Richie the Rally Goat
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Come for the Twins Talk, stay for the 80s sitcom puns. i tried to work in a Richard Moll pun but couldn’t figure out how to not have to moderate my own post
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I’d DFA Bell promote Wallner for reasons laid out earlier, demote Fedko, he’s not trusted to play, promote Roden for RF. Move Clemens to 2B (cap tip to @ashbury) and Keaschall would be on the bench with Martin.
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Agreed, Bell and Wallner are superfluous to each other Bell’s career 111 wRC+ vs Wallner’s 122 career wRC+? If Wallner’s stint in AAA cured what ailed him, I’d go with the 28 year old Wallner who’s down year last year was Bell’s career.
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You seem awfully sure without providing any support for your assertions. why should Zoll follow your advice over the team of scouts and analysts at his disposal?
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Richie the Rally Goat replied to C-Gangster's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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to the OP, Kreidler’s hitting will likely suffer from where he has been, but can’t be any worse than Gray’s and is a much better fielder. Agreed, Kreidler should be the primary SS until Culpepper is healthy.
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Richie the Rally Goat replied to C-Gangster's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Last night? For the Twins only? Because this season FG does not agree with you? he’s terrible Season to date, but not that bad/good 11.89 k9, 2.57 hr9, 1.89 whip -
Paredes and Rojas piggy back today? If so, I would hope Rojas got the traditional start and Paredes finished it out, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Why wait? What does Culpepper have to do to prove he’s ready?
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Awesome to wake up to a W on Fathers Day
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Go Twins!
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That’s a Twins development and player acquisition gap causing the losing record not a positional flexibility causing a losing record. Better players play better baseball, flexible teams score more runs because they keep better players on the field more. This team sucks because it has been overly reliant on bad players who are washed up or never was. its an old article, but I would be shocked if it didn’t still hold true. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/19800/bp-unfiltered-why-multi-position-players-matter/
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The roster limits put in place, combined with the heavy reliance on a huge bullpen makes the bench shorter than it used to be
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I agree with your critique of the OP, when introducing a stat that isn’t in the baseball savant glossary, definition is required. i can tell you that Barrel Rate is not a contact stat, its a rate of exit velocity and launch angle falling in an idealized range. it’s weird they call it barrels when it’s not about where the bat impacts the ball
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I hated the deadline trades, hated more last August, September through the offseason where the FO actively made the team worse. now? If they’re going to suck badly relative to a league where 5 out of 15 teams are above .500 and the 6th playoff team half way through the season is below .500… blow it up, scorched earth rebuild. It’s beyond salvaging during Buxton’s contract.
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And here I was wondering what ZZ Top had to do with REM…
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To your very valid point, The mechanics of throwing a pitch versus throwing a pick off for a pitcher are very different. pitchers tend to struggle with the live game transitions between the two. the “how” in the mechanics and the “what” in the muscle groups in the throwing motion are different and would need to be practiced and developed differently, but Miguel Sano recovered from Tommy John surgery and regained his throwing mechanics and strength to throw very well across the diamond. His waist line never recovered, but his a did
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If you believe Clemens current state continues into the future. He’s 30 and a minor league journeyman, not sure I believe it or that I would prefer said 30 year old journeyman get time on this roster over a 23 year old who had a 123 wRC+ last year
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Building muscle and improving throwing mechanics can help. Pitchers do this all the time.
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They’re better than “holding his own” but not really “excelling”. wRC+ is league and park adjusted but not position adjusted, 100 is league average hitter all encompassing.
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Correct, the question Brock posed was “Should they?” Not “Do you want them to?”. Buxton and Ryan are the only reasons to watch right now. I want to keep watching them in Twins uniforms. They should trade them while they can. With the looming labor strife and lost season, this team won’t be competitive while Buxton is under contract.
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As opposed to the wealth of all-star MLB talent on the Twins Roster?
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