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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    It's a little old, but I thought it seemed ok. Do we have any verification of accuracy? Thoughts on how good the descriptions/techniques/philosophies? http://www.sptimes.com/2005/05/17/Sports/Here_s_the_pitch.shtml
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Arrgh! I got Rick Rolled!
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed w/ Mike, spot on Nick. If Dozier isn't traded I'm not very optimistic for the rotation.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Heyman (or some anonymous reference) also calls the Dodgers "Stingy with their prospects" in regards to the trade. Looks like we're not the only ones itching to get this deal done!
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    the guy hadn't played his "natural position" in 3 years, lets see what he can do. I'm not saying gold glove, but maybe passable if you give him a chance. If you never give him a chance and can't see the writing is on the wall for Plouffe to get non-tendered, then Moli deserves to be stuck w/ a terrible fielding team. Back to the subject at hand, I do agree that the fielding was terrible and would grade the hitters slightly lower than Nick did because the fielding was so bad. Compared to Nick's 2.08, I would have been closer to 1.9. I think Mauer, Rosario, and yes Sano should have had slightly lower grades. Rosario and Sano I would have stuck with them in LF and 3B respectively. I would have given Mauer more time off and away from 1B to rotate in Vargas more.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    nope, I mean Vargas had to hit well enough to create a need to move Sano to 3rd. Agreed with Mike, Moli failed to prepare his team for the future, and that did impact players performance on the field.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    I know right?! beautiful man, beautiful hair, beautiful swing, terrible team, terrible song. doo, doo, doo, doo doo... waaaaah
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Loving you is easy - Minnie Riperton https://youtu.be/zLMYcqBmiX8
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    all he had to do was beat out Plouffe at third who was on the DL for the majority of the season
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    This is exactly the point. It takes a special player to reach such a pinnacle, the penultimate level of baseball excellence, to suck so badly and yet last at the peak of expectations of success
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    so what do the Cards do if the Twins take their offer? "Oh Gee, Sorry, I was just trying to screw over the Dodgers"
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    how long of a view does trade competition see? I mean to have a strategy that involves a competitor acquire a top end 30-40 home run second baseman so they can deplete their roster 2+ years in the future has to be a long roi.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    bingo. I don't care about the money. I care about pitching and maybe a slick fielding short stop.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    i do somewhat buy into the "playing RF impacted his hitting" narrative. As others have posted, he's a human being and there are lots of things that impact us at work that are not necessarily 1:1 correlation, both in the workplace and outside of it. I feel that getting some defensive utility from Sano would be icing on the cake, but agree by all means get that bat going first
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Denny Hocking was bad, but the stat is deceiving, he was actually one of the better players in a terribly inept period for twins baseball. WAR is a counting stat, so he accumulated badness over a long period of time with a lot of chances. In the mid-90s he was the only one that stuck around long enough to keep accumulating stats. T-Nish on the other hand...
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    FTFY
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    it seems like the OP is glossing over the common perception that Dozier did hit 42 home runs but is not expected to do so again. In the context of 30 home runs do you give up De Leon and Bellinger? I hope so, but that's a lot o close to major league ready talent for 2 years of team control.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    trying to predict markets without clearly defined buyer, seller, or currency/credit is difficult or next to impossible. Last offseason I would have said pitcher because of the recent trends in runs scored in the game, however the 2016 season produced the highest homerun totals in quite some time. In terms of value to the outcome of the season and scarcity of talent, I would put Dozier's unique combination of fielding well, power, and durability as potentially more valuable over a mid-rotation starting pitcher with two years left on a similar valued contract... That being said, a market requires a buyer and a seller and currency/credit, but we're looking for two markets. One of the sellers is kind of defined, but not real clear. The rest is very murky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0&t=41s
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    the Twins farm needs some AAA depth, and the MLB starting rotation needs a couple pieces swapped for youth. I think you need a mix. One more AA/AAA gonna be ready in 2018 but could be up in a pinch in 2017 pitcher or 3b/SS would be good
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    and Polanco and Nunez and Rosario in CF and Suzuki. Suzuki has been replaced. Buxton might be entrenched in CF. SS is a big question and there's no real place yet for Polanco. I'm not convinced Profar is a step up at SS, but agree that something should be done. It's only 6/12 of the position players . Geez lighten up
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    uhhh
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    he also has good reason to hide intention
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think he'll go late in the offseason and cheap compared to arb projections to the Rays as a platoon mate for Miller and backup to Longoria
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    good question! I don't have a good suggestion
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    im higher on Castro than you are, but agreed with the third year issue. at least under TR that third year would have guaranteed nothing would be done about catcher until castros third year is up, and I'm certain Castro won't be better 3 years from now. I am hopeful with the new Regime that the future continues to be searched out.
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