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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    i think the window won't truly open until after JM and BD's contracts expire. The holes in the pitching staff are too big and too abundant to fill in one offseason. If Falvine had begun filling those holes last offseason, maybe there would be a chance to really compete in 2018.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    he could have played Giminez or Kepler at first. Heck, get Grossman some reps there. Gotta put your best lineup out there every day
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    I find that the older I get, the more/better equipped I become to cope with grief and adversity. He's still a young man, and may not have as much experience with such things. I don't know that any of this is the case, and human beings are more complex than this, but I can see how this could be one of many contributing factors.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    oh yeah! Result is pretty much the same, but how he got there was the question
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    whoever said it was "good"? People do lots of things, including buy whole sports franchises for bad reasons.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    polanco...
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    predicting more of the old regime leaving?
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed, but I have doubts that Pohlad could be convinced of that argument. Cutting him means there's no chance of recuperating any of that value. Maybe the odds are low, but not impossible
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    do you really think it's possible Pohlad eats 26 mil for Hughes? I wouldn't have considered it, except they took on the dead contract for Garcia. Man that's an expensive oopsie/extension
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    60 day DL is only in season. So you would lose his spot all off season. He's a 2019 guy at best, I'd try to sneak him through the rule 5 draft.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    Are the Twins suddenly sellers? Uh.... yep
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Excerpt from MLBTR "probably had the highest volume of calls” on closer Brandon Kintzler “and some of our other relievers,” general manager Thad Levine tells Jim Bowden and Jim Duquette of MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM." My interpretation "I'd really like to trade kintzler for more than has thus far been offered"
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Twins took on Garcia's salary in the trade. Might the Twins keep that salary (and some/most/all of Santana's salary to increase value of prospect return? Would it actually accomplish that?
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    I liked your ramblings Seth, your ramblings are more coherent than my composed offerings. I disagree somewhat, in that the Twins cannot stand pat. I don't think the Dodgers series changes any of it. The Twins need to continuously improve, regardless of current situation. I don't think this team has to full on "Sell" to improve for 2018 at the trade deadline. I do believe that Levine could trade some a couple of assets to improve the ML bullpen, and trade some major leaguers to improve the near ready prospect pipeline, maybe a wash in talent, but stabilizing pitching could help this team significantly to reduce the blowups and reliance on a 13 man pitching staff. One or two relievers could still mean all the difference in the world to a push for the wild card as that could lengthen the bench and give Molitor the flexibility to use his whole bullpen. World series contenders? no? Relevant to the division? absolutely, and need to stay that way
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    "Barry Bonds"? How about "better hitter than Polanco or Giminez"?
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  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    hmmm seems like the Braves are trying to squeeze more out of the Twins
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed, we don't yet know the prospect that's getting traded away, do we? As has been stated by others, Atlanta isn't just going to give away Garcia
  19. 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.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    April Fools!... errr..., July Fools!
  21. 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.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    ever? Think that little of the FO already? The point was, there's other options than Vargas and Park.
  23. 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
  24. 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.
  25. 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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