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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    dang! Well predicted for Milone, he pitched very well today
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Can't agree more that the bullpen and outfield are serious issues, starting pitching is a big problem too. There might be some young starters and relievers on the way soon that should provide improvement, but outfield is a ways off.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Umm, 82 games in the NBA season, so... 9/10 of a game, not a possession... True, don't overreact to the first few games of the season, but I like to think that if the team continues down this path, it becomes more likely real change is made this season. Not just a little lipstick on the sow
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Dude abides... But even the dude couldn't abide by letting that poor woman get killed. He's a pacifist when we need a Walter Dubcek to take action. As I see it, Pohlad is the Dude and Walter is the owner I want, ready to bring an mp5 sub machine gun and jump out of a moving vehicle that he is driving... Ok I got a little derailed, but the point is we've waited for 4 years, and year 5 looks just as crummy. When is the owner going to bring in a GM who will actually rebuild the team?
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    so you have given up on the Twins and want to give Ploufe a chance to play on a winner? How magnanimous towards Plouffe. I feel that way towards Mauer
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    ditto
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed that his pay is irrelevant to his skill/ability/statistical probability of being good. Pay is relevant to expectations and most of the articles on TD and across Twins territory called Santana the 2nd or 3rd best pitcher in the rotation, it was obvious that the consensus was that Santana was going to be better than replacement level. Founded in level headed statistical analysis? Probably not, but that's not the point, the point is, if the GM thinks highly enough of Santana to hand him that kind of salary, there's going to be expectations of living up to it.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    if only Santana was the 5th starter, you need to expect more than 1-2 wins difference between a guy on a 20 mil per season contract and guy you just relegated to the bullpen, otherwise, why did you spend the money? Just float a whole rotation of Mike Pelfrey's because it's only the difference between 65 wins and 72 wins.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    One would think there would be provisions in the contract for such things. Something to the effect of "if the player gets convicted of PED use by MLB the remainder of the contract is null and void" might have done the trick
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    i would rather have Pinto's bat in the starting lineup at catcher
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    this is the reason why I disagree with Nick's assertion that Robinson/Schafer was the breakout for defense. If the FO cared a bit about OF defense, Arcia and Hunter wouldn't both be the corner outfielders. If you need to sub out both corner outfielders to make a competent fielding outfield AND one of the subs is a catcher, something has gone awry. Edit: to clarify, I think the hope with CF is for one of them to catch lighting in a bottle and create trade value. I don't think its because the Team particularly wanted Hicks to get AAA time or that Schafer/Robinson were necessarily the best options.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    just say no to three catchers
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    It's really fun seeing posters who aren't the usual suspects! I dunno Jim. Buxton and Berrios seem to be 2016 or later. Sano probably not until September. May should be taking Santana's spot right now and so far it looks like Pelfrey, so if May and/or Meyer with all of their minor league track records and upside combined can't beat Mike F'ing Pelfrey now? When? Bullpen, yeah if there isn't huge turnover throughout the season, it's because every pitcher at AA and AAA is having Tommy John all at the same time.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Washed up old never was city
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    we have no idea how the conversation went. By all accounts both TR and Pelf a standup guys, but it could have been something very different than what they are saying to the media. It also could have gone exa
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    this 100%. I think May is going to triple a because he isn't stretched out enough to start the season, but there is still some time.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    sigh.... I though spring was for hope
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    not that I am a fan of how these races shook out, but if no one "won" the position, do you put in a rookie who isn't ready or a veteran who can't get any worse. I hope that Trevor May, Alex Meyer, Aaron Hicks and Eddie Rosario all earn their way onto the big league roster this season. Disappointed? Sure. Surprised? No. Maybe Milone and Robinson/Schafer will earn enough value to be trade bait. It's a long season, this isn't even the beginning yet
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    i like the optimistic idea of Rosario, but what if he struggles? How will the Twins respond? Quick hook to triple a, or ride it out like Hicks, or somewhere in between? There's a lot of uncertainty there, but the upside of having Rosario with some good MLB experience' being the CF for as long as needed and being the defensive replacement for Arcia in the late innings, or moving Arcia to DH or RF and taking over left when Buxton comes up is really appealing. Realistically, Rosario needs more minor league seasoning before becoming a regular big leaguer.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    whom do you suppose pays John to write? Maybe I shouldn't post this... But shhh... Don't tell.... I get this service for free! I don't know if John gets paid to write, it doesn't matter, I just wouldn't make that assumption, unless he works for say NBC sports hardball talk, or something. Personally I would agree, reading is hard, and one of the few things harder is writing, which is why I rarely blog and my posts are terrible but I appreciate all of the hard work by all of the TD contributors and community' especially during spring training. Some spring soon I'll take John's advice and make the trip.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    The cooooodes! He might have the cooooodes to the Mauer
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    this is how it should have happened, but it didn't. 2014 wasn't his first season in the majors, it was his second. His hitting was aweful but can be improved. His fielding was awful that can be improved too. So you have a prospect who is an awful hitter and poor fielder(-10.9 UZR per Fangraphs) on the big league club. That's doing him and the club a huge favor. Are Robinson/Schaffer batter? Maybe fielding wise, but if they struggle, who cares they aren't prospects. All of Hicks' issues might be fixable but is the big leagues the place to do it?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    im no expert, but Ken Rosenthal says that sign and trades are still banned. The point is to keep teams from accumulating sandwich picks via sign and trade deals. In this case if sign and trades were legal the Twins could trade Stauffer to San Diego, San Diego could then have Stauffer and the Comp pick they received for Stauffer (assuming qualifying offer was made) and the Twins would get whatever the agreed upon tradeable asset, say AAAA CFer. It would drive up the instances of qualifying offers and collusion.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    ditto, maybe I thought Berrios was knocking on the big league door a little louder than he actually was, but I figured as a result Moli would want a longer look at him.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed, Mauer's productivity is based on OBP, it's just obp based more on hitting than walks, hence the BABIP statement. Mauer for the first time since Morneau pre concussion, has good power hitters batting behind him. No pitcher will give him as many free passes as he previously received. Mauer is a good player, even after his worst season as a pro, he's still one of the best players on the team, just more of a Wade Boggs than a Paul Konerko. As for Dozier, he does need to improve, BA is one of the areas, power comes and goes, but BA for a high strikeout guy can help bridge power gaps. I am just less worried about it because Dozier has shown more home run ability. Ask me again in September when Dozier has come back down to earth? I'll be calling for Polanco to take over at 2nd and call TR to question why he didn't sell Dozier high. I'm ok with being a hypocrite.
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