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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    aha! Thanks!
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    dont position players need to be voted in? Or are there position players that get chosen by the manager like pitchers? If it's a voting process I don't think a position player will get in...
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    thats cuz they only call out the youth
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    not certain ownership is on the plus side of the ledger here... And that's a pretty big item on the list
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    maybe TR read Seth and took it as a challenge
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    i think part of Seths premise is with sending the players down for a couple months to AAA (a development league) is that they go with assignments and use that time to hone some skills while TR jettisons the old fogeys. the challenge I have, is how much do you gain in 6 weeks of development league as a player. And how much trade value does a mediocre veteran gain by playing more? i very much agree with the outcome and I'd be tempted to send Sano down to play 3rd at Rochester every day until Plouffe is traded (hopefully about 10 days).
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    I understood your point from your second post. Leaving it up to the "kids" would inherently not judge everyone the same. I'd love to see Kepler and Buxton up, but not at the expense of Arcia and Sano. If we were giving the kids the reins, you'd cut Mastro, trade Plouffe, bring up Kep and Buck to play every day and let Arcia and Rosario rotate through, while moving Sano to third. You're gonna have serious rookie related brain farts and cold streaks, but you give the kids a long leash regardless of results because that's what you committed to, to gain big steps forward in the future.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    do you really think it's possible or wise to trade ESan effectively 3/4 of a season into his deal? There's still almost three seasons left so they'd have to pickup a chunk of it to move him, which I dont see as likely. Also, why would any player sign with the Twins as a FA if they hand out contracts, no matter how wise, to Santana, Nolasco, Hughes in back to back seasons, and they offload all of them as quick as they can?
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    nope, not clear at all. I was confused too. Cuz I didn't get from your statement that the Twins could yet pull themselves into contention, nor did I see any alternatives to Sano and Arcia that would give the Twins a better chance to succeed now.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    im backing off on 1, after further review. 2 are not chick flicks. Bridesmaids and Princess Bride are not chick flicks. Yes they have bride in the title, but that's where it ends
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    3 of them are "good" and not really chick flicks. The rest are movies my wife puts on when she wants me to leave the room
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    this, giving the big league low leverage innings to an actual prospect with a real chance to succeed rather than taking a flyer on a guy off the scrap heap could have made all the difference in the world to 2016 and beyond.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    true but at 345, there were already two outs by the time Mauer got on base
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    trade Plouffe, put Santana on the bench, rotate Arcia and Rosario
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    i would add Kepler, Polanco, and Chargois need to come up and play in low leverage situations because the team will need them to contribute more meaningfully next year. As you point out, big trades aren't this GM's MO
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    I worry that a trade that would land Trout would put the Twins in the same situation as the Angels are in currently. The Twins need to improve in a lot of ways including outfield, but more importantly they need to improve their pitching. If I were GM any big trades that I would target would center around pitching.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    it depends on what you think the cause and solution are the problem... But lots of them. I'm not saying it's the right thing, I'm saying it's the most likely scenario that Pohlad repeats everything he's done in the past because that's what his dad did too. He obviously doesn't doubt his ability to identify and hire the best talent, so why would he change course now? The goal isn't to win world series' it's to make money that has been very successful under Ryan
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    its not about making the hire that you want. It's about the hire that Pohlad wants. The MO for the entire Twins organization since the Pohlads purchased it has been the comfortable hire. Almost every single notable hire has been of a person who in some way worked themselves up from a lower rung in the organization. Lots of companies work this way Other than Neil Allen, I can't think of another outsider who's been hired to the FO or coaching staff. And NA hasn't exactly looked stellar so far
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    in 2016 he has a 94 ops+ and admittedly too small sample -2.1 uzr. He might be ok, but I expected more
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    just cuz I'm Gen X doesn't make me old... Or does it?
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    At first I thought Man Jepsen is overrated, then I thought "well, if he wasn't the closer would I have such high expectations?" The answer is Nope, he just has no business being the closer, it's not his fault. He's clearly Meh but that's still one of the brighter spots in the bullpen. Dozier is overrated however. He's improved from F- to D, but he's had some fielding gaffes to go with a long hitting drought carrying over from 2015. I am skeptical of his current hot hitting streak.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    when he was wearing an eye patch?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed w/ Thrylos. "Twins Way" is a less sexy moneyball. All the hype about on base guys and strong bullpens have made home run hitters and mid rotation guys cheaper on a relative output over a season basis. We're watching Twins Way baseball. The rest of the division and baseball just got better
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    here's mine 1. Escobar 2. Mauer 3. Sano 4. Park 5. Plouffe 6. Arcia/Rosario 7. Dozier 8. Suzuki 9. Santana
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    that was the touch'em all pub crawl, which was really fun until May imploded
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