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  1. Danchat
    It's great to see Kepler with the big hit. His bat hasn't caught fire like the rest of the club's through August-Sept, maybe it can be his time to shine the following couple weeks.
  2. Danchat
    Polanco may not have a great OPS or hit for a ton of power, but he's been a great clutch hitter the past few weeks. He's done a fine (though not great) job of holding the #3 spot, which is not something I ever expected after seeing him torpedo through July. Plus he's hitting .332+ and .945+ OPS since August 1st.
  3. Danchat
    It is, but Gibson has been good lately, except for his last outing. And also the fact that the offense scores 10+ runs his past 4 or so parts.
  4. Danchat
    I don't think them pulling Mejia was a bad idea (they weren't going to go over his pitch count), but it stinks to see him yanked after doing so well. He's pretty clearly our 4th best starter right now (behind Gibson and ahead of Colon).
  5. Danchat
    With the second Wild Card added a few years ago, the Twins are now a playoff team. It's clear nobody else in the AL is good enough to push the Twins for the spot, so here they are. If they were in the NL, they'd probably get beat by Colorado/Milwaukee. This isn't a team geared up and ready to face the best teams in the baseball in the playoffs, but it's great to finally see the core of the team is ready to open the "playoff window". If the Wild Card game was against somebody like the Brewers (they looked like a sub .400 team when we played them), I would have confidence that the Twins could beat them. But against the Yankees at the home turf, our chances are pretty terrible. I hope the Red Sox could start losing and face us in the playoffs instead.
  6. Danchat
    Oh yes, bringing in Graham (the rule 5 rookie) to face A-Rod with the bases loaded and a small lead. That was a great idea. How could you not see a grand slam coming?! That one was the epitome of Molitor's terrible bullpen decisions.
  7. Danchat
    Now we have Moya, what's left of the Aaron Hicks trade, going up against the Yankees.
  8. Danchat
    The two pitchers the Twins have trotted out in this inning have a combined 30 ERA. Usually that's not idea in a game that's still within 3 runs.
  9. Danchat
    Turley's gotta get a chance to stick it to his former team! Yup, Molly's gone full YOLO.
  10. Danchat
    I was using Baseball Prospectus' pitch framing stats (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/sortable/index.php?cid=1899425) but he just so happened to drop from #10 to #11 after yesterday's game so my claim is no longer correct. whoops.
  11. Danchat
    Just taking a look at the stats, Castro is a top 10 pitch framer (according to Baseball Prospectus), slightly below average offensively (measured by OPS), a little below average catching runners (4% improvement on Suzuki) and average for PB (Gimenez has 4 more PB in less attempts, he's a bigger problem. Suzuki's even worse). The only other move at C I could see would have been Welington Castillo. He's been great offensively and solid defensively, though a big step down as a pitch framer. Suzuki has been great offensively, but his defensive deficiencies are still there. I prefer Castro to him.
  12. Danchat
    Duffey in a one run game? That's a gutsy move by Molly, I have a feeling it will work. But we'll see...
  13. Danchat
    Hildy is coming out a few betters too late. Yanks made the right move getting Robertson in to finish the 6th, Molly yet again hangs with a pitcher too long and gets burned.
  14. Danchat
    Oh boy, here we go. If we give away the lead here, I'm not sure we'll be able to beat that bullpen of theirs.
  15. Danchat
    Never did I think the Jays would blow a 5-0 lead by the 2nd and give up a Mauer grand slam. Too bad the Vikings didn't pull a few rabbits out of their hat as well.
  16. Danchat
    I'm liking the Twins' chances over the Vikings' chances right now.
  17. Danchat
    Yikes, Gibby might make Mejia's start yesterday look good.
  18. Danchat
    Today was a game we weren't going to win. Not enough offense, bad start, one bad inning for the bullpen. That's why you need to win games like yesterday when it's close.
  19. Danchat
    Busenitz has been lights out! Too bad the offense has gone dormant.
  20. Danchat
    If you guys are looking for any good news, the Yankees are having Sonny Gray pitch tomorrow instead of the Monday game versus us.
  21. Danchat
    And now Mejia has lost the ability to get batters out. I shoulda never spoken up.
  22. Danchat
    Through 3 innings, Mejia is looking good outside of that HR. He's looking better than I expected.
  23. Danchat
    Are you sure he doesn't have a significant other?
  24. Danchat
    So we clone this ump?
  25. Danchat
    Cleveland is down by one in the 9th with a runner on first and one out... the 22 game winning streak is in jeopardy.
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