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  1. Danchat
    It better be Drake for Belisle or I might blow a gasket. Both guys seem like the type to claim and dfa later to gain control of them (like they did with motter). If they get an extended playing time then these moves are just flat out bad.
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    The last few months here, all the talk has been about Sano and Buxton not panning out - it seems several Twins fans have been admitting it. Question - would Jake Cave and LaMonte Wade be good backup plans for Buxton? I'd rather have Cave in LF or RF, but Kepler can play decent CF. Cave looks like he'll look like a good 4th OF but we haven't seen Wade in the big leagues yet - I'd like to find out if he could be a big factor on this team next year (possibly replacing Grossman?).
  3. Danchat
    Hmmm, I can't quite agree. The "massive" rebuild should have started in 2011-2012, but they never fully went in. Likewise, this isn't a true rebuild - if it was, we'd see guys like Rosario and Berrios get traded for big packages of prospects. The Twins should be competitive right now, but the core of prospects has mostly failed (Sano, Buxton, Kepler have disappointed, and the pitching of Meyer, May, and later on, Jay and Stewart, have been huge failures). As Ted mentions, the division still mostly stinks and things could go right like they did in 2016, so I could definitely see the Twins in the playoffs in 2019, so no, I don't see a massive rebuild coming. Right now I'd wager they'll land in the $120-130M area. Many here have said that the Twins will have a tough time spending their $60-70M, but I disagree. I think they'll spend most of it and only drop the cap from 2018 a small amount.
  4. Danchat
    A lot more than what they would have gotten if they would have let him play out his contract. I think he takes the qualifying offer if you extend it to him.
  5. Danchat
    He seems to need more rehab time than he's been given... he's been injured only twice (feels like more) this season, but both times he's had setbacks. And also had migraines.
  6. Danchat
    Nice article, Tom. I think through this exercise you can see what the Twins' plan was: trade all/most upcoming free agents for whatever they could get and browse the offers for guys with control in 2019+. I think they didn't get any 'good enough' deals for Gibson, but when they saw Houston's package for Pressly, they liked the package enough to pull the trigger. I can see why the Dozier deal isn't thought of much, but we're talking about trading a slightly above replacement value 2B with 2 months of control. The Twins weren't getting big offers for him when he was playing well, but now that he's struggling, his price is even lower.
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    I can't say for sure whether these claims are true, but I can say this - the moment Escobar was traded, Dozier wanted out of here. Maybe he's been feeling the itch to leave for a few weeks now, and it's possible this started when the FO didn't try to give him an extension. But yeah, probably all the losing and incompetence since late April has simply soured the team.
  8. Danchat
    I will miss Dozier, as he's been one of my favorite Twins of all time. But it's been a difficult season, and I can't argue with him being traded to a contender - I hope he can help the Dodgers. I'll be proud to keep wearing my Dozier jersey around and remember some of the great hits he had. Here's hoping the Twins can find some more unlikely gems in the rough like Dozier. Now, onto other matters, I wonder if Rosario or Berrios will become the "face" of the Twins now that Brian's gone.
  9. Danchat
    Nice outing from Mejia, hopefully he can finish the season strong and solidify his spot on the roster for next season. I would be totally fine if he was next year's #5 starter.
  10. Danchat
    I think it’s time Reed got a shot in the majors. I’m also curious about Anderson getting a chance too.
  11. Danchat
    But he did make up for it on the next play with the nice pick, getting the double play. Even if he made the right call on the previous play it's still 6-2.
  12. Danchat
    I think Santana and Reed could use a nice, long break until next year's spring training.
  13. Danchat
    He did, but at least he got outs. How do you use Belisle in a 1 run game and then Reed in a 3 run game?!
  14. Danchat
    Yeah, I wish, but you'd think he was going to be canned after that 5 run inning given up to Tampa... he's got a leash and I don't think this is the end of it, sadly.
  15. Danchat
    Or... you could throw Belisle out there. *sigh*
  16. Danchat
    This seems like a good opportunity to break out Trevor May and see if he can soak up an inning or two.
  17. Danchat
    Unless you are Fernando Rodney?
  18. Danchat
    Agreed, Polanco should be the SS unless they bring in someone who's a very good defender at SS and then move Polanco to 2B. [also, I can see Nick Gordon ending up at 2B, so keeping Jorge at short would be ideal.]
  19. Danchat
    Mike Berardino was saying that the Twins were planning on exercising the option, so he wasn't a priority to trade. Personally I'd like to see the Twins bring in a better (possibly younger?) closer and use Rodney in an 8th inning/damage-stopping role. He's a good closer when the lead is more than 1 run (yes, I know, all closers are) but his margin for error is too low for my liking.
  20. Danchat
    Now that we've made it past the trade deadline, I wonder if the FO will look into giving Gibson an extension as LEN suggested. Sano is looking better at the plate... good stuff so far.
  21. Danchat
    It sounds like the Yankees are going to use Lynn as the long reliever and that's why they moved on from Adam Warren... which still puzzles me because they're giving a very good reliever in Warren to the Mariners, who are direct competition to them, but whatever, hopefully it backfires. Lynn should be better as a long reliever, though.
  22. Danchat
    And that's what you get for using Neil Ramirez in the 9th in a tie game!
  23. Danchat
    Rodney is so frustrating because he can throw 4 pitch walks like Jesse Chatwood (8.0 BB/9) but then he can totally dominate some of the best hitters in the game... truly baffling.
  24. Danchat
    I gotta say, so far I'm liking the bullpen management here. And that's not something I've said often this season.
  25. Danchat
    Honestly I find their commercials far more tolerable than the rest... better than Pizza Ranch, US Bank, and Grand Casino. But that's a pretty low bar to jump over.
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