Richie the Rally Goat
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Article: 2016 Report Cards: Infield
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
all he had to do was beat out Plouffe at third who was on the DL for the majority of the season -
This is exactly the point. It takes a special player to reach such a pinnacle, the penultimate level of baseball excellence, to suck so badly and yet last at the peak of expectations of success
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so what do the Cards do if the Twins take their offer? "Oh Gee, Sorry, I was just trying to screw over the Dodgers"
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how long of a view does trade competition see? I mean to have a strategy that involves a competitor acquire a top end 30-40 home run second baseman so they can deplete their roster 2+ years in the future has to be a long roi.
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Denny Hocking was bad, but the stat is deceiving, he was actually one of the better players in a terribly inept period for twins baseball. WAR is a counting stat, so he accumulated badness over a long period of time with a lot of chances. In the mid-90s he was the only one that stuck around long enough to keep accumulating stats. T-Nish on the other hand...
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FTFY
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Article: Game Thread: Off-Season
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Riverbrian's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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im shocked too, but at 30% of some of the deals being spoken of before the knee...
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Article: Dozier Trade Talk Heating Up?
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
dozier has peaked based on lots of well respected research that says baseball players peak between 27 and 30 and the logic that when a 28 year old takes a really big step and the assumption that the research is correct, then "he isn't going to take another big step" seems very straight forward http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9933 -
Indeed https://mobile.twitter.com/MikeBerardino/status/804857667466493952
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its possible http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-pitch-framing/
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im with you, I hope for a big upgrade in one rotation spot as well as the middle infielder is a good fielding shortstop.
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looking at who was available 3 years seems reasonable. If there was another early free agency catcher and if Wilson Ramos weren't injured, then maybe you could make a case for offering Castro a 2 year 17 mil deal and he might take it, but the market is what it is and you always overpay in FA. They needed to, frankly. Revamping a roster happens one move at a time
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i would imagine a call like that might/would/should be scheduled a day or two in advance with his agent. It might be somewhat common for players to not want to take that call directly.
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underappreciated? Maybe, definitely not undervalued among Twins fans. Clearly mean, median and mode third baseman, and most of us(myself as much as anyone) were clamoring to trade him. I do wonder how hungover Halsey is right now....
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he has already signed a 2 year deal with the Royals. Tongue in cheek sure, but not so far-fetched.
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or Palka
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also according to "the aggregator not to be quoted" Castro has three offers on the table. I wonder how much longer this will string out...
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with new management and new investment in personnel evaluation and analytics, we could see Molitor change some of his tactics. I am also a strong proponent of Castro
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doesn't necessarily need to be a 1:1 trade or a 2 team trade. If LA needs a 2B and has the ability to fill a need for say Washington or Mets, we could be in business. Erick Fedde and Reynaldo Lopez would be a satisfying return for Dozier to me.
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ouch! I look forward to the handbook, regardless of the FA SS report
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yeah, there also free agency or trade for a really good fielding, mediocre hitting shortstop. They're out there. Might already be in house.
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This team needs to improve pitching and fielding. Keeping both Polonco and Dozier does neither. Gotta trade one of them and get the biggest impact possible for a high end young starting pitcher. I think Dozier has more value and would bring a better return. I would imagine Escobar would be as good or better than Polanco at SS, need to find a better solution, but Esco isn't a bad utility option.
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im so sorry Jerr. You are not alone. You've got a lot of career left and in front of you and I'm sure you will land again soon.
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Tommy John had 3
