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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Joe Ryan, Jake Odorizzi, Jhoan Duran, Sergio Romo were all acquired via trade
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    With the Thermometer graphic bursting through the top when the bake sale reaches its goal
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    I have it on my Prime list! Great write-up
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    “Liaison Assistant Surrounding The Health Of Payroll Efficiency” OMG, I just lost it… too funny
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    When your 3 years old, 3 years is a lifetime, when your 30 years old it’s a first marriage or line on a resume, when your 60 it’s not long at all, when your 90, it’s a blink.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Preston Mattingly is close in age, born in ‘87, but Zoll might be younger, he graduated undergrad in 2012 so likely born in the late 80s/early nineties. However the majority of MLB GMs are in their 40s, he’s young, but not “that young”
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Matt Wallner’s .894 OPS 155 wRC+ put him in the top 15-20 in the MLB and he’s “borderline”? Festa’s results were very good for the 7th starter. 60 innings at 27% k rate is top 30ish in mlb. Mathew’s results were good for an 8th starter 24% k rate puts him ranked in the 60s. Yes, there’s more to pitching than Ks, but there’s a lot to work with for those two. Future is very bright
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    if you sort by most aggregate WAR, the largest pool is Free Agency and the Twins are towards the top of the list (number 6, I think) It just tells you that the Twins lose less talent to free agency than other teams.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, both directly reducing overhead and also likely retention efforts by Pohlads to keep Falvey and Zoll from taking laterals knowing at some point they’ll be fired. DSP getting a “demotion” keeps him as a voice to help shepherd Joe and keep DSP on the board.
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Team&affiliateId=mlbapp-android_referral
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    With the pressure to reduce payroll, who they subtract and how seems to matter a lot too
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    In 2023 the Twins had 186 PAs as PH ranked 3rd in MLB, they were rewarded a 101 wRC+ in those 186 PAs ranked 6th. Alternatively they had 345 PAs LHH vs LHP ranked 21, for a 62 wRC+ ranked 27. in 2024 the Twins had 182 PH PAs ranked 3rd for a 57 wRC+ ranked 23rd. Conversely 194 PAs LHH vs LHP ranked last, for wRC+ of 80 ranked 18. in 2023 they applied the Preperation H correctly, in 2024 they bought a case of Preparation G, slathered their whole body in it, and didn’t have the skills on the roster to stop applying the Preparation G, or realize that they would have been better off hitting the Lefty on Lefty rather than PH.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    I believe the Pohlads would keep payroll down below 130 regardless of sale, but agreed, it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy just to make numbers look better for the accountants
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, but the new media deal is exactly why the discussion is ongoing.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    An additional element to the “dial not switch” train of thought. your 26 man roster is dynamic. The mix of skills shifts as the season progresses. Injuries and ineffectiveness are going to ebb and flow. It’s an eventuality. the more plan A relies on platooning, the harder it is to maintain the correct portfolio of skills. Not only do you need a backup RF, but you need one that offers both sides of the platoon split. The more you platoon, the more you are forced to platoon. the more diverse your product portfolio, the more SKUs you need to support. The more SKUs the more overhead to manage. The roster is limited to 26 active, 40 total, portfolio is getting bigger than the overhead can manage, and is cannibalizing sales.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Absolutely correct, read the article. 35,800 per year. 1200 per week during the season, 250 per week off season, they do not get paid for two months, December and January. they get Per Diem when they travel, but they’re traveling. 17.25 x 40x52=35,880
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Standard AAA contracts are $35,800 per year. That’s starting pay at the Target down the street from me.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Who should be traded away? For what? who replaces them?
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    What kind of isopod? What makes them fun?
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    I have a dog, Pembroke Corgi named Ziggy. He’s a good boy.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    I don’t believe he does have an option. It looks like he was optioned ‘22, ‘23 & ‘24
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    There’s 26 man issues. When Castro leads your team in plate appearances and your 3 best hitters each play fewer than 86 games, the backup quality degrades, and that was with a competent everyday first baseman. i don’t see how the Twins can go into 2025 with Kiriloff on the 26 man. Not with all the other roster issues they’re facing.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    A Lefty that can get Righties out works as well. If you’re playing chess, it would be good to have a full set of pieces. Rocco never had a Lefty that caused the other manager to suboptimize the rest of the game.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    Will Smith had such a bad year pitching for the Royals that they converted him to a Catcher for the Dodgers? Link goes to the wrong Will Smith :)
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Hitting too close to home? :)
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