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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    is it really? How can one say it’s complicated in one sentence, then say that Hunter’s comments apply to Buxton too? Hunter works for the MN Twins. If the Hunter method applies, then why isn’t it working? Leadership isn’t talking a good talk. Leadership is actions and behaviors. Leadership is winning.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    couldn’t agree more, but when you are hiring an accountant, you don’t look at your pool of applicants and say “he’s entirely unqualified, but let’s hire him anyways: just look at the leadership” You hire the most qualified accountant and use leadership attributes as the tie breaker. I suppose there’s this pool of relievers in the x dollar range or catchers in the y dollar range and Levine recruits and signs the one that checks the most boxes and he can come to an agreement to price. It doesn’t sound like that, it sounds like the FO is seeking out leaders specifically, which we know the old adage about too many cooks spoiling the soup. I agree that leadership is important, but there’s a gap in my understanding of how it fits in the acquisition of talent and outcomes on the field. There was another poster that pointed out, and I agree, that leadership doesn’t directly impact individual players. If all Buxton needed to pull it all together to be a superstar, he’d have his mentor by now.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Great interview Ted! If you get a chance, please pass along my thanks to Mr. Giminez for his insights. Generally for anyone to comment. At my place work, part of our development plans is identifying leadership activities and concepts to work on. This happens at every level of the organization, from the CEO to the Janitors. There’s been some chatter from the FO that they may have found the threshold to the “too many one year contracts” and its effects on a baseball franchise. Is it just that this years team is too mercenary? Kind of an odd solution to trade for a rental to gain leadership...
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Gleeman wrote about that 7 years ago. Still pretty applicable https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/03/14/why-arent-more-mlb-general-managers-former-mlb-players/ I’m not yet ready to be done with Falvine yet. It’s only been 2 years. I can’t blame you for your skepticism of them as leaders of baseball ops, but I can’t blame them on this move. It was Buxton and his injuries/ineffectiveness that created this situation. A repeat of last year, and he’d at least be up. How can 30 days at the end of a season be worthwhile at the expense of a year? Buxton needs to hit and stay healthy. The rest will sort itself out.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    why would Dougie Baseball or Dozier’s opinions matter?
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Grossman has negative defensive value, his one and only skill is getting on base. He can’t hit, he can’t field, so his “role” is as pinch hit DH when the bases are loaded in the bottom of the 9th so he can try to walk in a run but it’s ok to lose your DH. Meanwhile the rest of your bench consists of a one utility infielder, one 4th outfielder, and a backup catcher. In the age of 13 man pitching staffs, every bench player must have field and hit utility, especially in the AL. Is it Molitor’s fault that Grossman is there? No. It is Molitors fault Grossman was written into the lineup card 300+ times over the last 3 seasons
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Under
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Billy Hamilton OPS .664 in ‘16 when he went to Arb and got 2.6 mil. Buck OPS .383 in ‘18. In 3 years buck has 5 weeks of tantalizing hitting. I doubt he gets 2 mil in Arb. The gold glove will help, but how much? Maybe 1.5 mil? Peter Bourjos made 1.2 mil in his first year of arb in 14, in 13 his ops was .606. Bourjos only made around 8 mil through arb.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    1) Buxton hasn’t looked like an MLB hitter in any way. 3 weeks of triple A hitting isn’t going to change my opinion of that. He would probably start 19 in triple A too. 2) The FO needs to make sure they have team control of Buxton for the extra year. If he’s healthy, he needs ABs. Appy fall league sounds like the best way to get him some.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, he is interesting as a relief conversion project. I’m not sure I’d risk losing him, but it depends on who else I would need to protect. According to AZ Phil if Stewart were waived unclaimed and outrighted to AAA he would be rule 5 eligible. Whether or not he would be claimed if waived, and/or drafted via rule 5, I’m not sure. I might be tempted to sneak him through waivers when rosters expand in September. https://www.thecubreporter.com/mlb-rule-5-draft Quote: 4. Any player on a minor league reserve list who has either been released or had his contract voided and then re-signs with the same MLB organization within one year is eligible for selection. 5. Any player on a minor league reserve list who has been outrighted to the minors previously in his career is eligible for selection. End quote
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    yup, exactly why you bring up Stewart over Thorpe, so you can get a look at him to decide if you want to waive him at season end and expose him to the rule 5, in favor of one of the 5 or so other decisions to be made in Nov
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Stewart needs to be protected from the Rule 5 draft. Thorpe is a no brainer. He’s getting protected no matter what. Stewart needs some more evaluation.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed he should be a reliever, but i’d rather May be more of a fireman ala Miller. Heart of the lineup in the 7th or 8th get May warmed up.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Wow, lots of vitriol over a player venting. I support the FO in selling. I don’t expect Erv to like it. If I were in either of their shoes i’d feel the same way. It’s time to move on from Erv. He’s hurting his value by playing hurt. It’s a lost year for him and the Twins. Time to bring up the kids.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Field?.... ick
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    I missed one little sentence and y’all gotta make deal about it?
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Why did LoMo pinch run for Grossman?
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    please tell me someone got that young man some hot dogs!
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    For Dozier's benefit, or because you're sick of hearing him gripe?
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://mobile.twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1024376348876390407 Forsythe Smeltzer, Raley
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    they already have Moya up, they need two loogy?
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    exactly! And there’s 11-12 pitchers in Rochester and 11-12 pitchers in Chattanooga, odds are you’ll find a guy or two of 22-24 that surprises you. There’s one 2nd baseman at each. You have to manage the position player pool differently.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    I guess we’ll agree to disagree. Something to consider - Pressly was a rule 5 draftee. Most MLB relievers are drafted as starters. Most relievers have very good years, or very good stretches, but only a handful are very good year after year. In my mind relievers are to be churned through as a consumptive commodity. One that gets purchased in bulk and you sift through and decide who’s a starter, who’s a reliever, who’s on the AAAA Rochester express, and who’s minor league fodder. I feel pretty good that they’ll find another Pressly or two soon.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    Every year I wonder why HOF festivities don’t coincide with the All Star break
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    I don’t see trading Dozier as punting either. Relief pitchers are fungible. Infield tandem of Polanco 2B Adrianza SS probably yields a better hitting and fielding combo than Dozier/Polanco. Added bonus, Adrianza covers more ground to help with Sano’s Lack of lateral mobility too. Dozier can still provide some prospect assets and no way is he getting a QO anyways... trading him now is win/win
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