Richie the Rally Goat
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Most seasons he plays 80-90 games, so I’m taking the under at 3. Sports books wouldn’t see the line at 3, they’d set it at 1.9 or 2.2, something like that. No ties…- 43 replies
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Robert Frost? Or Robert Johnson? Is it bad that I hope for Johnson?
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Twins Hire Keith Beauregard as Hitting Coach
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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Halberg, New Bench Coach
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Dave Borton's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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The marble would be the deal maker
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Hang on to those babies! Imagine how rare they’ll become in a hundred years, just like baseball card collections. They could sitting on several 1943 Lincoln Wheats!
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Pete Maki Returning As Pitching Coach
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Cody Christie's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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So Rocco gets blamed when the players are bad but doesn’t get credit when the players are good? The ball wasn’t only juiced for Rocco, it was juiced for the other team’s manager too. Will Shelton get at least a somewhat objective chance?
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Jayce Tingler Poached By San Francisco Giants
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
After way too much pondering on this subject, I think the bench coach does matter relative to the manager, as much as the manager. I think Tingler was a bad fit for Baldelli because neither were in-game tacticians. If neither your bench coach or your manager are tacticians, then you will get regularly outmaneuvered by the opposing team who will have a tactician on the bench. by my little bit of research into Shelty, it was Molitor who was the tactician and Shelty the big picture guy (though his rep as far as I can tell is more tactically capable than Baldelli). That might make a Tingler type bench coach a bad fit for Shelton. Hopefully the next bench coach is a better complement to Shelton such as a coordinator/chess player type to make sure Shelton doesn’t paint himself into the platoon corner as Rocco did night after night. -
how could you forget!?!?! SCOTT ULLGER (coach, Minnesota Twins):first time he slid headfirst into the bag, I thought about saying something. But, really, is it a coach’s place to say something about that? I don’t know.
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That bullpen is likely bottom 5 if not worst bullpen in baseball. A decent 7th inning guy and a 7 prayers does not a plan make.
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Falvey’s thought bubble as he reads TD: “improve the team by getting more athletic talent….”
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I 100% agree on the desire to watch better more exciting and fundamentally sound baseball, I’m skeptical because so much of that is determined by the skills of the players and the development before they got to the bigs. i see it as a Falvey problem before (not instead of) a Manager problem
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Since I feel like Rocco was a bit of a scapegoat and thought while he deserved to be fired for his inability to hire tactical bench coaches, no manager could have succeeded with the team Rocco was handed by Falvey. The pitching staffs were Legitimately very good, I can’t give too much credit to Maki. That being said, this is as good of a rationale for keeping him as any.
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If I’m Jeffers, I’m thinking “this is probably my only crack at Free Agency, make it count” the only way I sign an extension is for a monstrous over-pay which would likely be way too long of a term
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Isn’t that the definition of efficient market? Supply down, demand up, price up? Buffalos with wings are not a dime a dozen
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I’ve already jumped to the conclusion that this is a money grab while they wait for the CBA and TV deal to sell
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Whoops!
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Could be, I assume Ryan would cost the farm, a high wattage starting pitcher and hitter, but looking at this most recent trade deadline, all of the trades kinda sucked. The purpose was not to improve for ‘26, no matter what bologna Falvey was spewing
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I assumed they traded for prospects in high A/double A to be a part of the next wave. If 26 is lost, 27 is potentially locked out, aim for ‘28 edit to add: feel free to substitute outman for whatever rookie contract you desire.
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If the Twins trade away Jeffers, Ryan, Lopez for prospects and the status remains quo… how many wins. would this roster get gutted further? edit to add, I did not lookup MLBTR estimates for salaries and might be missing arbitration C: Johnny Pereda ($.8M) 1B: Kody Clemens ($.8M) 2B: Luke Keaschall ($0.80M) 3B: Royce Lewis ($2.30M) SS: Brooks Lee ($.8M) LF: Austin Martin ($.8M) CF: Byron Buxton ($15.00M) RF: Matt Wallner ($0.80M) DH: James Outman ($.8M) 4th OF: Ryan Kreidler ($0.80M) Utility: Mickey Gasper ($.8M) Utility: Eduoard Julien ($0.80M) Backup C: Christian Vazquez ($1.5M) NA: Dead Money Here ($10.00M) SP1: David Festa ($0.80M) SP2: Mick Abel ($.80M) SP3: Bailey Ober ($5.3M) SP4: Taj Bradley ($.8M) SP5: Simeon Woods Richardson ($0.80M) RP: Cody Funderburk ($.8M) RP: Travis Adams ($0.80M) RP: Pierson Ohl ($.8M) RP: Cody Lawyerson ($.8M) RP: Cole Sands ($0.80M) RP: Anthony Misiewicz ($.8M) RP: Fungible Reliever 1 ($0.80M) RP: Fungible Reliever 2 ($0.80M) NA: Dead Money Here ($0.00M) Payroll is 64.34% under budget
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This ‘26 team, Pereda is not a significant step down and would cost a fraction of Vazquez contract. the question I have, is would they sign Vazquez to backup Pereda when they trade Jeffers?
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In regards to the bolded part, I think you are missing a detail. All great managers (any industry) are at minimum, above average leaders. Leadership is not about being liked, as you astutely point out, but it is always penultimately about respect, and excellent communication. No one can be a good leader without those two skills with the ability to give and receive…Those two skills are two way streets. Usually those two skills coincide with some level of affinity. If an individual really dislikes another, it’s almost impossible to hear what they mean. A leader delivers a message in a way that is meaningful to the receiver and listens with empathy to receive the message in the intended way. No one can do that with a certain level of personal dislike. on the underlined, that’s my fear too. The executive micromanager too overwhelmed to let things go and can’t lead anymore or execute. It’s a scary thought.
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All three in the top 10! Historically, what percentage of the MLBTR top 10 actually get traded in that offseason? how many of those three actually do get traded before Buck waives his no trade clause?
