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  1. Danchat
    The only thing worse than a bad bullpen is a bad rotation... not that we have one, but if Happ keeps pitching like this, it's only going to compound the issue. I endured 2011-2014 Twins baseball, so I know a thing or two about awful rotations...
  2. Danchat
    It's too early to say he's back to his All-Star form, but he's showing progress, and seeing more pop from his bat is a good sign.
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    I can't say much more than what's already been said... good article, Nick. When Nick Gordon having one good start is the main highlight of the week... it's been a really bad week!
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    Going 137-85 over those two years was "luck", and going 11-19 in a month plus is not? It seems downright negligent to claim that a sample size of 30 games completely and totally trumps a sample size of over 200 games. We played 52 games over .500 and nobody deserves credit for it except "luck"?! Molitor and his old school approach got us one playoff game in 4 years. He oversaw the Total System Failure squad and had a talented squad in 2018 and squandered it. Shouldn't he be held responsible for his failure of results like you want Rocco to be held accountable?
  5. Danchat
    Rortvedt profiles as the classic "good defender, poor batter" catcher. His bat will likely top out at something like .220/.300, but if he's fielding well and becomes an expert at calling games, he will make for a fine backup catcher.
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    Good article, Ted, and I agree with your % points. The players deserve the most blame, by far. They're getting paid to play a lot better than this. I am glad you didn't heap it all on bad luck like the Twins' broadcast does on a nightly basis. Rocco certainly deserves blame, but you could bring in the best manager in the league and he'd be at his wits' end with this roster.
  7. Danchat
    This team is bad. Seeing them regress isn’t a surprise, but they’re a train wreck right now. Nearly have the players on the roster are but shadows of their former selves. Plus the hitters are as brittle as can be... not sure what they can do to fix this. They won’t lose 100+ games, but 90+ seems realistic.
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    Everyone saw this result coming once Rogers blew the save and they showed Waddell leaving the bullpen for the 10th. We can't afford to have two relievers in the doghouse (Colome and Alcala (despite looking better lately)) plus having the AAA project in the pen. And that's with Rogers, Duffey, Thielbar, and Stashak having their own issues. They've got to at least try to fix the pen and not pretend everything is fine. Call up Law and sign Shane Greene, and if they fail, well, I will give them credit for trying.
  9. Danchat
    His fastball actually touched 94, but he mostly threw his slider for some reason. Gameday says 4 of his 15 pitches were fastballs ranging from 92 to 94.
  10. Danchat
    I know this isn't stock market related, but I've been monitoring the cryptocurrency market... and I had been watching the Doge-coin for a while, but figured it was too much of a meme to put real money on. Now it's skyrocketed.. I just have a hard time investing in something that has so little real world value. Perhaps I have much to learn...
  11. Danchat
    Agreed, we've got to win at least 5 this week. Thorpe should be up too.
  12. Danchat
    For now, Kirilloff is going to be in LF while Sano returns to 1B. I think in the future Alex will become the full-time 1B, but they're going to give Sano every chance they can.
  13. Danchat
    Hmmm, there's less prospects here than I expected. Good to see Sands and Winder here. Celestino struggled a lot at A+ and had a good month or two in 2019, so it's not surprising to see him here. He has a ways to go.
  14. Danchat
    Good to see Larnach is starting in AAA. He's close!
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    That's a misleading stat, since "7 below" puts us in 8th place in the AL in OBP since there's only 15 teams. So they're average, not "top half".
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    Kirilloff will be fine... the main concern I have with him is that he's just not going to take walks. Kinda like Eddie Rosario in the way where it was more due to wanting to make contact so much, but it leaves him out to dry when his batted balls are not landing in the outfield.
  17. Danchat
    I have a hard time with both the Indians and Twins being real contenders. Cleveland doesn't have a lineup, and while the Twins' lineup could rebound, we don't have a bullpen. Once the White Sox go on a winning streak, they're going to be hard to catch.
  18. Danchat
    I was going to say something similar, this team is clearly still capable of hitting plenty of bombas... plus the ball was just as juiced as it was in 2020 and our homers still waned.
  19. Danchat
    Having a bad offense and the worst bullpen in baseball is a surefire combo to have a bad team.
  20. Danchat
    I'm not surprised some of the soft-tossing relievers are struggling, but everyone in the bullpen has regressed with no exceptions. Rogers may have a 0.00 ERA, but he's let in most if not all his inherited runners and he's leaving meatballs down the middle. Duffey looks out of shape, velo down, no command. Stashak looks hurt. Thielbar has been beaten up. Alcala can't stop giving up HRs. How can they all be sucking at once? Rocco has done a poor job managing, but he's got nothing to work with here. Wes and the FO have failed him. And the 6th inning mound visit debacle aside... how do you pull Arraez for Lin in LF?! Sure, Lin has a little bit of OF experience (78 innings in the majors and 50 starts in the minors), but you can't pull Arraez's bat out of the lineup in a close game. These have been some baffling moves being made...
  21. Danchat
    Turns out there was reason to be concerned about the hitters' ineptitude in Spring Training... some said "I'll be concerned in Late April". Welp, we've arrived. This lineup is garbage, and has barely faced any strong pitching. Just wait and see once we face some really good starters and relievers. Cleveland's bullpen is going to blow our hitters out of the water.
  22. Danchat
    I don't think the ball has affected the team very much, and definitely not Garver or Polanco. Both of them had very similar issues in 2020 which still featured the 2020 juiced ball. Garver's issues are mostly related to contact, and Polanco isn't driving balls anymore. How many has he actually hit to the warning track / could have actually been HRs? This isn't a Joe Mauer "hits a ton of flyballs to the warning track" issue. Meanwhile, Donaldson, Cruz, and Buxton are smacking the ball around like it's 2019 again.
  23. Danchat
    I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer, but I'd like to bring up why Gordon isn't highly thought of. Fangraphs on why they have him ranked as the Twins' 37th best prospect: Gordon has a lot to overcome - he's mostly a singles hitter who has struggled as a fielder at SS and 2B. I wish him the best and I hope he can overcome all these obstacles that have been in his way - even if he just pans out to be a bench player.
  24. Danchat
    If only the Twins could just take all the bad luck from the Vikings and let them finally win a Super Bowl!
  25. Danchat
    If Baldelli was truly using analytics 100% of the time, there'd be no way in heck that Colome should be throwing pitches in the 10th inning. His usage of Colome as the closer no matter what despite the "we haven't named a closer" statement is quite the old school move and it's costing him. Baldelli's moves constantly imploding like this reminds me of Molitor in the 2016 Total System Failure season. Decently high expectations followed by a season filled with bad play, bad managing, and some bad luck (don't misconstrue this, it was mostly bad play), the team had an abysmal season. Fans criticized him for being behind the times, using the bullpen poorly, and failing to show passion like Gardy did. And he did have a much worse roster than Rocco's got, I'll give you that. But I'm seeing some comparisons here. Let's not forget that Molitor got two more seasons after the total system failure... Gardy had 4 90+ loss seasons in a row. This FO may be different, but Rocco is their guy. He ain't close to being fired.
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