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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    I wonder if they changed the method of ticket purchase from season to one game how the rankings would change. And I also wonder the same if you weighted the average by seat price across the whole stadium. So the cheapest ticket is lower than everyone else, but there's only 5 of them. Still, interesting, and unexpected
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    its game 1 man!
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    and I missed it!
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think Pitching in general is a weakness for this team. Where KC has mediocre starters but the relievers can carry the wins. This team has no one behind Perkins, May, and Jepsen. My prediction is those three get overworked in the first half of the season while Molly waits for the reinforcements to reach maturity. If 1-2 of the triple-A guys doesn't get ready and come up quickly, and show his value in the MLB, it could be a real tough year.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    What does Trevor May have to do with this?
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    im really disappointed there aren't better options for both of them.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    I'm happy you have your ability to voice your opinion, even if I disagree.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    I'm happy you have your ability to voice your opinion, even if I disagree.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    fair, it was an outlier not the norm, still those guys are available at reasonable trade costs and normal overpriced free agency rates. You don't have to give up the farm to get a 5th starter
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    the issue wasn't the trade of Gogo, it was the treatment and patience. I'm not sure Buck and Gogo are good comps though. Buck seems to have a better head for the game, but that's just conjecture based on a handful of articles I read on the internets. Personally I find it reassuring Buxton is trying to adopt a more aggressive approach at the plate. I agree the Otis Nixon batting avg/obp comp is a different era of baseball. .278/.351 in 2016 would be a great season to build upon.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    Bottom of the 8th, no out, and your really thinking about giving up both of your best hitters in one move? With this pitching staff, every game will be a slug fest
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    im not sure devalued is the word. Valueless?
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    right, and if May proves in 2015 that he's not well suited to the rotation, but is well suited to the bullpen, how much worse than Nolasco could he be? How hard would it be to sign or trade for a Nolasco/Milone type guy if you did lose one of them? Criminy they got Milone for a 5th outfielder But if they gave May a shot and he ends up being special, the gamble pays off. If they don't give May a shot in 2015, when? At what point does he become a reliever?
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Why can't Santana, Gibson, and Hughes be 3,4,5 in the rotation? Berrios 1, May 2. It's not like the rotation was very good last year or any of the years in the previous 4
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    on what basis? You can't take everything TR says at face value.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    you're right! Whatever will they do?
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    worried about running out of first base/ DH types? If Mauer goes down, and Arcia goes down, and Park goes down, then they'll only have Sano and ABW left! Then what?
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    im not necessarily convinced he's more likely to be injured because of his size, more that I think he's more likely to make a foolish decision due to lack of experience and trying to prove himself that could result in an injury. And yeah if they trade Plouffe at the deadline for a bag of balls and a Loogy I'll be just livid.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think Duffey can succeed in the Rotation too. However I would spin your phrase around. Hard to see Duffey in the rotation over Nolasco because this team has a history of deferring to vets and refusing to give up on bad contracts, of which Nolasco is both. You are right, that bullpen Seth predicted looks very realistic, and very poor. They need help and Duffey could very successful there. The rotation needs help too as 123 needs to become 345 or 235. With May now a reliever, who else is ready/close besides Berrios? There's several pitchers getting close in the pen. Not many starters. The pitching will be a sore point until the next wave can establish themselves.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    and if Sano doesn't get injured playing the field, and if the other two outfielders have the wheels to make up for his lack of range. I'm torn on this. I value Plouffe at 3rd, but don't value Plouffe overall nearly as much as I value Sano. But I'm not sure Sano has an extended career at either 3rd or RF. If Ortiz is right, shouldn't the Twins have moved Mauer to right and Sano to first? Since it seems Sano will end up at first anyways. I dunno, maybe RF will work out fine for Sano
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    they could take 13 pitchers. Extended spring training type of deal could give them extra time to separate wheat from the chaff, or swing a trade
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    I wouldn't like seeing Nolasco in the rotation, but I totally get TR playing it out. If I were TR I wouldn't care about Ricky's attitude. I'm sure he deals with lots of players who have a concept of their performance and value that differs from his. If Ricky becomes Icky, it's going to hurt Ricky the most by far. Let it play out.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Hey John, I always like your writing which has cut back recently. Good article, I wonder the same thing
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    see? I wasn't the only one to get platoon candidate out of the Cola comp. Park in 2016 hitting .750 ops w/ 20 dingers, I might not have a cow, but not happy. 2017? I'm calling for the rail to ride him outta town on.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    They did a great job with Duffey in 2015, but I think it was less of a risk for the organization to gamble with Duffey's readiness than it was for Berrios. If Duffey flops and he takes a step backwards in his progression, it's not as big of a loss as if it were Berrios, and to your point, maybe Duffey was more ready, he certainly proved himself to be ready, where Berrios did not. 2 poor starts in transition does not prove to me that Berrios was not ready. every step along the way brings new challenges. for Berrios only needing two starts to adjust to a higher level of competition speaks to how ready he was of the bigs. I agree that Duffey/Berrios competition, Berrios wins. Its Milone, Hughes, Santana, Nolaco and Gibson that I'm not sure if it matters who is the better pitcher. from a contract standpoint, I get why he should start in AAA, but from a talent/readiness/improve the team standpoint, it would have been better for Berrios's clock to start last August/September as well as Duffey.
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