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  1. Danchat
    I thought Garver's baserunning gaffe was going to end up harmless, but it actually turned out to be much worse than I thought. I thought Molitor was supposed to be a good coach to teach baserunning, but this team has been awful at getting out at 3rd/home, stealing bases, and knowing when to advance.
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    My thoughts: It's probably too early, but Berrios would be my #1 extension candidate. I would like to see the Twins lock in his arb. years and try to buy out a year of free agency. After that, I'm tempted to say Rosario or Escobar, but I think I'd wait on Rosario. As for Escobar, I would offer him a 3 year $30-36M deal once the season ends, and if he doesn't find anything better in FA, he can come back and take the deal. I wouldn't extend him the qualifying offer because I think there's a high chance he accepts it. He's made around $12M in his whole career, so I think he'd take approx. $18M to play just one season and hit FA at age 31. But who knows, maybe other teams out there are ready to offer him more, and he could decline it. I want to say Kepler, but he's in the middle of his second average season in a row and I've been waiting awhile for him to explode at the plate, but it hasn't happened. It's probably too soon to extend him. Over the offseason I would have said Buxton was my #1 priority, but um, well, y'know. Regarding Dozier, I know the current forum consensus seems to be that he's having a disappointing season, but I'd still offer him a deal around 3 years $36-40M. However, I think he's going to take the biggest deal offered to him, so I think he declines the qualifying offer (that they should offer him) and he signs a bigger deal elsewhere.
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    Probably because of his 2.42 ERA at AA last season in a substantially bigger sample size. Oh, and at AAA he's had a 2.57 ERA with 1.07 WHIP and 9.6 K/9 in a slightly bigger sample size than his 2017 AA one. The 23 IP at AA this season is basically the only negative you're going to find on his stat sheet in the past 3 years. Though I do think it's fair to say he's not ready for the majors quite yet and I think he could use the rest of the season at AAA.
  4. Danchat
    Huh, that sounds good for a 10th rounder, hopefully they can sign him. For what little I know about the process, it seems to me that the Twins have been able to sign most of the guys they draft (that matter, of course).
  5. Danchat
    It was clear to me he was trying to milk one more inning out of Littell to try and take the load off the bullpen. It wasn't a good call, but he certainly wasn't helped out by Magill immediately giving up a triple.
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    Probably when Reed's and Pressly's arms fall off.
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    Yeah, I sure am, but it seems to me the FO thinks he isn't ready yet. Maybe they think his glove isn't good enough yet? I dunno. The problem is, we're getting close enough to Polanco coming back that calling up Gordon makes less sense. I would really like to get Adrianza out of the lineup though...
  8. Danchat
    Escobar seems to always be better in the clutch. He's 2nd on the team with 35 RBIs, and tied with Abreu for the most doubles in baseball (22).
  9. Danchat
    Well, at least the White Sox blew the same 3 RISP opportunities the Twins did last inning.
  10. Danchat
    Yikes, that was some bad RISP hitting. Also, Garver has been a pretty big disappointment at the plate. He's only hitting .214 as a subpar defender...
  11. Danchat
    Slegers' first start did go well last year (6.1 inning with 2 runs) but then proceeded to give up 9 runs in his next 9 innings, so I could have easily seen him doing the same as Littell today. I'd prefer to see Gonsalves today, but any of the 3 pitching would have been an acceptable call up.
  12. Danchat
    If you think Littell's stuff isn't good, Slegers' stuff profiles as barely MLB worthy...
  13. Danchat
    Yikes. That's about as bad of a first inning as you'll have in the majors. Now's a good time to remember that Twins rookie starters usually struggle in their first season... Romero has been the exception. And now's also a good time to note that I see Littell being a #4 starter in the big leagues, and I don't think his time to stay in the majors has come yet. Hopefully the 2nd inning will go better for him.
  14. Danchat
    You do realize catchers have a massive impact on MLB games compared to kickers, right?
  15. Danchat
    Wow, I didn't even realize Hjelle was getting drafted. I went to school with him for a year or two back in high school. Now I have two Mahtomedi kids to pull for (Baumann with the Orioles) in the minors. Great stuff!
  16. Danchat
    Palka has been pretty good in his first month or so of his MLB for the White Sox... Plus even if the pick isn't BPA, they can spend more money on the next draft pick. That worked out really well last year.
  17. Danchat
    Just reading the profiles, he looks a bit similar to Brent Rooker. He's a college corner OF who could end up at 1B who's got some power in his bat. I mean, I would have preferred a pitcher, but it really doesn't matter that much. Hopefully we'll have another great bat developing in the minors, and with Lewis, Gordon, Kiriloff, and Rooker as other 1st round hitters, they should not lack top-end hitting talent for the foreseeable future.
  18. Danchat
    This is looking like really good news to me. He really should be a backup catcher somewhere else right now, and he'd be a huge improvement over Wilson. His .736 OPS from 2016-17 is impressive for a backup. Not only that but he was hitting .886 OPS at Texas' AAA affiliate. That's pretty darn good. Oh, and looking at catchers' defensive value from 2016-18, fangraphs ranks him 27th/86 catchers with a +12.2 Def (whatever that means) so he'd be a big improvement over Garver defensively. This seems a bit too good to be true. Hopefully he'll be up in the majors soon.
  19. Danchat
    Something that went a bit unnoticed today was that LaMarre went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles, and the one out should have been another double but Zimmer made a Buxton-esque play on the ball. If he can keep hitting the ball like he has the past couple days, we'll have ourselves a nice backup CF who isn't a total black hole in the lineup.
  20. Danchat
    Strat-O-Matic Report - Bottom of the 9th --Oliver Perez pitching-- Grossman strikes out looking. LaMarre singles. LaMarre takes 2B on defensive indifference. Garver walks. Dozier singles, bases loaded. Rosario strikes out. LaMarre scores on a passed ball, all other runners advance. Sano flies out in foul territory. Indians win 10-4. Box Score: Hits: CLE 16, MIN 9. Errors: CLE 1, MIN 1. Too bad the Twins failed to break into the Indians' bullpen this time, but they sure broke it in real life! I like real life Rosario much more than the Strat-O-Matic version of him!
  21. Danchat
    Strat-O-Matic Report - Top of the 9th -- Escobar moves from SS to P, Petit in to play SS -- Brantley grounds out. Ramirez doubles to center. Encarnacion flies out to left. Kipnis grounds out to 2B. Holy cow, it worked! I gave Escobar the worst pitching stats possible and he only gave up one hit!
  22. Danchat
    What I was actually asking is if you can move a player from any position to pitch... or don't you have to give up the DH's spot or something like that? I don't remember the rules.
  23. Danchat
    Well, no... but I can move Escobar from short to pitcher, right? He's pitched once before.
  24. Danchat
    Strat-O-Matic Report - Bottom of the 8th Morrison singles to right. Escobar grounds into a double play. Kepler grounds out to the pitcher. Hmmm... which position player should I have pitch the 9th?
  25. Danchat
    Strat-O-Matic Report - Top of the 8th -- Rodney pitching -- Kipnis singles. Gomes walks, Kipnis to 2B. Allen out in fielder's choice, runners advance. ZImmer strikes out. Gonzalez walks, bases loaded. Lindor strikes out. The Twins still trail 10-3. I used Rodney because he hasn't been used as heavily as Reed or Pressly. I'm thinking about having a batter pitch in the 9th... that would be a first for my Strat-O history.
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