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  1. Danchat
    Yeah, it seems like Motter is just a placeholder until Polanco gets here. He has a little upside and it doesn't seem like the team is willing to give any of the younger guys an opportunity, so it's back to the scrap heap. The Twins position players just can't stay healthy... and now Polanco's cutting his hand on a car door... bleh. Rogers just hasn't been the same since facing the Dodgers in July of last year. Here's his stats: 2016: 3.96 ERA, 2.3 BB/9, 9.4 K/9 2017 before Dodgers series: 2.15 ERA, 2.4 BB/9, 6.45 K/9 2017 after Dodgers series: 5.00 ERA, 5.5 BB/9, 11 K/9 2018: 5.13 ERA, 2.1 BB/9, 8.5 K/9
  2. Danchat
    Rogers has not been good this season... and his ERA hasn't done justice to how below average he's been. He can't get lefties out anymore and he's been giving up rockets here in the 9th inning. It's a far cry from when he was our setup pitcher last year (until Molly overused him when he clearly needed to take a step back).
  3. Danchat
    Holy cow, once Cleveland's bullpen got involved, they're just falling apart. Why aren't we ripping them for not trading for relievers?
  4. Danchat
    DOZIER!!!!
  5. Danchat
    Motter's only hitting .590 OPS at AAA, but that hasn't stopped the Twins from calling up guys who don't hit at AAA very well. I imagine Motter will have this roster spot until Polanco returns, so he's got a few weeks to try and prove he belongs on the roster.
  6. Danchat
    You mean back to AAA, right? I don't see anywhere that they've re-added him to the team. I don't think Astudillo is going to be viewed as a utility infielder... I can't see him backing up 2B, SS, and 3B.
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    Plus they claimed Taylor Motter a little while back, so I imagine they'll call him up to be the utility infielder. I don't think we lost much by DFA'ing Petit.
  8. Danchat
    Cave getting demoted probably has more to do with him being the 5th OF and not "effort struggles". Also, his 162 OPS+ comes with a tiny sample size that he isn't going to continue. I think we'll understand the move more when a second player is brought up. With Sano going down and Petit gone, they need another infielder. Probably Motter?
  9. Danchat
    At the time I slightly preferred Lovullo over Molitor, mostly because he would have been an outside hire. I do wonder what would have happened if we hired him.
  10. Danchat
    We could really use Granite's noodle arm out there, it'd at least save us from Grossman's complete ineptitude.
  11. Danchat
    Reed is now on pace to earn his 5th loss of the season. Would this be a bad time to bring up reliever overuse or is that beating a dead horse at this point?
  12. Danchat
    Oh, don't you worry, Belisle is warming up.
  13. Danchat
    It seems like Reed is a sure bet to give up 1 run in the 8th every other appearance.
  14. Danchat
    Yikes, I didn't realize that injury was going to end his season...
  15. Danchat
    FYI Dozier - .717 OPS Adrianza - .749 OPS
  16. Danchat
    Exhibit A: the Twins 2016 season And it was much worse than this...
  17. Danchat
    Oh great, now it's a one run game, and we all know how good the Twins are at winning those.
  18. Danchat
    Oh good, they're using Pressly again...
  19. Danchat
    Quitely, Adrianza has become one of the team's better hitters as of late... of course, that's more due to our hitters being bad, but Adrianza's OPS of .703 is creeping higher and nearing Dozier's .728. With the defense he provides, he's proven to be a capable bench player and not a total liability, but he still shouldn't be starting every day.
  20. Danchat
    What? Why? I get that Belisle was Fantastic down the stretch for the twins last season, but he couldn’t even crack the league’s worst bullpen. Busenitz is more than ready, but I guess Molly needs his veteran reliever that he can overuse. I thought we had seen the last of these type of moves...
  21. Danchat
    Nobody would have believed you if you told them that's the deal Moustakas signed in free agency last season. You'd get laughed right off the website. But I think this past offseason's market and Moustakas' deal are outliers. I do believe teams will be more aggressive this year and Dozier will at the least make more than $10M a year on a new deal.
  22. Danchat
    I mean, I can see them having a hot streak and finishing the 2017 season a few wins above .500, but that's not going to earn them a ticket to the playoffs. It seems to me that the last month has been filled with "let's just wait for these guys to get hot" and it hasn't happened. Time is running thin and if we're this many games below .500 come mid to late July, it'll be time to talk about trading our upcoming free agents and figuring out how we can make a playoff run in 2019. 2018 looks like a lost season with Sano and Buxton fizzling out and injuries plaguing the lineup, and while it's not quite over yet, I simply don't see this team being able to get over the hump... and certainly not being able to conquer any playoff teams.
  23. Danchat
    Escobar just can't stop hitting doubles.
  24. Danchat
    Alright, can we not use Reed for another 3 days, please? Call someone up if you need an arm in his place.
  25. Danchat
    I know many here might be concerned about seeing Reed again... but fun fact, he's only given up more than one run once this season - and that was two runs.
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