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  1. Danchat
    It appears that the Twins have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for the third straight night.
  2. Danchat
    That was one heck of a catch by Schafer.
  3. Danchat
    I'm been thinking this... and I feel like it's been confirmed for me over the last couple weeks... but I've been thinking that the Twins should add a veteran bullpen pitcher to the staff. We need less of guys like Anthony Swarzak (who's a long reliever at best, in my opinion) and more of a more talented potential setup pitcher.
  4. Danchat
    What about the Cubs? They haven't won the World Series in over 100 years, so what does that make them?
  5. Danchat
    I wasn't aware that there was an "a-hole" way of asking to help someone.
  6. Danchat
    I think some of it must have been the Oakland pitching staff. Those ERA numbers look really good for Milone the past 3 years, and now he comes here and tanks. It must some bad luck combined with the large gap of the superior Oakland staff and the sub-par Twins pitching staff.
  7. Danchat
    Hmmmm... he'd probably be in a better situation there, though.
  8. Danchat
    I think the Twins are miracle workers when it comes to bullpen pitchers and 4th OFers, but when it comes to AAAA starters, they just suck. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but face it, we have 3 of the worst starting pitchers in baseball right now. Nolasco has been awful, Milone needs an actual pitching staff instead of whatever Rick Anderson tells him to do, and May has been bad. May will get better over time, but these other two... heck, I'd give Milone a shot in training camp but there's no way Alex Meyer should be blocked by him. Vance Worley, Liam Hendriks, or even Scott Diamond would be better options than Tommy Milone. But y'know, with this pitching staff, it wouldn't matter. They'd all be bad. Ahem! Sorry for getting carried away. I've had it with this pitching staff. I'll let TR judge them this offseason and see if Rick Anderson will stay another season.
  9. Danchat
    I actually thought we were going to see Polanco get called up, but it's okay that he hasn't. I also thought Vargas would be a Sept. call up but now it looks like he's cemented his spot in the lineup before September even started (at least for now. It's a bit early to be drawing conclusions.)
  10. Danchat
    I'm very happy these eight are coming up. It's also telling that Florimon didn't get the call. Sorry P-Flo, but I'm happy about that. Do the Twins have enough open roster spots for Bernier, Oliveros, and Achter? (Or was a third spot opened after we removed Ibarra from the 40 man roster?)
  11. Danchat
    We're getting to the point where Nolasco is going to be on the list of worst big free agent deals. If he's going to pitch like this year, he isn't worth starting. I'm not sure what the management should do.
  12. Danchat
    Can't lie, I'm feeling pretty smart right now for posting this topic right before Deduno was traded.
  13. Danchat
    It's August 30th today, and tomorrow, the 31st, is the final day for trades. Does anything think there's a possibility of anyone getting shipped off today or tomorrow? Remember, Justin Morneau was traded away on the final day in August last season. Some candidates are: RP Jared Burton RP Brian Duensing RP Casey Fien Or there could be others. Who else could be shipped off?
  14. Danchat
    I think he has some nerves to get over. This situation reminds me of Kyle Gibson last year. He got really nervous and got hit up all last season. The solution for Trevor May is similar to Kyle Gibson's... just keep giving him starts and experience this September and hope he has a good spring training and wins a spot in the rotation. However, if he doesn't turn out, I expect him to be a good bullpen pitcher. That's actually what I predicted him to do last season when he was struggling.
  15. Danchat
    I must admit, Jordan Schafer is playing out of his mind compared to how he played with the Braves. If he keeps playing well, I think the 4th OF spot is his in 2015.
  16. Danchat
    It might be a wee bit early for this, but I actually don't want to see Tommy Milone in the 2015 starting rotation. Then again, it'll probably be either him or Pelfrey. Ugh.
  17. Danchat
    Y'know, if the Twins are ever going to take a shot at the playoffs, we are going to need a above-average pitching staff. Say what you want about Rick Anderson, but this is clearly not an above average pitching staff.
  18. Danchat
    I wouldn't touch B. J. Upton. I would wait until mid-2015 to see if Nolasco has rebounded or not, and if not, then I'd explore a trade like this.
  19. Danchat
    Oh boy. If Hendriks can get good again.... Yeah, you know what I'm going to say, we should fire Rick Anderson. But if he actually becomes something, give that team's pitching staff a complement because there isn't a ton of talent to work with.
  20. Danchat
    Kris Johnson would be an easy replacement because he's on the 40-man roster. I would like to say I want Meyer to start, but at this point he should pitch in the bullpen due to his innings limit. I'm wondering if he'll be healthy for 2015. This kinda reminds me of Deduno's injury last year. Deduno was able to play the whole season but wasn't quite as good. I'll guess that Pino might not be back.
  21. Danchat
    I wouldn't worry about this. He just needs to get rid of the nerves he has. Kyle Gibson went through a similar situation and just needed some experience to get used to it. May will mature over time and will get better.
  22. Danchat
    To compare how far we've come since last year, here's the lineup from 8/24/13.... Dozier-2B Herrmann-C Morneau-1B Willingham-DH Doumit-RF Arcia-LF Plouffe-3B Thomas-CF Florimon-SS P Hendriks We have sure come far. Danny Santana is an awesome leadoff hitter. Dozier, Mauer, Vargas, Arcia are all much better than Herrmann, Morneau, Willingham (while slumping), and Doumit. We may not have many more wins, but the Twins are seriously much better than last year even if our record doesn't reflect it. I think we can definitely be .500 next season if we can avoid major injuries to our key players.
  23. Danchat
    I'm going to shut up about Schafer being in the lineup now. Man, these guys are just exploding with hits. It's been awhile since the last stretch of fun games to watch until now.
  24. Danchat
    I'm glad to say that my previous statement is very wrong. Let's destroy the Tigers bullpen!
  25. Danchat
    Ugh. The Twins are preparing to blow another 5 run lead...
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