Richie the Rally Goat
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He has more plate appearances in 2025 at an 85 wRC+ than he did during his amazing burst out of the gate at 150 wRC+. In the second half of 2025 he had a 97 wRC+ .723 OPS. His projections for 2026 are right in line .745 OPS 105 wRC+ and his career is .762 OPS 110wRC+. That’s average to slightly below 3B average. is it really kicking him when he’s down? Or is it adjusting expectations?
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Wallner a winner from camp? In 2023 and 2024 his wRC+ ranked 12 and 13 of all hitters w/ 250 plate appearances. two seasons of hitting 40-50% better than average. 2025 was a down year, 2026 may not be in the 150 wRC+ range, but it should not surprise to see him well above average again. He’s a darn good hitter.
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Yup, when Eric Wagaman is the next man up at 3B, it’s Lewis or bust.
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Former Twins. Where are They Now? 2026 Edition
Richie the Rally Goat replied to stringer bell's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Yup, 3 times 2000 (20), 2001 (14) and 2003 (14) edit to add number of triples and to say…. I’d kill for an early aughts young Cristian Guzman type playing SS for this team… :(- 141 replies
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The 2025 team had a 35 percent win rate after the 2025 all star break, and is essentially the same team as being fielded in 2026. why is the bottom 75 wins? Was that a typo and it should have been 57 wins?
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It looks like the team actively got worse at fielding and bullpen
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The bullpen is horrible, but there’s almost nothing comparable, I just looked at starters. Twins starters last year had the highest fly ball rate and lowest ground ball rate in MLB both 8-10 percentage points deviating from median. @TheLeviathan this is what makes Larnach and Roden decisions so confounding. There’s no team that would benefit more from a good outfield with Martin, Buxton, and Roden left to right! Yes, Lee and Bell/Caratini/Rocket Jr. will drive me insane, but balls hitting grass in the outfield is what pitching staff needs least, but all this is minor compared to the bullpen and hitting.
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Better than Manny Margot is a very low bar.
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I don’t see the philosophical change here. I see bad relievers not being retained. That’s ok
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I don't see how the Twins can play 24 games against the Rockies in order to get to 79 wins
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agreed - Larnach has and should hit .730ish OPS and 100ish OPS+, similarly to Gallo, with similar defensive chops. They just get there differently, and Gallo was a $10m free agent, not a $5m arb guy. equally mediocre and baffling as to why they acquired/kept..
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Well said Cody
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Are you really concerned that they can’t find someone on the scrap heap who gets them 80% of what Kreidler or Arica gets you? Why the mental gymnastics over a glove first utility man and a washed up SS?
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This is a much worse team on balance than last year’s 73 win team. If I had my druthers they wouldn’t have done the fire sale and instead invested into the contention window. since they did the fire sale, I would have finished it out and stripped it down to the studs in the last offseason. since they failed to gain any value for the remaining vets, and also failed to meaningfully supplement to make this a good team, I guess a couple decent pitchers is something, but lemonade out of lemons now, is hoping some of these veteran players go ape and have good trade value at the deadline while the next wave of graduating prospects gets their feet wet. having Bradley and Abel is awesome, but I’d rather have a good team or a young team, this is neither.
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Of players with 210 PA or more since 2022, Kreidler is ranked 654 of 654, dead last in wRC+ at 11. A full 22 points below Mr 653. That he has a positive WAR speaks to how well he fields. He could literally fly like Superman and shoot the baseballs out of the air with his eye-lazer and he still shouldn’t be on any big league roster.
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mediocre /mē″dē-ō′kər/ adjective Of ordinary or undistinguished quality. synonym: average. Similar: average Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary. Similar: indifferentordinary Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality; this rotation was ranked 16 in xERA no Pablo, no Paddack, Festa is iffy. There’s upside with Abel, but as constructed this rotation is literally mediocre. its also the strength of the team :(
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“Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical” -Yogi Bera i do not agree at all with the head case label, and really dislike it, it’s over simple and disrespectful. Ober speaks very well to the mechanical aspect of his game, and his process adds some complexity to his mechanics in order to take advantage of his height and extend his release point. i think some day he’ll make a great pitching coach or tv broadcaster, hopefully in the interim he’ll make a very good starting pitcher again
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100% agreed. 150 innings of 5 era Bailey Ober is still better than 100 innings of Zebby’s 5 era plus 50 innings of the 9th to 16th relievers in the pecking order. without Pablo, this rotation desperately needs to eat innings from that god-awful bullpen
