this team. It feels like they're pretending to compete while hoping they can trade these one year deals at the deadline for more assets. And if that's the case and they're hoping for their own prospects to come up and do some damage, then let's make some trades and do something! Standing pat just doesn't seem right.
  25. Danchat
    Nothing, and I hope Mejia will be the 5th starter instead of Perez. Hopefully when the time comes to DFA Perez, he'll clear waivers (why would anyone claim him?) and they can stash him at AAA for depth, because that's all he should be.
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