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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    There is a chance that Correa has already gone the way of Buxton isnt it also short-sighted to lockup 60 million per year for 6 years on 3 players who can’t play anymore? part of the strategy must include attrition further, and it pains me to say this, but with the way Bally sports is going, the revenue part of the business plan for the majority of MLB teams is going to change, possibly reduce significantly. There may be a shift in player salaries accordingly and having too many players already locked in, could prove detrimental to the purpose of a hedge contract. A real life example in 2001 gas sold at retail under $2. There was a gas station in the town I went to college that sold gas on futures. When gas prices were forecasted to increase, their sales boomed. The generations older than me remembered the Iran led OPEC oil embargo of the US in the ‘70s. Prices skyrocketed when the US was in conflict with the Middle East. When it became known that the 9/11 highjackers were middle-eastern, many people hedged buying thousands of gallons still being offered at $2 price, at the Gas station offering gas on futures contracts. They were right, prices doubled in less than a week we were seeing $4 and $5 gas. What could be the problem? The gas station filed for bankruptcy when they went upside down on wholesale gas becoming more expensive than the retail price they sold it at. the hedgers bought thousands of dollars of nothing
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    We’re talking about Royce “I’ve already had two ACL surgeries” Lewis? I can’t imagine Royce agreeing to the lowball offer that the Twins would float. Acuna was 3 years younger, never (before the signing) had an ACL surgery, let alone 2, and was far more successful. In 2018 Acuna played in 111 games and put up 4 WAR. Lewis has played a total of 46 mlb games with two extensive injuries and good rate stats, comparable to Acuna’s 2018, but half the games over twice the seasons. let’s see if Lewis can put up a 4 WAR 120 game season next year before locking up another hobbled player that might not last the length of the contract, let alone make it look like a good signing
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    What do you love about it?
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    I did :(
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Holy crap! I turned it off when Winder came in… I should have stuck with it, but then I would have jynxed it
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    what a shame! https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-has-tear-in-ucl?partnerId=zh-20230824-1011726-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20230824-1011726-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=L5Z0v8VRZ9Zl2dkDaKjVn4zHllnPqvvvWLBycyIc38dLJlj35t%2FlZWQjX6EcRW7E&bt_ts=1692880874719
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Hindsight is 20/20. What prospects are doing this year is not a fair way to grade a trade. https://www.ballysports.com/north/news/minnesota-twins-2022-mlb-trade-deadline-grades-mahle-fulmer-lopez This was published 8/3/22, and offered several writers grades on trades and the Twins’ deadline as a whole. Lots of As and Bs and Twins won the deadline.
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    No way, luke warm take, at best. Probably closer to tepid
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  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    The winner of the ALC could have a losing record.
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    And yet no bullpen trade at the deadline. Unreal
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Moore was GM of the Royals from ‘06 to ‘22, including 2014, 2015 when they won the World Series, 4 seasons above .500 in 16 seasons as GM.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    That sounds suspiciously like math to me
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think the trends of modern baseball emphasizing strikeouts by pitchers and three true outcomes by hitters has hurt the fans of baseball. teams with better analytical modeling make decisions more frequently on average, that result in winnning more games, but those same decisions make the sport less watchable by the fans. When winning the game doesn’t translate to winning the fans. it’s why I like the Manfred rules. They have thus far encouraged decisions and outcomes that make the game more fun to watch. it’s not the tool that’s causing the decision and the outcome. It’s the people in charge. it’s not the bat’s fault that Joey Gallo strikes out 50% of the time. It’s Joey Gallo’s fault.
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Analytics has held a place in the game since the very first box score was published in a newspaper which was October 24, 1845 according to SABR
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Good perspective we see the exact same situation very differently. you: “they’re a good bullpen only 2 relievers short” me: “this bullpen sucks 3/8 of the pen are mop up long men” Ha!
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Can you point to the analytics that causes the decision you disagree with? What’s the proof that it’s analytics promoting the decision and not Rocco seeing a soothsayer or Maki getting his palm read? Every decision anyone has ever made involves collection of information, dissemination and decision making. Why does the tool matter? Personally, I think the record is because the bullpen sucks, and Buck and Correa have vastly underperformed.
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Hard to say, there might be other broadcasters willing to pay as much or more. There might not with cable on its last gasp
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    If you had said 20 I would have believed you
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    More like a death knell
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Winder is first chair mop, Jordy Blaze is second chair mop, that makes Sands third chair mop. Hmmm, no problem there
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Another very good Gray start wasted by crap hitting and a worse bullpen
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Good night Gracie
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    Found him!
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    Super-frustrated!
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