Richie the Rally Goat
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Tristan Gray to Paternity List Gabriel Gonzalez recalled from St Paul
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Former Twins. Where are They Now? 2026 Edition
Richie the Rally Goat replied to stringer bell's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Possibly the second worst trade in Twins history.- 346 replies
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Outman should be the Paternity leave fill in who’s pinch running and defensive specialist.
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Let’s start his clock because he’s the best option they have at either SS or 3B? When Gray comes back, send down Outman, keep Lee and Culpepper on the left side of the diamond, Kreidler and Martin can hold down center while Buck is injured.
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While St Paul is technically in Minnesota, the big league club is in Minneapolis
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Traded? For what? If he doesn’t show he can win a job for this disaster of a team, one that has been rostering Outman on the bench… how can you possibly expect a guy out of options, in arbitration, requiring a 26 man roster spot with no defensive ability and lost at the plate bring back anything in return when he would likely be available on a minor league deal when he gets DFA’d? They wouldn’t get cash for him, because his only value would be if he cleared waivers
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They play in a terrible league too. 3 days ago the West Sacramento As led the AL West with a below .500 record and still today Texas, the third Wildcard, is below .500. The Twins are absolutely contenders right now. To be clear, my view is the state of the AL in 2026 should not entice Zoll to go all-in on 2026. They should not behave like contenders, they should continue to rebuild the bullpen and get younger in the field. This team is still very old. what sucks about this trade deadline is the injuries could torpedo any value they could get to bolster the future. While the AL is a mess, the NL is a horse race with a ton of potential buyers of front line starting pitching and mashing catchers
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I don’t “hope” the Twins trade away Bell, it’s a precondition for me to see Wallner in the bigs. i hope Wallner crushes it to make a case for the Twins to trade away Bell to make a roster spot for him.
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I want to see his swing path and attack angle consistently closer to 2023/24. Up and in pitches getting beaten in to the dirt and doing nothing with meatballs is a bad sign. Agreed with the OP, I also want to see consistently better pitch selection he’s swinging at everything, including balls and pitches he can’t do anything with. The last thing I want to see is not ever being in the outfield. This means waiting for Bell to be traded away, so he can full time DH. WOOF!
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They show up for has-beens they do not show up for never-was
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Sure did, 1 for 4 with two runs batted in. Looked terrible before the rain delay, didn’t stay up for the end.
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For the record I think Culpeper staying down is more for Lee than for Lewis.
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Richie’s thought bubble: “the last thing I want to see is Kody Clemens at SS” … … ”OH! Man am I glad I didn’t post that!” then I posted it anyways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I never thought I would be typing this right now, but Clemens at first base is not the problem. The problem is they haven’t invested into first base at all in decades. Not good free agents or moving actual prospects to first in the minors. They treat the position like they treat the bullpen, both of which drive me a little bonkers when it wouldn’t take a huge investment to make a big difference. Right now, my priority would be getting Lewis and the bullpen sorted out. Maybe the reset with Lewis involves a move to 1B in the minors?
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Hall of famer Joe Mauer didn’t need a platoon?
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At least there will be fewer of them? in a bullpen role, Sim will be able to concentrate on fewer pitches and hopefully get a little more juice out of them.
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OPS+ is league average, not primary position. If your big side of the platoon 1B is only league average while being shielded from RHP… I feel like the bar needs to be raised. i didn’t expect Clemens to raise that bar, but Zoll needs to aim higher for 1B im a FG guy, wRC+ is almost identical to OPS+. the bar to clear for me is Jake Bauers’ 127 wRC+. He’s ranked 15th of qualified 1B. if I open up the PAs to 110 to bring Clemens into the list, his 109 wRC+ ranks 24 of 39.
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20 years later
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Thoroughly depressing Cody. 25% of the season before the first roster move was made on a 13 man hitting staff that has only had 14 players in the season up until today.
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I hope he makes it easy to move Sim to the bullpen
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That was a great read! Thoroughly enjoyed it. im skeptical, but still furiously knocking on wood that Ober can continue
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I think Royce’s comments from the Athletic speak well to his maturity, in understanding that minor leaguers don’t get called up solely because of their performance. The major leaguer they replace has to be struggling too. i don’t think he’s speaking of fans, or management, but of Culpeper who is champing at the bit to take Royce’s spot.
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Why James Outman will not be Replaced by a Prospect
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Trov's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
4 man outfield of Buxton, Martin, Roden, Rodriguez would be very good defensively with a pitching staff that is bottom of the league in ground ball rate and top in fly ball rate. There is no team in the league where good outfield would impact run prevention more (KC is close 2) Wallner demoted, outman DFA, Larnach DH and 5th outfielder, Bell 1b
