Richie the Rally Goat
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The discussion back then was “He’ll be a free agent just before he turns 32, how much longer do you want to keep him after that and at what price?” While I love watching Ryan pitch in a Twins uniform, his edgy demeanor and fiery personality and the Twins are an absolutely better team with him, than without… I’ve never seen him as an extension candidate. It shocks me just how awesome that trade worked out, to get such good pitching, prime years, all in arbitration salary. all good things come to an end, it’s ok. better to die with my boots on than rotting in a bed -
While I share your enthusiasm to move on from Zoll, this upcoming offseason has too much uncertainty, and the 2027 trade deadline even more. Indecision is the worst outcome.
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Twins Acquire Justin Lawrence to Bolster Bullpen
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Cory Moen's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Paredes goes to the rotation. Gotta be Fundy or Lawyerson edit: ninja’d -
Agreed on Ober not being the piece, but why the hell would Wallner move the needle? Prospects are the currency of trades. Gabby might be a bit much, but likely along those lines. If it feels like a bit much, it’s probably pretty close.
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Excellent framework @Cody Schoenmann, I very much enjoyed your write up. i think this makes a ton of sense, especially since Ryan is likely traded at the deadline. Critical here is an assumption that the Twins coaching staff and catchers can get a little extra somethin’-somethin’ out of him. A little more life on a breaking pitch, call a game that fits his skills better, etc.
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My observation is he catches what he’s supposed to, good jump, route, speed… but his arm sucks and runners advance on him in Right. I’ll take that over a statue with a cannon.
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100% agreed, WAR should not be THE deciding factor.
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$13m mutual option per FG
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One week later, lost 5 in a row and the plus 4 run differential became -21. The starting rotation is firmly a mess, and they’ve cut a ton of chaff. woof
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The Twins striving for viability. I’m so thoroughly whelmed.
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I feel terrible for Ober, I hope he makes a speedy recovery!
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Paredes had his contract selected today. Timing
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You are right, but why cut bait now? if this is about long term, and because they needed help in the bullpen, why DFA a 25 year old starter to avoid optioning a 28 year old reliever, or DFAing a 35 year old washed vet? Sim earned this, I don’t have a problem with it, except that it doesn’t make any sense in the context being shared. In 3 days Sim could have been throwing inning at a time, demote Orze, bring up CJ Culpepper (or whoever) to throw 4 innings as a piggyback demote him and bring up Fundy. They were at 39 players on the roster. then they’d have been back at full strength in the bullpen, decent rest, and they could still DFA Sim or trade him, or whatever.
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DFA a 25 year old who was a decent starting pitcher for 210ish innings to avoid optioning a 28 year old reliever with 30 total ok innings in his career? nope, this isn’t about the bullpen
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38 players on the 40. All season long the 40 has been too heavy on the hitting side. 18 pitchers, 20 hitters time to rebalance. should be 21 or 22 pitchers on the 40
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Trades have to be viewed through the lens at the time. They didn’t have a contract with him past a year and a half. But the opportunity to extend him was traded away as well. overall 1.5 years plus opportunity to extend Berrios for Austin Martin and a couple decent seasons of SWR is meh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Simeon Woods-Richardson DFAed
Richie the Rally Goat replied to amjgt's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
In the same way that Joe Pohlad did, sure. Zoll was the top of the org chart for people with only Baseball Operations in their Title. Falvey had Business in his title as well, meaning he was likely not in the weeds as much. Zoll is still top of the org chart for baseball operations but there isn’t anyone between him and a Pohlad. Zoll’s job has added duties, no doubt about it, but from what I’ve read it’s not a night and day thing. -
Simeon Woods-Richardson DFAed
Richie the Rally Goat replied to amjgt's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
He was GM last year for the sell off and ensuing dithering 2 months and offseason. I wonder if Shelton might be forcing things a bit. Then again, Outman is still on this team -
A cap decreases the spend at the top, but if no one forces the bottom of the league to spend money on talent, the talent won’t magically balance itself. The Dodgers would just get more creative on contract structure
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Yup, all local broadcast rights are shared in the MLB proposal
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This! The DFA is facilitating a trade at a non-peak trading period.
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Taking care of Bradley is critical to the immediate future. As far as Rojas, injuries happen, it sucks. Sim didn’t perform and was on thin ice as it was. I don’t agree that pushing back Bradley is biting them at all. What’s biting them is an absolute failure to invest in this team last August/September and the offseason. They wasted prime trial months on washed DFA fodder, and spent money on adding to the glut of DHs rather than the bullpen or actual fielders.
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What To Do With Royce Lewis
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Cody Pirkl's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This is where I am too - I think the trust part was a big impact on his on the field results this season, and why he snapped out of it so fast on demotion. Nothing to worry about anymore. if they bring him back up and he craps the bed again, his trade value is zero because his demotion didn't fix anything. Him batting well in AAA, he might be able to get something in return. -
The League (not necessarily the Owners) wants to change the incentive structure for the teams. Sharing TV revenue equally means the way to earn more money is getting fans in the seats. Today, revenue sharing model incents teams outside of the top tier, to not try to win. The murky middle loses the most in our current model which is largely why the mlb is failing. The murky middle is where competition should be the strongest! the ceiling gives the top end owners a reason to sign on, the floor gives the players something to sign on to. while the two sides are a loooong way apart, I’m encouraged in the direction. edit to add, throwing more money into the player pool will be interesting. Will there be more or less service time shenanigans? Will the top end contracts get bigger relative to the league like quarterbacks in the NFL? Will players reach free agency more or less frequently?
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