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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Audacy has CCO live - I have it on Apple music
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Great work Matthew! Your writing as always, was superb. One knit to pick: Were you trying to derail the thread before it ever got started? Affinity for Kasota Gold and Powder Blue is quite a divisive topic!
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    No, but he touched home without being called out. frostbite is never safe
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Are you worried Pohlad can’t afford another yacht?
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    I don’t agree with your grade, but very much agree with your logic. I voted a C, thinking, C+/B-…. But probably should have gone B
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    10million is a small insurance policy/buffer. Prospects are a significant investment and failing them in their development by promoting them too early would be way more costly.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, my guess is Alcala and Duffy would be heavy in the mix, but Duran will get some opportunities too
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    It signals to me that they aren’t satisfied with Archer and Bundy who might have a shorter leash than Happ/Shoemaker
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    I dont like losing Rogers, but you have to give value to get value. The bullpen got worse, but the rotation got better and the floor for the rotation raised, and held onto near ready prospects overall kinda “meh”
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Or go with a 6 man rotation until May 1 and release one of Archer/Bundy depending on who looks least bad
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    As a current Wisconsin resident and casual Brewers fan, you'll see me there from time to time. I miss the days when the Brewers were in the AL East...
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    That was a really good article by Do and I’m super-enthused about Duran in the pen!
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    If this is accurate there wouldn’t be a good bullpen in the MLB because the average start is 5.1 innings and has been for several years. I do agree that managing the workload will be critical for the Twins. Knowing when to pull the hook on a short start, having a long reliever ready, and still be in a position to win a game at least some of the time will be critical. When 4/5 of your rotation hasn’t exceeded 110 innings in a season for 4 years (or never) they are going to have to find a way to win games when they go to the bullpen in the 4th and 5th innings. It’ll happen a lot.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    A 6 man rotation in September to manage innings with Ober and Ryan is a third possibility
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Twins have not spent much on the bullpen in terms of free agency dollars, but Duran in the Pen seems like a significant investment. It took years of development to get him to this point, and that has a ton of value. While Rogers and Duffy might have some potential challenges, they both looked relatively healthy this spring. I’m a lot more confident in the Pen than in the rotation!
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Well said Nick! I appreciate your candor on last year’s rotation outlook. While there were many who didn’t like Happ/Shoemaker right out of the gate… I think we all misjudged how bad it would really get. hopefully I’m misjudging the ‘22 rotation to the negative and I’m proven wrong (happily)
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    A ball traveling 100 miles per hour goes from home plate to the left center fence in 2.5 seconds. That would be read, react, call the ball, and react to the call/change course in less than 2.5 seconds while running. It’s not as simple as 3 little words.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    I bet that’s awkward in the grocery store
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Great first post! Welcome to TD!
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    I am not a fan of offloading Donaldson, but a full season of Correa is certainly better than 100 games (at most) of Donaldson, and if offloading Donaldson was the price to pay to get St Peter and Pohlad’s blessing, so be it.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    I gave them a B. Gray and Correa were fantastic acquisitions and they used some creative trades to make it work. Acquiring another front of the rotation type pitcher that has good odds of delivering 200 innings of high quality pitching would have made this an A for me. what kept this from dropping down to a C, was characterized by giving Ryan the opening day nod. The FO seems very confident in Ryan and Ober, and if they are right, that’s a great place to be going forward. There’s a ton of risk and not near enough innings likely to pitch on 4/5 of the rotation, but the hitters look ready to slug it out.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    My vote would be Alka-Smeltzer, he’s been great, and he’s stretched out for long relief, just what this rotation needs
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  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    It’s gotta be Alka-Smeltzer
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Buxton can become baseball’s best CF when Trout moves to another position
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