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  1. Danchat
    I wonder if Odorizzi is doomed to always go six innings and give up one solo HR. Maybe 'doomed' is the wrong word because that's still a good start.
  2. Danchat
    Yeah, now that's what I'm talking about! The offense isn't dead!
  3. Danchat
    Bringing up Kiriloff and Lewis just because the offense in the majors stinks is a bad idea... Rushing guys is never a good idea, and I think they'd do pretty terribly if you just threw them into the major league lineup. Gordon and Wade are pretty close to ready so I think that would be a fine idea. Remember when we brought up Hicks from AA when we needed a starting CF? Didn't work out so well. Bringing up Buxton from AA? Didn't light up the lineup like we thought he would. Lewis would probably be even worse - he's 18 years old and at low A!
  4. Danchat
    Man, it's hard to believe our offense is so bad we're getting crushed for the second time by journeyman Wade LeBlanc. You'd think they'd make some sort of adjustment at the plate...
  5. Danchat
    How about this: Sign Hanley Ramirez Call LaMonte Wade up DFA LaMarre and Outright Duffey, option Petit to AAA (Sano moves back to 3B, Escobar to SS, Adrianza as utility) Use Wade as 4th OF, platoon Ramirez with Morrison (Ramirez hits .895 OPS off lefties in his career, .854 in 2018) (Morrison hits .782 OPS off righties in his career, .692 in 2018) or play Morrison at 1B and Ramirez as DH until Mauer returns. I dunno, this seems alright to me. Hanley can still hit lefties, my only problem would be his personality problems. Oh, and Grossman could get DFA'd in this scenario as well.
  6. Danchat
    LeBlanc again? Oh boy, we're doomed. Also, the news on Ervin is bad... it reminds me of Santiago's injury last year where he rehabbed but he couldn't regain his speed. Here's hoping Santana finds his velocity...
  7. Danchat
    That's the worst part of this - the starting pitching has been one of the strengths of this team, but now the offense has become unable to muster any support to this good pitching. Hopefully Sano and Buxton will figure things out and when Polanco/Mauer/better backup catch arrive, the offense won't be so bad... hopefully.
  8. Danchat
    Interesting how Kepler's the only one who can hit this lefty. How things have changed...
  9. Danchat
    I agree, but I think what makes Berrios so good is his durability. That's something Romero hasn't had in his minor league career. For this season, I also think Berrios is a better bet to go deep into games.
  10. Danchat
    Worst case scenario, we have a really good closer in Romero! And they could seamlessly switch Fernando R. with the other Fernando R...
  11. Danchat
    Yeah, I thought Gonsalves would be up before Romero, but clearly after Romero was incredibly good in Spring Training and continued that performance at AAA, they knew he was next up. It's also pretty crazy that we have Gonsalves, Littell, and Slegers waiting in the wings. That's some solid depth in the rotation that we haven't had since... well, a time before I followed the Twins.
  12. Danchat
    My opinion on Slegers has been that he is a borderline MLB 5th starter. His strikeout numbers just aren't good enough to be a reliable guy in the rotation, though I do think last year's sample size was small and he would be able to improve from it (much like other Twins rookie starters have). Perhaps his ideal role will be as a long reliever, which isn't exciting or currently needed, but I think that's what he projects as. I wouldn't consider DFA'ing him at this juncture.
  13. Danchat
    I'm not that worried about Garver's playing time. We shouldn't wear him down catching so often... what we need is a better guy to rotate Garver with. I'd find a way to trade for Blake Swihart and rotate the two, maybe Garver 55-60% and the rest to Swihart. We can't afford Garver to be injured really at any point, so I wouldn't increase his workload.
  14. Danchat
    On a minimum deal, I'd be fine adding him if Mauer is out for an extended period of time. I'm not sure if his bat is actually cooked at this point... I would be a bit worried about personality problems, though. He's hitting .854 against lefties this season so he'd be a solution to our woes against LHPs.
  15. Danchat
    As an AAA flier, sure, he'll probably hit better than Vargas is right now. On the MLB roster, though? I'll pass, he looked cooked last year and there's plenty of reasons why he hasn't resurfaced in the majors since the Yankees axed him. I'll reconsider if he's mashing in AAA.
  16. Danchat
    But the problem is he can lower his ERA by giving up 4 runs in 6 innings... it's not hard to lower a 7.47 ERA.
  17. Danchat
    In hindsight, it's better he did it because Adrianza has little hope at the plate with 2 outs.
  18. Danchat
    I suppose that's how you combat terrible RISP hitting - take walks and make insane baserunning maneuvers.
  19. Danchat
    Intentionally walking Garver to get to Morrison doesn't seem like the best idea... though it's probably over if they can get Logan out.
  20. Danchat
    Molitor is about 3 generations behind so you'd think we wouldn't have to worry about this.
  21. Danchat
    Kepler was clearly safe, but you gotta love they take an extra long time to review it and still get the wrong result. Oh, and Kepler hesitated when running home... seems like the Twins are pretty bad baserunners. Remember when hiring Molitor was supposed to help with stealing and baserunning? That never happened.
  22. Danchat
    Jaye was a minor league free agent who was added this offseason, so he's just AAA depth. He's not close to being a prospect from what I can tell (4.0 K/9 in AAA is not a good sign). Sawyer was also added this offseason and was recently given a promotion to AAA, taking Bobby Wilson's place at catcher. I don't think we need to care.
  23. Danchat
    Let's remember that there was a point where Herrmann and [Eric] Fryer were raking in a small sample size too. I doubt he'll sustain that through a full season.
  24. Danchat
    Yes, you are correct. I assume the Twins wanted to give Cave a cup of coffee as I thought Mauer might only miss 10 games... if that's still the case. It's also possible they keep Petit when Sano is activated within the next week and option Cave down to AAA.
  25. Danchat
    Wow, that April OPS is unsightly, especially after hitting .718 OPS in 2018 April.
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