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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    he’s been a starter, and will be one again. He’s not stretched out right now. There’s not enough time to get him stretched out to 80-100 pitches, so if he’s a “starter” he’s an “opener”. Now I would absolutely be in favor of him getting the first 6 outs or so and having Smeltzer or Thorpe take over.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    a 3.35 FIP suggests “he’s not as good” as 2.01 ml era, but PTC pitchers that hang around tend to have a better ERA than FIP or they don’t last. 3.35 FIP is pretty good on its own merit. Perez at 4.64 or Gibson’s out of gas 4.34 FIP. Smeltzer 4.92 but has looked stronger in the vision test. My other choice as a starter for the DS is Lewis Thorpe 3.64 FIP. I agree w/the OP that Dobnak/Thorpe makes the most sense for Game 2.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sometimes you gotta sit through a show to appease your spouse. This was that show for me until Jeremy Bearimy. Holy cow I laughed til I cried!
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    I was right next to the camera well above the press box. I was tempted to start off a “Ric Flair Woo” to get twinsporto’s blood pressure worked up, but I was too wrapped up in May’s performance to time the lull in the volume/crowd noise right Agreed, 100% the crowd was great!
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    is Marwin your starting RF? I think you need to plan on carrying one more position player (Wade or Astudillo) until Cron and Kepler prove healthy. Agreed on the “as many pitchers as possible” concept. Even games with a solid start will be more or less bullpen games.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Today was a good template for the Division Series. Smeltzer/Littell is a darn good combo to start the game
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    The best starting rotation in baseball, the Cleveland Indians, get 5.76 innings per start, to the Twins 6th most 5.55. Acquiring two starters in one offseason who are mid rotation or better in one offseason is a very difficult task. This particular ask of 22% more starting pitcher innings than the best rotation in baseball isn’t feasible.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Oof brutal.... hopefully a strong recovery in the offseason and Buck hits the ground running in the spring
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    I mostly agree with you but, going back and reading LA Vikes and Glunn affirms this for me. Pineda’s intent isn’t clear, reading several times previously including Glunn’s shared article https://www.goodrx.com/blog/common-prescription-medications-found-in-dietary-supplements/ that supplements are notoriously not very well regulated. My previous job was in food distribution and we never ever handled supplements to avoid risk to our certifications. As I said above, it’s not clear what Pineda’s intent was on taking some particular substance. There’s been speculation that he took diet pills to lose weight, but we don’t know that. He may have thought he was taking a daily multivitamin for all we know. What we do know is he made a case for his intent in taking that substance that contained a banned diuretic that it was not to hide PEDs. Make no mistake, I’m mad at him for taking that substance. I’m not ready to label him a PED user because he made the case of intent with the Arbitrator.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Congratulations Nick! Well said, I could quibble with your assessment of Gibson’s stuff, but agree with the sentiment that he is better than he’s been lately. I’m optimistic for the outlook on the rest of the season and look forward to the post season!
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    the diuretic Pineda used is on the banned list. There’s never been a single dispute that he didn’t earn his suspension. The reasons for the ban are well documented and reasoned. I’m still not willing to condemn the man as a PED user because of the information LAVikesfan and Glunn brought up. It’s very possible he never intended to ingest that diuretic. It doesn’t excuse that he did ingest it, just reasonable doubt on a much more heinous crime.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Pineda had 4 more starts left. Their post season chances are not solely tied to 20% of the games remaining.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    plus like 3-5 that could be added to the IL but aren’t yet
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/postseason-roster-rules-eligibilityThey are still a possibility via petition
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    That is really disappointing, to say the least.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    17 games ahead for another 15 minutes, when it becomes 16 Edit: man I am too reliant on excel
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    mod note: we aren’t making this a debate about defining “ace” again.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    It’s too bad WPA isn’t in the fangraphs splits tool. It seems like Duffey has gotten Hildenberger’s fireman role. My assumption his .83 WPA on the season has been climbing at a faster rate since July 1
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Great article!
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    while I agree defensive metrics have their shortcomings, benchmarking is a very strong validation tool. If even one of our metrics said different things about Grossman, it’d be fair to throw out the whole sample as hogwash. All 4 were directionally aligned. I leave “how good” absolutely up for debate. I don’t think defensive metrics have gotten the shades of the color palette, but give you a decent stoplight. I still think Robbie “the butcher” Grossman is bound for going back to his old ways.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    How could you ignore that the article quotes Twins Daily author Mariana Guzman?! https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-twins-latest-hitting-machine/ http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/luis-arráez-hitting-machine-r8003
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Back in the Dome days "Don't stop believing" by Journey was the mainstay after Take Me out to the ball game.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    me too! I love “take me out to the ballgame”
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    if we’re reduced to plunking players over petty crap, then let’s institute the mercy rule like little league.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    well stated! I disagree with pretty much every word, but it’s very well said. We’ve seen this bullpen give up 5 and 6 run leads on a regular basis. No such thing as out of hand.
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