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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    I do LOVE spring training! I’m sad I won’t be going this spring :(
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    It’s fair, it’s also fair to leave him out. The further away from the Terry Ryan era, especially the second one, the more I believe that TR was as responsible for the “cheap Pohlads” meme as the Pohlads were. It could have been the real prize was the $50k.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Twins traded for Johan. The marlins drafted him rule 5
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think the Twins could and should sign Rodon, regardless if the market comes in stronger than estimated. With as low of payroll as they have right now, if they don’t sign a big name, big contract, front of the rotation starter, they never will. my guess is “never will”, but my hope is this is the year
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    What’s his favorite flavor of Go-Gurt? Glo-Gurt? Dunkaroos? Strawberry Banbana? Mixed Berry? what temperature? Frozen? Refrigerated? Room temperature? the options are endless!
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, maybe starts with Lewis AND Lee.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Wow! That is a shocker! it would be great if the Twins could pull off a trade, but I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around what that offer might be
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    I’d rather see Larnach, Gordon and Wallner man the Corner OF spots than Kepler, but I’m not exactly convinced Wallner is ready or Gordon has really turned a corner hitting (though health improvement seems legit) or that Larnach and Kirilloff can be healthy for a season. im not asking for a platoon hitter in the OF, I want a better hitting RF (who hits righty if possible). I think a good hitting every day RF would make a world of difference. Maybe Gordon or Wallner could be that guy, but lots of risk for 23. Haniger can hit and field well enough to be that guy, but you’ve changed my opinion on whether he “should be” that guy with the injury history.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    RIP
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    That’s a very normal reaction for me. Usually it goes something like: ”Ha! …. …. Hey!”
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    I didn’t ask you, I asked Bill. Bill can speak to his own claims without evidence.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Why?
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    That makes the roster crowded, doesn’t it? When you need 8 players to fill 162 instead of 3
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    I love the grind of the season. I do agree with RB, games that matter in September, the fun of scoreboard watching into October is what makes that long grind so rewarding.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    If not next year or two years, then why worry about Jeffers relative to automated strike zone? Jeffers likely won’t be a Twin in 4 years anyways. Unless you have Joe Mauer generational talent, you churn and burn catchers like relievers. Too many injuries
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Correct, I am trying to weigh deficiencies and strengths relative to each other. A higher percentage of strikes on 16,000 to 20,000 pitches caught, vs 5-10 passed balls, vs 40-45 steals. Does anyone disagree that more strikes is better than fewer strikes? Of course not. MLB is very slow to change. I mean the Selig ball lasted 20 years. The NFL used replay and challenges for 15 years before MLB did. If you think robo-umps are coming next year, I love your optimism, but do not share it. I believe it will be 5 years or more.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    It also projects his dWAR to be negative. He’s been a mid-to-high 90s wRC+ hitter his whole career. The shift ban helps all hitters, not just Kepler, so I would not assume his wRC+ would increase much because everyone else should hit a bit better too, at least lefties.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Jeffers was 8th (worst) in the AL with 5 passed balls last year. Sandy Leon was 6th worst with 6. 5 or 6 passed balls is maybe 3-4 runs per season at most. There were 2487 stolen bases league wide last year, 1/2 of a stolen base per team per game, that result in on average .3 of a run per steal. Jeffers had 31 steals on him, so that’s 10 runs estimated in the season. There are 100+ pitches thrown per game, getting a higher percentage of strikes impacts dozens of outcomes per game. Jeffers is ranked 21st (best) in the league. Improved counts puts at-bats in the pitchers’ favor. I think Jeffers is a high quality half of a catching tandem. The question is the other half. Narvaez seems like a good option. The Twins also have Banuelos, a good journeyman at the Saints but doesn’t hit, is supposed to be an excellent fielder. And Bechtold is progressing nicely (but doesn’t really hit either) if the rest of the lineup hits, Carlos Correa and a corner outfielder, DH… a black hole at catcher for half your games could be overcome.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Thanks Jack! We’ve seen him not being afraid to make changes with GoMedia and Bring Me The News. Did you interact on any of the analytical side? How receptive?
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    according to this, he managed Go 96.3 radio, so…. I’m leaning towards agreement https://tcbmag.com/tcb-100-people/chris-pohlad-joe-pohlad-and-tom-pohlad/ and yeah, he did oversee the brand refresh https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/joe-pohlad-to-take-over-as-twins-executive-chair/ar-AA14EQd5
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, Kepler’s defense doesn’t fill that 8+ million delta between him and Gordon. I’d take Gordon too.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Under the sonar too. Deep-six this idea, I’d rather have Garlick
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    no returns, no exceptions
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    I disagree, the Yankees authentic version is regularly 12% cheaper and is currently 43% cheaper.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Hence The Big Short reference. Ash was dead-on.
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