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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    I want Ryan and Luzardo, not either/or
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Gallo for Santana swap seems like a neutral swap. At 5m vs 11, more likely to see a bench role. I hated the Gallo signing, but I hate this one less. The lineup feels smushed together with several JAGs. It worked last year, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ what do I know?
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Is the Polanco trade or Santana signing “significant”. Has Baldelli been vindicated? Might there be more moves coming?
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Inflation effects us all
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    FTFY
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Thanks for clarifying!
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    The other articles about this is the 100m is only for the 5ish teams that Diamond already has streaming rights for. Twins will not be included in that deal.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think this signals 1) the FO believes Joe Ryan is going to be closer to ‘22 than his injury hobbled ‘23 2) Bailey Ober’s 7th in MLB ranked WHIP is real and he’s a lot better pitcher than a back of the rotation type 3) Paddack is healthy and should slot strong as a mid rotation type starter but at the 5th spot to manage his innings. 4) Pablo Lopez wasn’t a mirage last year 5) The FO values depth in the rotation (which there isn’t much past Varland to start the season)
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    I like both!
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    Breaking News!: replacing a first ballot hall of famer who also plays the sports most grueling fielding position is hard! in other breaking news: water is wet!
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    I have all the feels! Congrats Joe on a most deserved selection!
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    And sells it to the rest of the Twins lineup and no one else
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, you kind of touched on this, but there’s a few ways to look at the article. 1) individual player approach. Vlad jr changing his approach hurt his value to the team. I agree with this in scope. 2) lineup construction. The ‘23 Twins struggled in the first half in part due to homogeneity. It’s really easy to pitch against a lineup that approaches every at bat almost identically. When the lineup got younger, they also got more diverse outcomes. 3) organizational philosophy. Agreed with the philosophy that high strikeout rate is tolerable as it correlates with power. How closely the organizational philosophy gets followed with regards to 1 and 2 with player acquisition and coaching is the sticky spot (and the homogenous lineup as the example). Execution of the strategy needs to be a bit more nuanced than some of the discussion lends itself to.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Half a year of ok is what you’d expect to get and not the 2+ years of bad preceding it, for a 34 year old? I wouldn’t be willing to make that bet.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, and there was a fair amount of open complaining from Hicks being unclear and unhappy with his role in NY before the trade. Not sure that’s a good fit for a team philosophy that moves players around in roles a lot.
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  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    I like squares
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    I disagreed with Ober game 1 too, but looking back at how good he was last year, top 25 starting pitcher, which makes him a border-line front of rotation starter. There can only be 30 of them, right? Lopez can’t start every game.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Well above mean, but mean gets weighted low due to the very long tail of quad A fodder, no? at 100 innings pitched, 117 pitchers hit the FG leader board, by FIP, Ryan was 60, WHIP 35th, ERA 77, so consensus of the 3, would 57th ober FIP 47th, WHIP #7, ERA #22, consensus 25th out of 117. i admit, I vastly under-valued Ober. Ryan fell in right at median, where I expected both to come in. Both are very valuable, in terms of pitching really well at rookie contracts.
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  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Welcome to TD! Great post. Does Gardy swing a bat? Throw a pitch? Sign or trade players? the issues with the team were depth due to injuries and execution in the playoffs. as much as I dislike Gardenhire, he can only do so much.
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Welcome to TD!
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Just flip the N and the M :)
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    Baking?
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    like the OP, I like WHIP as a stat for relievers too. At 10 inning threshold, Funderburk was the 22nd ranked reliever in WHIP. His walk rate is high, but he limited hits. More innings may even out the Walks to Hits a bit.
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