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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    I have an owie too!
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    I like your thought process on the value of calling a game. I don’t have much to add, except the pace of the game is a contributing factor too. That might be an indication of trust/alignment on the game plan between pitcher and catcher. Communication additional to the hand signals seems like a very important skill that I don’t have any statistical data to back up, but my observation of pitchers who work fast and control the game tend to have batters that call a lot of timeouts. I think framing is an important stat until automated zones get deployed. There are 140+ pitches thrown in the average ballgame and meatballs down the middle get hammered, so a catcher’s receiving skills can impact 100+ outcomes per game (positive or negative). That is realistically 3-4 outs per game, maybe more. all the talk about how good or bad a catcher’s arm is, in 2021 there were 2214 bases stolen in 2430 games or .911 per game. 1980 there were 3294 stolen. season to date Jeffers has had 24 stolen bases against in 39 games .62 per game. He’s 30% better than league average. yes, his bat lacks at 74 wRC+. Hopefully the leading indicators are accurate and the best is yet to come. He’s still a very good defensive catcher where it counts.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Prospects are the currency of trades for contenders to trade for established major leaguers. I don’t really get where trading away established major leaguers improves a contending team.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Depends on the cost. For the right deal, absolutely.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Happy Father’s Day! Back to playing with my kids they only barely tolerate baseball, and never on TV
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Good analysis, hopefully the leading indicators predict accurately
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    this one does
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    My coffee matches my soul, black as tar and bitter as hell
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    Adding to that, the Free Agent market next offseason is supposed to be a buyers market for SS again. Lots of free agents, fewer buyers. I think the odds of CC playing on his current contract in ‘23 are low, but not bad odds that it’s for the Twins. agree with you, I think the Twins would be the odds-on favorite too.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Per FG, Jax had 4 relief appearances in 2021 and my recollection was that the Twins didn’t ask him to prep as a reliever until after the lockout. Agreed on the limited initial expectations, but it feels like we’ve seen some rapid transitions to the pen before that were successful. Then again, my lens might be rose-colored
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    I like your train of thought. Through June Archer was trending better as the month progressed until his last start. Another start or two or progress would give me some comfort with him as a starter. Bundy on the other hand, scares the heck out of me. I don’t want to see him in the bullpen either. It seems there are good options internally as we see improving health with Ober, and Winder. I’d like to see a trade for the back of the bullpen type (as you suggested a couple of great but expensive options) and potentially promote or convert a minor leaguer. Maybe Sands could see some oomph on his fastball in the bullpen.
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  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    I have such mixed feelings in regards to Miguel Sano 1 - His hitting was is under-valued by those who concentrated on the strikeouts. 2 - His fielding was is AWFUL 3 - He was accused of sexual assault in 2017 for an account that happened in 2015 and it got quickly forgotten, which still bothers me. 4 - There are better options on the roster including Luis Arraez who somehow became a passable first baseman in a couple of days. I guess I have written him off, even though I've found myself defending his bat, at times
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    This is fair, and no I can’t…. but per the OP there are 5 relievers on the roster pitching once every 5 games anyways, 3 innings every 5 games is better than 1 every 5 games for a workload management standpoint.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed with the OP. I was absolutely befuddled by Soto’s call up. Also perplexed with all of the one inning relievers on the roster, and no swing man. I’d think Piggy-backing would be an ideal way to manage Archer/Bundy and the revolving AAA starters this team needs to more consistently score runs, and Kiriloff should be a key part of that
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Doesn’t the GM make that decision?
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Classic, but not vintage like the Rocket Pig
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Upon checking the bench on gamecast I says to myself: “what’s an Elliot Soto?” edit to add, I was also disappointed to see Sands get demoted. I was hoping he would stick as the swing man
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Who?
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, but you almost never see major leaguer for major leaguer trades. prospects are the currency of trades, so it is understandable the knee jerk reactions.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    I had them at 90 wins too for similar reasons. This team went 5 and 4 against the Yankees, Rays and Blue Jays while absolutely decimated by injuries. they could gain some health and feast on the central some more and end the season strong, so I picked B. they might not be built for success in November, but a couple good bullpen pieces could get them pretty close.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    So you think they’ll go roughly 46 and 54 the rest of the season?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Kiriloff plus Balazovic might do it. I would not want to give up Larnach. Gordon/Moran/Duffey would not be of much value to the Pirates, Duffey would probably be negative value
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    My guess is it was a part of his Covid IL activation plan with the health team.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Long ago? He was activated 4 days ago
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