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Richie the Rally Goat

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 :)
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Hitting too close to home? :)
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    “Bench Bats: 1984 Tim Teufel, 1984 Kirby Puckett, 1985 Mark Salas The bench bats consist of Tim Teufel and Kirby Puckett who could play multiple positions in the infield and outfield, respectively, as well as Mark Salas who could serve as a backup catcher to Butch Wynegar.” this is worded funny. I think the OP means Tim Teufel could play multiple positions. Puckett played a total of 6 innings not in the OF, he was not a utility player at any point in his ML career. He played only CF until 1990 when the team crapped the bed so bad, TK moves Puckett around just for funzies.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    To laugh
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    100% this! To add, Castro’s value is his versatility while being league average, means there isn’t a large drop off when he fills in. He’s a competent substitute at many positions. His utility is as a Swiss Army knife. recreating him in aggregate turns a Swiss Army knife into a whole toolbox full of kinda cruddy barely adequate tools. How utilitarian!
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    Rookie eligibility ends after 50 innings pitched, so correct Festa is no longer a prospect. According to this (it’s a bit dated, but looking at the 90s and aughts time period and then shake your head at Terry Ryan) 70% of top 100 prospects bust. That aligns with my assumptions before reading, and puts some context to what I perceive as a good rookie season from Festa. Top 60 in SP fWAR at 60 IP. 110ish rank in WHIP. He wasn’t dominant, but that’s a good foundation to start with. https://www.royalsreview.com/2011/2/14/1992424/success-and-failure-rates-of-top-mlb-prospects
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    So, go full White Sox?
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Healthy enough to play CF isn’t mutually exclusive to playing 1B.
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    Bear necessities indeed! Ha

  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Sorry work interrupted mid thought… in 2023 the Twins made it to the DS for the first time in 20 years. Then they shed 20% of their payroll with only cutting Sonny Gray, and a bunch of the depth. The Pohlads have made it clear they want to sell and won’t increase payroll over 2024, meaning, remaining 20% or more below 2023’s high water mark. The Twins opened 2024 with $130m and added $0 at the deadline. In 2025, the current roster with assumed arbitration raises should be 135 to 140, no free agents. If they won’t add, then they must subtract. How to improve by subtracting?
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    You’re surprised that the hitting coach for the team that led the league in pulled fly balls and line drives found a job quickly? Yes hitting fell off down the stretch, sacrifices to Jobu had to be made.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    In 2023 when their payroll was 20% higher?
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Rambling or not, great first post. IMO, Dobber is an emergency option, but that contract is still an absolute steal. No regret, not even a second thought. welcome to TD.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Twins aren’t losing 2016 Max Kepler, they’re losing 2025+ Max Kepler. Looking at the trend, I don’t think the fielding drop-off will be as stark as the OP suggests, maybe no drop-off at all.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Absolutely spot on!
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    You don’t get to be a billionaire by being ethical
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Absolutely accurate, the change scope should not be limited to 1 Twins Way. Think: 250 Nicollet Mall, Suite 600 Minneapolis, MN 55401
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Twins didn’t know that the organization they were currently in negotiation with for a contract extension and had already missed $140m in payments to multiple MLB teams were in financial distress? I’m gonna go ahead and disagree with your assumption here.
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  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Buck was an awful DH, but has been hampered by leg injuries. Could moving to first keep his head in the game and his bat in the lineup?
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Yup!
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    Who’s Velazquez?
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed with Levi on the OP topic of homogeneity in the lineup. It’s a problem that the OP kinda covers. i agree with the posters who mainly point to a talent deficit, definitely injuries impacted performance, but there were too many guys crapping the bed at the same time for talent being a big factor there. where I get a little lost is the spark plug rah rah stuff. I prefer to watch that style of baseball. Old school ball is way more fun to watch than the modern game. There isn’t evidence that it actually works, meaning scores more runs. Not in the way that the OP attributes the outcomes, anyways. As others pointed out, Lewis, Correa, Buxton… if a guy that is 5th all time in Twins Grand Slams in his second year not a spark plug, I’m not sure what is.
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