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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    I'd sign him, but it might be too team friendly to entice Dozier to agree. Yes it's a risk, but much less of one than the Crapsshoot that is the minor leagues or trying to find a replacement via free agency. Let's face it, Polanco might be ML ready in three years if the stars align. If he does work out, you have equity to trade. Win-win
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    i predict the third base coach will be Gene Glynn
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    A. It matters B. Nope C. Manager, coaches, it's just lipstick on the hog. Until upper management (Ryan, St Peter) changes, the Twins will be fundamentally the same. I agree pitching is the glaring need, but it goes much deeper. The game has evolved but the organization has not. I did not expect a wholesale change with the same management. I'm not even certain that's what I want, but evolution has been required over the last decade and now is the time for catch up.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    why? What makes playing a game for a long time necessarily a trait of an experienced coach. Doesn't coaching make someone an experienced coach? Is coaching equal to managing? I don't know, but because pitching coaches rarely make good managers, I would assume an experienced coach may or may not make a good manager.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    I like the idea of the Twins hiring a coaching staff that is not bound by conventional wisdom. Maybe a big group of rookies can break out of the confines that might otherwise hold this team back.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    I have my doubts Plouffe and Dozier will take large steps. Their development as players should be incremental. Arcia on the other hand has room for making the big jump.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    I wouldn't call it unrepeatable. They've had similar stretches (granted with washed up old has-beens or never-was' on the roster) in each of the last 4 seasons. However I agree that there are reasons for optimism. BABIP will continue to be really poor for starters and relievers unless the team acquires both a LF and CF. With Buxton on the horizon, I don't see that happening. Maybe LF free agent could happen, or maybe a minor leaguer (Rosario or other) could surprise this spring.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    if the minors look so good but haven't materialized into MLB players, talent or coaching? Probably a bit of both
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    Guys like Maddon don't just quit without the next step planned out. It shouldn't come as a surprise that it ended up being a team closer to contention and in a larger market and TV deal than the Twins.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    I'm in such a state of shock, you could knock me over with a feather! It will be interesting to see how the coaching staff is made up. I would assume the bench coach will be a strong former MLB or MiLB manager.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    "You gotta be #%^>ing kidding me!... Oh? Dislocated finger? I can step away from the ledge...."
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    i couldn't have said it better
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    every time I hear Ryan and St. Peter say that they peg payrole at 50 some percent of revenue, it's two things: 1 punishes the fans 2 negative influence on the quality of the product. This summer we heard "why not us, why not now?" It was refreshing to hear, even though Morales didn't work. Now we hear, less explicitly, it was a bad revenue year and we expect next year to be worse, so we are maintaining slashed payrole, or reducing it, rather than hearing, "we sucked for the 4th year in a row, we're going to do what it takes to right the ship. We are confident that revenue and the fans will follow a good team"
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    I see the Twins "budget" philosophy very similar to the federal government. Use it or lose it, rather than pay for performance. Ticket buyers, while they have a choice vs tax payers do not, still each pay the allotted amount regardless of quality of return on services rendered. Thank God scalping is now legal or I would never see my favorite team in person.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    we do have a bit of chicken and egg here. Did Gardy play the younger players, or was he forced to by TR relieving Gardy of Willingham, Correia, Florimon, and not signing a staring CF? Although I think Gardy's preference is the young speedy glove guys, there's no doubt he'd rarher have old speedy glove guys, but old speedy glove guys don't really exist.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    These are great summaries on their respective seasons. I look forward to reading more. this summarizes why I think TR probably is going to shop for a quality LF this offseason, possibly a 3 year contract. Because Hicks just went from possible LF of the future, to not quite certain 4th outfielder of the future.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    shouldn't Mauer get his pilot's license now? Flying cars will become the standard in the next 20 years or so. It's inevitable.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    OIC
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    i disagree, it's less thread-jacked than it is addressing the level of concern by the posters of the over-moderation. Which is to say, not very concerned. I for one, like the quality of post/conversation here and feel that the moderators do a very good job of facilitating that. There's some occasional pruning of branches, which gets frustrating, especially when it's me that gets nipped in the bud. But I'm ok with it.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sano might not have Sano's arm either
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    If I owned the Twins I would make the beer almost free just to make the team palatable... And I like cheaper beer than $8 per glass
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    .289/.387/.805 with 6 home runs isn't good enough at first base. Catcher would be fantastic, but first is just ok. I don't want my 3rd batter with 2 men on and down by two runs with two outs in the9th inning to take a walk and leave the game winner to the guys behind him. I want him to swing like he's trying to win the game.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    With a new manager, will we see the same team? Will the youth movement accelerate, or might we see players from outside the organization for 2015? What is Mr Ryan's view of most pressing needs for players? What type of team culture does Mr. Ryan hope to build with a new manager and coaching staff?
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    Vargas might be the first baseman with Sano the DH, it's hard to tell, the point is, more talent is better than less.
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    I don't think Buxton and Sano "solves" the outfield issue. I don't think this moves precludes TR from signing/trading for a top tier LF and signing a top of the rotation type starting pitcher, but adding Buxton and Sano plus a couple key players certainly helps turn this team around quickly.
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