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  1. Danchat
    Pagan back in a high leverage outing… we may get another pagan sacrifice here!
  2. Danchat
    Since when are you not allowed to make a practice swing at the 7 second mark of the pitch clock? He was in the box!
  3. Danchat
    Random Blue Jays thought - the Dalton Varsho trade confused me at the time, and now looks even more questionable. He's an intriguing player but he's not that great of a hitter, and was moved for an elite catching prospect who's already starting in the bigs for Arizona, and Loudres Gurriel, who had a much better track record and is back on track as a great hitter. I'd be ticked off if I were a Jays fan.
  4. Danchat
    Tell ya what, I certainly did not see Michael Taylor hitting 9 HRs by this point... or by the end of the season!
  5. Danchat
    You want those two months of Eduardo Escobar back for full control of Jhoan Duran, just because he gave up a single run yesterday?! BTW, Eddie would not be helping this team right now with his subpar 670 OPS.
  6. Danchat
    Darn, it's hard to believe they couldn't even get a 2024 7th for him. This means they lose an extra $2M by cutting him rather than trading him because of the injury guarantee he had. I suppose teams just do not want to pay $9M for a RB who is more on the average side now. The Vikings now go into the season with the least talented RB room in the league, but RB is a position where a 5th or a 7th rounder like Chandler or McBride could pop off, so I don't hate the approach. I hope people don't have their expectations too high for 2023... because they're clearly taking a step back and gathering cap space for 2024. I don't think they win close to 13 games again.
  7. Danchat
    Just imagine the amount of heat he'd be taking if he were playing this crappily in New York or San Fran... especially on those atrocious 10 / 12 year deals they offered him.
  8. Danchat
    Heck of a start from Lopez, but completely wasted by the hitters so far.
  9. Danchat
    Yup, back then we were dying for good pitching so we could finally contend. Alas, now the tables have turned.
  10. Danchat
    I don't think the roster is close to being great, they have several deficiencies in the lineup and the bullpen. The lineup was questionable from the start and has too many injury-prone players. Too many backup-caliber players are playing full-time roles and many situations are out of control of the coaching staff (Buxton not in CF, Wallner at AAA, Kepler still on the team are front office / collaboration decisions). IMO The biggest issue with the coaching staff is the fact that they hired an unqualified batting coach who is likely in over his head.
  11. Danchat
    I was referring to how the Astros tweaked Pressly's pitch choice and quickly turned him from a good reliever to a great one. Yeah, and that could also happen with Cano, but my point was that if Rooker did sustain his elite hitting, I wouldn't necessarily be mad at the Twins because the Padres couldn't figure him out, DFA'd him, then the Royals couldn't, and so on.
  12. Danchat
    Good point, it's simply lazy to criticize the team for the likes of Hendriks and Tonkin (Brent Rooker is a shorter example that still applies to me) when they went through several years of irrelevancy with other teams. With the likes of Pressly and Cano who quickly flipped a switch with their next team, that's where I'm a bit concerned.
  13. Danchat
    Lopez looks like he needs a trip to the IL to figure out what the heck is going on...
  14. Danchat
    At least there is competition this time around, and I had Podlesny as the top rated UDFA kicker (for what that's worth). Ryan Wright came out of nowhere last year to win the punting job, though I suspect that the Vikings value Joseph's ability to hit 50+ yard kicks and Podlesny was 2/4 in his entire career from that range.
  15. Danchat
    Here's my latest depth chart with the PFF ratings:
  16. Danchat
    Still waiting for action on the Dalvin Cook front... it is unclear if they are still trying to get him to take a pay cut or if they will trade him but just need to negotiate how much $$$ they'll eat. It doesn't seem like cutting him is on the table at this point.
  17. Danchat
    Wild to see this lineup down Buxton, Correa, and Kepler rip off 3 runs like that... Royce Lewis might just be the sparkplug this team needs. Bump him up in the lineup, especially over Kepler, please!
  18. Danchat
    I'm not arguing for it in hindsight, it's simply too bad it didn't happen today. Especially after we had two full pages of bickering about keeping Varland in for the 8th in yesterday's game recap thread.
  19. Danchat
    Too bad Rocco didn't opt for the quick hook this time around...
  20. Danchat
    I think it'd be fair if those 3 pitchers made it and nobody else, seems pretty cut and dry.
  21. Danchat
    What does SRO stand for?
  22. Danchat
    Heck of a game by an offense that didn't look like it would produce much! Weird how we're doing so well against the Astros and the Yankees. Varland is a legit MLB starter and I wouldn't move him out of the rotation for Maeda. Kenta hasn't been able to stay healthy and we could use him in the bullpen. I would hope he understands that, as I know he's not a fan of moving out of the rotation.
  23. Danchat
    I share similar concerns with SWR, he is really starting to scuffle. I don't care about the age, should we expect him to spend the next two years at AAA until he's 24 and then will arbitrarily be ready for the majors? Looks like Rodriguez is off to a slow start being sub .700 OPS, hopefully he kicks things into gear soon.
  24. Danchat
    Good win, glad to see the offense finally erupt against a pretty good starter. Gotta be concerned about the Lopez's, though. Pablo not as much, but he hasn't looked quite as good as he did the first few weeks.
  25. Danchat
    Thanks for the jinx!
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