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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    8/10 of a run below median?
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    the team had the second worst ERA in baseball. Still awful. Agreed with the intent
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    is utility good enough? Why do you care how much the GM spends?
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://youtu.be/W7EyUY3-Wrg
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    im less convinced, there's the most potential with this list than the others. The pitching staff looks like org filler just waiting to be replaced by prospects. The problem is there aren't any prospects in the pipeline. If trading vets isn't happening, are you really ok with so much filler taking up half the roster? I agree that it's not a rebuild without prospects on the horizon. it's just bad. And patience with bad becomes apathy and complacency. Gotta sign at least one or two relievers who are a step up from Kintzler and Boshers.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    and 90% of all pitchers get badly injured in some kind of career altering way. The Hoyt Wilhelm's and Jamie Moyer's are rare.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    cuz Kintzler, Hughes, Santiago and Perkins are so bankable to build a pitching staff around?
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Esco had 627 innings at shortstop in 2015. His career fielding UZR 150 is .1. He's a fine bench guy and maybe '16 was an injury plagued season and in 2014 he truly turned a corner but I struggle with counting on that.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    not inherently, if you have someone behind you that can get a hit regularly
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    When I read "Should be an 80 win team" and think the meaning is, reasonable expectation to win 80 plus or minus 5-6. Without improvement to the rotation, bullpen or SS fielding, 80 is an unreasonable expectation. As Jimmer pointed out, so is 59. I think 72 is reasonable give or take 5-6 given what I assume how the roster will be constructed for opening day and what kinds of roster moves will happen in the first half of the season. So they could have an upside close to 80 if things break right, but it should not be assumed.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think Santiago starts the season in the rotation, but there's a chance he goes to the bullpen or gets traded/or cut. I'm pretty sure Duffey goes to the bullpen to start the season. I'm 50/50 on Gibson going to the BP at some point this season and maybe a 25% chance he starts the season there.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    theres truth here. Not every (most) decision is made based on merit, however merit or injury is how Berrios gets starts over Santiago or Duffey. I think 2017 should be focused on developing pitchers at the highest level. I dont think it will, necessarily
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    if May and Berrios can't win a spot in that rotation, they don't deserve it
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    they already had Hughes for two more seasons, so it wasn't an immediate need to "replace him". Conversely Suzuki was not under contract. True, it's second guessing, but there was tons of second guessing that move when it happened that winter. The gamble would have been to not extend Hughes and be ok if he walks or is more expensive to extend later
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Park, Vargas, Mauer, Kepler, Grossman, Palka. 2 of those 6 has to be decent first and DH huh? They can't all flop... spend the effort on pitching and shortstop
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    i also wonder what the realistic alternatives were. Unlike Hughes, Suzuki's first deal was one year. Sure, he sucked but it's not like there were in house alternatives. Now outside the org, pretty much every MLB contract for FA catchers in 2015 was a one year deal for a better catcher than Zukes.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    agreed the contract extension was a bit misguided. Disagree that Phil hughes' success doesn't move the needle. While I think the likelihood of success is slim a 2014 caliber performance definitely moves the needle and a 2015 caliber performance at least wiggles it a bit. This team needs pitching and it seems like free agency and trades isn't getting it done, so let's try science. We can (maybe) rebuild him. We have (sort of) the technology! Nananana
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    that and if you need more young close to MLB pitching you don't trade away young close to MLB pitching, you trade veterans
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    in this case the market is one buyer and one seller so definitionally if there is no deal, one side is asking too much or the other side is offering too little
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    if his defense fell to slightly below average he would be the best defensive shortstop on the team. I think it would fall back to butcher and his value would deplete.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    At the touch em all pub crawl you recorded a podcast at the Barrio in lowertown, not sure if it was published Btw every event I have attended (4 or 5) has been great!
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Thanks Seth for sharing Tanner's account. Please pass on well wishes. I hope Tanner has a great 2017 season in either (I assume) Chattanooga or Rochester.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    I would take JDL plus a couple non-prospect low A/high A talent in exchange for Dozier if that's the best offer. Here's what I know 1) Twins need pitching 2) Free Agent market is terrible 3) 2017 will be the 7th consecutive terrible season in a row, with or without Dozier 4) With or without Dozier this team will hit home runs and score runs at league average or better. It only makes sense to trade him. I'm not mad at the FO for trying to drive up the market, just frustrated with the situation.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    how do you build a competent bench platooning both first base and DH considering the Pitching staff will need to be 12-13?
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    i was agreeing with you, and yeah I know what an index is. Just trying to further the conversation with references and not name calling.
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