Richie the Rally Goat
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Twins Designate Alex Jackson for Assignment
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Cody Christie's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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So… do better at everything?
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You aren’t wrong, but are missing the point. yes, quality of spend matters more than quantity, but quantity matters too, to a point. The median payroll in 2025 was $172m, the target of $160m isn’t that the Twins have to magically hit that, it’s that the higher the payroll, the higher winning percentage in the regular season, and mid-range payrolls win the World Series 7 of the last 10 years. There are exceptions, don’t mistake the Rays as the rule. Pittsburgh is the rule. When the Twins slashed payroll from 160m after 2023 the team got significantly worse, when they slashed it again after 2024, they didn’t get significantly worse. The truth is, 99% of prospects fail, good teams have a mix of veterans and youth. To have a mix of good veterans comprising half the team is to have a payroll above 130m, and average has been above 160m for years. How they spend matters more than what, but what they spend matters a lot to the quality of the team relative to the league. https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/ https://www.thesportsgeek.com/blog/mlb-big-spenders-performance/
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Bourbon is aged 4 years or more? What’s the target period here?
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To the OP, it’s a silly nit-pick, but I’m going to do it anyways. Barrels is a hard hit stat that is right in line with the rest of his hard hit stats. Calling that out separately while also lumping other hard hit stats loses some credibility to an otherwise very good article. the comment about Lewis, like Buxton, aging like fine wine distilled the conversation extremely well. Buxton’s excellent hitting on rate stats have been in place since his age 25 season, it wasn’t until his 30s that health allowed the counting stats to catch up. Lewis has been far more inconsistent. I’m skeptical that Royce will age well. It’s great to see him on a heater, I look forward to him proving me wrong
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2 catchers and 2 outfielders on the bench… no problems with roster construction on this team
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Short people
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The last 15 years
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Is that allowed?
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KC! woot!
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I want to see Culpepper the everyday SS for a while in 2026. The other pieces of the puzzle depend on if it’s a September callup, a DFA (such as going down to 2 catchers) or injury. If I had my druthers Kreidler would be on the bench and Lee play third (in 2026) edit: reading back through the thread. Agreed, Houston isn’t coming up in 2026. Soonest 2half 2027. That would be an awesome problem to have. Step 1, stop carrying 3 catchers. Step 2, Houston if Houston gets to the bigs that fast it’s because he’s THE shortstop. Play him there and give KC run at 3b
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My vote would be Lee
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I see Shelty’s underpants
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Double play would be nice
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Got me there, had to look him up
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We do have the Vanimal
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The pen is better now than it was a week ago, and FAR better than when the season started. I’m much happier now
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The Crane thing is probably bunk, but Dan Hayes is pretty reliable that the trade rumor had some credibility https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7485919/2026/08/01/trevor-larnach-twins-failed-trade-astros/?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.eiFF.FB6nqgaqNbSA
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Yup! Sure do
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Trade those prospects for good veterans
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Add, I would not have wasted last August/September relief innings on the DFA fodder. They needed to convert Morris and Festa last year
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