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  1. Danchat
    My problem is not with the trades, but how the players panned out. The Twins couldn’t use Pressly to his full effectiveness, now he’s an ace elsewhere. They couldn’t coach Hicks, but they should have gotten a great defensive catcher with a decent bat, but they bungled JR Murphy as well. Just bad coaching and bad talent evaluation through the past few years, no matter the FO.
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    Well, yeah, when you put up something like a 0.80 ERA in that stretch, it's going to be unsustainable. You'd hope he'd regress to a 2.00-3.00 ERA with more normal BABIP/HR numbers.
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    I love the compilations, Tom. Good stuff. These two made a mediocre season watchable.
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    That's how a lot of Twins fans view it, but I wonder if that's how the national media does? Recently there haven't been a lot of examples. Sure, people would cite "lowballing" Yu Darvish and being cheap by drafting Royce Lewis, but those opinions have aged poorly. To me it seems like a lot of it is fabricated.
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    He probably would have made the list if A) his second half wouldn't have dragged his stats down and his 2017 season was actually better offensively. It's hard to believe, but his OPS dropped from .836 to .803. I think a lot of us failed to realize how good Eddie's 2017 season was.
  6. Danchat
    Haven't we learned our lesson on giving out deals like that one to Corbin? $110M?! Sure, he's a good starting pitcher, but I could see that dealing failing real fast. I'd be alright with signing Pollock, but looking at his track record I could easily see his trajectory starting to point downwards now that he'll be 31 next year. I would do that Kelvin Herrera deal, though. We could really use a good closer.
  7. Danchat
    I came here to say the same. The Lynn trade is looking better and better as it ages. But it's too bad we traded all those players away, at the deadline right? (meanwhile, Dozier has been a bench bat with just 2 PAs in a 4 game series for the Dodgers.)
  8. Danchat
    I think the FO just doesn’t see anything in him. They didn’t protect him for the rule 5 draft and didn’t give him a call up, so I think he’ll be pitching more somebody else next year. I guess they’re going with the ‘AAA stats don’t transition to mlb’ theory... hasn’t worked for Busenitz.
  9. Danchat
    Agreed, I just want somebody from outside the organization who has coaching experience st some level. I don’t want a former player who hasn’t coached ever before. If you want a guy like that, hire him as the bench coach.
  10. Danchat
    I guess they didn't need Austin, huh?
  11. Danchat
    Wow, that's a pretty terrible end of the season for Rodney... the Judge hit was really flukey, but then getting pulled out of the game mid-count? Maybe they shouldn't have traded for a guy they can't trust.
  12. Danchat
    Having a catcher who can put up those offensive numbers is far, far more valuable than a DH-only guy like Grossman who is, at best, a bad defensive OF.
  13. Danchat
    Weird, I had heard people saying Edwin Jackson was going to be the primary pitcher. That's an interesting decision...
  14. Danchat
    Well, Hendriks has been a mediocre reliever, so I'm not surprised. Why would you open a playoff game with a 4.10 ERA reliever? I don't get it.
  15. Danchat
    Wow, well, since Molitor still had 2 years on his contract left, I assumed he was safe because the Pohlads would protect him, but clearly it's Levine and Falvey's show here. My thoughts: This is a very good move. Molitor was not a good manager - his bullpen management was detrimental, his lineups favored veterans and couldn't adapt to trends (why did it take so long for Mauer to hit leadoff), and finally, but most importantly... the team was just so sloppy. So many outs left on base, so many stupid errors, and so many games where it didn't look like the team didn't show up. Molitor obviously had no control over factors like Polanco's suspension, Santana's injury, Buxton and Sano stinking it up, but his team just didn't look prepared out there. The defense suffered with largely the same cast out there. It's so weird to think that the Twins are finally going to look outside the organization for a manager... I have no idea who I want. I just want to see some new blood in here.
  16. Danchat
    Sure, but these teams still have the ability to retain their best players by paying them high salaries and the Yankees can do things like trade for Giancarlo Stanton on the cheap because of their salary. But what surprised me most about the graphic was how many players teams got via trade... though I do suppose that counts for also when players were traded as minor leaguers.
  17. Danchat
    Yeah, I don't think Dozier wants to be back here with this FO in town. As others have said I'd rather look for a SS.
  18. Danchat
    Thank you Joe, and thank you Tom. Good show, let's get 'em next year.
  19. Danchat
    Wow, even I have a tear in my eye. Love ya, Joe. Though now with Mauer coming out of the game, this does mean that if Belisle does indeed blow the lead, Mauer won't get to hit in the 9th...
  20. Danchat
    Oh, so now the Twins decide to start dominating the terrible competition in the division. At least Polanco is hitting pretty well and Astudillo should assure that we shouldn't need a Bobby Wilson-type catcher next season. Unless Castro morphs into that, I guess.
  21. Danchat
    Right now I see Rogers locked into a high leverage role, May and A. Reed locked somewhere in the bullpen, and a bunch of question marks. Maybe it'd be best if Hildy starts in AAA if he has another terrible Spring training. Drake and Magill are on the boundary for me... Drake has certainly performed and deserves the 40 man spot for what he's done here, and Magill is good depth. Magill's a lot better than a lot of the other AAAA fodder we've seen and he can be a long reliever too. I see 2-3 open spots with a closer and one other high leverage option needed. They could add another lefty... (basically they need exactly what Rodney, Reed, and Duke were on paper again. Except a better closer, please.) I don't know if Moya has what it takes. Busenitz looks like burnt toast. If healthy, Mejia should be the #5 starter. Duffey can pack his bags and clean out his locker. Curtiss needs to be given more time and care. Jake Reed will probably be with another org. next year because it's clear the Twins don't want to play him in the big leagues.
  22. Danchat
    Aaron Slegers reappeared from nowhere and somebody named Juan Graterol showed up in the box score... that's a name to remember for future obscure Twins trivia.
  23. Danchat
    He's far less sexy than Astudillo, but Grossman has had a killer August-September. I'm shocked that he's hitting in the .270s after the dismal first half he had.
  24. Danchat
    There's plenty of room for 4 of them and injuries happen all the time, so there doesn't have to be a huge difference between the 3rd and 4th OF.
  25. Danchat
    Didn't think I lived in the timeline where Astudillo hits .361 at some point...
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