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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Mets are playing with house money and might just take on Donaldson’s contract, no return to Twins. The Padres at projected $199m opening day payroll would make sense from a payroll standpoint, but don’t really have any pitchers they’d probably want to offload, maybe Snell’s $13m… but probably not. Twins would have to eat salary and provide prospect pieces to make that work. I’d love to try to pry Marquez away from the Rockies… big prospect haul from the Twins to balance on that one!
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    My take on the OP was it’s a whole rebuilt rotation from 21, they didn’t make any moves to actually fill it out with quality pitchers, we’re looking at a worse team in 22 than a 73 win ‘21 by quite a margin. if we’re looking at a 60 win team with a 100m payroll should it stay in place or should it be a scorched earth rebuild? if the FO doesn’t meaningfully improve this team should the earth scorching start with them? We’re in alignment, you might be more optimistic than I am to how the 22 team might perform
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Concur
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Looking at the state of the rotation, aren’t we?
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    First you want Sano at SS and now you want to sign Simmons to a 2 year deal? Quit yanking’ my chain…
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Moderator note: I’m very sorry I brought up the vaccination stance issue in this thread. Please drop this line of discussion as it is going no where.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Fair enough, do you re-sign Simmons and hope for better outcomes? Do you target a different free agent? Why?
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    What in the world are you talking about? I am sincerely confused as to what the intention is with this post.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    The CBA codifies the drafts (rule 4 and rule 5) right? Fees and whether or not to continue to do it would certainly be up for negotiations except that major leaguers don’t really care about what happens to minor leaguers.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Plucking Conger out of the KBO is very interesting!
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    Palacios hit 109 wRC+ in AA last year and is clearly viewed as a utility player at best in MLB. I get not wanting to rush Martin or Lewis. Why not roll with Palacios? What’s the risk? Simmons and his 54 wRC+ again?
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    If the Twins keep losing players to the MLB Rule 5, then some kind of mechanism to expedite development and promotion needs to continue. I like the rule 5 draft as that mechanism and think that is a part of the rich history of MLB that makes it unique in sport.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    I’m a few episodes in on Wheel of Time and agree, it just keeps getting better. I read eye of the world in the early 90s but didn’t get through all 6 (let alone however many there are now) I really enjoyed Eye, but don’t have a sharp recollection of a book I read 30 years ago. This probably helps my enjoyment… really good!
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    I was in highschool the last stoppage. The strike shortened season really hurt, but the 1990 lockout didn’t hurt so bad. If I recall correctly spring training was shorter, but we had a full season of God-awful Twins play. Maybe a good sign for ‘23?
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed on the needs, my execution of the goals would change based on timing of CBA agreement. no matter what I’d sign Pineda and Iglesias to be my Starting pitching and SS floor ASAP. from there it depends on where we are in the schedule. If it’s past Pitchers and Catchers reporting for ST but before opening day, trading for a very good starter and signing a solid traditional setup man makes a ton of sense. If we’re late March or later, I’d look to stock up (2 or more) on roster churn piggy-backing marginal starters off the DFA limbo and skip the setup man. It would be get me by on 3 inning starts for 3 spots of the rotation (including Bundy and Jax) followed by long relief (another 3 innings) until Winder and the next wave of reinforcements proves ready.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    It’s the same question for Simmons. He’s a bounce back candidate that might not bounce back. I would imagine Gordon and Palacios would be your fallback and there’s a high likelihood they get extended service time (or we wish they would) AAA fodder is required with or without Simmons
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Wouldn’t signing a stop gap signify MORE confidence in Lewis and/or Martin? After all if you had less, you’d have ponied up for a long term contract
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    you need to keep them on your 26 man roster for the full year. SS or Pitcher, there's a reason for leaving a player unprotected. I don't believe the Twins can take a developmental pitcher (or hitter) in the rule 5. They Twins can't afford to have any players on the 26 man roster who are not active regular contributors. A super utility guy who never plays because he needs to develop more as a hitter, or a pitcher who needs to fine tune his offspeed offerings is one fewer player who can provide value. A pitcher who has mix/repertoire issues can be "fixed" on-the-fly by tweaking the pitch selection. If you can identify one of those types in the rule 5, the Twins can afford to have alot of long relievers who only throw a couple good pitches. Many teams may look at these types as not having enough velocity to be a reliever, not having 3-4 good pitches to be a starter and they don't have enough 40 man space to carry another swing man. The Twins might need/have 6 swing men for most of the season and rule 5 could be a good avenue to let their up and comers develop in AA/AAA.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    The stories heard from people closer than me, Simmons is a really good team mate. You can see him chatter and direct the infielders on the shifts, he appears to be a smart fielder and leader. Looking at FG, his GB/FB, BB%, K% in 2021 don't look terribly different from his averages. Hard hit rate plummeted. He does look like a good bounce back candidate. If I didn't watch that trainwreck happening (and didn't have strong opinions about vaccination) I would be begging the FO to take a flier on him. I just can't do it
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    Minor league is not a part of the labor dispute, transactions can be made, as well as games. It might be Royce becomes a scab edit to correct: Lewis is on the 40, he is a part of the labor dispute. @PDX Twin is spot on
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Looking at the state of the rotation and the milestones ahead for this offseason, if there's an MLB rule 5 draft this offseason, I don't think they can afford to stash anyone on the 26 man. Whoever they pick would have to contribute meaningfully. There was an article on TD that gleaned a nugget from Falvine on the potential for a non-traditional pitching staff in 2022. That seems more likely now than it did in August. If the lockout lasts until February there won't be much time to negotiate trades. There's no good, realistic, free agents left to sign (maybe iglesias or Pineda, but really... meh). If we were to look at the roster construction through that lens, there may not be much salary added yet. They could come in with an 85-90M payroll in 2022 just for lack of options. They'd need almost every pitcher to regularly pitch multiple innings, but only a couple can pitch twice through the lineup regularly and none of them can get you into the third time through the lineup. No Looguy, no DH - 14 pitchers, 12 hitters and every pitcher but your closer and fireman pitches 2+ innings... they could be cobble it together and be competitive if the exposure limitations of the pitchers improves their outcomes.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    You mean Royce Lewis who last played 33 games in AA in 2019? Yes, putting him in the opening day MLB SS after not playing for 2+ years in AA would be a rush. He might be ready for callup in 2022, maybe before the trade deadline, but banking on him to be a starter opening day would be a rush.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Great story David, appreciate your work and Allison’s support of her son through a long story that still has chapters to be written. Good Luck to Ryan! He clearly has the support structure to enhance his development!
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    I can't imagine the floor would be anywhere close to $100M, the average is around $120M. Baltimore opened last season at $43M. I'd be shocked if they agree on a floor higher than $80m and probably peg Tampa's $70.8M as s competitive floor. I would think an option to hit the floor would be extending rookies and front-loading contracts
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Welcome back Trevor Megill!
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