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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    tee ball?
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Leadership clearly has value in sports and in professions. Much like professions, sports struggles to try and fail at quantifying leadership. BD has been outspoken about GM decisions in the past. This year's comments regarding the mini-sell followed suit, however his public message this year was a little more mature. Clearly unhappy with the situation, but more focused on a "defiantly positive" outcome, rather than a feeling of being slighted. He was more team behavior focused rather than individual emotion focused. While still struggling with quantification, I feel like his improved leadership behaviors more than balance out his slight fielding deficiency. Man it's great to see him grip it and rip it. 34 home run season following a 42 home run season!
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    I'm scared off by the injuries to Buxton and Sano, which is probably the impetus for them to deal as well. So I'd lock them both up with the hopes that they would A - stay healthy B - have an impetus to negotiate Rosario I'd definitely lock up - if the selectivity at the plate is real, he's a middle of the order bat and a good fielder with a track record of staying healthy. If it's not real, he's still good player with the opportunity to continue to refine that skill. Berrios I would not lock up, injuries are too large of a concern. Need to churn and burn pitching.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed, but it might take you all offseason to get these three deals done. As important as they are, multitasking would be ill-advised. It would certainly make it easier to acquire pitching at the 2018 trade deadline and next offseason.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Gibson might not be a tale of two halves, as Gibson's season as a whole was slightly worse than his career stats (Fangraphs source) Career ERA 4.70 xFIP 4.21 2017 ERA 5.07 xFIP 4.35 His K rate, BB rate, and Hard Hit rate were all elevated in 2017 over his career. Rather than two seasons, to me it looks like the second half was just his normal streakiness throughout his career. He is what he is. Maybe he should be resigned, but he absolutely should be on the 5th starter bubble in spring training. I'd think about non-tendering him and sign him to a lower contract later.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    because Circle Me Bert has been suspended at least once for not being able to filter himself on live TV as a commentator and blatantly gave the finger to a TV camera, as well as he's been off loaded by the Pirates and Twins for being "disgruntled". In short, if he's an outspoken pain in the booty, he's probably not a good influence on young players.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    this. I feel bad for Allen. He seems like a good guy, even if he made a very bad decision last year, it was only one that I know of. At the end of the day, the coaches need to be aligned with the coaching specialties that emphasizes the players strengths. To go with Falvey's mention of curve emphasis, Berrios is a curveball pitcher and it seems like Falvey will be targeting similar pitchers.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20170629/outfield-shifts-have-helped-twins-defense
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    This is a different narrative than how this line of discussion started. Initially you posited that Falvine was trying to save face but get away from Molitor. Now it's all in Molitor's hands? Agreed, the time this is taking to work through indicates a sticking point in what should be a pretty routine contract negotiation. As others have said, at this point I believe Molitor might be mulling over retirement.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    im tracking with you, it seems more plausible with what, 36-ish hours passed that this may well be what's happening. I still don't get the mechanics. Low ball offer leaves a lot of evidence and of course the counter offers and etc" A discussion with PM that goes "look Paul, we're making you an offer to save face for all of us, here's how it's gonna go...." has all kinds of issues, not least of which is Falvine trying to change the organization so offering the guy a different job in the org follows the same logic, and carries all of the same "club" mentality.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    36 mil for arbitration salaries? That's 4x what those players made in 17. Seems steep
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/10/how-they-were-acquired-cleveland-indians-alds-roster.html Indians are about 50/50 draft and trade for their amazing pitching on the ALDS roster. There are some high upside arms in the Twins system, and some trade chips. I'm interested to see what Falvine can do with them.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    depends on the situation, possible, though unlikely, for a double play on the sac attempt. For the sake of the discussion here, it all depends on the discussions Molitor and Levine have had. Do they agree on the strategy and tactics based on the data? I'm not sure they do, though that might be some wishcasting on my part. To me the data says station to station is the highest likelihood to score multiple runs in an inning/game/season. That's not to say you should never steal, just be selective. That is to say should almost never bunt. It's almost always a wasted out, even with Buxtons fastest right handed home to first time.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    interesting, seems plausible but how would one go about orchestrating this devious plot?
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    I don't believe there is any doubt in Molitor's leadership and communication skills. He is well regarded on those two skills, and this season showcased them well. I think it comes own to Molitor's ability (or willingness and ability to learn how) to implement the vision of the front office. The rumors have ben that Molitor has put in a great effort to learn the new FO's tools and align to the vision. I wonder if effort and willingness to learn is enough.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    how could I forget that it was Smith in '13?
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Gee was good in the bullpen, especially as the fireman type role for a couple innings at a crack. I would not want him in the rotation at all. With a decent chance of Gibson and Mejia in the rotation, this role has a high likelihood of importance for 2018.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    it might have been Terry Ryan setting that 113 mil cap, more than Jim Pohlad. Agreed, might not be 125 mil, but might be 115-120, who knows what a post season birth might do to loosen up the purse strings?
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Ramos got 2 years, 6 mil per season as a flier just in case he's healthy enough to play at all in 2017, and probably not until 2018 based on the medical reports that were out at the time. http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/free-agents/2017/catcher/
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    I'd prefer to watch 3 other outfielders play over Granite, but agreed, he's certainly a good 4th/5th outfielder.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Oh man! Bring on the bullpen
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    EDDIE! Eddie! Eddie!
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Woooooooo! Way to lead off BD!
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    blake beat me to it, but in all seriousness, a dose of kids cold meds and an Ipad with cartoons has done that job.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Ipad loaded with cartoons and little dab of booze in their sippy cups
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