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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    The dreaded pitcher batting scenario is plausible
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Are the Twins trying to field an all Dominican team? FSN only airs that darn sports-umentary.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    And Cola watches the same pitch Plouffe does!
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Atta-pepper Fuld!
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Nope, but Escobar would be starting, and P-Flo would rot on the bench
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Why are they applauding Hermann's play? He prevented a double without making an out, by making a risky play. If he missed the play it would have been a triple if not inside the park home run. He needs to make the safe route to the ball.
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    3 walks, one strike out for Gibson. A recipe for success for this fielding juggernaut.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    All of them will be wrong
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    Your right, the slomo replay showed Dozier threw it to Gibby because Cola was playing Right Field
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    It looked like he didn't look for the throw until he got to the bag.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    He's day to day with back spasms, he went out of yesterday's game in the third. He was supposedly hunched over before the game yesterday, but walking upright today. Don't worry, he'll go on the DL in a week and stay there until July.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    I was a fan of the Span and Revere trades, and I still am, but they were a big contribution to the mess.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    I disagree, look at the CF and outfield situation for the Twins, Buxton is the only player who could move a guy out of the roster, but there are three outfield positions. Arcia should be a DH, Hicks is a long ways from being a corner outfielder and at his rate of progression will be lucky to be the 4th outfielder. Kubel is about done, Willingham is done, and the only other prospect in the outfield you hear about is Kepler. Maybe Rosario, but he's marginal as an outfielder.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Good point, but just because you decided to start the season with 2 CF options among AAA and MLB doesn't mean you continue to roll with only 2. There have been AAAA free agents floating in DFA land all spring. Ideal, no, but better than an outfield of Kubel, Fuld, and Escobar. The roster pinch is getting worse with Mauer injured. I think he'll see the DL very soon.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    With an eye to 2015, no
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    CF situation can be SS situation if they are not careful
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Good stuff jorgenwest. I'm very excited for Meyer and May
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, great post stringer. He's a second basemen, and a dang good one. I know SS has been a dearth, but Dozier is a strength at 2b at a position that had been every bit the black hole that SS has been for Twins. Also so agreed, the Twins do need more "heady" players who field their position well AND hit well. High batting average is only one part of the equation, and being a good hitter can be done with high slugging and obp.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Having lived in IL, here's my take: Very corrupt, high taxes for low return (compared to MN where the taxes are higher but the return is pretty good) big disparity between rich and poor, and there's not much by way of social welfare for those who are on the poor side of the coin. Everything in IL happens in Chicago.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    It doesn't take much, I'm happy to have Minnesota between me and ND
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think what hurts more, is the crappy rotation that up until recently 4/5 could only get you 5 innings. It takes two extra relief pitchers who to fill that space. True, the extra catcher hurts, but at least the extra catcher picks up a bat with regularity.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Did it come with the cream cheese wontons? Unless it did, no deal.
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    I still think Kenny Wilson is good depth for 2015, however you can't go into a season with one CF who's coming off injury and for the most part washed up in AAA and one prospect CF in MLB with no back up at either level and just hope for the best. You are right AAAA players and fringe aged vets do have a place, and it's situations like this. PS I realize Hicks is no longer a true prospect, but the Twins still don't really know what they have in him. It's getting closer to decision time, but there's still time for Hicks to earn a; 1) starting spot for 2015, 2) 4th outfielder spot, 3) one way ticket to AAA Rochester, or 4) Release.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    But can you statistically quantify and predict hot?
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Calling Can-Am league pro is pretty generous. Chris has said himself, there were a lot of years he played for free. He was playing against kids who couldn't get into low A level baseball. It's closer to legion ball than it is to the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Older sure, but throw me into AA as a guy who's older than the rest of the players around him, and to say I would be woefully overmatched is an understatement. That's not to say that Chris didn't get any development during his time in Can-Am, but for the most part, the competition couldn't have been there. I think it says a lot about a guy to make that kind of a jump and still be somewhat successful in his first year in minor league ball. Similarly, he made the jump from AAA to the bigs, and in his second season has found a month of success so far, I hope he can regain momentum in May to continue to be a successful and contributing big leaguer, even if in a platoon.
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