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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://www.google.com/amp/www.baseballamerica.com/international/2017-18-international-bonus-pools/%3Famphtml%3D1?client=safari Twins do not have the highest international pool bonus
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    by predicting an outcome, are you not comparing those 4 against a sample to determine who you believe are the best candidates?
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    I'm in favor of sock puppets
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    i agree that Adrianza ends up the every day SS by the end of the season. Not sure about the rest. I think Polanco rides the pine until Dozier gets traded and then takes over second. I think Sano stays at third for a few years.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    According to the team it was cash
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    The only issue is,we talk about Twins Daily Club all the time even though the first rule of Twins Daily Club is... you don't talk about Twins Daily Club
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    and share it with us with context
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    metric horsepower or imperial horsepower?
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed w/ both posts, the point wasn't what a return on a trade should be for the Twins, more of the amount of interest from Pittsburgh. Will I give up cash to take a flier on Light? Sure. More? Probably not. The Twins DFA'd him, so take return on a trade or risk losing him on waivers, not a big loss.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think Vargas needs more than 500 innings at first to say you really gave him a shot. If Vargas is unsatisfactory then next offseason you need to find an alternative and probably a full time first baseman as Joe is on the downward trend.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    When you name two players in a sentence such as this, it is comparative. We compare players continually. If Pittsburg was really worried Light would be claimed, why wasn't there a player traded instead of cash?
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    im with you. I've been trying to get a handle on bbref's RF and i struggle with finding a grounding point with the stat. So these few references to it come with no meaning or context or link and so I rely on the stats that I am familiar with which indicate a very good fielder in a very small sample.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    imperial? Cuz the English use the metric system too
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    if you are serious about finding out what you have in Vargas, 250-300 innings is not enough to make a decision. The straight up platoon on Mauer is probably going to put more on him than his body can give. Need to rest Mauer more than the platoon splits for a lefty would require. If Joe could only play 125 games in '16, how many fewer in 17 and how many fewer in 18? It'd be nice to have the built in battery mate to take over and spend more of your GM resources acquiring pitching.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    #2 hitter in the order is reminiscing of the past. He's not that guy anymore. 6th or 7th batter in the lineup is fine too. Agreed he still has tons of value to the team, not 23 mil worth but your stuck paying him anyways so might as well get some value for it.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    hard to know what you have with Vargas' 500 innings at first.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    id rather have Vargas take the lions share at first and have Mauer and Grossman platoon DH. Mauer would do good with a lighter workload and I don't want to see Grossman in the OF and I think it's possible Vargas improves hitting and fielding with fielding consistency. Vargas is a downgrade at first, but 500 innings is too small of a sample to have an idea of extent.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    to go with this, in the minors almost everyone throws hard, but only the elite command of breaking and offspeed continue to advance through the minors so high schoolers going through the minors don't see the best of the ancillary pitches until AA. KBO players I assume had the same experience with breaking balls but already went through the process of learning how to read them when they get to MLB.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    until the pitching improves significantly it's all pretty much one big punt. As there were no trades to do so it stays a developmental team in my mind. The goal for the season is to develop for the future, and if you catch lightning in a bottle with Berrios and May taking big steps forward in the rotation and Chargois, Hughes and a couple others in the bullpen with the fielding improvements at SS, OF, and catcher, you might be able to become competitive in 2017. This "plan" hinges on 4 to 6 hits on the roulette wheel in a row early in the season. Not exactly high likelihood for success. So yes if everything works perfectly the DH will matter a lot. I don't see that as likely so let's see if Vargas can be that guy.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    very true, but statistical sample sizes have become more important since then. I think there's still a number and it's probably somewhere in this neighborhood and I would assume it's part of a rate over a period of time. It's still there and still important as a part of a philosophy to use all of the tools to analyze and develop players
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    you compared Light to Chargois. It's very clear to me that Chargois would be claimed, just like you said. It's still not clear to me Light would be claimed. He was traded for cash which makes him marginal to be claimed. The biggest difference between the two in terms of woulda coulda shoulda is if Chargois were DFA'd I'd be pissed and with Light DFA'd I feel ambivalent They aren't comparable players at this point in their careers.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    well... Torii is still in the organization.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    i wasn't going to click the link just assuming it was a Rick Rolling
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    well, he is dead
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    i also believe that some consistent fielding of first base for Vargas could help him become a more consistent player/hitter overall and by slotting Mauer in at DH more keep the veteran healthier throughout the season. I'm with you, give the 26 year old who's shown real promise a solid extended chance in 2017.
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