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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    If DSP were to publicly throw his FO under the bus while tolerating their incompetence, it would put even more scrutiny on him by the Pohlads.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Well said John. Know your truth and live it. It takes a ton of conviction to truly lead.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    hope is not a solution or strategy.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Kyle Garlick is 30, Mark Contreras is 27, Josh Winder is 26. those three are not “young”. Carlos Correa is 28. Garlick and Contreras should not be major league players, Winder needs to take a step up, or move to the bullpen quick, or he’ll be in the same boat. 2b, 3b, SS, C and Corner outfield is 5. Corner OF, I’d rely on Wallner to step up over a free agent, but I would not complain at all if they went external at all. Plus really need to improve 4th OF too, someone right handed who can field CF and knows which end of the bat is the handle.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    They only have Larnach, Kirilloff, Wallner, and Nick Gordon to play LF and RF and hit better than Kepler does. they need more depth!
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    And he was assistant athletic trainer at Tampa during Baldelli’s time
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-hire-new-head-athletic-trainer-nick-paparesta
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Fair enough, he’s an ace if the Twins were to sign him, would they get more (upside) from him than what we’ve seen? The same? Less (downside)? My assumption is the same at best (still an ace) or injured. Injury is likely which is why he’s affordable for the Twins.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    That gets you a very average at best rotation with a good pen but no “Ace” $100m might get you Rodon. We have yet to see the Twins drop that dough on a pitcher, Rodon is a good starter with tons of injury risk, and little upside. If you aren’t willing to risk making an Ace and clearly aren’t willing to buy an Ace, are you going to get an Ace?
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Duplicate?
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    Better pitchers pitching more innings is preferred to worse pitchers pitching more innings, agreed? who are the pitchers that can improve the rotation? Are they better than Duran? Is the FO willing to invest what it takes to get them? are there relievers available better than Lopez? Would the FO risk a $5M or $10M one to two year contract for a very good reliever vs $25M+ Per year for 4-7 years for a starter?
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    the Twins were very bad for a long time too. Huge swaths of the last 3 decades. yes free agent spending should be a supplement, unfortunately the Twins seem to live off of ramen (or maybe Chef Boyardee, they aren’t the pirates) and never take their vitamins, even when that little extra boost might be enough to win a World Series.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    What if Duran could do, what we saw for 60 innings in 2022, for 90 to 100 innings in 2023 and 120 to 140 innings in 2024? it’s happened before, albeit rarely.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    You can always put up another blueprint, it’s super easy
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, but this FO is laser-beam focused on incremental moves. It’s not their MO to make big roster moves. Signing Correa to effectively a 1 year deal rocked our world!
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    I updated my pitching positions, looking at them from most innings pitched in the season, to fewest. The thread about pitching roles inspired.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    My challenge with Bassitt (or Rodon) is he fits a very similar mold with the rest of the rotation. Struggles to stay on the field. He’d be an upgrade, but would continue to exacerbate the stress on the bullpen.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Forgot to mention, Kepler and Gio each traded for low level prospects.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    C : Ryan Jeffers ($0.70M) 1B: Alex Kirilloff ($.7M) 2B: Jorge Polanco ($7.50M) 3B: Jose Miranda ($.7M) SS: Jose Iglesias ($5.0M) LF: Trevor Larnach ($0.70M) CF: Byron Buxton ($15.00M) RF: Matt Wallner ($.7M) DH: Luis Arraez ($4.5M) 4th OF: Kyle Garlick ($0.70M) Utility: Nick Gordon ($0.70M) Utility: Gilberto Celestino ($0.70M) Backup C : Sandy Leon ($1.0M) SP1: Tyler Mahle ($8.00M) SP2: Joe Ryan ($0.70M) SP3: Sonny Gray ($12.00M) SP4: Kenta Maeda ($9.00M) SP5: Jhoan Duran ($0.70M) RP: Bailey Ober ($0.70M) RP: Josh Winder ($.7M) RP: Griffin Jax ($0.70M) RP: Jorge Lopez ($3.00M) RP: Brad Boxberger ($2.0M) RP: Jovani Moran ($.7M) RP: Jorge Alcala ($1.00M) RP: Caleb Thielbar ($2.00M) Payroll is 38.50% under budget Wanted to think about what a steeper reload/rebuild might look like. What if Kepler were traded, Gio were traded or non-tendered, and the Fo slashed payroll. much less fun
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    How sure are you that the Twins won’t stretch Duran back out over the next couple seasons? He wants to start, the Rotation is rather thin next year (‘24). Hints at reducing payroll for ‘23…. Seems like ‘23 is a punt year anyways… why not stretch him out?
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    I have been toying w/ putting together another plan that involves moving on from Gio. He Reminds me a lot of Kepler, good fielder, light stick, in a bat-first position, especially post shift ban.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sure, players are durable until they’re not. Players are injury-prone until they’re not. I get that and agree to an extent, and Nick Gordon is the prime example of the latter. are you planning on AK, Larnach, and Buxton all suddenly becoming 130 game players? 3 of the 5 primary outfield rotation players haven’t played more than 100 games since 2018 and each of them have only done so once in their careers. Kepler, is a poor hitting RF who plays strong D, I don’t even want him on the team except that he has been a relative iron man compared to the other 4, and Gordon shouldn’t be an every day player. something has to change, and Wallner needs to be an every day player too. How can a lineup with 5 players all needing high quality backups overcome a black hole at SS?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    I like what you’re smokin’, just don’t pass me the Dutchee, I’m gettin the DTs
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    reading between the lines here, I’m prepared for a payroll below 140
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Well… pitch framing has a statistically significant sample size. Hundreds of pitches per game. The strike zone definition is pretty decent and the one that would be used for an automated zone. while it would be great if umpires were perfect and weren’t biased and all catchers had to do was catch and throw, but it’s the game. The measurement is as good or better than most all other advanced metrics, but the reason for the metric sucks.
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