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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Twin Cities: Pizzeria LolaChicago: Giordano's, or Gino's East depends on my mood
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    According to Wikipedia it weighs 100 short tons or 98 long tons. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Twins petitioned for and were granted a 4th option year for Vargas. I did not see the same for Kepler. Eligibility does not necessarily mean that it was granted by the players association. Maybe it was and I missed it.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    also, a number of people from the old regime are still in the ranks. It takes time to assimilate or jettison those people.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    hes been on the 40 man since 2014 season. He's out of options
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Mauer's OPS is better against righties .793 to .610 vs lefties. Hes my pick for most DH at bats this year at 350. Pretty quickly Park will make his case to get added to the 40 and play a big chunk of first base, but still get 200 ABs at DH
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    if Liriano came up w/ Thorasic Outlet Syndrome, yep I'd call him worn down. Age and innings are two components, and illustrated very well by your posts here that there's correlation, not necessarily causation, and that there's more to the miles argument. One component is injury rate, type of injury, recovery period and reparation. TOS and taking out part of a rib to improve circulation seems like a "you're getting old, let's see what we can do to extend your career". Maybe some day it'll become a more clear cut "fix" like Tommy John Surgery. When Tommy John had his procedure done it wasn't exactly a perfect success, it took a few tries. Best case scenario for Hughes, is he extends his career a bit. His circulatory issue isn't really "fixed" it's mitigated. As to the CC comp...CC started much higher, there's more room for struggle and still be better than alternatives.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    i hope so too, man that pitching staff is ugly
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    Fantastic review/overview! I do like me some Hot Indian.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    im kinda baffled Hughes isn't starting the season on the DL. By accounts he's been shaky and low velocity
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    remember our wager on beverages over 13 pitchers? I do.... And I love Surly
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    of 14 options for 12 pitchers on the opening day roster about 4 of them SHOULD be plan A.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed, but I can see a scenario where Haley and Wimmers are both in long relief based on how Falvine feels about the roatation. Maybe not opening day, but short starts and taxed bullpen with no optionable pitchers loom on the horizon.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    if these guys can't stand out on the worst pitching staff in baseball why bother?
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    i would maybe look to have Buck or Park hit 3 and Sano 5. Otherwise I really like these lineups based on OBP
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    last year he had the highest OBP on the team. Of any stat for lead off, that's it
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    2015 was also the return from suspension mid-season. When everyone else is already at top speed it takes a while to catch up. My recollection (cuz I'm too lazy on Sunday morning to look it up) was Santana looked bad his first couple starts and the pitch forks and torches were out in the forums here. By the end of the season TR looked like a genius. I'd guess a more studious fan could chart his OOZ swing rate by start that season to see well below career at the beginning and well above at the end, average 20% because he didn't have enough starts raise the average up to 2014/2016 is levels
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    it seems like a better arm would allow Polanco to play deeper in the hole to take better advantage of his range, which would i turn give him a little more slack. He seemed to play up so far that there was no margin for error. Tough to live on the razor's edge. Is he still playing up along the base path this spring?
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    i recall the hype was that I was a bit of a reach
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    "The aggregator" quoted this article. Fun to read it here first https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/03/twins-news-jay-veterans-stubbs-breslow.html?fv-home=true&post-id=87636
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sub Dantana with Stubbs?
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    that would make the small side of the platoon even less effective if Giminez is the battery mate for Mauer and Castro - unless Kepler or Sano were 1b against lefties. I would buy into this scenario though with the logic of considering Grossman a DH and not an outfielder. Then with Stubbs as the 4th outfielder and the depth is very secure in the OF.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    With the questions at pitching and SS I don't see this team carrying 5 outfielders on the active roster. Not sure Stubbs goes north opening day or how long he sticks out AAA.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    replacing May might mean adding a pitcher to the 40 man roster as well.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    thanks for sharing. I didnt really get it, but appreciate your expertise
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