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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    can’t I just have a little hyperbole?
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    This is not how it works. The budget is like the government. Use it or lose it. Any profit goes to buy Pohlad another yacht.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    All this Viking gibber jabber.... I cant help myself.....I’m trying...... Go Pack! Whew.... glad I got that out, I feel so much better. I’m good with the Chiefs winning the SB. Great to see a winner who hasn’t won it in my lifetime or been in a long time. Rams are my number 2, at least it’s been 18 years for them. To that end, anyone but the Pats
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    I agree, you are a contrarian that’s what makes TD great. Respect and differing opinions make for excellent debate. On the starting pitcher side, I agree with you. Perez or whoever they will reasonably get is no better than Mejia and the rest. Just roll with what you got. On the bullpen side, they really needed high impact/leverage. With those potential free agents signed, try to swing a trade or convert Romero.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    I’m leaning this way as well. Competitive or not, Castro and his expiring contract will get traded away at the deadline, or August waiver period. Look for Astudillo to start consistently at C in AAA and shortly before the deadline a minor league journeyman C (like Wilson) be signed, Castro get traded for minor league pitching, and Astudillo get called up. To the point, the bullpen as is could be ok, but the pitching as a whole looks like a weakness. Seems like the “opener” will be heavily used as well as “stacker”.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    interesting, your train of thought may mirror Falvine’s. I doubt the ability to replicate success in this fashion, but it would slightly less torch and pitch fork worthy than just settling for mediocrity because it’s cheap.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    The MLBTR article has praised his ground ball tendencies without once mentioning how bad the Twins infield is. That’s why I hate this signing. Ground ball pitcher with Polanco and Sano on the pull side for righties... Ick ...
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    why would you sign a free agent swing man?
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    So, Mejia in the pen huh? Romero too? I’d rather see Mejia in the rotation than Perez. Ick
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Polanco doesn’t have the arm for SS, why move him further from first?
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    or move Polanco to 2 and move on from Adrianza
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    25 mil under league average when you are a 100 game loser is one thing. 30 mil under league average when that 30 mil could be the difference between mediocre and actually playoff competitive is entirely different.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    Wow, that’s a heck of a leap...
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    id love to see La Tortuga with the Ozzie Smith backflips down the first base line on a homer
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    there will be lots of innings for starters 6-8 in the big league rotation, but agreed. Pineda is the reclamation project and nothing is certain with him. Now is the time to improve the middle of the rotation (trade for Gray or sign Gio) or go with what you got for the back.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    you are right, Friday was the deadline to file or settle. Being that they settled, the team prolly didn’t file. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/everything-you-need-to-know-from-mlbs-2019-salary-arbitration-filing-deadline/ http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/salary-arbitration
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    the settlement was an estimate. The player and team submissions appear to be published
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    IKR! Team offered 1 mil, settle on 900k makes no sense, unless there are appearance incentives or rounding errors
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Someone is getting hurt, and the AAA reserves are getting significant starts in 2018. A 2-3 year or longer deal is certainly palatable and would provide continuity beyond Berrios. There's not many pitchers left that I would want to do that with. Maybe Gio. A lightning in a bottle type contract that doesn't impact the 40 man is fine, but should be independent of the opening day rotation. If they can't get a 2-3 year contract on a decent mid rotation starter, it's OK to roll with Romero or Mejia as your 5th starter and still have Bucholtz in AAA for when someone gets injured. Someone is getting injured...
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    option 3, convert starters to relievers: Romero, Mejia and Gonsalves could be good relief options in 2019
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed, but Rod Carew’s career Babip over 17 seasons was .359. .355 BA with a .341 BABIP has happened before over sustained periods for a handful of players. Not likely for La Tortuga, not impossible either.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Astudillio’s OBP last year was .371 and seemingly inline with minor league rate. Buxton who seems to be the consensus lead off man .183 OBP in his injury plagued season, .285 career OBP and his 2017 season where break thru was shouted from the roof tops was .314. Polanco the other lead off contender had 2018 OBP .345 and career .329 Why can’t a guy who gets on base 37% of the time lead off? Why do we really care how he gets there? He never strikes out. Ever. Isn’t that job number one of the lead off man is to get on base?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://www.mlb.com/twins/tickets/season-tickets/flex-plan Things have changed since when I had a flex 40 in the dome. Even then it was worth it. If I had more free time I would get a flex ticket package again. The App is easy to use and you can redeem them up until game time. There weren’t any blackouts when I had it.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    There are many years where the median team number of starting pitchers is 10, so number 11 on the depth chart has a high likelihood of making at least one start....I’m not sure the difference between 11 and 12 for the Twins, or even if number 12 is even in the Twins organization right now.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    it seems like we have/had the market on German, Dutch, and Australian players.... too bad none of those countries have leagues competitive with Japan
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