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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    I was on this train for a very long time. Then I read Rocco’s Rant again, and I realized part of his exasperation is, he has no idea what to do. if your manager and hitting coach are at a loss, it’s time to change. Agreed, there likely won’t be enough improvement to magically turn the season around, but a different hitting coach will bring a different perspective that isn’t loss and failure.
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    Not exactly inspirational candidates to be the head hitting coach
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    How did the rebuild work for Pittsburgh, Detroit, KC? Rebuilds in baseball take longer than 3 years. Drafted players usually take 5-6 years to reach the MLB Why would you want Falvine to make any trades if you want them fired this off-season? Aren’t they incompetent?
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Just say “no” to rebuilds! but it is time to change the GM and Manager, at least Levine, and Rocco need to go. They clearly don’t have an answer for the frustratingly awful hitting.
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    When I read the title I thought “Oh my God! Did Morny die?” Also, 2008 was 6 years into the Gardenhire era. Morneau didn’t make his debut until 2 years after Kelly retired. As to the thrust of the article, agreed, Morneau’s quiet demeanor is in stark contrast to the 4 All Star appearances, AL MVP, and HR Derby champ.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    If you had any hope of getting away with fictional murder the entire internet now knows it was fictionally you
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    The trend I see is all of them were named TD Top Prospects. Maybe it’s the curse of Twins Daily?
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    The Moneyball maxim prioritizing OBP as a key metric does still hold water. SLG drives runs, but avoiding outs can bunch up runs. balls in play forces fielding to be more effective, but as we saw in Miranda’s last stint in Minneapolis, quality of contact matters too. interestingly, OBP is up .03 in our small sample size.
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    So it’s Rocco’s fault when they’re bad, but it’s they players when they are good?
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    congrats to the FO for signing a mediocre player and achieving mediocrity!
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    To the OP, I agree that Rocco is a good modern leader, and he’s pulling every lever he can to squeeze more out of a terrible lineup. he also rolled with Popkins instead of hiring a better/more experienced hitting coach. He’s running out of levers to pull on squeezing more out. While the issue is the roster, it still might be time at the end of the season to move on from Rocco
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    We aren’t in the clubhouse. We don’t know what he says or how he approaches players in private.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, compared to the Twins being the second most pinched team in baseball and all the different lineups…. All the whining about Rocco seems to me, to be misplaced. He’s pulling every lever he can to squeeze a little bit more out of a terrible hitting team. unreal how good Atlanta is by comparison.
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    Baltimore is a very good team, but even 3 runs would have been pretty sleepy.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Best of luck to Royce, hopefully he recovers in the minimum and Miranda makes the most out of his opportunity
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think the Amsterdam episode was my favorite.
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Correa lauded Popkins last year on the diagnosis and data/info sharing. this year the report out of the Strib. was that the players are overwhelmed by data. I don’t think there’s a misunderstanding of what the issue is I think the issue is in synthesis (not diagnosis). “What should the players do about it” and effective communication of the PDCA. From the Rocco Rant the other day, I don’t think he knows either. I have been in the “why bother with coaching changes , they’re just going to be cloned” camp. I’m now in the “Popkins needs to go, probably Baldelli and the other hitting coaches too.”
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, but better than Kepler is a very low bar.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    send Gallo packing too
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    Finished Ted Lasso, thoroughly loved it. The last episode… I got all misty
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    @Rod Carews Birthdaygreat post! Very thoughtful. The Buzzwords that get thrown around carry very different meaning for different fans. as a pro-data fan, I am an analyst by trade too. I wonder if some of the debate is based on comfort with statistical/quantitative process? im not a huge fan of Modern baseball theory. 3 true outcomes hitters are boring as heck to watch. It seems like Manfred has identified some of the flaws in the modern game and has instituted rules changes. I wonder if we’ll see more (like lowering of the mound) to drive more change?
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Jose Miranda:
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    His defense isn’t as advertised, it’s decent, but not good, let alone the gold glove caliber reputation being thrown around in the offseason. He had a couple 3 and 4 OAA seasons, but this year negative 2. the reclamation project wasn’t a failure. He’s hitting his career average after having a catastrophic season last year. He has been reclaimed. that doesn’t make Gallo a good player, or a good offseason signing. He’s an $11M replacement level player. Solano is $2M replacement level player, who is by the way, outhitting Gallo, and is not another left handed hitting outfielder.
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    I do have one argument with the OP. If the Gallo reclamation project is viewed as a failure, was the author’s expectations set too high? Why would Gallo’s career average be seen as a failure?
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Joey Gallo’s (much like Max Kepler) calling card was also a plus fielding corner outfielder. Both Gallo and Kepler have been very average at best in the outfield. Gallo has -1 OAA in both RF and LF, with a hot start, he’s hitting his career average on the season. See if they can trade him and Kepler for anything leading up to the deadline, and then DFA them both. it might get worse with Larnach and Wallner in the outfield, but not much, and at least then they’re developing future players instead of giving innings to past their prime vets.
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