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  1. Danchat
    I'm sorry I have to say this again, but why is Jordan Schafer an everyday starter? There's little chance he will be playing for us in 2015 and I'd rather see Chris Parmelee or heck, even Wilkin Ramirez. Schafer should be a bench bat, but in the last 12 Twins games, Schafer has stared 10 of them. This shouldn't be happening.
  2. Danchat
    Looks like it took about 3 minutes for the Twins to lose the lead after you said this.
  3. Danchat
    Whoa... I just woke up... the Twins are already playing?
  4. Danchat
    Why is Jordan Schafer starting every day in the outfield? I'd much rather see Parmelee out there. Next season we should get a semi-competent outfielder in free agency. Arcia has a spot, Buxton will be coming late 2015, and then Parmelee and a free agent can fill the gaps in the outfield.
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    I don't think he's a solution or a problem. He's just another average bullpen pitcher to me. I think I'd like to see the Twins sign one good bullpen arm this offseason. I also want to see more Tonkin and more of those young bullpen arms in AAA.
  6. Danchat
    Methinks Suzuki should be catching right now.
  7. Danchat
    We are clearly superior in a rebuilding scenario. Last year we were starting Willingham, Doumit, Herrmann, Thomas, and Florimon. And not to mention, Andrew Albers. Yikes. When I look at our current lineup, the only guy I see who shouldn't be there is Schafer, but that's much better than 2013. Now, if our top prospects could stop getting hurt, then we'd be even further ahead in the rebuilding process!
  8. Danchat
    I never believed Mauer was experiencing lingering concussion effects, and I still don't. I think if anyone in the clubhouse saw any evidence of this, they'd immediately try to help/DL him. I think he just got into a slump and had some bad luck, and now he's recovering from it.
  9. Danchat
    Ugh. Right when they finally take Schafer out of the lineup, they have to put Nunez in LF... I think I'd rather see Parmelee out there..
  10. Danchat
    Update August 12th Dan Rohlfing hasn't done much to separate himself from Josmil Pinto. His batting line reads .209/.312/.323. He's been able to draw 26 walks but is lacking in power with 17 2Bs and just one HR. He's also having a problem with strikeouts totaling 49 already. That's a K for every 4.78 ABs. I don't have any way to tell how good is catching is, at least with just Baseball Reference, but he's thrown out 11 baserunners out of 31, which is 35%. That's currently better than Pinto's 25%. Rohlfing has made just one error at catcher. He's also played 1B for six games and is a decent emergency option there. It doesn't appear like he'll be advancing any time soon. He (obviously) needs to hit better and get that slugging percentage up if he ever wants a shot at getting on the 40-man roster.
  11. Danchat
    I think Arcia and Vargas answered the question about where the home run power will come from.
  12. Danchat
    Ooh, I forgot about Nolasco. Yeah, he's definitely the one replacing Pino.
  13. Danchat
    I think we should see if Pino can hold down a spot in the bullpen, but we may have to wait until for September for that. At this point I'd rather see what Darnell could do with more starts than see Pino continue.
  14. Danchat
    It looks like the Eddie 400 really worked out! I was on that bandwagon and it's clear that Escobar should be the starting SS for right now. It's good problem to have a lot of SS prospects. The next two years should be very interesting for SS and 3B. I thought the Liriano trade was good when we made it, and now's it looking great. I'm glad we've been dumping veterans for young players who might do well, because some of the time, they will do well.
  15. Danchat
    That was one huge HR by a really short player. DANG. That's kinda auspicious for Milone. Speaking of auspicious, I read in the newspaper today that no team but the Twins would give Milone a spot in the starting rotation....
  16. Danchat
    I like that idea, except I'm not so sure about DFA'ing Deduno. Then again, as I think about it, he really doesn't have a future with the team. He could get claimed, but that's not a bad thing. There are guys who could easily take his spot (Pino comes to mind. He might be best as a long reliever.). Now I'm alright with your ideas. I hope this happens.
  17. Danchat
    I have to give it to our font office - we've really recovered since the Bartlett fiasco. Trading Morales was good... we'll see in September is Pyror is any good. The Fuld claim and trade was brilliant... and we'll see Milone in a few days. And now May coming up and Correia going bye-bye. I can't argue with any of these moves. I think it's safe to say that TR is doing a good job since his return. Antony, however, should definitely not be the next Twins GM.
  18. Danchat
    Random thought here... but I'm glad Morales is gone only because Vargas can play every day at DH.
  19. Danchat
    I don't think so. Parmelee has actually started to hit a little bit. His .260 with 6 HRs and adequate defense beats Chris Young's poor batting average. I don't think there's any need to replace Schafer with a guy who is marginally better. *It's spelled Parmelee.
  20. Danchat
    Santana is in CF again... Schafer is in LF. There goes the notion that Santana was going to return to SS.
  21. Danchat
    I'm happy to see that Vargas has been in the lineup consistently. It's good to see the management trust a young player like him. I'm also wondering who's going to be sent down tomorrow. Colabello will likely be sent down either for a starting pitcher tomorrow or for Mauer on Monday.
  22. Danchat
    It's really hard to judge how much a coach affects each player. For Anderson, there are several arguments for and against. He's had a lot of underachieving starters but has been superb when it comes to the bullpen. When it comes to Diamond, he never had the stuff it took to be great. That's why we got him as a Rule 5 draft pick. His one good season was all luck. If Diamond can somehow turn around as a #4 starting pitcher or higher for a MLB team, that team must have a miracle worker there. I wouldn't put that on Anderson. However, when it comes to Worley, I'd blame our pitching staff if he continues to pitch well.
  23. Danchat
    Just got back from the game. Thank you Kennys Vargas!!
  24. Danchat
    I could see a situation where the team is close to the playoffs and he'd pull the trigger on a big trade. After 4 90+ loss seasons, maybe he'd get desperate enough to do so. Also, maybe after all these years of people calling the front office cheap motives them to make a huge move. Also, they have a sizable salary thanks to Target Field, so they could pull it off in theory.
  25. Danchat
    Gardy already said in an interview that Hicks will need to face AAA pitchers before he gets back to the majors. So that means Schafer may have to start for a little bit. Two weeks is okay but it better not be the length that Clete Thomas ended up playing in CF last year.
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