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  1. Danchat
    Between the six main guys (Gibson, Hughes, Nolasco, Pelfrey, Meyer, May) one of them will probably end up being hurt/getting TJ surgery. That will narrow it down to a 5 man rotation. (Now while we shouldn't rely on something like that, it's bound to happen. Or, if not, we'll say Meyer isn't ready for the rotation and continues in AAA.) For the bullpen, I'd like to see Pino, Darnell, and Johnson all at least try out for it. I could see any of them becoming the next Swarzak/Duensing. But for now (and the future) those three guys are nice depth and should stay in the wings. Also, don't rule out signing another starting pitcher in FA, actually, I'd count on the Twins getting at least one more via FA or a trade. Remember, the Twins were still trying to find a pitcher even after we gave Pelfrey a two year deal.
  2. Danchat
    I have no worries about SS right now. Escobar is doing great, Nunez can be alright, Santana is good there, and Polanco is in the minors and looked pretty darn good. Fuld and Santana at CF though.... that's not good. Fuld can't hit, plus his throwing from the outfield has been... bad. I've seen him throw plenty of off-target throws out there. I can't really say what we should do. If there's a better CF than Fuld on waivers, take that guy. Too bad we couldn't sign Rajai Davis. I think he'd solve this CF dilemma.
  3. Danchat
    Florimon does not have a hit with runners in scoring position this season. I don't get it. Why isn't Polanco starting?!
  4. Danchat
    Polanco better be starting today. I still remember the day when TR said "no scholarships". Then why is Florimon still starting? Polanco is already superior at the plate, but who knows if he can play defense until you actually start him! Florimon should be the next man to be outrighted off the 40 man roster. Whether they want Bernier, Beresford, even Romero (Plouffe should be ready, though) or if Meyer is ready to come up, P-Flo should be gone. He's batting .093. 'Nuff said.
  5. Danchat
    Wow, Polanco! Our minor leaguers have been incredible so far this year.
  6. Danchat

    Who takes Pino place?

    Danchat commented on huhguy's blog entry in Blog huhguy

    The answer is Pino. He's replacing himself. They just called him back up.
  7. Danchat
    Oh... well, couldn't they just have DL'd Santana and called up Polanco? I don't think Pino needed to be involved with this.
  8. Danchat
    Hmmmm... I guess I was under the impression that May, Darnell, or Johnson would get that start, but knowing Gardy, he might just stretch out Swarzak. At this point I'd rather see Deduno back in the rotation than see Swarzak start.... but Deduno is a good long reliever. Also... Is Nunez close to returning soon?
  9. Danchat
    I think this means Polanco is guaranteed to get called up in September. Now that we've used his first option, you'd think they wouldn't waste it.
  10. Danchat
    I'm all for Rally Rhinoceros. Where can I get a t-shirt?
  11. Danchat
    I hope they give Parmelee some more chances. I think they should also give AAA 3B Romero a chance in the majors. I also expect Thielbar to probably go down. I wonder if we'll ever see Ryan Pressly pitch.
  12. Danchat
    Yeah, but his $$$ for next year is guaranteed, so we might as well bring him to spring training, see if he can pitch, and if not, then DFA him.
  13. Danchat
    Yikes. Nolasco is really struggling. We gave this guy $49M?
  14. Danchat
    Does anyone think that Pino should move to the bullpen? Some of his success at AAA have come from there and to be honest, while I want the guy to succeed, he isn't an option for starting past this season. We should see how well he can handle the late innings.
  15. Danchat
    I really doubt he's hurt. They might eventually invent an injury, but I hope they just try to get him out of this prolonged slump. I don't think Mauer is suffering from post-concussion effects... I'm not a professional on concussions, but if they saw anything signs from Mauer, Gardy and the staff would shut him down immediately. If they exist, Mauer is hiding the symptoms really well.
  16. Danchat
    Dozier better win the Gold Glove for 2B this year if he continues to play like this. If Pedroia wins it again via popularity, I'm going to be mad.
  17. Danchat
    Quick Update - June 17th It's been slow for Dan Rohlfing - he hit his first HR of the year, but he is batting a dismal .197/.302/.291. He has a K/BB ratio of 32/18. Now, .302 OBP isn't bad, but that .291 SLG will need to change. He's done a good job avoiding pass balls at catcher, but he's only caught 6 runners stealing out of 23 attempts. That's only good for 26%, which isn't close to Eric Fryer's 44%. Opportunities opened up when Herrmann started playing CF and Fryer went to the majors... but this means Josmil Pinto is playing full time C at AAA. And he should be, by all means. Rohlfing is going to remain the backup catcher until he can prove he can bat. Let's hope Rohlfing can find his swing and bring that .197 BA up!
  18. Danchat
    The Twins love Suzuki too much right now. Especially Gardenhire. We'd only let go of him for starting pitching, and we aren't gonna get any of that for just Suzuki. I think newly acquired catcher Nick Hundley will suffice for Baltimore, even if he isn't that good right now.
  19. Danchat
    Worley isn't very good. However, there's just one thing that bothers me. The K/9 rate. For nearly every pitcher we have, it goes down. I don't know what our staff is doing, but I'm led to believe they are teaching them how not to throw strikeouts while decreasing walks. That may sound stupid, but it comes from our K numbers being so incredibly low and not close to the 29th team (at least in 2013). I know, we had pitch-to-contact-pitchers, but we also had Deduno, who they taught how not to strike out people. His K/9 dropped too. That's my one complaint. I just want our pitchers' K/9 to back to normal.
  20. Danchat
    Alright, guess I'll take a crack at this: Perkins 9/10 Duensing 7/10 Fien 8/10 Swarzak 6/10 Thielbar 6/10 Guerrier 5/10 Burton 2/10 (other) Tonkin 4/10 Pressly 4/10 If Tonkin can play better than his first two appearances, then he's a upgrade over Burton. I think Pressly can still get it done, if he ever comes out of AAA. Guerrier is doing better than I thought he would, and Swarzak will rebound soon. We have a decent bullpen, outside of Burton, and unfortunately, we're getting close to the end for him.
  21. Danchat
    Why do we always bring out Burton in these situations? He always seems to give up at least one run.
  22. Danchat
    Believe it or not, I just graduated today with the Twins 34th round pick, Michael Baumann. It was really cool that the Twins picked him, but I doubt he will sign. Just throwing that out there.
  23. Danchat
    On the topic of trading, the last two years, the Twins were not (that) close to the playoffs. Yet they did almost no trading, only sending Butera, Carroll, and Liriano away. If we're close, we probably won't trade anyone. That's just how we work.
  24. Danchat
    Wait a second... how do you know my in-laws?
  25. Danchat
    Does anything think it's too early to add Danny Santana to my favorite current sports players list? Because he is a ton of fun to watch.
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