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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    it seems like a better arm would allow Polanco to play deeper in the hole to take better advantage of his range, which would i turn give him a little more slack. He seemed to play up so far that there was no margin for error. Tough to live on the razor's edge. Is he still playing up along the base path this spring?
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    its too bad Gibson is a sinkerballer (generally) and the infield is looking to be pretty poor, especially SS and 3b combination. I'm with you on Hughes. I have doubts. Reports are he's throwing upper 80s yet, but maybe that has changed.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    If the rotation isn't the worst in baseball again
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed. I guess either he's worth stashing on the 25 as the long man or return him. If he can't make it on one of the bottom 3 pitching staffs in MLB. He ain't getting claimed. No sense in worrying too much about it.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Haley was rule 5, he has to stay on the 25 unless they trade or returned and the be waived and clear. If he's worth trading for, why risk him to waivers?
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    i recall the hype was that I was a bit of a reach
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    "The aggregator" quoted this article. Fun to read it here first https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/03/twins-news-jay-veterans-stubbs-breslow.html?fv-home=true&post-id=87636
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    the devil you know is better than the devil you don't. And the point is the 5 man rotation on opening day means very little. So if Vogelsong is the 5th man on opening day, I get why. Make no mistake, I want Berrios in the big league rotation all season, but realistically I understand why Levine would choose to protect his depth. Thanks for reminding me of Wheeler. I forgot about him. Having another guy on the Rochester shuttle is a good thing. Maybe he makes Vogelsong less likely to be on the opening day roster. That kind of depends on if Vogelsong has an opt out clause.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    mid season there's much more competition to find Deduno's. As quoted above in 2015 28/30 teams used 9 or more starting pitchers. Few have 4 pitchers on the triple A express, let alone 6 or 7
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    From 1998 to 2015 107 teams used 10 starting pitchers. All 3 of those guys are already in the rotation as well as Haley and either Gonsalves or a scrap heap waiver claim depending on if Gonsalves is close to being ready when the "unforeseen" becomes "we should have saw that coming". May doesn't count as he will not throw a big league pitch. Now eliminate Vogelsong or Hughes and roll with Berrios to start the season - significant innings will need to be pitched by 2 scrap heap guys cuz you're not bringing up Gonsalves before July. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.mlb.com/163495284-mlb-teams-need-starting-pitching-depth.amp.html
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    but your not looking for org filler. You need at least a guy or two in AA ready to backfill AAA and not very far from the bigs. Behind Gonsalves you've got Romero who isn't that close. If you want Duffey, Berrios, and Mejia on the big league roster Gonsalves is all you got at AAA. Are you ready to put Romero in the big league rotation. Thinning too far guarantees it.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    we're also talking about the double A rotation as well. Either you sign a guy off the scrap heap or promote pitchers too soon. I wish the FO had been able to acquire high minors depth, but they didn't.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    also might be that they're stocking up for a fire sale
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    i liked this, but I feel bad about it. I wish there was an "agree" button. Truthfully the AAA depth is terrible still. As Brandon pointed out, you can go old to young, but tough to go vice-versa I'm not happy about it
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sub Dantana with Stubbs?
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    that would make the small side of the platoon even less effective if Giminez is the battery mate for Mauer and Castro - unless Kepler or Sano were 1b against lefties. I would buy into this scenario though with the logic of considering Grossman a DH and not an outfielder. Then with Stubbs as the 4th outfielder and the depth is very secure in the OF.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    With the questions at pitching and SS I don't see this team carrying 5 outfielders on the active roster. Not sure Stubbs goes north opening day or how long he sticks out AAA.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    i agree with your projection and probably agree that it's the right way to go considering the options. It still sucks that there's no immediate depth around Mejia that would allow the rotation to get younger
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    thanks for sharing. Well done QA. I don't usually read deadspin, and if I do it sure ain't sports. Really happy you shared this. It's an interesting story for so many reasons. I hope Falvey and Breslow catch lighting in a bottle.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    Dah duh daaaah!
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    the two themes Falvey has talked about since November is veterans and metric based/enhanced evaluation, no one exemplifies that more than Breslow. I have not heard a peep from the FO about getting younger. At least they're consistent.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    gotta roll w/ the vet, Giminez huh?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    replacing May might mean adding a pitcher to the 40 man roster as well.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    thanks for sharing. I didnt really get it, but appreciate your expertise
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed against Righties Mauer Kepler Sano Dozier Vargas Buxton Polanco Castro Rosario Against Lefties Kepler Grossman Sano Dozier Vargas Buxton Polanco JRM Rosario
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