Danchat

I have tickets for the Thursday game. It better stop raining!! My guess is Nunez will get plenty of ABs. Colabello, Kubel, and Plouffe fall into the .270s. Either Pelfrey or Correia gets booted out of the rotation for Deduno. Perhaps Pelfrey will be the new long reliever. I am really impressed by how the Twins have played so far. We have had the hardest schedule so far and we've kicked some behinds. The batting doesn't look sustainable but hey, as long as we keep hitting, we are in the mix for the postseason.

Unfortunately, it looks like Burton's time is almost up. He's just not going to revert back to 2012 form.

I think I've had a little leagues game with more strikes thrown than this inning.

If healthy, I think Deduno might be (one of) the best long reliever in the league. Just don't put him in a pressure situation in the 8th or 9th inning.

Ha, that's pretty funny. Hopefully one day the Vikings winning will become more believable than the other two.

Whoa... Hicksie! Watch out there!

@Riverbrian You've made a great point. We should have taken Bonifacio as our super-utility man. I was really hoping we'd sign him back when he was available, and he should could have helped this team.

I feel like this is embarrassing for the twins. They let a guy make the 25 man roster just for him to retire 3 weeks into the season. In the grand scale of things, this means nothing, but I really have to question Antony/Gardy's thought process with Bartlett.

That's kinda the point. If any spots in the lineup are gonna be bad, it's those spots. You seriously shouldn't expect much from a team this bad.

Quick Update - April 16th Rohlfing has played 4 games at catcher and is batting .364 with 3 singles and a double. With Chris Herrmann off to the majors, it's just him and Fryer at catcher, which means Dan should see around 40% of the games as starting catcher. He has also thrown out one of two base-stealers. Let's hope he hits his first home run soon!

Give this guy until the end of May and on June 1st, look at the numbers. If they stay bad, then it's time to DFA him. I still believe in Burton, but he's gotta prove he can still pitch.

Wow. We apparently don't need to get any hits to mount a comeback. I gotta give some credit to Brunansky. These batters are patient and taking walks. Good job so far!

Finally, Joe turns on the power! BOOM! I'm much more surprised by Dozier's 4 home runs. Wowzers.

Hmmm, I think Herrmann and Mastroianni would be better fielding-wise, but the way Kubel is hitting, who cares?!

I concur. Can I double-like this post?

Man, just 3 hits and one run. Whatever happened to homefield advantage?

Ugh. This feels like basketball in the final two minutes.

Nope, he's safe! ????

Okay, Eduardo. Time for a big hit.

The chances of Sulbaran becoming any good is pretty low, so at least we got a shortstop who can hit. According to someone else in this topic, Miguel showed up overweight, kinda signaling his possible decline.

I don't get this. I don't. I give up. We have two infielders named Eduardo! MY BRAIN IS GOING TO EXPLODE!!!!

Do the Twins have anybody healthy on the bench?

Dan Rohlfing Position: C/Utility Height: 6'0" Weight: 220 lb. Age: 25 As a 14th round draft pick in 2007, Rohlfing is now in his 8th year in the Twins minor league system. It took him until he was 22 years old to make it to AA New Britain, and since then, his play has picked up, albeit somewhat. Rohlfing was promoted to AAA last year, and is now part of a 3 man catching rotation at AAA Rochester. First, let's take a look at how he did last year. New Britain: .253/.336/.315/.651 (.BA/.OBP/.SLG/.OPS) 1 HR Rochester: .314/.402/.430/.832 2 HRs Wow. He sure improved when he got promoted. Or did he...? He had 3 times as many PAs at AA (329 to 103). I think we can say that his batting in Rochester was clearly a bit flukey. At age 25 and now stationed at Rochester, Rohlfing will need to replicate those numbers again and try to win the catching job away from Eric Fryer - or win a corner outfielder spot. Let's talk about his fielding abilities. With Eric Fryer the starting catcher at AAA and Chris Herrmann there too, Rohlfing's opportunities at catcher will be very few. Fryer or Herrmann will likely get called up at least once this season, so Dan will get a shot later in the year. Until then, he will support the team at LF and at 1B. Rohlfing has caught 123 games in the last 2 years in the minor leagues and has had a fielding percentage of .993. That stat doesn't mean a lot for catchers, as that is about average. He did have 5 errors in 59 games he caught in 2013, so that isn't a great sign. That's about all I can do with analyzing his catching ability. He's a capable 1B with almost no track record. He's played 15 games in his career there with no errors. His LF numbers aren't great and he would be a below average option in LF. Let's be frank. If Dan Rohlfing made the Twins, he'd be a Drew Butera-like catcher will some good catching ability but that'd be about it. There isn't a ton of potential at age 25, however, there is hope after batting .314 in Rochester last year. When the injury bug bites and if Suzuki or Pinto go down the majors, Rohlfing could be a potential add to the 40 man roster. If he ever makes the Twins, he'd have to grab his chance and run with it. The chances are small, but hey, so are the Twins' chances of making the playoffs. Anything can happen. Let's see if Dan Rohlfing can light up AAA.

Y'know, I think there is some merit to the complaining about not having a backup outfielder. Bartlett stinks out there.

Could someone remind me why Jason Bartlett is still in the MLB?