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Richie the Rally Goat

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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    there is opportunity cost. While I'm in favor of this move, depending on who gets sent, trading away prospects on low wattage moves means you can't package them on a higher wattage move.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    April Fools!... errr..., July Fools!
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think hat's changed is that Cleveland was supposed to dominate the division, and hasn't yet. Agreed with those above, can't really go "all-in" but need to improve the rotation and bullpen for this year and 2-3 years to come.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    ever? Think that little of the FO already? The point was, there's other options than Vargas and Park.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Mauer is signed thru 2018. It's very possible Brent Rooker takes over 2019. If he or another in house option isn't available/ready, a Mike Napoli type is usually available. I'm not worried about Vargas/Park. Time to get Granite a taste of the bigs. Can never have too much ML talent
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think Berrios' failure in 2016 led to his success of 2017. Berrios hadn't really failed previously. He's shown the fortitude to overcome that failure. I think that fortitude is an important soft skill required to make that early jump viable. As a person by person trait, some people have it, and others don't. It seems the FO saw that fortitude in Jorge, and in Romero, to where they thought, if they stretch those guys further than they are ready, they will respond positively and make the adjustments and put in the work to realize the goal. I do like the idea of stretching many of these double A pitchers to get the youth movement started. It will also provide a mechanism to pull the whole "supply chain" of minor league pitching forward. The Twins need to develop depth behind Jorge, Romero and Gonsalves in a hurry.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    minor league deal https://mobile.twitter.com/MikeBerardino/status/877335149477863424 So, you know, he'll be catching a flight from Rochester to Minneapolis in about 8 days
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  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    off the Sears Tower? It is Chicago after all
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Shouldn't the 4th though have been Italian hospitals? Italians sure are smart. Augie Ojeda (or Brett Fabre) is a fantastic way to give someone intravenous fluids. Go Twins
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    thanks! He's my second. I also have a 3 year old daughter, when I was home for parental leave with her, I finally after 2 years went from Lurker to Poster. Seems like parenthood and TD go well together for me and my children.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    my son was born yesterday. I'm reading to him from TD
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    under hand
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    please do! Really enjoyed the article writing and the format
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    no, no, he was traded to get Kevin Jepsen
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Good stuff, thanks to Seth and Keith. I wish I weren't traveling for work right now.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    i don't know how much influence Hughes has, as much as I can guess that over the course of a season hard hit balls are caught less frequently than soft hit balls. His ERA must correlate at some point, right? I realize that I'm trying to do some loosey-goosey predictive assumptions but it seems to make sense in my head. Otherwise, if ERA is entirely in the pitchers control, what is the point of FIP?
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    His hard hit rate is highest of his career as well, which adds some support to your gut http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=7450&position=P Only so many of those hard hit balls will be catchable by Buxton
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    he passed waivers twice. Why is this a concern?
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    The DFA'd DanSan who clearly was claimed. Getting anything not on the 40 man is better than nothing
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Louie Opatz has some good analysis of the situation w/ Joe http://www.twinkietown.com/2017/5/5/15540728/what-exactly-is-joe-mauer-up-to-contact-babip-strikeouts-walks-minnesota-twins-mlb
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    i struggled w/ the chop too
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Springsteen's early work was/is amazing and I agree he's at his best in the stripped down setting. I love Nebraska, fantastic album. The Rising has grown on me in the context of post World Trade Center America.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    but that's the issue with trading away pitching isn't it? Depth is thin, so you can't really trade it away unless you're getting back 2 close to major league ready pitchers. That's tough to swing.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Erv's BABIP is .074 compared to his career .285. His FIP is .284 compared to last year's .381 and career .421. So he's pitching better, but he's also benefitting from Buck and extremely lucky. Count me as skeptical but very happy with the results. I certainly wouldn't extend him, but the rotation needs depth, which trading him most likely thins. Enjoy the ride and hope for the best, I guess
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